Description In 1941 the Piper Aircraft Company provided J-3 Cubs as liaison aircraft to the US Army for the war games conducted in Louisiana. The little Cubs proved their worth on the battlefields and the Army started ordering Cubs as L-4 Grasshoppers. The L-4 Grasshopper is the military version of the Piper J-3 Cub. An L-4 commanding an artillery battery could accurately destroy targets with more destructive power than a battleship! Downloadable kit for paper model aircraft and a Jeep. This model is designed to be printed on 110# index [298 gsm cardstock] First built in 1938, the J-3 Cub is the aircraft that taught America to fly. Almost 20,000 were built in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania ending production in 1947. Paper Model contains 2 pages of parts including including those for the aircraft and a US Army Jeep Also includes Full Color cover page and photographic step-by-step instructions 2 pages of parts with a degree of difficulty of 2/5 – with the elaborate instructions, this is a good choice for a first-time modeler.
