Hi everyone:
New to this forum and hope to learn something from all of you pros.
Does anyone know if the parts of Heller’s 2 DKM battle cruisers - Scharnhorst and Gneisnenau - are inter- changable? i.e., can I build Scharnhorst from Gneisnenau, or vise versa? I know Airfix’s boxing says “Scharnhorst or Gneisnenau”.
No. Gneisenau has the larger a/c hanger which is noticeable.
see here www.bismarck-class.dk/…/gneisenaubaz.html
www.modelshipgallery.com/…/gs-index.html
there are some mast placement differences.
The OR kit has different spruce unique to each.
airfixtributeforum.myfastforum.org/Airfix_1_400_Scharnhorst_or_Gneisenau_A08204__about25951.html
Heller does model the differences between the two ships. And, being such a large size, they are easy to detail!
Bill
A most excellent build, the Gneisenau was!
You will find my own Gneisenau in this thread: