1/72 NAF-7 Esoteric Loening OA-1A / OL-6 Inline Shoehorn - Bagged
Vacuform Model Kit
Very high quality vacuform kit with moldings of higher quality than most injection molded models. Features full interior, shaped strut material, metal details, full color decals and optional parts and decals for the Navy OL-6. This kit has never been started. The small parts are still in the factory sealed bag; the white vac parts are uncut, untouched and 100% complete. Includes all decals and instructions. Please NOTE that you may find some very neat, adult, professional research notes on the instructions. These are well done and are helpful to accuracy. This aircraft is one in the line of Grover Loening's famous 1920's amphibians. In 1928 five OA-1As were chosen for the 'Pan American Cruise' that began in San Antonio Texas, flew to the southern most spot in South America, then returned north to Washington, DC for a total of 22,000 miles. An OA-1B (Army version) could be built with minor scratch modifications. The OL-6 s were used as observation aircraft and were catapult launched from US battleships and cruisers. After the OL-6 were replace by more modern aircraft, they continued to be used as 'Admiral's Barges', general utility 'hacks' in both the US Navy and the US Marine Corps.
$28.00
