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Published: 2007-05-31 22:49:59 +0000 UTC; Views: 3534; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 46
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This is a 3D model of a battleship. I think it is the German WW2 Tirpitz battleship. Created from a old photograph.Created and rendered in ProDesktop
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Not Bismarck but borrows design elements from WW2 German Naval architects
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This is no Tirpitz. This battleship is Scharnhorst or Gneisenau.
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Neither of it. But borrows design elements from WW2 German Naval architects
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I know Iām 5 years late but I think this is just a Scharnhorst that would be a decent Battleship and not a sad excuse for one that is actually a Battlecruiser/Panzerschiffe.
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@khyron2000 Not quite, the Scharnhorst Class was a Battlecruiser, not a Battleship or Fast-Battleship.
This is evident when her design features are compared to the Bismarck Class, which WAS a "Fast-Battleship".
An Interesting note about Scharnhorst though is that she & her sister were Commissioned with 9 11'' Guns, but were designed to be replaced later on with 6 15'' Guns
(Just like the RN's "Renown Class Battlecruisers").
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Sharnhorst was a battleship, all right. True, she had only 280mm guns and she was fast. However, both Scharnhorst and Gneisenau had battleship-level armor, not the weaker, cruiser-like protection a true battlecruiser had.
As for the picture, it is well-executed, but not really accurate. Too short, missing some details, superstructure too flat and bulky. The true Scharnhorst was one of the most elegant ships in the war, in my opinion.
This ship could be a "what-if", mixing some british and german details.
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It's the Battleship (schlachtschiff) Scharnhorst, but not a very accurate model of one. The hull shape is funky, it lacks the upward-sloping Atlantic bow, and the proportions are totally off. Oh yeah, and the forward superstructure is incomplete.
If all you had to go on was a photograph, I'd say it's pretty good, but there are enough accurate line drawings of the Scharnhorst available that you should be able to get the basic profiles and proportions correct, even if you simplify the shapes.
@ the folks calling this a battlecruiser: Germany classified Scharnhorst as a Battleship (schlachtschiff), not a Battlecruiser (Schachtkreuzer). It was Britain who, incorrectly, labeled her a battlecruiser.
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This is definitely one of the Scharnhorst class ships, but an interesting model nonetheless.
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agreed with Mestophilies, its more a scharnhorst, and fyi shes a Battle Cruiser not Battle ship =]
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You've got me there. Battlecruiser she was, although the design of her was very unusual in comparison to other battlecruisers. More armour and less armament.
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I looks more like a Scharnhorst class battleship if you ask me. Tirpitz had four twin turrets, not three triples. Hull form's a bit weird though...
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