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SCALE: 1/72 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 2008 |
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MEDIUM: Resin |
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RARITY: (2) |
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Lying in Wait, the LPL Flying Sub Prepares to "Sink the Bismark"! |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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During the 1930s, the Soviet
Union was making a concerted effort to accelerate the development of both
its navy and air force. In 1934, a military cadet named Dzerzhinskiy
Ushakov responded to calls for creative solutions to the challenges of
modern naval combat by presenting his superiors with plans for a "flying
submarine" (LPL), a craft that could flying into enemy territory, submerge
and then conduct surveillance and even torpedo attacks on enemy ships before
flying to safety. Although a radical concept, the Ushakov LPL underwent serious development for several years by the Soviet military until the project was abandoned later in the decade. |
Although a fascinating and unique
subject, Unicraft's 1:72 LPL Flying Submarine posed many challenges to the
builder, not the least of which that the design from which it was mastered left
no clearance room between the outboard propellers and the pontoons. The
kit came with an alternative vacuform canopy section, but exploring that option
was more than this particular model was willing to undertake. This model was built from an original issue. |
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Original Box Art |
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