| It's funny really but when you compare the two the Tirpitz probably had more of an impact on the war and our Naval operations than the Bismarck did yet she never really acheived the same status.
I just think the whole scenario of the Bismarck being hounded by the Royal Navy until eventually being pounded to pieces by far superior numbers after sinking our own Flagship gave it this elevated status. Certainly apart from some AA guns and a pair of torpedo tubes they were pretty much the same ship but the Tirpitz always seems to have been the underdog of the two.
They do look amazing on the water together though and a tremendous amount of credit goes to you for taking onthe splinter camoflage on the Tirpitz and the disruptive on the Bismarck. If you get a model of the Bismarck at the right distance and in the right light conditions you will see just how effective the dark grey at either end really does give an impression of a shorter vessel.
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