![]() After repairs, she operated out of Brest, France as a commerce raider in late 1940 and early 1941. In April, 1940, she was rammed by the British Destroyer Gloworm, before finally sinking her smaller tormenter. While not as famous as her younger sister Prinz Eugen, Admiral Hipper had a relatively active career. Additional sister Lutzow was sold to the Soviet Union in 1939 before being completed (the incomplete hulk and it’s one operational turret were used against the German during the war), while Seydlitz was very near completion when work was suspended and work to convert her to an aircraft carrier was begun (she was never completed in either guise). Of the five planned ships, only Hipper, Blucher and Prize Eugen were ever commissioned into the Kriegsmarine, with Prinz Eugen being built to a modified design. The Admiral Hipper was the lead ship in a 5 ship class of heavy cruisers built starting in the mid-1930’s. ![]() starting with Revell of Germany’s fine new renditions of Bismarck and Tirpitz, a whole series of new German ships have been released in 1/350, including the heavy cruiser Admiral Hipper. While the Heller kits covered four different classes of ships and were very nice for their time, they were in an odd scale (1/400) and not up to recent standards. ![]() Aficionados of German Heavy ships from World War II used to be limited to the old Tamiya Bismarck and Tirpitz in 1/350, or had to try and find one the increasing rare (and expensive) releases from Heller. ![]() If you are a ship modeler who is also a fan of the German Kriegsmarine, the last few years have seen an amazing number of new kit releases, especially in 1/350. – Poor test fit of the upper and lower hull Trumpeter 1/350, High quality injected modelĬontents & Media– 418 parts, lower and upper hulls, deck, waterline plate, two AR-196 planes and display stand.Īdvantages– Nicely engraved main deck, with seam hidden under superstructure.ĭisadvantages– Knock out pins underneath all the superstructure parts ![]() German Heavy Cruiser Admiral Hipper, 1941 ![]()
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