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wayne556517
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Dear All
A small part 1 release for this month's wooden aircraft, more hopefully to
follow later! Most of you will know most of our aircraft take something like
60 hours to manufacture with over 30 coats of paint being applied in some
cases. All are hand carved Mahogany with a very detailed interior and as
such are extremely limited editions. Although expensive pieces we do offer
the option to pay over 3 monthly instalments, please drop me an email for
details if this appeals to you.
WOW042 Our first aircraft is the Albatros C.111 which was a 2 seater
aircraft with few aerial vices and used in the reconnaissance and light
bomber role. Manned by a crew of two, the C.111 was armed with a single
forward firing machine gun and rear firing 7.92 Parabellum machine gun. The
power plant was either a 150 HP or 160 HP Mercedes engine, the C.111 was
produced in greater numbers than any other C Variant Albatros.
The main users of this excellent aircraft were the German Luftsreitkrafte
but it was also utilised by various other countries including Poland,
Finland, Bulgaria, Turkey and Lithuania.
Our aircraft comes in a striking blue and cream colour scheme and is limited
to 12 aircraft worldwide, comes with GW051 pilot figure with Baboon as per
the attached photos. As you can see it's a very photogenic aircraft and
bound to be popular with collectors.
Priced at $499 (£330.00 including VAT) plus P&P this is a unique aircraft
that has not been offered before in 1/30 scale and is unlikely to be around
for long, so reserve yours whilst you can!
WOW039 Our Third and last aircraft is the F6 Hellcat, one of the most famous
carrier borne aircraft of WW2. Designed as a requirement by the US Navy to
replace the Wildcat, the Hellcat competed with the Vought Corsair for this
lucrative contract. The Corsair had serious issues landing on a carrier and
was discounted by the Navy but adopted by the USMC and the Royal Navy Fleet
Air Arm.
The Hellcat was powered by a 2000 HP Pratt 7 Whitney engine and was favoured
by its Naval pilots for its rugged simple design and superb handling
qualities, which were more than a match for the Japanese Zero. Around 12,000
Hellcats were produced over a 2 year period with 5,223 enemy aircraft having
been credited destroyed by it during its wartime career.
Our aircraft 'Minsi 111 was flown by David McCampbell the greatest American
Naval ace of all time with 34 aerial victories confirmed. McCampbell was one
of the few Naval aviators to become an 'Ace in a Day' twice, on one of these
occasions he downed 9 aircraft along with his wingman who downed a further 6
whilst attacking a Japanese force of 60 aircraft! At the end of the
engagement McCampbell's Hellcat was found to only have 2 rounds left in the
machine guns and had to be manually removed from the arrestor hook as it was
so low on fuel! McCampbell was awarded the Medal of Honour for this action,
he remained with the Navy after WW2 and retired from the service in 1964, he
died in 1996 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Although the Hellcat is considered by many to be a small aircraft it
actually has a longer wingspan than the Corsair, which is considered to be
by many a large aircraft! It will therefore come as some surprise as to how
big this 1/30 scale aircraft actually is, it really is impressive to say the
least. The figure shown next to our aircraft is for scale comparison
purposes and is not included, however you do get underwing rockets, bombs
and a fuel tank as compensation!
Limited to 12 in number worldwide and priced at $599 (£399.00 including VAT)
plus P&P.
Part 2 Wings of War news will follow around the 21st of this month as we are
expecting a couple more Biplanes in. Until then I bid you farewell and
hopefully speak with you all again soon. If you wish to reserve any of the
above please drop me an email at your earliest convenience.
Vicki Lucas
Gunn Marketing Manager
A small part 1 release for this month's wooden aircraft, more hopefully to
follow later! Most of you will know most of our aircraft take something like
60 hours to manufacture with over 30 coats of paint being applied in some
cases. All are hand carved Mahogany with a very detailed interior and as
such are extremely limited editions. Although expensive pieces we do offer
the option to pay over 3 monthly instalments, please drop me an email for
details if this appeals to you.
WOW042 Our first aircraft is the Albatros C.111 which was a 2 seater
aircraft with few aerial vices and used in the reconnaissance and light
bomber role. Manned by a crew of two, the C.111 was armed with a single
forward firing machine gun and rear firing 7.92 Parabellum machine gun. The
power plant was either a 150 HP or 160 HP Mercedes engine, the C.111 was
produced in greater numbers than any other C Variant Albatros.
The main users of this excellent aircraft were the German Luftsreitkrafte
but it was also utilised by various other countries including Poland,
Finland, Bulgaria, Turkey and Lithuania.
Our aircraft comes in a striking blue and cream colour scheme and is limited
to 12 aircraft worldwide, comes with GW051 pilot figure with Baboon as per
the attached photos. As you can see it's a very photogenic aircraft and
bound to be popular with collectors.
Priced at $499 (£330.00 including VAT) plus P&P this is a unique aircraft
that has not been offered before in 1/30 scale and is unlikely to be around
for long, so reserve yours whilst you can!
WOW039 Our Third and last aircraft is the F6 Hellcat, one of the most famous
carrier borne aircraft of WW2. Designed as a requirement by the US Navy to
replace the Wildcat, the Hellcat competed with the Vought Corsair for this
lucrative contract. The Corsair had serious issues landing on a carrier and
was discounted by the Navy but adopted by the USMC and the Royal Navy Fleet
Air Arm.
The Hellcat was powered by a 2000 HP Pratt 7 Whitney engine and was favoured
by its Naval pilots for its rugged simple design and superb handling
qualities, which were more than a match for the Japanese Zero. Around 12,000
Hellcats were produced over a 2 year period with 5,223 enemy aircraft having
been credited destroyed by it during its wartime career.
Our aircraft 'Minsi 111 was flown by David McCampbell the greatest American
Naval ace of all time with 34 aerial victories confirmed. McCampbell was one
of the few Naval aviators to become an 'Ace in a Day' twice, on one of these
occasions he downed 9 aircraft along with his wingman who downed a further 6
whilst attacking a Japanese force of 60 aircraft! At the end of the
engagement McCampbell's Hellcat was found to only have 2 rounds left in the
machine guns and had to be manually removed from the arrestor hook as it was
so low on fuel! McCampbell was awarded the Medal of Honour for this action,
he remained with the Navy after WW2 and retired from the service in 1964, he
died in 1996 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
Although the Hellcat is considered by many to be a small aircraft it
actually has a longer wingspan than the Corsair, which is considered to be
by many a large aircraft! It will therefore come as some surprise as to how
big this 1/30 scale aircraft actually is, it really is impressive to say the
least. The figure shown next to our aircraft is for scale comparison
purposes and is not included, however you do get underwing rockets, bombs
and a fuel tank as compensation!
Limited to 12 in number worldwide and priced at $599 (£399.00 including VAT)
plus P&P.
Part 2 Wings of War news will follow around the 21st of this month as we are
expecting a couple more Biplanes in. Until then I bid you farewell and
hopefully speak with you all again soon. If you wish to reserve any of the
above please drop me an email at your earliest convenience.
Vicki Lucas
Gunn Marketing Manager
