Italeri Elco 80 Torpedo Boat Ltd

5602 PT 596 Torpedo Boat5602S - PT 596 Torpedo Boat

A huge model (the one piece hull length is700 MM.).

The largest single part ever made fromItaleri, the tool weight is 340 Kg.

322 parts moulded in olive green plastic,plus one clear acetate sheet for the windows, one photo etched fret with 86parts (torpedo fins, rocket launchers sides, 37 MM. gun ammo conveyor, gunsights, main mast aerials, instruments panel, deck lights), and seven screws .

One piece complete hull and deck.

Detailed twin 0.50 Cal. machine guns positions.

Finely engraved Mk.13 torpedoes with sideimpulse launchers (17 parts for each unit).

Detailed exhaust with silencers and rearsmoke generator.

Highly detailed 20 MM. Oerlikon and 37MM.M4 guns ( this last, adapted from the P-39 plane).

Two front multiple rocket launchers withreserve weapons boxes on the deck.

40 MM. dual role Bofors gun (a kit in thekit, with more than 50 parts).
Last type radar mast.

Open or closed position for the variousescape and entrance doors on the deck.
Accurate shaped propellers.

Decals for the PT 596 unit that was inservice in the very last days of the Second World war without reach any realcombat mission in the pacific.