Details for marine models

Book excerpt: The armament of the ships of the "Grauen Flotte" is as diverse as they are. They range from sea mines and depth charges to torpedoes and naval artillery, from anti-aircraft guns to powerful tank turrets. After his two books "Schiffsmodellbau nach Bauplan" (310 2045) and "Schiffsmodellbau im Detail" (310 2065), the gifted ship modeler Günther Slansky now devotes himself to the weapons equipment of warships from torpedo boats to battleships. The time frame covers the first half of our century, i.e. mainly ships of the 1st and 2nd World War. In almost 200' illustrations and detailed construction reports the author shows how guns of all calibers, torpedoes, depth charges and mines as well as the respective launching devices are built in the best possible detail in scales from 1 :20 to 1 : 150. In addition, the reader receives a wealth of tips and tricks for the realization of prototypical ship armament, which is treated only very stepmotherly in many construction plans. What is created here from simple material and with the help of common workshop equipment can often only be distinguished from the original by its size.