Product Description
--This is a guide to the new 1/72 Vickers Wellesley Mk.I injection kit from Barom, Czech Republic.
――Barom is a manufacturer that has a large lineup of injection kits for aircraft that are rarely released by other companies.
――The parts are beautifully molded and the details are highly reproducible, making it a very easy-to-assemble kit.
-The kit comes with 2 types of Royal Air Force decals (45th Squadron, 76th Squadron x 1 each) and etching parts.
――When completed, the total length will be about 166 mm and the total width will be about 316 mm.
--Wellsley is a Vickers bombing / reconnaissance aircraft that was officially adopted by the Royal Air Force in 1935 before World War II, and was the first military aircraft to adopt Vickers' unique global structure as a mass-produced aircraft.
――It is also famous as an aircraft that set a world record for 48 hours of non-landing flight over 11,500km between Egypt and Australia in 1938.
--Although it was already out of date at the beginning of World War II, it was used as a reconnaissance aircraft on the North African Campaign until 1941.
--Wellsley began mass production in 1937, and by 1938, 176 aircraft had been manufactured.
――This machine is a monoplane / single-engine machine with a metal frame and a high aspect ratio and low wings. It was equipped with two 7.7mm machine guns and was able to mount a 905kg bomb on the underwing pod.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 31.8 x 19.8 x 3.5 cm / 220g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- VAL72158
- JAN code
- 8594054291580
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.