[mdesaxe]

I first built this Wilhelmshaven model around 1980 because I had been seduced into building card models by several people I knew (Alex Campbell among them) who touted the (very substantial) edge they had over contemporary styrene models. I then built it again in brass, styrene, and perspex, using the paper parts as patterns - and was persuaded eventually to sell the finished model for what I then considered an insane amount of money. I recently found I have a slightly dogeared print of this in a cupboard and I'm really tempted to try it again after all this time.

Maurice