Categories: Helicopters : Westland : United Kingdom : Lynx : Corgi
Westland Lynx WG-13 HAS2 - XZ725 (Royal Navy HMS Brilliant) in XXXX (1:72 scale by Corgi AA39003)
The Lynx of the RN had their combat debut over the South Atlantic during the Falklands War (Operation Corporate) in 1982. Some 27 Lynx from No.815 Sqn ‘went south’ where they operated in a wide variety of roles. Many were hastily fitted with Sea Skua missiles, even though the missiles had not completed their acceptance trials with the Fleet Air Arm.
It was not only the Sea Skuas use which was hasty, many of the HAS Mk 2s heading south with the Task Force were not uniformly equipped – Electronic-Counter Measures, thermal imagers and MAD were only carried by a handful of aircraft.
Many Lynx were fitted with door-mounted GPMGs for Close-Air-Support, an unofficial installation which proved popular with crews.
1:72 scale (approx. 18cm wingspan) - made by Corgi.
Limited edition of 1000 pieces worldwide complete with numbered certificate.
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