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BUILT WITH EXACTING DETAIL AND OF A PERFORMANCE AND MATERIAL QUALITY WHICH RIVALS THE FINEST DOCKYARD MODELS EVER BUILT, THE "POCKET BATTLESHIP" DEUTSCHLAND IS AN IMPORTANT BUILDERS' MODEL. THE KRIEGSMARINE PANZERSCHIFF, OR GERMAN ARMORED CRUISER, WAS CONCEIVED TO CIRCUMVENT THE TERMS OF THE 1919 TREATY OF VERSAILLES, WHICH ATTEMPTED TO LIMIT A NAVAL ARMS RACE AND FORBID THE DEFEATED REICH FROM BUILDING WARSHIPS FOR OTHER THAN COASTAL DEFENSE, NONE OF WHICH WERE TO HAVE A DISPLACEMENT GREATER THAN 10,000 TONS. DEUTSCHLAND'S KEEL WAS LAID ON FEB. 5, 1929 AND SHE LAUNCHED ON MAY 19, 1931. THE FIRST OF THREE SUCH SHIPS, FOLLOWED BY ADMIRAL SCHEER AND ADMIRAL GRAF SPREE, SHE WAS COMPLETED FITTED BY 1933, WHEN THIS MODEL WAS BUILT BY THE DEUTSCHE WORKS YARD AT KIEL. THE 100:1 SCALE MODEL IS COMPLETE IN EVERY WAY. HER HULL IS OF GRAY COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION AND IS PAINTED WITH HIGHLIGHTS OF RED AND GRAY, AND IT HAS A SIMULATED PLANKED DECK OF SYCAMORE. EVEN THE INTERIOR OF DECK BOXES ARE FITTED OUT WITH HARDWOOD. PAINSTAKINGLY COMPLETE AND ARTISAN CRAFTED, A MAJORITY OF THE MODEL'S PARTS ARE HELD TOGETHER WITH METAL PINS AND PRECISION HOLES. THE MODEL INCLUDES SEVEN VARIOUS SMALL LAUNCHES AND BOATS ONBOARD. STILL, IT IS THE TECHNICAL INSTRUMENTS WITH THE FITTINGS OF BRASS AND WEAPONRY WHICH SHINE WITH THEIR DEADLY PRESENCE. THE GUNS ARE FULLY ARTICULATE AND SEVERAL ARE SIGNED BENEATH WITH GERMAN SCRIPT ANNOTATIONS OR SIGNATURES OF THE MODELERS. THE CRUISER WAS THE FIRST TO CARRY BATTLESHIP-SIZED MAIN ARMAMENTS, HER SIX 11-INCH GUNS IN TRIPLE TURRETS, FORE AND AFT. HER PRIMARY BATTERIES USED PROVED TO ACTUALLY BE HER EIGHT SINGLE BARREL 150MM PORT AND STARBOARD GUNS. ALTHOUGH THE GERMANS ... Read More |
