Lindberg Monitor and Merrimac with Diorama Seascape Base, 77257

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Lindberg Monitor and Merrimac with Diorama Seascape Base, 77257 plastic model kit

77257 Lindberg Monitor and Merrimac with Diorama Seascape Base

Plastic Model Kit,   Box Condition: Sealed VG

Still factory sealed but there is a moderate crush at the upper left. Very nice package with both kits and a plastic seascape battle display base. Merrimac measures just shy of 13 inches long and the Monitor measures 8.25 inches long. These are 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 James River. 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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