Product Description

--Make a Sea Dragon with the Maritime Self-Defense Force marking because it is a Platts / Italeri series !! A 1/72 helicopter model kit, MH-53E Sea Dragon, is newly introduced in the collaboration kit of Italeri and Platts.

[About the actual machine]
--The CH-53E Super Stallion is a large helicopter developed by Sikorsky of the United States for the US Marine Corps and the Navy.
――The Super Stallion was developed as a large transport helicopter, but the variation type was the MH-53E Sea Dragon, which incorporates a mine minesweeper.
――In terms of appearance, it is characterized by being equipped with large sponson on both sides of the aircraft, and this part is also used as a fuel tank, making it possible to carry out minesweeping work for a long time.
--The engine is equipped with three T64GE-416 / 419 turboprop engines.
--The aircraft, which began development in 1980, made its maiden flight in 1981.
--The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force started operation in 1990.
――It was operated until it was retired in 2017, and it showed great transportation capacity even after the Great East Japan Earthquake.

[About the model]
――Italeri, an Italian manufacturer, is an easy-to-assemble kit for the Platts / Italeri series, which is developed by Platts with its own Japanese manual, package, and original decals.
――The easy-to-understand Japanese manual makes italeri's high-quality kit easier and more enjoyable.
――In addition, Platts has selected the markings for Japanese modelers.
――For this kit, we have prepared decals by choosing the markings of the Maritime Self-Defense Force, which is nice for Japanese modelers.
-The model reproduces the MH-53E Sea Dragon, a helicopter operated by the Maritime Self-Defense Force at 1/72.
――The aircraft that makes you feel the strength is divided into left and right to accurately express the shape.
――The floor panel etc. are modeled inside the aircraft.
--In addition, the minesweeping equipment unique to minesweeping helicopters has been firmly reproduced.
-Furthermore, the rotor blades are separate parts one by one, and the reproduction of the rotor base is also mechanical.
――In addition, like each kit of the Platts / Italeri series, this kit also comes with a masking sheet that is convenient for painting window frames and the like.

[Major features]
--Reproduce the MH-53E, a minesweeping helicopter operated by the Maritime Self-Defense Force on 1/72.
--Platz original Japanese manual and package set on Italeri plastic parts
-The decal is made by Italian cult graph, reproducing the marking of the aircraft operated by the Maritime Self-Defense Force


Item Size/Weight : 38 x 25 x 7 cm / 414g

Product Specifications

Item series

Platz/Italeri Aircraft

Country

Japan

Item code

TPA-6

JAN code

4545782075731

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