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Friday, April 11, 2014 - 07:40 AM UTC
It's a plane, but hey, a naval one! A combo kit of the American made Grumman Hellcat in Royal Navy colors (or colours if you prefer) as part of the ProfiPack editions.
Numbered kit 8223, the sprues contain the parts to make two complete Hellcat aircraft with markings for 6 different machines:
Hellcat Mk.I JV132, Lt. Blythe Ritchie, No.800 Sqn FAA, HMS Emperor, May 8, 1944
Hellcat Mk.I JV131, No.800 Sqn FAA, HMS Emperor, June, 1944
Hellcat Mk.I FN430, No.1844 Sqn FAA, P/O Hannay, HMS Indomitable, August 24, 1944
Hellcat Mk.II JX814, No.1844 Sqn FAA, Sub-Lieutenant W.M.C. Foster, HMS Indomitable, Okinawa, April 12, 1945
Hellcat Mk.II JZ796, No.808 Sqn FAA, Sub-Lieutenant Oscar Lorenzo, HMS Khedive and HMS Trincomalee, Ceylon, 1945
Hellcat Mk.II JZ935, No.1839 Sqn FAA, HMS Indomitable, Sub-Lieutenant T.B. Speak, April 5th, 1945
Kit includes styrene, PE and resin pieces.
Kit's estimated retail is $49.95 (US).
Now how about a 1/48 HMS Indomitable to go with it?
Hellcat Mk.I JV132, Lt. Blythe Ritchie, No.800 Sqn FAA, HMS Emperor, May 8, 1944
Hellcat Mk.I JV131, No.800 Sqn FAA, HMS Emperor, June, 1944
Hellcat Mk.I FN430, No.1844 Sqn FAA, P/O Hannay, HMS Indomitable, August 24, 1944
Hellcat Mk.II JX814, No.1844 Sqn FAA, Sub-Lieutenant W.M.C. Foster, HMS Indomitable, Okinawa, April 12, 1945
Hellcat Mk.II JZ796, No.808 Sqn FAA, Sub-Lieutenant Oscar Lorenzo, HMS Khedive and HMS Trincomalee, Ceylon, 1945
Hellcat Mk.II JZ935, No.1839 Sqn FAA, HMS Indomitable, Sub-Lieutenant T.B. Speak, April 5th, 1945
Kit includes styrene, PE and resin pieces.
Kit's estimated retail is $49.95 (US).
Now how about a 1/48 HMS Indomitable to go with it?
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