Wow, a great ship with a tragic history - well modeled by Von Dos! The weathering adds just the right touch of realism to her hull - in my opinion it's as good as many of the best plastic model kits you see on sites like modelwarships.
She was a formidable cruiser, and in my opinion with a little better luck and experience she could have inflicted quite a few losses on the Japanese.
Fun fact: the De Ruyter has a cameo appearance in "The Cay" - Theodore Taylor's famed anti-racism novel. De Ruyter and several allied destroyers are sent to protect shipping in the Caribbean, but the main character's merchant ship is sunk anyway (at which point he befriends Timothy, the black Dutch-Antillean sailor). In this fictional timeline, she apparently survives the war, since she is out of the Java Sea and that fateful battle in 1942.
Looking forward to even more ships by you in the future!