COBI Fairey Swordfish - Executive Edition Set 5769 (Damaged Box)

COBI's Fairey Swordfish Executive Edition is a 1:32 model built from 959 blocks, 34 cm long with a 43 cm wingspan, in HMS Ark Royal markings, with three figures, a Vickers machine gun, a brick 18-inch Mark XII torpedo, a collector's stand and a plaque recording the aircraft's part in Operation Rheinbung.

Condition

This set is sold at a reduced price because the outer box is damaged — it may have holes, creases or crushed corners. The contents are brand new, sealed and complete. If you are building the model rather than collecting sealed boxes, the only difference is the price.

Taranto

On 11 November 1940, twenty-one Swordfish from HMS Illustrious attacked the Italian battle fleet at anchor in Taranto harbour. The water was thought too shallow for air-dropped torpedoes; the British fitted wooden fins and wire to make them run flat and sent them in anyway, at night, in two waves.

Three battleships were hit and half the Italian capital fleet was out of action by morning, for the loss of two aircraft. The Japanese navy studied the raid closely — the shallow-water torpedo problem they were working on for a harbour in Hawaii had just been solved by someone else.

Specifications

Pieces: 959 · Figures: 3 · Scale: 1:32 · No stickers
Model dimensions: 34 × 43 × 10.5 cm (13.4 × 16.9 × 4.1 in)
Condition: new and sealed, outer box damaged