Revell Bismarck

The Bismarck was, at its time, the largest and most modern battleship in the world, weighing 42,343 tons (alongside the Hood). On May 24, 1941, it sank the largest British battlecruiser, the Hood, with a direct hit from the fifth salvo of its 38 cm guns during a naval battle alongside the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen at the pack ice limit off Greenland. Launched on February 14, 1940, at Blohm and Voss in Hamburg, it was the most modern ship and a prestige object of the German Navy, together with its sister ship Tirpitz. With a length of 251 meters, the mast reached 52 meters above the waterline. A total of 17,450 tons of steel were used for armor protection. The newly designed heavy artillery fired 800 kg projectiles up to a distance of 34.2 km, capable of penetrating 350 mm of armor up to 21 km. While the Prinz Eugen did not receive any hits during the battle on May 24, the Bismarck, damaged at the bow, set course for a French port. In the subsequent pursuit by British ships and aircraft, the ship was rendered combat ineffective after a torpedo hit on the steering gear on May 27, 1941, and was sunk by numerically superior forces of the Home Fleet in the Atlantic, about 800 km off the French coast. Out of 2,092 men on board, 115 survived.

Contents:

Model kit including assembly instructions and decals

Warning! Not suitable for children under 36 months. Legal minimum age: 14 years

• Four detailed 38 cm gun turrets
• Twelve 15 cm guns
• Sixteen 10.5 cm flak guns
• Searchlight with clear parts
• Ten lifeboats
• Two Arado 196 seaplanes with glass canopy
• Two detailed cranes
• Display stand
• Camouflage guide and decals for two operational periods

Scale: 1:350
Recommended age: 14+
Number of parts: 659
Length: 718 mm.