1/540 H399-398 Revell USS Coral Sea Aircraft Carrier - Motorized - Picture Fleet Issue - With Starfighter Decals
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
Very rare first and only Motorized Issue of the Coral Sea. Dated 1960. This is the static model with internal modifications for motorized running. You could build it static by leaving out the motorizing parts. Features stuffing boxes and dual shaft/dual propeller drive through a reduction gearbox. Furnished with electric motor, metal contacts and on/off switch. Uses two 'C' batteries. Nicely molded full hull kit with rudder and propeller details, positionable elevators, 3 and 5 inch AA guns, boats and boat cranes, mobile aircraft deck crane and tugs, detailed island and an airwing of 26 aircraft - 2 Skyraiders, 6 Corsairs, 16 Cougars and 2 helicopters. The kit has never been started. The motorized parts are all still factory sealed, the other parts have been inventoried complete. The instructions have bug damage on two steps but are readable. The factory decals are missing but have been replaced with the far superior Starfighter decal sheet for this ship. The two large sheets feature extensive flight deck and island markings and for Airwing 8 and even has markings for Marines VMF-112 'Candystripers'.
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