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A Model has announced the release of a new tool Martin JRM Mars flying boat in 1/72 scale

This will certainly need some space when completed and it’s certainly won’t be a cheap kit. A Model will be releasing two versions of this impressive aircraft. One will be in US Navy markings and the other as the well-known fire fighter Hawaii Mars.

The Martin JRM Mars was the largest Allied flying boat to enter production, although only seven were built. The United States Navy contracted the development of the XPB2M-1 Mars in 1938 as a long range ocean patrol flying boat, which later entered production as the JRM Mars long range transport. Four of the surviving aircraft were later converted for civilian use to firefighting water bombers. One example of the aircraft still remains in limited service based out of Sproat Lake just outside of Port Alberni, British Columbia.
The two versions to be released are:

A-72038 - Martin JRM-1 Mars US Navy - 1/72
A-72040 - Martin JRM-3 Hawaian Mars - 1/72

Expected release date June, 2017

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