Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet CV-8 US NAVY 1/700 Scale Plastic Model Kit - ASSEMBLY REQUIRED - Tamiya

THIS IS NOT A TOY.

This is a model kit that requires assembly, (optional) painting and application of decals.

1/700 Scale Plastic Model Kit: Aircraft Carrier USS Hornet CV-8, US NAVY

No glue or paints are included with the model. 

The color of the plastic parts is light grey.

Water decals are included.

Assembly and painting guide in English is included.

Assembled model dimensions:

- Length: 13.75"  

- Beam (widest width): 2"

Recommended for 15 years and older.

We ship in boxes, never in envelopes. The box and model will be in new condition and parts will be sealed.

USS Hornet (CV-8), the seventh U.S. Navy vessel of that name, 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 by enemy torpedo and dive bombers. Faced with an approaching Japanese surface force, Hornet was abandoned and later torpedoed and sunk by approaching Japanese destroyers. Hornet was in service for one year and six days, and was the last U.S. fleet carrier ever sunk by enemy fire. For these actions, she was awarded four service stars and a citation for the Doolittle Raid in 1942, and her Torpedo Squadron 8 received a Presidential Unit Citation for extraordinary heroism for its performance at the Battle of Midway.