¹⁄350

First a blast from the past with Lindberg's re-release of a WWI 'Q-Ship' and now Iron Shipwrights releases a new kit of a German World War II counterpart, the commerce raider "Atlantis".

The Atlantis was raider used by Kreigsmarine in the far east and was very successful in her role. She had the longest carrier of any German commerce raider.

Atlantis' armament included six 150 mm (5.9 in) guns, one 75 mm (3.0 in) gun on the bow, two twin-37 mm anti-aircraft guns and four 20 mm automatic cannons -all hidden from view until delpoyed for use. She also had four waterline torpedo tubes, and a 92-mine compartment. This gave her the fire power, and more importantly she possessed the fire control of a light cruiser. The ship also carried two Heinkel He-114C seaplanes in one of its holds, one of these was fully assembled and the other one was packed away in crates.

This kit (No. 4-242 ) is a mix of resin and photo etch details (and significantly more than 41 parts) and is available now at the Iron Shipwrights website for $189.00 (US).