Building the Trumpeter 1/350 scale SMS Viribus Unitis WWI Dreadnought

In this 4th model ship build for the channel, we construct, paint and detail the World War I era Austro-Hungarian dreadnought SMS Viribus Unitis 1/350 scale model kit by Trumpeter Item No: 05364.

This vessel was the first in the world to ever sport triple mounted main gun turrets. It also transported Archduke Ferdinand and his wife Sophie during official functions as well as carry their bodies after their lives were taken – starting World War I.

This video could not have been made without the generous contributions of information from Naval Historian Andrew W. Wilkie of British Columbia, Canada.

Please visit his site for all things SMS Viribus Unitis and more! : www.viribusunitis.ca

Andrew’s 3D SMS Viribus Unitis model book info:
“SMS Viribus Unitis: Austro-Hungarian Battleship (Super Drawings in 3D)” Paperback
By Andrew Wilkie and Friedrich Prasky; Kagero Publishing

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Credits:
(Rare) SMS Viribus Unitis images are courtesy of Andrew W. Wilkie
All other SMS Viribus Unitis images are Public Domain

Movie Clips:
“Horror Express” (1972) is Public Domain due to lack of current copyright

“Your Name Here” (1960) by Calvin Communications is Public Domain and is used as parody

“Battleship Potemkin” (1925) is Public Domain due to lack of copyright

Music:
“1812 Overture” by Tchaikovsky is public Domain

“Growing Space” by Astron is Creative Commons (CC0) and is Public Domain

“Night Snow” by Asher Fulero is Creative Commons (CC0) and is public Domain

“Sad Piano” by Liborio Conti is Creative Commons (CC0) and is public Domain

“Two Moons” by Bobby Richards is Creative Commons (CC0) and is public Domain

“9th Symphony, Finale” (excerpt) by Beethoven is Creative Commons (CC0) and is public Domain

“A Quiet Thought” by Wayne Jones is Creative Commons (CC0) and is public Domain

“Deeper Meaning” by Liborio Conti is Creative Commons (CC0) and is public Domain

“Awaiting Return – Alantean Twilight” by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

“E Minor Prelude” by Chopin is Creative Commons (CC0) and is public Domain