Paper Ship: SMS Emden (1910), 1:250
Discussion
tvrtuscans said:
What was this ship actually used for back in the day?
The usual battleship type stuff; sank a few ships, then got sunk itself.https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS_Emden
tvrtuscans said:
What was this ship actually used for back in the day?
Was briefly attached to Von Spee's squadron in the early days of WW1 but was detached a couple of months before the successful (for them) Battle of Coronel on 1st November 1914, only to be disabled and beached a week later by the cruiser HMAS Sydney. The rest of Von Spee's squadron was sunk by the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Falklands the following month.I can't even begin to imagine what it must have been like going to war in warships in that era- the combination of highly explosive magazines, sealed watertight compartments for the crew, and insufficient armour plating/ammunition handling practices (particularly in the Royal Navy warships) typically led to huge loss of life when hit in battle.
At the Battle of Jutland in 1916, the loss of the battlecruisers Queen Mary, Invincible, Indefatigable and the armoured cruisers Defence, and Black Prince left just 17 survivors from over 5,000 crew. Typically they just 'blew up'.
tvrtuscans said:
Very interesting. I must get around the Jutland museum at Portsmouth dockyard. Need to get a book on Jutland... ohhh goes without saying lovely build by the way ... and I was tempted to ask about the differing colours of the deck... use of ‘state of the art’ lino then!
The Jutland museum is well worth a look if you get the chance- but then the entire Portsmouth dockyard is. There are some very good books on the topic, and some very differing opinions as to the outcome of the battle itself. Well worth reading about if you have any interest in Naval history. Turn7 said:
Patience.Of.A.Saint.....
Before I saw this stuff, I wasnt even aware that paper models were a thing, much less the levels of detail and intricacy.
Your work is top drawer, and Im always fascinated to read these build threads, so thanks !
Thanks T7! Before I saw this stuff, I wasnt even aware that paper models were a thing, much less the levels of detail and intricacy.
Your work is top drawer, and Im always fascinated to read these build threads, so thanks !
I didn’t appreciate how good the latest paper kits were until I’d seen some completed on display in a museum. Some of the competition standard scratch-built paper ships are mind bendingly good, especially since many of them are much smaller than 1:250, yet seem to contain the same detail.
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