Scharnhorst 1/700 Scale Battleship | Flyhawk Model

1/700 scale model build of the Deutsche Kriegsmarine (DKM) Scharnhorst battleship. Full build, "how to" video on how to build a model ship

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According to Plan - Power Director Library

[HunterSteel]

Interestingly enough, Scharnhorst did not have any yellow paint on the roofs of her turrets, and this was because yellow paint on the roofs was something Germany did when the ships were undergoing sea-trials and gunnery trials after being completed. Bismarck and Tirpitz, Gneisenau, all the Deutschlands, the Admiral Hipper Class Cruisers as well all had them during their trial periods after being completed and disregarded the paint on the roofs after they were handed over to the navy and got their proper wartime camos. Just before Scharnhorst and her sister Gneisenau had their bows rebuilt in 1940, they did have coloured turret roofs. IIRC Gneisenau had blue, and Scharnhorst was either red or infact yellow. But she did not have yellow turret roofs when she went down in 1943 against HMS Duke of York. Interesting that this model has the bow anchor removed, but that's also correct since it was removed during her 1942 refit because it caused excessive wash over the deck in high seas and also when the bow "plunged" into the ocean.

[ColonelRebScaleModels]

OUTSTANDING work, museum quality in my opinion!!! What a fantastic kit.

[Bowie]

just got the dragon 1/350 Scharnhorst 1943 edition! this video will be super helpful in my build :]

[raithebatou]

impressive, picked up quite a lot of tips for working on ship models. Thanks for the video.

[alankeith]

Stumbled upon this video, and it was great!! I am in awe of your mastery of such small photoetch parts. I would have pulled my hair out, if I had any... Thank you for a great video!!!

[paulhargreaves]

A 1/700 scale Arado 196?? I can barely cope with 1/72! Incredible job!! That deck sticker really does add a huge amount, but all that etch in the kit too.

[yortsemloh]

Looks awesome! So much better than my Tamiya 1/700 waterline Scharnhorst.

[michaelkovacic]

Very good work indeed. The turret tops and swastikas were for identification to own airforces. During the Norwegian campaign in 1940, British ships began copying the colour of the turret tops to confuse Luftwaffe pilots.

By comparison, in WW1 German battleships and battlecruisers used dark grey turret tops with white circles.

[K_Hien]

I will use this as a reference for making Gneisenau
Thanks for the great video!

[modellbaugoaly]

Great Build, well done - okay not the right word - awesome done

[alricdark]

Great work. I can highly recommend the Bismarck and Hood Flyhawk 1/700 scale models as well, especially the 'deluxe' versions which come with the extra photoetch.

[ModeliteDiorama]

Superb build in this absolutely tiny scale! :)

[deusexmachina]

Awesome build! Hull camo is perfectly done!)

[ionmodel]

Awesome build! Flyhawk totally rocks! and your skill too ;)

[brokenplanet]

Really impressed with your work, top stuff 😎👍

[patrickvanslambrouck]

You are one of the masters at building ships even though you say you have no experience in it . It all seems so easy even though I know it isn't. and the way you present it with your jokes makes it even more interesting to watch. Good work, I hope to see more of that in the future but in 1/350 scale or maybe 1/200 😉😃

[wangyongbo]

Really great work! Flyhawk kit really tortures some people but they made the best 1/700 model ship kits so far. You can try to add some welding line details since it is a full hull version.

[dacuzzz]

hello... new to model ship building... i have been modeling N scale railroad for 30 years... now i want to try my hand at military ship building...i am modeling 1/700 & going to do my version of the USS Saratoga in 1968/69 with it's support ships... you did an awesome job on this entire project.. BTW i did sub.. thx 4 sharing... vinny...aka da cuzzz

[richardbaxter]

Loved the Vid and your along with you as it played! 🤪 Flyhawk....say no more! Best thing to happen to Ship kits in ages....yes, I have a fair old stash of them now! 😜👍🏻👍🏻 Have a go at their 1/72 King Tiger? It’s a great little kit if you’re into Armour!

[OzScalemodeling]

I think FlyHawk make the best 1/700 scale. Unfortunately my eyes struggle with this scale... Nice video and build 👍🤔