Bismarck
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950-951
Remove support with shelf 1460 from sheet 1566 and searchlight 2551 from
frame P25. Bend the brackets and the two sides of the shelf as shown in the picture.
Glue searchlight 2551 to the shelves. Repeat the assembly and prepare a total of three
searchlights. Paint them in Ral 7001 grey and glue one to the ladder of the foremast in
the position shown in picture 950.
949
Take two searchlights 2547 prepared in step 941 and glue them to the sides of the
searchlight platform facing the outside of the ship.
945-946-947
Move to the bow and after painting the pieces glue the shatterproof walls D, E, F on the starboard side, container 2517 against wall D, piece 2549 (P25) against
wall E, cannon 2511, ladder 1449 (step 935) and ladder 1456 (sheet 1561) against the starboard wall of the deckhouse. Move to the port side and in the same way glue walls G,
H, I, L, piece 2549 (P25) against wall H, cannon 2511 and ladder 1450. Identify the location of these accessories drawn on the deck plank floor. Take two sighting devices 2535,
two sighting columns 2534, and three-step ladder 2533 (step 914) and glue them to the bridge in front of the control station as shown in picture 945. Glue binoculars 1427 to
the side walls of the bridge. Move to the deck and continue preparing with containers 2518 (x2) (P26), piece 2550 (sprue P25) and single life raft 2536.
948
Paint in Ral 7001 grey all the accessories that you will assemble on the signal station
and on the platform of the searchlight of the rear superstructure. Follow picture 948 and
fix ladder 1455 (step 937) to the signal deck oriented with the descent on the searchlight
platform. Glue the two life rafts 2537 to the side walls of the signal station (leave the
upper holes in the walls free, red arrows); two ladders 1453 (step 936) to the searchlight
deck oriented as shown in the picture; three plates 1457 (sheet 1561) painted in matt
black and glued into the rack of the platform and rangefinder 2542 (sprue P27) on the
turret.
950
951
945
948
946
949
947
D
D
1449
2518
2535
1427
2550
2518
2536
2535
2534
1428
2533
2534
E
E
2511
2511
2549
2549
2549
F
F
H
L
I
G
2517
2517
1449
1450
2537
2547
2547
2537
2542
1453
1453
1455
1457(x3)
1456
1460
1460
2551
2551
x3