717M-198 Lindberg Monitor and Merrimac Motorized
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
First issue from the 1950s with Ray Gaedke box art. The Merrimac was motorized by Lindberg - the Monitor was never motorized. The Merrimac measures just over 12 inches long and the Monitor measures 8.25 inches long. The kits have never been started. Both ship kits have been inventoried with all plastic parts, motorizing parts and motor present. Instructions are present with a split seam and closed tear. NOTE: the paper flags are missing. The two American Civil war ships that spelled the end of the wooden ship age. In March of 1862, the Merrimac put to sea to raise the Union Blockade off the James River. There she sank the Cumberland and Congress. The Monitor, the Union's only ironclad and the first turret ship, was rushed to the scene. The epic battle between the two iron-clad ships ended in a draw, with the Merrimac suffering a little more damage than the Monitor. The Merrimac was blown up to avoid capture; the Monitor sank in a gale in 1862.
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