The
Airfix 1/400 Scharnhorst or Gneisenau this
plastic model kit accurately recreates either of the real life vessels. This
plastic ship kit requires paint and glue to complete.
Sharnhorst and Gneisenau where two famous 'Gneisenau Class Battlecruisers' of the German Kriegsmarine, they were known to their enemy as the 'ugly sisters'. Gneisenau was famous for the 'Channel Dash' in 1942 where she was critically damaged while her sister ship Sharnhorst fought in the Battle of North Cape in 1943 where she was eventually sunk.
Manufacturer:
Airfix Model:
08204 Scharnhorst or GneisenauScale: 1/400