Trumpeter 03708 - HMS Nelson 1/200

Description

HMS Nelson kit 1/200


HMS NELSON waslaid downat Armstrong-Whitworth’sshipyardinNewcastle-on-TyneonDecember 28th 1922, launched on September 3rd 1925, and commissioned on August 15th 1927.
At theoutbreakofWorld War IIinSeptember1939,NELSON was servingas flagship of theHome Fleet. InMarch 1941 NELSON supportedthelandingraidon theLofotenIslands,Norway, againstGermanfactoriesproducingfish oil and lycerine.ThesameyearNELSON transferredtotheMediterranean, taking part in one of the Malta Convoys.InNovember 1942,NELSONwas active in the "Operation Torch"landingsinFrench North Africa.In July 1943,NELSON supported the Allied invasion ofSicily"Operation Husky", and theSalernolanding in September 1943. On September 29th 1943,General Dwight D Eisenhower,on behalf ofthe Allies,andMarshalBadoglio ofItalysigned the Italian surrender agreement aboard NELSON.
In1944,NELSON took part intheNormandylandings, subsequentlytransferring totheIndianOceantoparticipateinthewaronJapaninAugust and September 1945.The Japanesesurrender ofMalayawas signed aboardNELSON on September 3rd 1945.
After the war ended in 1945, NELSON was retired from active service and used on training duties until 1947, becoming a bombing target before being sold for scrap in 1948.


Length 1083 mm
Width 160 mm
Packaging height125 mm
Package width43 mm
Packaging length118 mm

- One-piece hull made from two-directional slide molds
- The Deck is a single piece casting
- Accurately detailed gun
- 8 pieces of photo etched frets for handrais,ladders , radar parts etc.
- Contains display stand