Hobby Master 1/200 United States Navy Lockheed WC-121N Warning Star 14593 (HL9023)

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Up for sale is a brand new 1:72 scale United States Navy Lockheed WC-121N Warning Star 14593 (HL9023) by Hobbymaster

An advanced version of Lockheed Aircraft Corporation’s highly successful Constellation, like its predecessors, the “Super Connie” equipped airlines around the world and attracted the attention of the armed forces. The US Navy was Lockheed’s first military customer for the aircraft  awarding its initial contract on July 14, 1950, and eventually accepting delivery of 202 aircraft. These included transports to support the Navy’s element of the Military Air Transport Services, a photographic reconnaissance version assigned to Antarctic Development Squadron (VXE) 6 in its support of scientific work in the Antarctic, and versions used as airborne early warning (AEW) and weather reconnaissance platforms.

The latter, called the WV (redesignated EC-121 in 1962) Warning Star featured fuselages packed with electronic equipment for a crew of 26 and was equipped with AN/APS-20 air-search radar and AN/APS-45 height-finding radar. Thus, the “Willie Victors,” as they were known, included both ventral and dorsal radomes that gave them a unique and recognizable silhouette.
The airplanes performed a valuable mission during the Cold War as the United States established the Distant Early Warning Line as an electronic bulwark to detect the approach of long-range Soviet bombers.

This particular aircraft “Draggin’ Lady” was based in Guam during 1967 with VW-1 who were responsible for typhoon and tropical cyclone reconnaissance from the International Dateline west to the Malay Penisula and from the equator northward. To gather the vital weather data, aircrews fly a “double fix” on all storms in WestPac. This means penetrating the eye of a typhoon twice each night at between 700 and 1500 feet.

This model air-plane is made from die-cast metal and plastic and include extensive detailing. It is similar in quality to Century Wings, Calibre Wings and Forces of Valor.

Includes display stand.

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