Description
Airfix 1/72 RAF Rescue Launch kit A05281V
Take on the modelling challenge of theRAF Rescue Launch, Vintage Classics style. Reprising the popular 1:72 scale model kit of the past, this Powerboat has 155 parts and two scheme options – which one will you build?
History
During the Second World War, the danger of losing large numbers of aircrew forced to ditch in the seas around the British Isles was very real, resulting in the creation of the Royal Air Force Sea Rescue Service, operating under the motto The sea shall not have them.
Using vessels designed by the British Powerboat Company and utilising racing boat technology, this service was all about speed, with the Type Two 63ft HSL Whaleback being arguably their most distinctive craft.
Powered by three 24ltr Napier Sea Lion engines, these boats must have sounded magnificent and its no wonder they were known as the Spitfires of the sea.
Item Length – Without Packaging (cm)26.6Item
Width – Without Packaging (cm)7
How many pieces will be found in the box opened by the customer?155
Additional items are required to complete kit as illustrated
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