Paper Ship: SMS Emden (1910), 1:250

[dr_gn]

Did some more work on the rear deck; railings completed, the wheel and a few skylights and ventilators added:

[dr_gn]

Spent a long time making tiny structures, and adding them to the rear deck and bridge area, unfortunately it doesn’t look a great deal different:









The ship’s bell in metallic paper is a nice touch:

[dr_gn]

Few more fittings added, and secured it to its proper base:

[dr_gn]

Spent this evening making the remaining three binnacles. Each one comprises 12 parts:



Fitted to the rear deck and tower:



And the bridge roof, along with a “thing with holes in it” to use the correct nautical term:



Also made a start on doubling up the upper mast parts:

[saaby93]

Jeez
You have to hand it to some people

[mcdjl]

If you thumped that boat, thats what mine would like like with my best efforts.

[laters]

I enjoy watching all of your builds.
They are all inspirational but I do like your paper ship builds.

Fantastic work as always.

[tight5]

dr_gn said:

Look like minions playing table tennis !!!

[tvrtuscans]

What was this ship actually used for back in the day?

[dr_gn]

Thanks for the comments guys!

[dr_gn]

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

[Squirrelofwoe]

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'.

[dr_gn]

Apparently the front and rear decks were covered with protective linoleum panels..which were flammable. Hence the strange colour and absence of plank markings.

[tvrtuscans]

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!

[Squirrelofwoe]

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.

[dr_gn]

Bollards and foredeck details this weekend:

Edited by dr_gn on Monday 22 October 09:11

[Turn7]

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 !

[kurt535]

mcdjl said:

If you thumped that boat, thats what mine would like like with my best efforts.

+1 and then some!

[dr_gn]

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!

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.

[dr_gn]

kurt535 said:

mcdjl said:

If you thumped that boat, thats what mine would like like with my best efforts.

+1 and then some!

It’s just cutting bits of paper out and sticking them together. Sure, it takes time, but for me the end result is what makes it worthwhile - hopefully!