FRGF258 - Frog 1/72 Swordfish Mk.1 Torpedo Plane - WWWEB10114294

FRGF258 - Frog 1/72 Swordfish Mk.1 Torpedo Plane - WWWEB10114294

Preowned, Resealed, Mint

The Fairey Swordfish was a carrier-borne torpedo bomber and reconnaissance biplane that remained in front-line Fleet Air Arm service throughout the Second World War, outlasting every aircraft intended to replace it. Its open-cockpit, fabric-covered biplane design appeared obsolete by 1939, yet the Swordfish achieved some of the war's most consequential air attacks — crippling the Italian fleet at Taranto in November 1940 and fatally damaging the rudder of the battleship Bismarck in May 1941. It continued in anti-submarine service until the war's end. Frog first tooled this kit in 1973; moulded in black plastic, it builds into a well-proportioned representation of the type. Box art by Ken Rush.

Box Contents:

• Injection-moulded plastic sprues, moulded in black
• Clear sprue (windscreen)
• Torpedo and underwing stores
• Frog "Skybase" action display stand — poseable in taking off, in flight, diving, and banking positions; free-standing or wall-mountable
• Waterslide decal sheet — 2 marking options:
  • No. 810 NAS, K8375 "2Q," HMS Ark Royal, May 1941 — Bismarck action (dark sea grey/extra dark sea grey/sky)
  • 701 (Catapult) Flight, L2742 "592," HMS Hood, 1938 (overall silver)
• Colour instruction sheet

 Tooled 1973. Paint and cement required, not included. Note: this example is resealed.