The two 12t board cranes are also fully movable. The two aircraft catapults, which can be extended to the sides, are located in the middle of the ship. The hangar under the main mast has a sliding door, which can be opened and in which a reconnaissance aircraft of the type "Arado Ar 196" can be stored. In the area of the funnel and on the hangar are stowed various traffic boats, motor launches and cutters. Die Türme der Hauptartillerie, der Mittelartillerie und die schwere Flak sind voll drehbar und lassen sich in der Höhe richten. Don’t let your mind be overwhelmed with these question. As a truth, we cannot make a smart choice if these are always popped up aroud our head. We understand your feeling as we stand on the customer’s point of view whenever they need information about these items. The model shows the ship as it looked during the sea trials in the Baltic Sea before it left Gotenhafen together with the heavy cruiser Prince Eugen in May 1941 for the "Unternehmen Rheinübung", the breakthrough into the Atlantic. Both the COBI 4840 (Executive Edition) and COBI 4841 (Standard Edition sets are 34″ long and 8.5 ” tall.

The towers of the main artillery, the middle artillery and the heavy anti-aircraft are fully rotatable and can be aligned in height. Das Modell stellt das Schiff da wie es während der Seeerprobung in der Ostsee aussah bevor es im Mai 1941 Gotenhafen zusammen mit dem Schweren Kreuzer Prinz Eugen zum „Unternehmen Rheinübung“, dem Durchbruch in den Atlantik, verließ.