Trumpeter Admiral Graf Spee 1:350 is an injection-molded plastic kit of the German pocket battleship (Panzerschiff) in 1:350 scale. A large ship model with photo-etched parts and a shipboard floatplane.
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Injection-molded plastic kit of the German ship Admiral Graf Spee in 1:350 scale from Trumpeter. It was a so-called pocket battleship (in German Panzerschiff, armored ship), a heavily armed but physically smaller cruiser. The model is therefore somewhat smaller than the classic battleships in the same scale, yet it offers a great deal of detail: photo-etched masts and railings, decals, a lower waterline plate, one shipboard floatplane and a stand with a nameplate. The superstructure, the main armament turrets and the smaller weapons are all finely rendered.
The Admiral Graf Spee was a pocket battleship of the Deutschland class, commissioned in 1936. The concept arose as an answer to the limits placed on the Kriegsmarine: the ship fitted within a relatively low tonnage limit but carried unusually heavy armament, six 28 cm guns in two triple turrets. She was therefore more powerful than an ordinary cruiser, and thanks to her diesel propulsion she had great range. In December 1939 she fought a battle with British cruisers at the mouth of the River Plate; damaged, she anchored at Montevideo in Uruguay and on 17 December 1939 her own crew scuttled her so that she would not fall into enemy hands. She is often named as the first German warship fitted with a search radar.
The model is built with the lower waterline plate; glue the plastic parts with thin cement for plastic and the photo-etched masts and railings with cyanoacrylate glue, as these are fine parts that need a steady hand. Lay down a primer before painting; the hull is painted along the waterline and the real ship wore the typical German naval shades of gray, in some cases with a camouflage pattern. A dark wash and light weathering will bring the deck and the engraved texture to life, and paint the small floatplane and its propeller separately. Fill around the fine superstructure and the rangefinders carefully; a complete set of photo-etched railings and ladders can be added from separate sets.
The model is supplied unassembled and unpainted. Glue, paints and accessories are not included in the package, unless stated otherwise.
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