Manufacturer: Matchbox
Scale: 1/700
Additional parts: PE parts
Model build: Dec 2015 - Jan 2016
Kriegsmarine Zerstörer Z28
Matchbox
1/700
1/700
Kriegsmarine Zerstörer Z28
Z28 was a ship of the Zerstörer 1936A class. It was used in the Baltic Sea and at Jutland before April 1942 when the ship was transferred to Norway. After some operation - including against the convoy PQ17 - the ship returned to Germany for repairs in November 1942. In March 1943 the ship escorted the Scharnhorst back to Norway and was damaged by a bomb hit in Trondheim in July 1943. After repairs it was attached to the 6th destroyer flotilla in the Baltic Sea at the end of 1943, where it was used for shore bombardments mining operations and escort missions for the CA Prinz Eugen .
On 24.10.1944, Z28 was hit by eight bombs dropped by Soviet aircraft, causing repairs until February 1945. The ship was finally sunk by British bombers on 06.03.1945 in the Baltic Sea near Saßnitz in shallow water. Wreck broken down later.
This is the old Matchbox kit which is not that detailed and which does not fit so good at all. It was upgraded with some PE railing, PE crew and EZ line for the antenas. Which did not work out that good, I still have to experiment a bit witrh this. For the railling, I used a genreic one by Aber which is much "softer" than the ones from Eduard I used before (and which I prefer).
The model is painted with Revell Aqua Color and Tamiya rust. Build OOB, I just added a wave breaker on the fore-deck.
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