09257 Life-Like Monitor and Merrimac - ex-Pyro Molds
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good++
From ex-Pyro molds. The Monitor is 10 inches long and the Merrimac is 11 inches long when built. Never started. NOTE: the Merrimac is still in the factory sealed bag but the Monitor is not. The Monitor is missing one stack half and the prop shaft. Otherwise inventoried with all other parts and instructions. These are not the Lindberg kits but are from the original Pyro molds and have superior detail to the Lindberg issues. The two American Civil war ships that spelled the end of the wooden ship age. In March of 1862, the Merrimac put to sea to raise the Union Blockade off the St. James. There she sank the Cumberland and Congress. The Monitor, the Union's only ironclad and the first turret ship, was rushed to the scene. The epic battle between the two iron-clad ships ended in a draw, with the Merrimac suffering a little more damage than the Monitor. The Merrimac was blown up to avoid capture; the Monitor sank in a gale in 1862.
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