1/200 USS Hornet CV-8 Aircraft Carrier Model Kit

1/200 USS Hornet CV-8 Aircraft Carrier

USS Hornet CV-8, the seventh ship to carry the name Hornet, was a Yorktown-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. During World War II in the Pacific Theater, she launched the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo and participated in the Battle of Midway and the Buin-Faisi-Tonolai Raid. In the Solomon Islands campaign she was involved in the Capture and Defense of Guadalcanal and the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands where she was irreparably damaged and sunk. Hornet was in service for a year and six days and was the last US fleet carrier ever sunk by enemy fire. For these actions, she was awarded four service stars, a citation for the Doolittle Raid in 1995, and her Torpedo Squadron 8 received a Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism for the Battle of Midway.

Features
Scale 1:200

Model Length: 1239mm
Width:169.5 mm

Parts 1290+
Sprues 62 sprues , hull , decks and superstructure

More Features
- One-piece hull made from two-directional slide molds
- The Deck is split into two parts
- Accurately detailed gun
- Aircraft
B-25 * 16 F4F-4*5 SBD-3*5 TBD-1*8
- 10 pieces of photo etched frets for handrais,radar parts etc.