Exhibit: October 2023
Name of Model: SMS GroBer Kurfurst 1916
Modeler’s Name: Jay McKeown
Period Ship Sailed: 1916
Type of Model:
Build Time: 4 months
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Description of build: ICM base kit with Eduard Photo Etch, Model Master barrels, Humbrol paints

Ship’s History: SMS GroBer Kurfurst was the second ship of the Konig class of battleships. Its keel was laid down in October 1911 in Stettin and launched on May 5, 1913. Shwas armed with ten 12” guns in five turrets. She displaced almost 26,000 tons and could steam at 21 knots. She participated in most of the High Seas Fleet actions during World War I, including Jutland. She was part of the surrender in November 1918 and infamously scuttled on June 21, 1919 with the rest of the fleet interned at Scapa Flow, Scotland.
Modeler’s Biography: Building quality ships since 2008.