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

D-DAY SERIES - NORMANDY 1944/2014

The brief Stirling finished up being the original hefty bomber utilized throughout the second World War by the British Royal Air Force. Though it had been built around a robust steel airframe also it surely could carry good unpleasant load, the Stirling wound up being slowly replaced in RAF Bomber Squadron using the more complex Halifax and Lancaster. As a result of its 4 effective 1,635 hp Bristol Hercules devices, it absolutely was with the capacity of perform other crucial duties in airborne operations : dropping paratroopers and towing gliders. The Stirling Mk IV variation ended up being modified to optimize the towing of gliders, such as for instance Horsa and Hamilcar, utilising the elimination of nose and dorsal turrets and the introduction of mechanisms to discharge gliders. The Stirlings Mk IV had been utilized 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