![]() ![]() The ship can be built as a waterline or full hull model a stand is included. The Dragon and Cyber-hobby photoetched-metal parts were easy to work with and fit perfectly. Parts fit is exceptional throughout, and there are virtually no ejector-pin marks, mold lines, or sink holes. And all the guns, from 20mm to 11", have open bores! I used Cyber-hobby’s excellent photoetched-metal detail set on this review. The wood-planked anchor ways are accurate, the splinter shields and bulkheads are almost scale thickness, and the DS-vinyl blast bags on the larger guns are beautiful. The one-piece upper hull is fantastic! The flare of the bow and the swell of the hull aft of the anchors are beautifully molded. Only 36 from a crew of 1,968 survived as the Scharnhorst fought to the very end and sank with her propellers still turning.ĭragon’s DKM Scharnhorst 1943 is a standard-setter. ![]() Although Scharnhorst was considered a lucky ship by her crew, she met her end on December 26, 1943, in the Battle of North Cape against the British Royal Navy battleship HMS Duke of York and cruisers HMS Belfast, Norfolk, Jamaica, and Sheffield. Commissioned in 1939, DKM Scharnhorst and her sister ship, Gneisenau, were an unusual combination of speed, heavy armor, and small main guns they were battleship-sized and could make 33 knots, but main armament was nine 283mm (11") guns. ![]()
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