HEL81084 - Heller 1/400 Admiral Hipper - WWHP113778

HEL81084 - Heller 1/400 Admiral Hipper - WWHP113778

Preowned, Resealed, Mint inside, Box damaged

Admiral Hipper was the lead ship of the Kriegsmarine’s Admiral Hipper class of heavy cruisers. She was launched at the Blohm and Voss yard in Hamburg on 6 February 1937 and armed with eight 20.3 cm guns in four twin turrets. During the invasion of Norway in April 1940, the British destroyer HMS Glowworm rammed her in one of the war’s most famous small-ship actions. She went on to raid Atlantic convoys, attacking convoy SL 64 in February 1941, and fought at the Battle of the Barents Sea in December 1942. British bombers badly damaged her at Kiel in May 1945, and she was scuttled at the end of the war. Heller’s 1/400 kit builds a large, impressive model of the cruiser in her wartime camouflage.

• Grey plastic sprues with full hull halves, decks, turrets, superstructure, masts and armament, packed in sealed bags
• Arado Ar 196 floatplane and its catapult, as shown on the box art
• Small decal sheet
• Instruction sheet with parts list, history and ship characteristics
• Completed model measures about 51.5 cm long