MAQUETTE À MONTER - Midway Dual Combo (F4F-3, F4F-4) Eduard | N° 11166 | 1:48 **LIKE NEW INSIDE UNOPENED**
Prix régulier 60,00 € TTC 6%
Characteristics
| Condition | Like New Inside Unopened - Intérieur non ouvert |
| Scale | 1/48 |
| Manufacturer | eduard |
| Size of the box | 36 x 23 x 7 cm |
| EAN | 8591437 |
Description
The Wildcat at Midway - British experience with the Martlet I in combat led the Admiralty making a request to Grumman for the addition of folding wings to allow more Martlets to be carried aboard ship, and for an increase in weight of fire. The primary opponent of the Martlets was the German Fw 200 Condor, and the weight of fire of four .50-caliber machine guns was insufficient to give good odds of a kill in the first pass, which was often the only pass in the confrontation. Quadrupling the defenders work generally able to get a two-two warning if an approaching aircraft through the communication being in place between the two countries answered there was generally some 60-70 minutes before the Japanese arrival for a time. Carl remarked that if F took every mistake that had been made on the raid still when into account it was amazing that F-4 managed to get off the carrier with more than half squadron became apparent immediately and the operations tempo picked up significantly during January. This set contains two complete kits featuring the Wildcat at Midway from December 1940 to June 1942.
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