[MKM144156L] Piper L-4 Grasshopper ‘War Years’

RELEASED 9/2022

Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this bag and each kit contains 24 parts and four clear parts (fuselage halves, windshield and canopy roof panel). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

On-line order (MARK I Modellerʼs Boutique via Miniwingʼs e-shop)

Description

Colour schemes included in the kit:

1) Piper NE-1 Grasshopper, Yellow 43-301170 (s/n 43-301170), 1st Provisional Air Observation Group, U.S. Marine Corps, Pavuvu Island, Solomon Islands, Oceania, August 1944

2) Piper L-4 Grasshopper, White 1 (s/n unknown), 1st Liaison and Observation Squadron (1ª Esquadrilha de Ligação e Observação, 1ª ELO), Brazilian Air Force (Força Aérea Brasileira, FAB), Italy, 1944-45

3) Piper L-4B Grasshopper, White QE II (s/n 43-1199, ex-U.S. 5th Air Force a/c), No. 4 Sq., Royal Australian Air Force, Nadzab airfield, Papua New Guinea, early 1944

4) Piper L-4H Grasshopper, Yellow 329586 (s/n 43-29586), Fifth Army (5 AF), U.S. Army Air Force, Gardone Riviera, Lake Garda, Italy, July 1945

Assembly instructions: