Zeppelin P-class LZ45/LZ58 ‘Naval Raiders’
Zeppelin P-class LZ45/LZ58 ‘Naval Raiders’
Mark I Models 1:720
This injection-moulded kit contains 38 parts, including a useful model stand. A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Zeppelin LZ45 (P-class), L13, Black L13, Naval Airship Division (Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung), Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), Hage Airship Base, Germany, Action of 19 August 1916, summer 1916
2) Zeppelin LZ58 (P-class), LZ58, White L25, Naval Airship Division (Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung), Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), Potsdam Airship Base, Germany, 1917
| Ref. No.: | MKM720-03 |
| Availability: | IN STOCK |
Zeppelin P-class LZ45/LZ58 ‘Naval Raiders’
Description
Rigid airships (or dirigibles) were produced and relatively successfully employed in the period from the early 1900s to the end of the 1930s.
During WWI the Zeppelin company, of Imperial Germany, built nearly one hundred uniquely designed military airships both for army and naval service. Their type and construction was characterised by particular class (A to X). During the early stages of The Great War they were utilised as a new and progressive type of attack weapon, reconnaisance and patrol craft, mainly over the Western Front.
The Zeppelin P-class airship consisted of a structural metal framework covered in doped fabric containing cells filled with a highly flammable hydrogen lifting gas. It was fitted with vertical tailfins and horizontal tailplanes with control surfaces. The crew members were carried in two suspended gondolas mounting Daimler engines and pusher propellers, while bombs were contained in internal bomb bays. A defensive front gunner was stationed in the front upper part of the airship’s body.
Products purchased together with this product
Zeppelin P-class LZ38/LZ40 ‘First Attackers’
This injection-moulded kit contains 41 parts, including a useful model stand
A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Zeppelin LZ38 (P-class), LZ38, Black LZ38, Airship Troop (Luftschifftruppe), Imperial German Flying Corps (Fliegertruppe des deutschen Kaiserreiches), Evere Airship Base, Belgium, May 1915
2) Zeppelin LZ40 (P-class), L10, Black L10, Naval Airship Division (Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung), Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), Hage Airship Base, Germany, summer 1915
Zeppelin P & Q-class ‘Night Intruders’
Mark I Models 1:720
This box contains two injection-moulded kits, comprising 86 parts in total, including model stands. A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Zeppelin LZ43 (P-class), L12, Black L12, Naval Airship Division (Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung), Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), Hage Airship Base, Germany, July 1915
2) Zeppelin LZ51 (P-class), LZ81, Black LZ81, Airship Troop (Luftschifftruppe), Imperial German Flying Corps (Fliegertruppe des deutschen Kaiserreiches), Yambol (Jamboli) Airship Base, Bulgaria, summer 1916
3) Zeppelin LZ59 (Q-class), L20, Black L20, Naval Airship Division (Marine-Luftschiff-Abteilung), Imperial German Navy (Kaiserliche Marine), Tondern Airship Base, Germany, April 1916
4) Zeppelin LZ73 (Q-class), LZ103, Black LZ, Airship Troop (Luftschifftruppe), Imperial German Flying Corps (Fliegertruppe des deutschen Kaiserreiches), Königsberg Airship Base, East-Prussia, Germany (now Kaliningrad, Russia), August 1917
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