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Description
Product Info
With its nose rising imperiously into the air, the impressive stature of the Stirling was a result of the massive, lengthened undercarriage the aircraft employed, a design modification needed to give the Stirling a greater angle of attack during take-off. The Stirling?s huge bomb bay allowed the aircraft to carry three times as many bombs as the Vickers Wellington and almost nine times the weight carried by a Bristol Blenheim, presenting the RAF with a potent new weapon with which to take the war to the enemy and pointing the way towards the future of night bombing operations.Stirling Mk.III LJ542 was unusual in that it sported rather elaborate nose artwork, a feature which was nothing like as prevalent on British aircraft during WWII but was in this case particularly impressive. Named ?The Gremlin Teaser?, the artwork featured a pin-up girl wearing what appear to be strap-on angel wings, the inference thought to be that this angelic figure was flying in defiance of evil, in this age-old wartime struggle of good against evil, something its crew must have felt they were doing on a nightly basis. ?The Gremlin Teaser? would end up being a veteran of 60 operational sorties and during her time with No.199 Squadron, was involved in undertaking vital electronic countermeasures missions, particularly around the time of D-Day, confusing enemy defences in advance of the Allied invasion.
Tech Specs
Item Height – Without Packaging (cm)
7
Item Width – Without Packaging (cm)
43
Item Scale
1:72 Scale
Finish
Painted
Colour
Green
Wingspan (mm)
43
Detailed Crew Figures
Yes
Fine Rigging Detail
No
Fixed Undercarriage
No
Folding Wings
No
Fuel Tanks
No
Movable Sweeping Wings
No
Moving Parts
No
Moving Rear/Ventral Gun(s)
No
Open/Closed Airbrake
No
Opening Bomb Bay Doors
Yes
Opening Canopy
No
Opening Radio Hatch
No
Optional Undercarriage Down
Yes
Removeable Engine Covers
No
Rotatable Propeller(s)/Rotor(s)
Yes
Rotatable Turret(s)
Yes
Sliding Door
No
Stationary Drooping Rotor Blades
No
Visible Gun Bay
No
Wood Grain Effect Propeller
No
Aviation Photo-etched Aerial(s)
No
Aviation Armament/Weapons
No
