Bismarck
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730
Remove components of the turret of the rear shooting direction station from
sprue P46 and lay them on your worktop oriented as shown in the picture above. Join
turret 2461 to base 2460 as shown in detail above.
735
Now remove pieces 880c, 881c, 882c from sheet 1559 and following the assem-
bly instructions presented from step 387 to step 389 prepare the third radar device,
which you will have to assemble later on the front wall of the newly assembled turret.
Glue the turret on the circular sign engraved on the roof of the rear command station
prepared on the previous page. Radar 880c will be glued to the turret only after paint-
ing these three structures; keep them aside.
732
Glue profile 1223 along the edge of the roof of the turret and the two profiles
1226, 1227 to searchlights 2462, 2463, arranged as shown in the picture. Eventually
trim the excess end of the antennas, (the one on the side without brackets, see detail).
Glue the two ladders 1224, 1225 to the sides of the turret; bend the side brackets of
the ladders against the rear wall of the turret.
734
Glue profile 1228 to the turret structure; insert coil 1229 under profile 1228 and
glue it on one side of the turret, as shown in the picture. Fix yard 1230 in the centre,
under the projection of the mast and ladder 1231 vertically above the yard.
731
Glue the two searchlights 2462 and 2463 to the sides of the turret with the protrud-
ing lenses oriented towards the stern. Apply mast 2464 in the central hole on the roof of
the turret. On the top of the mast there is a protrusion (red arrow) on which a yard will
be applied; point this protrusion towards the bow. Prepare the accessories shown in the
picture for the preparation of the turret which you can find on photo-etched sheet 1559.
733
Rotate the structure and prepare the other accessories 1228, 1229, 1230 and
1231 (sheet 1559); to continue with the preparation of the bow side of the structure.
bend the end of coil 1229 as shown in the detail.
735
730
733
731
734
732
2460
2463
2463
2462
1223
1224
1225
1224
1226
1227
1225
1223
1227
1226
2461
2462
2464
2464
2461
2461
2460
BOW
1231
1231
1230
1228
882c
880c
881c
1229
1230
1229
1228