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Airfix D-Day Sea Assault 1:72 WWII Military Diorama Plastic Model Gift Set A50156A , Navy
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Airfix D-Day Sea Assault 1:72 WWII Military Diorama Features
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Airfix is the oldest UK manufacturer of scale model plastic kits and has been producing kits for the mass market since 1952. Airfix produce a wide range of kits aimed at all types of scale modelers with subjects such as; military aircraft, ships, cars, dioramas and military vehicles.
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D-Day Sea Assault comes with Willys MB Jeep 4x4 and 1. 4 ton trailer, 75mm Airborne Pack Howtizer, 2 LCVP Higgins Boats, US Infantry and D-Day Beach Diorama Base.
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Skill Level: 2. Dimensions of Completed Kit: Length 340mm x Width 240mm. Number of Pieces: 210.
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Large Starter Gift Sets are perfect one-stop-shop gifts for your modeler friends or to build yourself once you have mastered the basics.
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All paints, glue and brushes are included to complete the kit. Additional paints may be required to complete models to a higher specification.
About Airfix D-Day Sea Assault 1:72 WWII Military Diorama
Description While the first Allied soldiers landed in Normandy via parachute during the night of the 5th and 6th of June 1944, the vast majority of the liberating Allied troops would have to come via the sea, landing on Normandy's beaches under heavy fire and fighting their way inland. The Allies had various different types of landing craft for getting men ashore. Some were very large like the Landing Ship Tank (LST), some much smaller like the small amphibious DUKW but it was the Higgins LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) which proved to be one of the most important types used. Employed to transport the majority of US Personnel, as well as many British troops when they were used by the Royal Navy, they were vital because they could very quickly offload men and small vehicles, such as Jeeps, while under fire. Jeeps were vital because they offered the Allies mobility in the earliest hours of the campaign. The LCVPs were also able to return fire with their compliment of two . 30 inch machine guns, helping to protect the troops that they were disembarking. Overall D-day was a success, thanks in no small part to the work of boats like these and their crews.
