PERFORATED STEEL PLATES
MODEL DISPLAY BASE
This model display can be used for most 1/72 scale models of U.S. and Allied WW II aircraft. Perforated Steel Plate was developed in the U.S.A. to provide a hard, quick and easily assembled runway for use near to the front lines. It was employed in all including North Africa, Italy, France and in the campaigns in the Pacific. It was also used in Russia where it was supplied under the Lend-Lease program. It was produced in large numbers during the war that many countries used it after the war. in many different conflicts and ever in peacetime. It has been seen in Korea, Algeria and Indochina as well as many other war zones. It was made from steel, so the soon rusted, even with continual use. It should be painted to presented either of these finishes.