Barcode: 0 89195 87055 1
Packaging: 24 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 7.5"x13"x1.8"
1/700 "HMS York" (D98), Royal Navy Type 42 Destroyer Batch 3 ~ Premium
Edition Series
This premium edition kit includes many NEW features! In addition to being completed
as either a waterline or full hull version, it also includes decals to finish
the model as the “HMS York”, “HMS Manchester”, “HMS Gloucester” or “HMS Edinburgh”!
With a newly tooled Vickers and photo-etch parts included, this is a must build
for any serious ship builder.
Main Features:
- New-tooled 4.5 inch L/45 Vickers Mark 8 gun
- Photo-etched parts for railings
- Either waterline or full hull display model can be assembled
- Radar parts are reproduced in photo-etched part
- Cartograf decals offer markings for the “HMS York”, “HMS Manchester”, “HMS
Gloucester” or “HMS Edinburgh”
About the British Type 42/Sheffield Class:
The only time in history when two warships of the same class have fought each
other was in the Falklands War when the United Kingdom and Argentina came to
blows in 1982. The warships in question were from the British Type 42, or Sheffield
Class. The Type 42 is a guided missile destroyer designed for the Royal Navy
in the 1960s to provide fleet area air-defense. A total of fourteen destroyers
were constructed in three batches, with the lengthened Batch Three vessels
