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Monday, October 02, 2017 - 01:29 AM UTC
Battlefleet Models announces the releae of a 1/350 scale US Coast Guard Cutter 'Itasca' 1938 Lake Class.

US Coast Guard Cutter 'Itasca' 1938 Lake Class
Scale 1/350
Model No. 35066
MSRP - $100 US

The 'Lake' Class of US Coast Guard Cutters were built and commissioned into service in the early 1930s and carried out numerous search and rescue missions in their time, including Itasca being involved in the trans Pacific flight of Amelia Earhart and the subsequent search for her after her plane went missing. The Lake class were then transferred to the Royal Navy for use as convoy escorts after the outbreak of WW2 and became the Banff class of Sloops. At the end of the war they were returned to the USA but saw very little service before being sold.

Kit consists of resin parts with photo-etched brass details
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Can be made as a full hulled or waterline model.

Price $100.00 this includes postage within the continental USA. Now Available.
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Hi Everyone, This is a limited edition. These kits were mastered by Peter Hall. No 3D printed parts.
OCT 02, 2017 - 02:16 AM
Glad to see these.
OCT 25, 2017 - 10:02 PM
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