1350 - 1/72 Stirling Mk.Iv Glider tug / Paratroopos Transport Italeri  [IT-1350S]

D-DAY SERIES - NORMANDY 1944/2014

The brief Stirling finished up being initial hefty bomber used through the 2nd World War by the British Royal Air Force. Though it was built around a robust metal airframe and it also plainly could carry good unpleasant load, the Stirling completed up being gradually replaced in RAF Bomber Squadron using the harder Halifax and Lancaster. After its 4 effective 1,635 hp Bristol Hercules products, it had been effective at perform other essential duties in airborne operations : dropping paratroopers and towing gliders. The Stirling Mk IV variation wound up being modified to optimize the towing of gliders, such as for instance Horsa and Hamilcar, utilizing the removal of nose and dorsal turrets as well as the introduction of mechanisms to discharge gliders. The Stirlings Mk IV have been found in the Battle of Normandy and procedure marketplace Garden.

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• 100per cent groundbreaking MOULDS
• COLOR INSTUCTIONS SHEET
• CONTAINS PHOTO-ETCHED FRET
• Decals for 4Versions