Kaiserliche Marine Foren

Hello everybody

I research some plans of Kaiserliche battleships like Helgoland, Nassau, Koenig or Kaiser class.
I have bought a plan of the Prinzregent Luitpold at Ship Models Construction, a russian website but i was disappointed because i find the drawing not so accurate.
Can you help me and tell me where i can find a good plans of these battleships?.

Thanks in advance

Alain

PS : please .... answer me in english, because my english is bad, but my deutsch is more bad!!!!!
Et en francais, ca serait carrément mieux!!!!!!!

Hello Alain,

you find same plan for free.
http://www.dreadnoughtproject.org/plans/

Or buy same plan if there is a interesting for you!
http://www.mz-modellbau.net/ -> Baupläne -> Linienschiffe


Best regards
SM-Wespe

Hello SMS-Wespe !

Thanks for your answer!

So, i see that it's exist a plan of the SMS Baden in 1/100e of Lothar Wischmeyer and a plan of the Konig Albert in 1/125e of Mr Abramowski. Do you know these plans and can you tell if they are of agood quality?.
I have the practice of work on archives drawings.

Thanks for your answer!

Alain

PS : i suppose that you are intesresting by the ship gunboat Wespe?!

Hello SMS-Wespe !

Thanks for your answer!

So, i see that it's exist a plan of the SMS Baden in 1/100e of Lothar Wischmeyer and a plan of the Konig Albert in 1/125e of Mr Abramowski. Do you know these plans and can you tell if they are of agood quality?.
I have the practice of work on archives drawings.

Thanks for your answer!

Alain

PS : i suppose that you are intesresting by the ship gunboat Wespe?!

The anser is: yes you are right after my reconstruction from the Beowulf

nice weekend
SM-Wespe

Hello SM Wespe

Thanks for your answer. Well, i have order the plan in 1/125e of the Koenig Albert, i will see!

Alain

Hello everybody

Well i have print the free plan of the Friedrich der Grosse, Kaiser Class, on the Dreadnoughtproject website, they are superb! But i have not the hull section.

I have a complete plan of a Konig class battleships with the hull section . The hulls between these two class are lightly different in lenght and beam. Can you inform me if the hulls sections between these two class are the same in proportion?.

Thank for your help

Alain

Alain,

I have just returned to the Forum after some time away and picked up on your Thread. With me being English you may find this interesting, though I will not go into the saga of my searching. I have researched the plans of German battleships of the Imperial Era and found two places where one can purchase them. The first is the Christian Schmidt website: Christian Schmidt is located in Munich and used to advertise in the British ship model-making press. I found them very helpful indeed. Schmidt sells the Wischmeyer plans of SMS BADEN but I don't know the current price. They are very good indeed, in fact the inboard profile was used in the illustrations in Axel Grießmer's book on the battleships of the era. Schmidt may also sell other drawings.

The second source is the VTH site, which also publishes the very good German magazine "Modell-Werft." You might have some trouble getting into this site though for IIRC it has no English Language link. However, you will find a number of drawings of capital ships of the Kaiserliche Marine on it. I am afraid that I cannot really give an opinion as to the quality of the drawings though I did purchase those for SMS KöNIG but am not building her at present.

Finally, many people in Britain might tell you of drawings by a gentleman named Günther Trenk. They are said to be very good indeed but though I tried to find a source for them I was unsuccessful and even the good people at Christian Schmidt did not know where they were anymore.

Hope you find this useful.

GK

If you want to buy a plan?
You can find same price information on this website:
http://www.mz-modellbau.net/ ->Baupläne -> Linienschiffe

or a complete hull in the scale 1:100
Linienschiff Baden/ Bayern 358,00 € or
complete kits
Categories -> Bausätze -> Kaiserliche Marine

best regards
SM-Wespe

Hello SM-Wespe und GK
Sorry for the delay of my answer!

Well, i bought the plan of the Konig Albert, Kaiser class, at Modellbau, but i was a little disapointed because ...... the konig Albert is not the Konig Albert but the SMS Konig of the Konig class!!
The plan is very good and beautiful but is not the good plan!
i have the plan of the Friedrich der Grosse but without the hull section. If i try to have them it will be good! If you have the hull section of the Kaiser class, thank you very much in advance!

Alain

so SM-Wespe und GK, thanks for your help

Hullo Alain,

If the plan is not of the ship you asked for then send it back. Modelbau seems to have made a mistake: a "König" class is not a "Kaiser" class, which is what we all know "König Albert" was and you are entitled to receive either the correct drawing or your money back.

Best Wishes,

GK