1/350 SE73506 AFV Club Japanese Navy Submarine I-19 Plus Detail Set With Wood Deck and Brass PE Details
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc
Build the ultimate I-19 in this scale! Includes AFV Club #AFVG35023 I-19 Detail Set which consists of an amazing real wood laser-cut deck and a large fret of brass PE parts. Never used and complete with all parts and instructions. The actual model is a superb kit from all new tooling. Features full hull or waterline build, PE details and railings, Glen seaplane molded in clear plastic and much more. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. The I-19 is famous for firing history's most successful torpedo spread off Guadalcanal. On September 14, 1942, the I-19 was patrolling of the Solomons when she fired a 6 torpedo spread. Three hit and sank the US Carrier CV-7 WASP, and the remaining three exploded against the BB North Carolina and the destroyer O'Brien. The destroyer sank and the North Carolina had to be repaired at Pearl till November 16, 1942. The I-19's Glen seaplane also flew night reconnaissance on February 23, 1942 over Pearl Harbor for the planned second attack by Emily flying boats on that base.
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