Tamiya 1/350 Bismark (Is it a re release)

The original kit 78001 was motorized, but it was reissued almost immediately and thereafter non- motorized. To motorized it you'll need the whole setup, gear box, motor, battery contacts.

Those prop shafts look aftermarket(?). Did you buy it on eBay?

It's been reboxed a lot, with a $$$ jack each time, but it's the same old kit.

Lots of good PE around for it.

My son bought it from the lms for my birthday so I don't know maybe someone bought it with the extras then returned it.

I have the original kit that I built back when it first came out and still have it. That is defenetively used and the shafts are am products. Looks to me like the like the original mold. Look around for a date inside the hull or under the deck parts. Should be Tamiya with a late 70's or early 1980s date stamp.