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Posted by Steve Backer on October 15, 2026, 09:33:16, in reply to "Re: SMS Derfflinger"
Sure. sabacker@hotmail.com. I'll send you some photos of my Gaga Models Derfflinger. The two hull sections went together beautifully. My progress so far, is painting the lower hull and masking it, adding the net shelves and nets. 
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Hi Steve. my SSModel Derfflinger kit came with four full hull sections --- bow, bow + amidships, stern + amidships and stern. If you provide me with an email address, I can send you photos, both of the separate hull sections and of the completed model. I would have preferred to build a Gaga kit (the hull sections are much easier to glue together smoothly) but wanted the 1917 version of the ship with the sturdy tripod foremast and without those troublesome anti-torpedo nets and booms. Previous Message
I didn't know that there were two different Derfflinger kits. Mine is a Gaga Model kit in orange resin with a two piece full hull in Jutland fit. The kit doesn't have the nets, shelves or booms. I scratch-built the shelves and nets so far but still need to add the booms. I assume your kit is a ssmodel version with two upper hull and two lower hull parts. Or is it a waterline version with four upper hull parts? In any event, please post when it appears on Tim's site. I would really like to see it. Previous Message
The Derfflinger model I selected came with the tripod foremast (very well cast, incidentally) and a smooth upper hull with no anti-torpedo nets, just as it should have been for this ship after its post-Jutland repairs. The full hull was still in four sections with imperfect alignment and joining, but after extensive puttying and sanding it resulted in (to me) a satisfactory model. I'm awaiting my earlier submission of photos of the Japanese battleship Settsu to "the other site" to appear (it's been two weeks; my two previous submissions, the USS Marblehead and USS Pensacola, were displayed on that site the next day!), then I'll submit my photos of the Derfflinger. And I still have my photos of the Italian battleship Dante Alighieri ready to submit. Previous Message
Did you add a tripod for the 1917 Derfflinger? I'm building the 1916 Jutland fit with torpedo net, shelves and booms but with a pole foremast. During the repairs from Jutland, Derfflinger dropped the nets and net booms but added a tripod. If you have the nets and booms on your build, what material did you use for the net booms? I bought some piano wire for the booms but it is hard to cut. Previous Message
1/350 SMS Derfflinger (1917), another 3D-printed kit from China. Recently completed, and am now awaiting delivery of my next 3D-printed kit, the French heavy cruiser Algerie. So many models, plenty of time, but less and less room in my home to display them! Previous Message
I've got a number of kits started as usual.
I picked up some of older kits cheap so I started building them:
White Ensign Models HMS Renown in 1941 fit in pre war navy gray.
Hi Mold USS Maryland kit in 1940 fit.
Also, in various building stages on the shelf:
Flyhawk HMS Hood 1941
Triumph Models HMS Lion 1915 (Nearly complete). Previous Message
Am just starting USS GERALD R. FORD in 350 scale.
All the best!
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