Description

Amati Bismarck German Battleship

Ships History

Launched in 1939, the Bismarck battleship was Germany’s latest weapon in its war against the Allied Forces. She was armed with a main battery of eight 15-inch guns mounted in pairs in four turrets. Her secondary armament consisted of twelve 5.9-inch guns, sixteen 4.1-inch guns, sixteen 1.5-inch guns, and twelve 20mm anti-aircraft guns. The ship carried a crew of 2000 men, displaced over 50,000 tons fully loaded, and measured over 800 feet long, overall.

The Kit

Amati’s Bismarck kit is large at 1:200 scale, over 4 feet long! The kit features a single-planked wooden hull using plank-on-bulkhead construction, with laser cut parts for the keel and bulkheads, as well as for the deck structures.

Being a wooden model kit the deck is naturally real wood, just like the real ship. This is a massive kit, not just in size, but in the quantity of materials. 16 laser-cut plywood sheets, plus more than 2200 photo-etched parts! The Bismarck is a kit that will test your skills. Complete this challenge, and you’ll have one of the most amazing models of a German battleship on display anywhere.

Scale 1:200
Length 50 inch (1270mm)
Height 11.5 inch (292mm)
Width 7.2 inch (182mm)