Lütjens
by Paul Helfrich

1/250 Lütjens (Wilhelmshaven)

I worked on this model off and on from January 2008 through November 2010. It's the modern Germany navy destroyer Lütjens. Named for Admiral Gunther Lütjens, commander of Operation Rheinübung on board the Bismarck, Lütjens was one of three modified Charles F. Adams class destroyers built in the US for the Bundesmarine in the 1960s. She was in commission from 1969 to 2003.

The model is the 1/250 paper model from Wilhelmshaven. Everything on the model is paper except for some styrene and brass rod in the masts, old metal screen for the radars, and stretched sprue for the whip antennas and rigging.