June 2007

Part VI of "How to Build a Battleship Model from Scratch; The SMS Pommern" is now open, and covers the construction of the ship's guns. Please use the link in the navigation bar to the left to enter. I am plugging away at Pommern and I am well on my way towards completing the ship's boats and the final detailing of the hull. The first one of those to get done will be the next update. Finally, my thanks to everyone who has written to comment on this project. Comments such as yours are what motivates me to continue working on and updating the site. Wish me luck! Tony

Quick Introduction for New Visitors

Due to the lack of straight-forward instructions for the beginner ship modeler on how to take a set of plans and turn them into a large scale model, I decided to chronicle my effort and this web site is the result. This will allow anyone who is attempting to build their first wooden battleship model to see each and every step, including the countless mistakes, to prevent you from making the same mistake. Each phase of the project has been photographed with a commentary accessible by the links to left on the navigation bar. Each page will take you forward to the next step, back to the previous step, or back to this index page. I have placed only three steps on each construction page, to allow you to print each page off on a single letter-size sheet if you so desire to keep as a reference I have also included scans of actual Deutschland class battleships for reference in "The Actual Deutschland Class Battleships" as well as a list of the references I purchased for this project as well as a superb source for photo-etched parts under "References and Resources". As each stage is finished, the link will be activated on the navigation bar on the left. I apologize for the poor quality of the majority of the photographs, a result of owning a Kodak digital camera. *NOTE* If you came here through a search engine and the links do not appear to the left, click HERE to get to the correct site with the navigation bar on the left. If the navigation bar appear to the left, please use this to navigate your way through the pages.

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