NUOTIE 1/1000 German Battleship Bismarck Diecast Model with Display Base

Product Overview

This 1:1000 model shows the German battleship Bismarck as she sailed for Operation Rheinübing in May 1941: grey hull sides broken by black-and-white identification bands, a red-brown hull below the waterline, tan wooden decking, and the red-and-white bow and stern markings she wore for her breakout into the Atlantic. Eight 38 cm guns ride in four twin turrets with rotating bow mounts, and the tower bridge and rangefinders rise above amidships. At this scale the model comes out to about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and sits on a light-blue display base with a "BISMARCK" nameplate.

Key Features

• 1/1000 scale, about 21 cm (8.3 in) long and 2 cm (0.8 in) wide on the base
• Diecast metal hull: grey sides with black-and-white identification bands, red-brown below the waterline, tan main deck
• Four twin turrets with rotating bow mounts; secondary and anti-aircraft batteries across the deck
• Tower bridge with rangefinders, red-and-white bow and stern markings
• Light-blue display base with a "BISMARCK" nameplate

The Ship

Bismarck's war lasted nine days. On 24 May 1941, in the Denmark Strait, her fifth salvo destroyed HMS Hood — the pride of the Royal Navy — with 1,415 of her crew lost. The hunt that followed involved dozens of British ships across the Atlantic and Arctic. On 26 May an obsolete Swordfish biplane torpedoed her steering gear, and on the morning of 27 May the British battle fleet closed in and pounded her to a wreck; she sank with over 2,100 aboard and 114 survivors. The model captures her as she looked that week: the identification bands, the bow crest and the fit she carried on her only sortie.

On the Shelf

The Prinz Eugen model sits directly beside her in this series — the cruiser that escaped the hunt her flagship did not. The German battleship Scharnhorst completes the Kriegsmarine shelf on the same matching light-blue base.

An Honest Note on Scale

Bismarck was about 251 m long, so a strict 1/1000 hull would run just over 25 cm; this model comes out at 21 cm, slightly compact for the scale, and we state that plainly rather than calling it exact. At 1/1000 she is a display piece rather than a loupe subject: the identification bands, turret layout and tower bridge read clearly at arm's length, which is what carries the identity here. The hull is diecast metal with painted detailing. The masts and AA barrels are slender castings; dust with a soft brush rather than a cloth.