This set includes TEN separate models in either 1:1250 or 1:1200 scale, matching the number of JRS-1's at Pearl Harbour at the time of the Japanese attack in 1941:
10 x Sikorsky JRS1 with under carriage down.
Remember that you have a choice of scale and of material - please check your choices in the top right corner of this page.
Please note that the individual items are supplied "caged" together to avoid loss and damage - after the cage is removed there are
NO sprues to cut away from the individual items.
The Sikorsky S-43 first flew in 1935 and was often called the "Baby Clipper" after it's larger Pan Am big sisters, including the Sikorsky S-42. Various seating arrangements were available accommodating between 18 and 25 passengers, with a separate two-crew cockpit forward. JRS-1 was the US Navy and US Marine Corp's heavily militarized version.
"53 S-43/JRS-1 "Baby Clippers" were produced (31 civil, 15 Navy, 2 Marine, and 5 USAAC)...... 10 of the Navy's JRS-1s were at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, all survived the attack and one, BuNo 1063, is undergoing restoration at the Smithsonian today. Two civil S-43s have also survived, one originally owned by Howard Hughes and one at the Pima Air and Space Museum (painted as a Marine JRS-1)." ...from "Sikorsky S-43/JRS-1 Amphibian" by Steve Ginter (ISBN:0996825851)
The S-43/JRS-1 is available in several versions in the
CLASSIC AIRSHIPS shop including models in 1/1250th, 1/700th, 1/350th and 1/285th scales.