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DeAgostini is a world-wide company specializing in the manufacture of metal/diecast models of all sorts. This one is from their warship series, a good value-for-money collection which comes in a very nice package. Originally assembled for the German market it comes with a 16-page lavishly pictured German-language magazine describing the model in question.

WWII battleship - KM Scharnhorst- 1/1250 scale mounted on a base-plate (see picture) in blister pack with the magazine attached.

Scharnhorst was a German capital ship, alternatively described as a battleship or battlecruiser, Germany's Kriegsmarine. She was the lead ship of her class, which included her sister ship Gneisenau. The ship was built at the Kriegsmarinewerft dockyard in Wilhelmshaven; she was laid down on 15 June 1935 and launched a year and four months later on 3 October 1936. Completed in January 1939, the ship was armed with a main battery of nine 28 cm (11 in) C/34 guns in three triple turrets. Plans to replace these weapons with six 38 cm (15 in) SK C/34 guns in twin turrets were never carried out.

During theBattle of the North Cape (26 December 1943), the Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York and her escorts sank Scharnhorst. Only 36 men survived, out of a crew of 1,968.

Dimensions:
Length: 7-1/2-inches

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