WELCOME TO REZZED COLLECTABLES! THIS IS A MODEL KIT IT NEEDS TO BE ASSEMBLED AND PAINTED! GLUE AND PAINT NOT INCLUDED! HMS Ark Royal 1939. 1:350 Naval Kits. Precise 1/350 Scale Model Kit. One Piece Molded Carrier deck. Detailed Hull Side Storage Compartments. Full Color Painting Guide. 31 Injection Molded Sprues. Fairey Swordfish w/ Photo Etch Struts x 5. Blackburn Skua x 4. Carefully Researched by a Panel of Modelers. Model in 1939 fit. Full AA Guns Placements. Photo-etched Detail Sheet x 4. HMS Ark Royal (pennant number 91) was an aircraft carrier of the Royal Navy that served during the Second World War. Designed in 1934 to fit the restrictions of the Washington Naval Treaty, Ark Royal was built by Cammell Laird and Company Ltd. At Birkenhead, England, and completed in November 1938. Her design differed from previous aircraft carriers. Designed to carry a large number of aircraft, she had two hangar deck levels. She served during a period that first saw the extensive use of naval air power; a number of carrier tactics were developed and refined aboard Ark Royal. Ark Royal served in some of the most active naval theatres of the Second World War. She was involved in the first aerial and U-boat kills of the war, operations off Norway, the search for the German battleship Bismarck , and the Malta Convoys. The Germans incorrectly reported her as sunk on multiple occasions. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the German submarine U-81 and sank the following day. They found that several design flaws contributed to the loss, which were rectified in new British carriers. Her wreck was discovered by a BBC crew in December 2002, approximately 30 nautical miles (35 mi; 56 km) from Gibraltar. The item “MERIT 1/350 Scale Model Kit HMS Ark Royal 1939 Aircraft Carrier MIL-65307″ is in sale since Monday, April 18, 2016. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Military\Sea”. The seller is “rez7026″ and is located in Tomahawk, Wisconsin. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Brand: MERIT INTERNATIONAL
- Character Family: MILITARY WARSHIP
- MPN: 65307
- Recommended Age Range: 14+
- Gender: Boys & Girls
- Composition: PLASTIC
- Year: 2016
- Country/Region of Manufacture: China