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USN/RN Escort Carrier Deck

Arma Hobby, 1/72 scale

S u m m a r y :

Description and Item No.:

Arma Hobby Kit No. 70060 - USN/RN Escort Carrier Deck

Contents and Media:

One plastic 152x152mm (6 inches by 6 inches) carrier deck section. Link to 3d printed accessory files and additional material.

Price:

€8.64 plus shipping available online at Arma Hobby

GBP£8.99 EU Price (GBP£7.49 Export Price) plus shipping available online from Hannants

and hobby retailers worldwide 

Scale:

1/72

Review Type:

First Look

Advantages:

Simple, neatly moulded and a suitable size for small carrier borne aircraft. The QR link to a 3D printing set of accessories is a new and interesting idea.

Disadvantages:

None noted.

Recommendation:

This is a most useful product that comes highly recommended to modellers who like to have something under their model that will certainly take away the stress of handling the finished masterpiece.

Reviewed by Graham Carter

Introduction

 

Some 130 Escort class carriers were built in the US during WWII and served widely in both the Atlantic and Pacific campaigns by both US Navy and the Royal Navy. To quote from the ARMA website:

“On escort carriers, due to their small size, composite air squadrons consisting of fighters and bomber/reconnaissance/torpedo aircraft were usually stationed. The Americans primarily used Wildcats and Avengers, while the British used Sea Hurricanes or Martlets/Wildcats (less often Seafires) in teams with Swordfish or Tarpon/Avengers.

In addition, in the Pacific, escort carriers brought new aircraft from US factories to the front, both naval (e.g., Hellcats, Corsairs), as a supplement to carrier-based squadrons or Marines, and fully land-based aircraft such as the P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning, P-39 Airacobra, P-40 and many others.”

 

 

FirstLook

 

This simple diorama accessory will be suitable for a wide range of modelling subjects and comes in a small flat box and comprises a single plastic sheet on a raised plinth 152x152mm square.

 

 

Detail is fine and consists of wooden boards with metal anchoring strips every dozen to fifteen boards and would suit any small aeroplane such as those listed above. No instructions come with the item but a visit to the ARMAHobby web-site gives more details such as uses and colours.

 

 

A great addition to the base is a free 3D-printing file for some universal carrier equipment: 4 arrestor cable mounts, 4 British and American versions of wheel chocks, 2 bomb carts.  

 

 

This is accessed via a QR code on the box and allows the user to print up their own set of accessories. This is the way our hobby could be going folks!

 

 

Anyway it is a most useful product that I think will find many a home under some of your masterpieces and I am sure we will start to see it in model shows soon. As such it comes highly recommended to modellers who like to have something under their model that will certainly take away the stress of handling the finished masterpiece.

 

 

Conclusion

 

This is a most useful product that comes highly recommended to modellers who like to have something under their model that will certainly take away the stress of handling the finished masterpiece.

Highly Recommended.

Thanks to Arma Hobby for the sample

Review Text Copyright © 2024 by Graham Carter
Images Copyright © 2024 by Brett Green
Page Created 13 November, 2024
Last updated 13 November, 2024

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