Italeri 5602 Elco 80 Torpedo Boat Pt-596 Prm Edition Boat/ Landing Craft Navy Military Series assembly kit 1/35 scale
Through the whole 2nd World War the U.S. Navy deployed countless three types of engine torpedo vessels: the Higgins determining 78 legs and ELCO calculating 77 and 80 base. Every model could be distinguished through others, besides by size, by setup, tools and differing other details. The 80 base ELCOs represented the most numerous system: him or her have been realised in five show, for a complete around 300 examples included mahogany and forced by three 1,350cv Packard 4M-2500 products (taken to 1,500 inside present show), these vessels effectively surpassed 40 knots. The unit and tools were constantly updated and improved as a result of experience acquired in the marketplace and modern modification of component: utilising the progress the conflict, in fact, the PT Boats left 1st task of attacking and cutting through the traffic, coping with the portion of gunships and operating inside proximity of coastline or in web sites. The Italeri model reproduces the PT 596 and an 80-foot ELCO through final batch produced.
