The Project... Prinz Eugen is my third finished ship model project after pause of 16 years. It took me nearly one year to build it (including pauses). Out of the box kit is not very accurate. I would say it would be a mixture of all Admiral Hipper class ships. But the excellent build of this model by Anthony Tow which was presented on MODELWARSHIPS.COM website inspired me to extensive scratch building. I had to rebuild bridge and hangar parts of superstructure, masts are created using brass tubes and syringe needles of various diameters. I used doll's hair as a material for rigging. My first experience with photo etched details was using of WEM detail parts for my 1/400 HMS Hood project and I was very satisfied with quality, so I decided to use WEM set for Prinz Eugen too. Set is excellent, but I did not contain all portholes and window covers which were necessary to complete my project, so I also had to buy the set WEM Kriegsmarine Portholes, Doors & Hatches. I tried to display ship in status from beginning of the year 1945. As a reference I tried to follow the webpage www.prinzeugen.com and www.admiral-hipper-class.dk which provided me extensive set of information about various configurations of the ship during her service and camouflage schemes. Ship was painted using Humbrol and Vallejo Model color paints. I'm quite satisfied with a result, even if there is a lot of room for improvement. Most errors I realized when it was too late for me to correct them, but I take it as a challenge to make it better in my next ships project.   READ COUNT: 1727  |  PRINT  |  DISCUSS THIS About Jan Varga (varga75) FROM: NO REGIONAL SELECTION, SLOVAKIA READ MORE Copyright ©2010 by Jan Varga. Images also by copyright holder unless otherwise noted. Opinions expressed are those of the author(s) and not necessarily those of Model Shipwrights. All rights reserved. Originally published on: 2009-05-22