ACADEMY 12327. Focke-Wulf Ta 183 Huckebein. 1/48 scale Kit

Plastic assembly kit. Requires glue, paints and tools to complete One of the next-generation fighters on Kurt Tank’s drawing board was the Ta 183 which employed guns and air-to-air guided missiles against its targets. Fate would intercede and draw the war to an end before the Ta 183 would fly, but much of the engineering in this aircraft as well as those from Messerschmitt, Junkers, Arado, etc., would allow the victors to make major strides in the development of their own jet aircraft. One good example is the data captured from the Messerschmitt plants was given to North American for evaluation, and the data would transform the straight-wing FJ Fury into the swept-wing FJ-2/3/4 and it’s Air Force counterpart, the F-86 Sabre. Model Details: –  Scale:    1/48 – Number of parts: – Length:    198mm – Wingspan:   210mm – Ejection seat with photo-etched pilot restraints – Canopy masks – Optional boarding steps – Positionable landing gear – Choice of closed centerline bay or open with external tank and mounts – Choice of Jumo or Heinkel engine exhausts – Optional air-to-air missiles (4) – Decals for six aircraft – Ta 183, Commander JV 44, 1946, as flown by General Adolf Galland – Ta 183, Red 13, JV 44, 1946, as flown by Oberst Heinz Baer – Ta 183, White 3, unknown unit, 1946 – Ta 183, Red 1, JG 1, 1946 – Ta 183, Stab/JG 7, 1946 – Ta 183, Bort 2, Soviet test aircraft