Entex 1/400 The Great Eastern (Revell Molds), 8478

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Entex 1/400 The Great Eastern (Revell Molds), 8478 plastic model kit

1/400 8478 Entex The Great Eastern (Revell Molds)

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG

Hard-to-find kit of this historic ship. From original Revell molds and actually molded by Revell as Entex did not mold any of their own kits. Because of this, it is molded in the great colors that Revell used for the original issue - black, butterscotch and dark wood brown. Very nicely detailed kit that includes billowing sails, rigging material, metal chain and full rigging instructions. Even the instructions are the Revell issue with the name 'Entex' put over the Revell logo. Measures 22.25 inches long when built. The kit has never been started. NOTE: missing one small parts, (1) #71 cathead. The other (3) #71 parts are present so you can fabricate another. Inventoried with all other parts present and instructions. The Great Eastern (originally Leviathan) was the work of English Designer I.K. Brunel. In the 1850s there was a need for large ocean liners to carry the immigrant trade, but none existed. Shipping companies also wanted the interiors of ocean liners to look like hotels, but there simply no space. This ship was to solve that problem. She was launched in 1857 and five times bigger than any other ship of the day! The 22,500 ton Great Eastern was 693 feet long and carried 4000 passenger. Unfortunately, her career was one mishap after another until she laid the Trans-Atlantic cable.

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