Revell – 1:72 Brequet Atlantic 1 “Italian Eagle”

Revell – 03845 – 1:72 Scale Dassault Aviation – Brequet Atlantic 1 “Italian Eagle” 

The Atlantic was developed by Bréguet in response to a NATO specification to replace the Lockheed Neptune as a long range maritime patrol aircraft. The design was a conventional mid winged monoplane powered by 2 Rolls Royce Tyne Turboprop engines. As a designed for purpose aircraft a large ventral weapons bay was included as well as a retractable surface search radar, with a Magnetic anomaly detector in a tail boom. The primary weapon was air launched anti submarine torpedo’s, although mines, depth charges and anti ship missiles could be carried. Its reported Italian Aircraft have flown with NATO provided nuclear weapons. Sonar buoy tubes are located behind the weapons bay. Originally the French ordered 40 and the Germans 20. Later the Italians ordered 18 and The Netherlands 8.

Here Revell have re-boxed their kit from 2003, this is though only the second re-boxing of the kit.  This kit come with special markings for an Italian example with a complete airframe motif of an Eagle on it. With 9 sprues of grey plastic and 2 clear ones you got a lot of plastic in the box, there is a full weapons bay, and torpedoes & other stores for it; and it looks like all the parts for different versions are on the sprues as well, most notably the rear fuselage with the sonar buoy dispensers.  There is nice engraved detail throughout and the moulds have held up really well.

Dimensions: Length: 44.2cm
Wingspan: 52.1cm

Item number 03845