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To: rlmorel

I always thought the Admiral Hipper class of heavy cruiser, of which Eugen was part of, looked like Mini-Me version of the Bismarck.


8 posted on 09/18/2018 9:35:26 AM PDT by C19fan
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To: C19fan

Yes...to my eye, visually similar to the USS Indianapolis at first glance, with a nicer looking superstructure. I do admire the style.

When I was a kid, I spent five days in a US Naval hospital in Cubi Point after nearly bursting my appendix. I was completely into models, and the Prince Eugen was one that I built.

I also built the New Jersey and the Enterprise (CVN-65), so they were all to scale...:)

When I got home, I was out of school for another week, and I used my dad’s hacksaw to cut the hulls of the models off at the waterline so I could use them on my bedroom floor...quite a task force there!


56 posted on 09/18/2018 2:40:16 PM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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