Dragon 1/350 CVL-22 USS Independence Smart Kit Light Carrier WWII 1024 New In Box. Cleanly molded; impressive slide molding; great detail. Injection-molded, 1,132 parts (219 photoetched metal), decals. Commissioned on January 14 1943, the USS Independence (CVL-22) actually began life as a light cruiser before being converted into a light aircraft carrier during its construction. USS Independence was the first of a new class of such converted carriers, and its first combat operations in WWII took place in a raid against Marcus and Wake Islands in the Pacific. The impressively large kit makes widespread use of slide-mold technology, including a large one-piece hull. Instead of using old methods of separate parts, the Independence boasts a one-piece hull with undercuts and no gaps to fill. Modelers also have the choice of building their carrier with a full hull or with a waterline version. The focus of a carrier is its busy flight deck, and Dragon’s flight deck is indeed busy. The box contains no less than 18 true-to-scale fighters to line up, as well as eight auxiliary vehicles and 18 realistic-looking figures. The flight deck itself is one piece, allowing suitable texture to be rendered and full inclusion of deck-edge detail. For all those finer details, several photo-etched metal frets are included! The tooling on Dragon’s USS. The fidelity of the parts is remarkable – 20mm ammo drums in 1/350 scale! The extensive use of slide moldings produces superdetailed parts with very few seams and no flash. The parts breakdown is logical. The kit includes a fully detailed hangar, exceptional 5, 40mm, and 20mm guns, and a delicately detailed flight deck. The aircraft (SBD, F6F, and TBF) are fine little kits by themselves, complete with pistons and crankcases. In terms of details, the kit is great. The photoetched-metal parts are good, particularly the radars. This item is in the category “Toys & Hobbies\Models & Kits\Boats & Ships”. The seller is “kollector33″ and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, South Africa, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Bahamas, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Switzerland, Norway, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Republic of Croatia, Malaysia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama, Trinidad and Tobago, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Jamaica, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts-Nevis, Saint Lucia, Montserrat, Turks and Caicos Islands, Barbados, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Brunei Darussalam, Bolivia, Ecuador, Egypt, French Guiana, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Guadeloupe, Iceland, Jersey, Jordan, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Liechtenstein, Sri Lanka, Luxembourg, Monaco, Macau, Martinique, Maldives, Nicaragua, Oman, Peru, Pakistan, Paraguay, Reunion, Vietnam.
- Assembly Status: Unassembled Kit
- Scale: 1/350
- Material: Plastic
- Year Manufactured: 2010
- Age Level: 14 years and up
- Subject: USN Escort Carrier WWII
- Vintage: Yes
- Brand: Dragon
- Type: Plastic Model Ship Kit
- Skill Level: 3 – Intermediate
- Model: light aircraft carrier
- Theme: Militaria
- Item Weight: 2.6 lbs.
- UPC: 089195810243