Product Description

・1/72 scale plastic model
-Etched parts such as mesh are included
- Includes TPE skirt parts in sailing mode
- Includes decals for ship numbers LA01 to LA06 after the start of operation and 2101 (Air Cushion Boat No. 1) to 2106 (No. 6) from 2004 onwards.
・Total length: 372mm Overall width: 198.6mm
・1 ship included

[About the Air Cushion Boat Type 1]
The LCAC-1 class Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC) is a hovercraft landing craft developed and operated in the United States. The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force procured six of these from 1993 to 2000 to be used on the Osumi-class transport ships.
The LCAC's hull is made of light metal and has a full-circumference rubber skirt around the bottom of the hull. It is equipped with two lift fans for lift and two gas turbines for propulsion as its main engines, and it navigates using a controllable pitch propeller and a slew thruster at the stern.
Its loading capacity is approximately 50 tons, and it can transport one Type 10, Type 90, or Type 74 tank, or four armored vehicles or large trucks.
The crew consists of five people: the captain, engineer, navigator, deck engineer, and loadmaster.
Initially, it was used as a carrier vessel for the Osumi-class transport ships, but in April 2004, it was upgraded to a Self-Defense Force vessel type, named the Air Cushion Boat Type 1, and assigned to the 1st Air Cushion Boat Squadron, which is subordinate to the 1st Transport Squadron, which is made up of three Osumi-class transport ships.

Pit Road/Trumpeter Joint development with Trumpeter

*This product was produced 15 years ago and stored for a long period of time.
*The included TPE soft parts may shrink slightly, and the decal sheet may show slight deterioration (discoloration, etc.), but this will not affect assembly or use.

[The image shows the product assembled at the time of production, painted with primer and with decals applied.]



Item Size/Weight : 45 x 36 x 11.5 cm / 1376g

Product Specifications

Country

Japan

Item code

DL01

JAN code

4986470075105

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