Minicraft PBM5 Mariner Nightmare Building Kit 132 Piece Navy

The PBM was designed in the late 1930's and first deployed in the early 1940's as a sea based U.S. Navy Patrol bomber and transport for men and material. The Mariner was also well suited for search and rescue operations. The PBM was a large aircraft carrying a crew of 7 to10 crewmen and a flight range of over 2000 miles. This new 1/72 scale plastic kit represents the PBM-5 seaplane which was the single most produced aircraft in the Mariner family. This PBM-5 seaplane features new tooling for "beach-in gear" and Depth bombs for positioning in the fully detailed Mariner bomb bays. The new Minicraft PBM features recessed panel lines, detailed twin engines with position-able cowl flaps and control surfaces, newly tooled beaching gear and new markings for the PBM-5 "Nightmare".