This famous aircraft carrier is the subject of a new 1/700 scale
kit from Dragon. There are various options with the model,
including the choice of a waterline or full hull. Add to that the
novel inclusion of an optional transparent flight deck, which
allows interior details to be seen if so desired by the modeler.
Featuring intricate injection molded parts, complemented by clever
use of photo-etched metal parts, this is the kit to own.
Features
- Newly tooled antenna components for bridge NEW TOOLING
- Updated twin 20mm and Quad 40mm anti-aircraft MGs and
mounts
- New photo-etched gun platforms
- Finely detailed one-piece superstructure
- Contains parts so all hull doors can be modeled in an open,
half-open or closed position
- Hangar deck with interior details
- Accurately shaped and patterned flight deck
- Deck-edge elevator can be positioned up or down
- Plastic and photo-etched options available for safety net
- Flight deck elevators can be posed raised or lowered
- Slide-molded 5-inch twin gun turrets
- Onboard aircraft comprise SB2C, F6F Hellcat and TBF/M Avenger,
all conveniently constructed in transparent plastic
- Bonus slide-molded tugboat with waterline hull
option
- Bonus transparent flight deck shows off a mass of interior
details
- Option of a waterline version or a full hull version with
presentation stand
- 1:700 photo-etched deck crew included
- New Cartograf decal
About the USS Hancock
Laid down as the Ticonderoga in January 1943, this CV-19 aircraft
carrier was renamed USS Hancock and launched almost exactly a year
later. The first combat voyage of this carrier displacing 27,100
tons was a daring raid on the Ryukyu Islands and Formosa in October
1944 in indirect support of the Leyte landings in the Philippines.
Throughout the course of the remaining months of WWII, USS Hancock
was in the thick of action against Japan in the Pacific, facing and
overcoming typhoons, an aircraft explosion, enemy dive bombers, and
direct hits from kamikaze pilots. When the Japanese Imperial
Government surrendered formally aboard the battleship Missouri,
planes from the Hancock were flying overhead. This aircraft carrier
had a full and distinguished combat record (including right up to
the Vietnam era
