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TLR TLR244087 Rear Arm Set with Inserts 8X 2.0 8XE 2.0 – Metro Hobbies

Reissue of the MRC 135-scale AH-1W kit by Academy with slightly retooled nose and forward canopy profile to represent the current Super Cobras with NTS upgrade. Other parts are the same as previous AH-1W releases. Decals are provided to mark the kit as any of three aircraft: TV28 of HMLA-167 "Warriors" (shown), the shark-mouthed TV39, also of HMLA-167, and EM30 attached to HMM-261 "Raging Bulls" during "Operation Bright Star 2000." The AH-1 Cobra helicopter (Bell 209) is an attack helicopter in the classic layout, using many components of its "big brother" UH-1 Huey. The first flight of the AH-1 prototype took place on September 7, 1965 and the helicopter entered mass production in the same year. During the Vietnam War, 1,126 machines of the G model were produced, of which 279 were lost in combat. Due to the very high