1/700 USS Zumwalt DDG1000 Upgrade PE Sheet (FH1175)The Zumwalt class is a class of destroyer of the United States Navy, the outfitting of which began with the first example in October 2008 at Bath Iron Works shipyards.The class leader was dedicated to Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, an important figure in the US Navy of the 1960s and 1970s as chief of naval operations and author of a major reform of naval personnel.Initially planned in 32 examples, these due to implementation problems and cost escalation were reduced first to 10 then to 3, and the program is considered at risk by the U.S. Navy under the 2010 Nunn-McCurdy amendment on defense cost cuts. The project contemplates a highly pushed stealth hull design, state-of-the-art electronics, two vertical multiarm launchers totaling 256 missiles, two 155mm automatic guns and two 57mm CIWS systems for point defense. The design also envisions the installation of induction cannons (railguns) when this technology matures.For the first time since the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, a naval ship resumes its form with a spur prow, this time not as an offensive weapon but to decrease radar signatures and "open" waves rather than ride them.
1/700 Missile Destroyer USS Zumwalt DDG-1000 Full HullThe Zumwalt class is a class of destroyer of the United States Navy, the outfitting of which began with the first example in October 2008 at Bath Iron Works shipyards.The class leader was dedicated to Admiral Elmo Zumwalt, an important figure in the US Navy of the 1960s and 1970s as chief of naval operations and author of a major reform of naval personnel.Initially planned in 32 examples, these due to implementation problems and cost escalation were reduced first to 10 then to 3, and the program is considered at risk by the U.S. Navy under the 2010 Nunn-McCurdy amendment on defense cost cuts. The project contemplates a highly pushed stealth hull design, state-of-the-art electronics, two vertical multiarm launchers totaling 256 missiles, two 155mm automatic guns and two 57mm CIWS systems for point defense. The design also envisions the installation of induction cannons (railguns) when this technology matures.For the first time since the Russo-Japanese War of 1905, a naval ship resumes its form with a spur prow, this time not as an offensive weapon but to decrease radar signatures and "open" waves rather than ride them.
1/72 Pz.Kpfw. VI Ausf. B Königstiger (Original Turret) The Panzerkampfwagen VI Ausf. B also known by its army identification number Sonderkraftfahrzeug 182 (Sd. Kfz. 182), or informally as Tiger II or Königstiger (German: Royal Tiger - referring to the Bengal Tiger) was a German heavy tank of World War II. Its name is often literally translated into the English King Tiger and also referred to by British forces as Royal Tiger. In January 1943, a few months after the Panzer VI Tiger I entered service, the German Army Armaments Office issued a request for a new heavy tank with a turret capable of housing the powerful 71.2-caliber long 88-mm cannon. The design contract was awarded to the two best research divisions available at the time-Porsche and Henschel & Sohn-and, as with the Tiger I, it was Henschel's model that proved to be the winner given its characteristics of greater reliability and ease of production: from this design came the Tiger II.
1/72 Pz.Kpfw. I Ausf. F (VK18.01) LateThe Panzer I, a shortened name from the original Panzerkampfwagen I, whose army identification number was Sd.Kfz. 101, was a light tank of Nazi Germany, designed between 1931 and 1934 and entered service with the Reichswehr, from which the Heer inherited it.Conceived solely as a training tank (a function it fulfilled admirably), it was instead used in combat until 1942. Easy to produce, fast and maneuverable, but with armor and armament unsuitable for war, it was the first tank mass-produced by German industry. Terminated from front-line service after very heavy losses, it was used for police duties or anti-partisan fighting. The chassis and hull were reused to produce a variety of self-propelled, assault vehicles and command vehicles.
1/700 HMS Formidable 1941 Deluxe Edition - SET HMS Formidable (Pennant number R67), the fifth British warship to bear this name, was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered under the 1936 shipbuilding program, she was built at Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast, being laid down on June 17, 1937, launched on August 17, 1939, and entering service on November 24, 1940.
1/700 HMS Formidable 1941 Deluxe EditionHMS Formidable (Pennant number R67), the fifth British warship to bear this name, was an Illustrious-class aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy. Ordered under the 1936 shipbuilding program, she was built at Harland and Wolff shipyards in Belfast, being laid down on June 17, 1937, launched on August 17, 1939, and entering service on November 24, 1940.
1/72 Douglas SBD-2 Dauntless Upgrade EditionThe Douglas SBD Dauntless ("fearless" in English) was a boarded dive bomber produced by the U.S.-based Douglas Aircraft Company in the 1940s and used by Allied forces during World War II.Equipped with high characteristics[which?], at the time of its entry into service, it was capable of conducting dive attacks with a 454 or the heavier 726-pound bomb, was characterized by high robustness, and was used efficiently by Marine and U.S. Navy divisions. Its main success, however, remained the sinking of the Japanese aircraft carriers at Midway, winning the most uncertain air-to-air battle of the Pacific War.The U.S. Army had a land-based version of the Dauntless, called the A-24 Banshee, which was essentially the same plane with minor differences (it did not have a arresting hook and the tires were different). It was produced in two versions and employed during and after the war.
1/72 Douglas SBD-3 DauntlessIl Douglas SBD Dauntless ("impavido" in inglese) era un bombardiere in picchiata imbarcato prodotto dall'azienda statunitense Douglas Aircraft Company negli anni quaranta ed utilizzato dalle forze alleate durante la seconda guerra mondiale.Dotato di elevate caratteristiche[quali?], all'epoca dell'entrata in servizio, era in grado di condurre attacchi in picchiata con una bomba da 454 o la più pesante da 726 kg, era caratterizzato da un'elevata robustezza e venne usato in maniera efficiente dai reparti dei Marines e dell'U.S. Navy. Il suo principale successo è rimasto tuttavia l'affondamento delle portaerei giapponesi a Midway, vincendo la battaglia aeronavale più incerta della guerra del Pacifico.L'Esercito degli Stati Uniti era dotato di una versione terrestre del Dauntless, denominata A-24 Banshee, che era essenzialmente lo stesso aereo con piccole differenze (non aveva il gancio d'arresto e gli pneumatici erano diversi). Venne prodotto in due versioni ed impiegato durante e dopo la guerra.