Blucher Cruiser 1-720 Plastic Ship Model Kit by Revell Germany

1/720 Scale. This measures 11.6 inches long when complete. Features full hull or waterline, detailed superstructure, four mobile gun towers with 20.3 cm guns, 1 arado seaplane, life boats amd Aerial masts. Skill level 2

The German heavy cruiser Blücher[1] was the German Kriegsmarine's newest ship at the outbreak of World War II. Blücher is most notable for being sunk by Norwegian guns on April 9, 1940, less than three years after her launch, on the first day of the invasion of Norway (Operation Weserübung).
Blücher, the heavy cruiser Lützow (formerly classified as a pocket battleship) and the light cruiser Emden, commanded by Rear Admiral Oskar Kummetz, were sailing up the Oslo fjord to land troops for the occupation of the Norwegian capital, Oslo, but the 47 year old (and, ironically, German {Krupp}) 28 cm guns of Oscarsborg fortress opened fire at 05:21 German time (04:21 Norwegian time) from a range of 1400 to 1800 meters, quickly putting Blücher out of control (Blücher was hit directly above the bridge in the artillery command station and the second 280 mm hit set fire to aircraft fuel deposits). She briefly returned fire, but as "the bigger guns could not find any aim of military importance", the impact on the fortress was only marginal. She then drifted into range of a torpedo battery, which hit her with two torpedoes. Blücher sank at Askholmene at 07:23 German time (06:23 Norwegian time), taking 830 men with her into the deep.

Blücher still lies at the bottom of the Oslofjord north of Oscarsborg fortress.

Review Summary:

GOOD. Hull is the same as Prinz Eugen, with full Atlantic bow, but the superstructure is mostly correct for the Blücher. (i.e. It is different from the Prinz Eugen.) Mold dates back to the late 1960s. (DRW)
FAIR/GOOD. The bow had some minor details wrong for the the Admiral Hipper. Although not too bad for it's size, I don't like the mold-into-the-deck light AA-guns. (ME)
Michael's got a point about the light AA guns. Torpedoes are molded into the deck too. Forgot about those... (DRW)