Trumpeter 1/350 U.S Aircraft Carrier CV-8 Hornet

Modellen er i skala 1/350 og inneholder 433 deler og photo-etched deler. Er kjent fra blant annet Doolittle Raidet mot Tokyo i april 1942.

PrisNOK1 295,00 inkl. mva.
Artikkelnr.:
05601
Produsent:
Trumpeter

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Trumpeter plastbyggesett av det amerikanske hangarskipet CV-8 Hornet fra andre verdenskrig. Modellen er i skala 1/350 og inneholder 433 deler og photo-etched deler. Er kjent fra blant annet Doolittle Raidet hvor B-25B Mitchell bombefly tok av fra skipet for å gjennomføre et bombetokt mot Tokyo i april 1942. Ga en moralsk boost til amerikanerne etter overraskelsesangrepet på Pearl Harbor og ga en klar melding til japanerne at de hadde vekket en kjempe.

Størrelse:
Lengde: 72 cm
Bredde: 10 cm 

Info fra Trumpeter:
The USS Hornet (CB-8), the 1941-1942 version USS Hornet, was a 19,800 ton Yorktown class aircraft carrier constructed at Newport News, Virginia. Commissioned in October 1941, she spent the next four months in the Atlantic preparing for battle. Transferred to the Pacific in March 1942, the Hornet was immediately deployed for the Doolittle raid. On 18 April 1942 she launched 16 U.S.Army B-25 bombers to attack Japan, a strike that caused relatively little damage but which had enormous strategic implications. The Hornet was then sent to the South Pacific to reinforce U.S.units following the Battle of Coral Sea, but was recalled to Pearl Harbor in mid-May. She then took part in the Battle of Midway, on 4-6 June 1942 during which her aircraft assisted in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Mikuma. In August 1942, the Hornet returned to the South Pacific to join the fight for Guadalcanal. During much of September and October, she was the only operational U.S.aircraft carrier available to oppose the Japanese in that area. On 26 October 1942, during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, her planes attacked and badly damaged the Japanese carrier Shokaku. In return, however, the Hornet received heavy bomb and torpedo damage, necessitating her abandonment. Though accompanying U.S.destroyers attempted to scuttle her, she remained afloat until torpedoed and sunk by Japanese ships early in the morning of 27 October.

Item Name: U.S. Aircraft Carrier CV-8 Hornet
Scale: 1:350
Item Type: Static Kit
Model Brief:
Length: 720 mm 
Width: 100mm
Total Parts: 433pcs
Photo Etched Parts: 2PCS
Total Sprues: 16pcs + Upper hull + Lower hull + Waterline plate +Hangar decks + Flight decks + Display stand
Paint Schemes:    
For Tokyo Raid and Midway battle version

Anbefalte farger:
Red
Yellow
Silver
Copper
Olive Drab
Neutral Gray
Navy Blue
Hull Red
Dark Gray
Flat Black
IJN Gray
Midnight Blue
Intermediate Blue

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