Scharnhorst and Gneisenau, Shipcraft No 20

SHIPCRAFT Series No 20: SCHARNHORST AND GNEISENAU.

• Summary of Design History and Careers
• Full Details of Class variations and modifications
• Colour reference for paint schemes
• Gallery of photographs of outstanding models
• Critical reviews of available kits and accessories
• Sources of further information from books to websites.

The SHIPCRAFT series provides in-depth information about building and modifying model kits of famous warship types. Lavishly illustrated, each book takes the modeller through a brief history of the subject class, highlighting differences between sister-ships and changes in their appearance over their careers. This includes paint schemes and camouflage, featuring colour profiles and highly-detailed line drawings and scale plans.

The modelling section reviews the strengths and weaknesses of available kits, lists commercial accessory sets for super-detailing of the ships, and provides hints on modifying and improving the basic kit. This is followed by an extensive photographic gallery of selected high-quality models in a variety of scales, and the book concludes with a section on research references – books, monographs, large-scale plans and relevant websites.

The two German ships which form the subject of this volume were among the first products of rearmament under Hitler. For political reasons they were neither as large nor as well armed as foreign equivalents, but they were very fast, which led them to be described as Battlecruisers in some quarters. They enjoyed an adventurous war, both surviving heavy damage, before Scharnhorst was sunk in an epic gun battle off the North Cape, while Gneisenau succumbed to heavy air attack.

Author: Steve Backer

Publisher: Seaforth Publishing (2019)

Description: 64 pages, Paperback, A4 size.

Condition: NEW COPY.

Shipping weight: 470 gr.

Tags: KRIEGSMARINE, BATTLESHIPS, BATTLECRUISERS