Product Overview
1/500 Scale. This historical Ship kit derives fromthe Renwal tooling. Come molded in light gray with 140 parts, displaystand and updated instructions. Includeds Planes, Regulus missiles,helicopter and tractor for the deck. Movable elevators, updatedenhanced decal sheet by Starfighter. Decal placement instructions incolor printed on the back of the box. Flag sheet also included. Skilllevel 2.
The USS Ticonderoga was named in honor of the capture ofFort Ticonderoga in the AmericanRevolutionary War. This Essex Class shipwas the 4th to bear the name. She received five battle starsduring WW II. In the early 1950s she was modernized with anangled-deck. In the Vietnam War she earned three Navy Unit Commendations,one Meritorious Unit Commendation, and 12 battle stars.In 1972, the ship recovered 3 astronauts from the Apollo 17 spacemission. This kit includes Regulus I missiles and launchers, movingelevators, full hull, flag sheet, updated full color decals andan airwing with F9F-8 Cougars (wings folded and unfolded), A3D Skywarriors,and Helicopters.
About the Fort
Constructed between October 1755 and 1757 during theFrench and Indian War, Fort Ticonderoga is a large 18th-century starfort built by the French near the south end of Lake Champlain, innorthern New York. The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during theAmerican Revolutionary War on May 10, 1775, when a smallforce of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Col Benedict Arnoldsurprised and captured the Fort's small British garrison. The cannonswere then transported to Boston by Col Henry Knox and used to fortifyDorchester Heights and break the standoff at the Siege of Boston. Thecapture of the Fort marked the beginning of offensive action taken bythe Americans against the British.
