Revell Battleship Bismarck 1/350 Model Ship Kit NEW COMPLETE Open Box 05040

Description

This listing is for a fantastic Revell Battleship Bismarck Model Kit 05040!
Condition:
New and complete in the original opened box. Box shows tape marks, wear and tear (contents are unaffected).
1:350 Scale
This item contains over 650 highly detailed grey and clear plastic parts, instructions, and a very large sheet of decals to make a full hull model of this potent DKM Battleship.
Revell has done a ton of research on the Bismarck and Tirpitz to support their latest master kits. These new kits outperform the older Tamiya, Trumpeter and Hasegawa kits, according to many reviewers. The Bismarck had one moment of glory before being sent to the bottom and the Tirpitz was in hiding continuously before being attacked by mini-subs and enormous Tallboy bombs.
The Revell Germany website shows the dramatic box art and has a few photos of an assembled ship. The site allows you to download the full-color instruction guide and provides a blurb about the Bismarck plus a few of the many kit features:
The Bismarck was the largest and most modern battleship in the world at the time with 42,343 t (next to the Hood). On 24 May 1941, she sunk the largest British battle cruiser, the HMS Hood, in a sea battle together with the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen at the pack ice border off Greenland with the 5th volley of her 38 cm guns by direct hits. Launched on 14 February 1940 at Blohm & Voss in Hamburg, together with the identical Tirpitz, it was the most modern ship and the prestige object of the German navy. With a length of 251 m, the mast tip reached 52 m above the water surface. A total of 17,450 tons of steel were used as armour protection. The newly constructed heavy artillery fired 800 kg projectiles up to a distance of 34.2 km, whereby 350 mm armour could be penetrated up to 21 km. While the Prinz Eugen did not get a hit during the battle on 24 May, the Bismarck, damaged at the bow, set course for a French port. During the subsequent pursuit by British ships and aircraft, the ship was shot unfit for battle after a torpedo hit into the steering gear on 27 May 1941 by numerically superior Home Fleet forces and sank in the Atlantic about 800 km off the French coast. Of the 2,092 men on board, 115 survived.
Features:
- Newly tooled kit
- Display stand
- Camouflage instructions and decals for two periods of operation: trial phase Baltic Sea, autumn 1940 and May 1941
Scalemates.com shows this is a new tool from 2007 that has been the basis of a few Bismarck & Tirpitz kits recently. They provide a link to the 30-page instruction set and many links to reviews (two are summarized below), references and galleries, to get the details right.
Guido Hopp posted a photo-laden Preview on the modelwarships.com site after seeing the kit unveiled by Revell at a convention in Germany. The kit was assembled, but unpainted and he managed to get 40 photos to show the incredible detail and quality of this awesome model. He started his review by asking if we really need another 1/350 Bismarck. After gushing about how much better the kit is than the one he has from Tamiya, he said: “
Do we need another Bismarck? This one, indeed we do!
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Martin Kohring did an In Box Review on the
German-language modellversium.de site. He was impressed with the packaging that his first photo shows how well secured the main deck and hull halves are in the box. He shows all the sprues, decal and painting instructions. He was thrilled with the kit, calling it best and most detailed Bismarck kit in 1:350 on the market. The only real improvement needed would be PE railings, as he mentions in his conclusion: “
Revell has achieved a real highlight after a very long development period. Hard for the competition, especially with the great price-performance ratio to get their Bismarck kits still sold. The beginner is challenged despite the great fit accuracy with the multitude of parts, the ship enthusiast will have his true pleasure and also has potential to use photo etching parts.
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Alain Bernhard published an excellent Build Review on the French-language modelstories.free.fr site. The translation was a little choppy, but there are dozens of high-resolution photos of the parts and his build progress, along with his impressive results. He opted for the PE railings from L’Arsenal (naturally) which was a good call. He highly recommended the kit, saying: “
A superb model of battleship, with a very easy assembly, beautiful size and which has absolutely nothing to envy its Asian competitors!
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This kit is in a huge, opened, box about 30” x 20” x 5”. The box has wear, tear, and tape and tape marks. The contents are unaffected.
Buyer pays .90 shipping.
Thanks so much!