(TRP 02820)
1:48 scale construction kit that requires assembly and painting.
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The Westland W.34 Wyvern was a single-seat carrier-based attack aircraft of the 1950s intended to cover a wide variety of roles. Apart from the cannons, rockets, and bombs usually carried by such aircraft, the Wyvern was unusual in that it could also carry a torpedo. Another unusual feature was its contra-rotating propellers.
Development was plagued by engine problems. The initial prototypes used the Rolls-Royce Eagle 24-cylinder H-pattern engine. Specification N.11/44 that had led to the aircraft's development had called for an airframe design that would be suitable for turboprop power when this technology was available. In fact, suitable turboprops such as the Rolls-Royce Clyde and Armstrong-Siddeley Python became available sooner than the Eagle was perfected, and the Python was used on the 90 production examples instead. Although the first prototype flew on December 12 1946, Wyverns would not enter service for six years.
Wyverns equipped Nos. 813, 827, 830, and 831 Squadrons of the Fleet Air Arm, with 830 Sqn flying them into combat from HMS Eagle during the Suez Crisis. All were withdrawn from service by 1958.
- Scale. 1:48
- Wingspan 279mm(11.1")
- Length 268mm(10.6")
- No of parts 223
Model details,
*Moulded in light grey styrene.
*Fine recessed panel lines and rivet detail.
*Detailed cockpit with nine piece ejector seat and photo etch seat harness.
*Photo etch instrument panel and film backing.
*Working contra-rotating propeller (For added play value)
*Internal photo recon' camera.
*Dihedral brace for tailplane.
*Cockpit canopy can be posed open or closed.
*Clear navigation lights.
*Airbrakes in open or closed position.
*Optional wing folding.
*Weapons include 60lb wing mounted rockets,Mk 15/17 18" Torpedo and 1000lb bombs.
*Optional centreline fuel tank and wing tanks.
*Optional RATOG (Rocket Assisted Take-Off Gear)
*Decals for three aircraft.
Decals for the following aircraft,
1) WN325, 830 Squadron, HMS Eagle, Suez 1956.
2) WN335, 831 Squadron, HMS Ark Royal, 1957.
3) WL879, 813 Squadron, HMS Eagle, 1958.
Requires,
Glue, paints and tools for assembly.
POSTAGE RATE A
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