Dragon 1/700 "Sink The Bismarck" Special 70th Anniversary Issue

The year 2011 marks the anniversary of this famous battleships first and last fight. To commemorate the Bismarcks sinking, Dragon has put together an interesting combination of a 1/700 ship kit as well as an identically scaled Fairey Swordfish. In this scale the aircraft is tiny, but its a brand new tooling. The Stringbag aircraft (as it was called by many) is extremely well detailed, and it even carries the torpedo that played such a pivotal role in the ships demise.

The plastic ship comes from the highly acclaimed 1/700 scale kit that has previously been released. This kit is brimming with detail, and it also includes a wide array of photo-etched parts. A number of new parts have been created especially for this release, including the waterproof covers for the main guns. Made of DS (Dragon Styrene), these realistically mimic the material of the original covers. In association with this DS material, the main gun barrels have all been remastered too. Also new are 3.7cm twin AA guns, and 2cm Flakvierling cannons. With this combination of ship and aircraft, modelers can relive the defining battle played out by the Royal Navy and Kriegsmarine.

Features:

• Newly tooled 3.7cm twin AA gun and single AA gun included
• Aircraft newly produced w/plastic and photo-etched parts
• New and accurate workboat stowage
• Extermely fine detailed parts - 11.5m workboat newly produced
• 2cm Flakvierling gun accurately produced w/photo-etched parts
• Optional display stands included
• Waterline or full-hull version can be assembled
• Turrret w/rivet details authentically reproduced
• Authentic gun barrels are slide-molded w/hollow ends
• One-piece slide-molded w/undercut details upper hull realistically represented
• Intricate command bridge made by slide molds
• Intricate funnel included
• Photo-etched parts update superstructure, mast, and radar details
• Photo-etched railings included

Requires:

• Skill level: 4 Ages 14 to Adult
• Gluing required
• Painting required