HMS Prince of Wales was the second battleship built in the King George V class. Together with HMS Hood she was sent to hunt down the Bismarck and Prinz Eugen. After the sinking of the Hood on 24.05.1941 the already seriously damaged Prince of Wales fired some salvo's at Bismarck before withdrawing. The Bismark suffered damage to her steering system making her partly un-manoeuvrable. After being transferred to the Far East theatre she was finally attacked and sunk on 10 December 1941 by large formations of Japanese aircraft.
Features:
- WATERLINE HULL
- Deck with many superstructures
- Gun turrets
- Cranes
- Ship-borne airplane
- Authentic colour-scheme plan
Specifications:
Age10+
Length 175mm
Number of parts 45
Skill Level 4 (Challenging)
Next to the Tirpitz the Bismarck, the flag-ship of the Germany Navy was the largest German warship with a displacement of 50,900 tons and a crew of 2092 men. Put into service on 24.08.1940, she left port on 18.05.1941 for operation Rhine Exercise. Together with the Prinz Eugen she was discovered early by British reconnaissance planes. In the encounter with the Hood on 24.05.1941 the latter was sunk by the Bismarck. After a long chase the Bismarck was hit by an aircraftfired torpedo on 26.05.1941 and intercepted by the British battleships King George V and Rodney. On 27.05.1941 the Bismarck was sunk by her own crew 490 km off the french coast.
Features:
- Waterline hull
- Detailed deck surfaces
- Gun turrets
- Cranes
- Authentic painting scheme
Specifications:
Age10+
Length 200mm
Number of parts 31
Skill Level 4 (Challenging)
The Yamato was a Japanese Second World War battleship. Its 460 mm heavy artillery had the largest calibre yet used aboard ship. The ship was built in 1941 at the naval shipyard at Kure and was used in the War in the Pacific. On 7th April 1945 the Yamato was sunk by US carrier-borne aircraft 300 km south of the Japanese island of Kyushu.
Features:
- Waterline hull
- Detailed deck surfaces
- Gun turrets
- Authentic painting scheme
Specifications:
Age 10+
Length 219mm
Number of parts 33
Skill Level 4 (Challenging)
Features:
- Water-line hull
- Detailed deck surfaces
- Five aircraft
- Detailed hull with many features
- Authentic painting scheme
Specifications:
Age 10+
Length 219mm
Number of parts 24
Skill Level 4 (Challenging)
Features:
- Detailed hull with many structures
- Authentic power plant
- Textured flight deck
- Deck-edge lifts with optional positions
- Detailed bridge superstructure
- Radar equipment
- 16x F/A-18 Super Hornet
- 4x EA-6B Prowler
- 4x E-2C Hawkeye
- 8x MH-60 S Sea Hawk
- Flight deck vehicles
- Display stand
- Detailed decals for the flight deck and the USS Nimitz, CVN-68, 2010
Specifications:
Age 10+
Length 227mm
Number of parts 99
Skill Level 4 (Challenging)
Features:
- Detailed hull with many structural features
- Specific components for the MS Trollfjord
- Two engine pods with propellers
- Swimming pool
- Detailed funnel
- Display stand with decorative decals
- Decals of the MS Trollfjord, Hurtigruten, Norway, 2012
Specifications:
Age 10+
Length 113mm
Number of parts 43
Skill Level 4 (Challenging)