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Italeri 5620 German WWII Schnellboot S-38 Torpedo Boat (S-Boot), Armed with 4 cm Flak 28 (Bofors) - Fully Upgraded Moulds 1/35 Scale Model Kit
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Italeri 5620 German WWII Schnellboot S-38 Torpedo Features
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Italeri 5620 German WWII Schnellboot S-38 Torpedo Boat (S-boot), Armed with 4 cm Flak 28 (Bofors) - Fully Upgraded Moulds 1/35 Scale (Includes Over 600 Detailed Parts)
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FULLY UPGRADED MOULDS - More than 600 highly detailed parts - Instructions sheet with color profiles, Photo-etched fret and Clear sheet Included.
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Molded in gray styrene, this kit is presented on nine parts trees plus the two hull halves, one fret of photo-etched details, and a bag of hardware for the structural hull spars
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Includes Decal for 3 versions: S-105, S-51, S-46.
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Scale 1/35
About Italeri 5620 German WWII Schnellboot S-38 Torpedo
Italeri 5620 German WWII Schnellboot S-38 Torpedo Boat (S-boot), Armed with 4 cm Flak 28 (Bofors) - Fully Upgraded Moulds 1/35 Scale (Includes Over 600 Detailed Parts) History: Between the two World Wars, several Military Navy launched programs dedicated to develop fast crafts able to perform patrol and attack duties.New engines and technological solutions were able to guarantee, compared to the First World War torpedo boats, improved performances and better operation efficency. The German Kriegsmarine developed the famous fast attack craft S-Class during the 1930's. Among the most famous Schnellboote we can point out the S-38 version. Produced in 100 units, it had a lenght of 35 meters and a displacement, full load, of over 100 tons. Thanks to its 12 cylinders Daimler Benz engines the S-38 was able to reach a speed of 39.5 knots. Armed with two 533 mm. torpedo tubes, it adopted several types of defensive guns. Some of S-38 used the very appreciate 40 mm. Bofors gun. Captured by Germans during the first years of the War, it proved to be a very effective and powerful naval weapon, ever more appreciated than the German ones. On the S-38 reliable tech base, the S-100 was developed some years later
