1/328 MTC7002 Megatech ZR-3 USS Los Angeles Rigid Airship - 24 inch long Wooden Kit
Wood and Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc+
Still factory sealed. Out of production kit of the US Navy's first airship. Large 24 inch kit features laser cut plywood bulkheads, contest quality balsa, numerous vacuformed parts such as the nose, control gondola and engine gondolas, tissue covering and full size plans. The ZR-3 was originally built by Zeppelin Works at Friedrichshafen Germany. She was commissioned as the USS Los Angeles in 1924 by Mrs. Calvin Collidge. The Los Angeles logged almost 7 years of service and flew 4,398 hours. She was used to develop the US low-mast mooring system and pioneered the airplane-airship hook-up technique that later became famous in the 'aircraft carrier airships' Akron and Macon.
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