--The first domestically produced jet trainer, the final appearance of the Air Development and Test Wing
--A plastic model assembly kit that reproduces the T-1B, a jet trainer operated by the Air Development and Test Wing of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force on a 1/72 scale.
[About the actual machine]
--The T-1 is the first jet trainer developed in Japan after World War II.
--The Japan Air Self-Defense Force needed a jet aircraft for secondary training aircraft, which was necessary for the postwar pilot training program.
――Therefore, we decided to develop a domestic jet trainer.
――The aircraft developed by Fuji Heavy Industries has a tandem layout seat arrangement, and ambitious design such as adopting a swept wing for the main wing.
--The first prototype succeeded in its first flight in 1958.
--In addition, the domestic turbojet engine, J3, has been completed.
--When mass production at Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries began, the T-1 engine was also converted to the domestic J3.
――The T-1 equipped with this engine was named T-1B, and 20 aircraft were produced and deployed from 1962 to 1963.
――The T-1 ended its role when the successor T-4 was deployed in 1998.
――While retirement is progressing, T-1B, which was operated by the Air Development and Test Wing, also carried out the last flight at Gifu Air Base on March 2, 2006.
――T-1B showed off the last male figure.
――The 810th aircraft that decorated the last flight was a modified aircraft from the T-1A when developing the T-1B, and was the first prototype of the T-1B.
[About the model]
-A plastic model assembly kit that reproduces the T-1 developed and operated as a jet trainer of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force on a 1/72 scale.
--Among them, the T-1B type equipped with a domestic engine is modeled.
--The 810th machine that was used for the last flight before retirement at Gifu Air Base on March 2, 2006 is reproduced with the special marking at that time. The decals are made by high quality cult graph.
-The mark of the Air Development and Test Wing drawn on the vertical stabilizer and the character of [Hatsutaka] drawn on the aircraft are also reproduced firmly.
――You can recreate the figure that is still on display at the Gifu Kakamigahara Aerospace Museum on your desk.
――The aircraft has a 1/72 scale finish and a total length of 168 mm, including a form with swept wings, and the panel lines of each part are firmly expressed. The appearance of the T-1, which became the first domestically produced jet after the war, is realistically reproduced.
-In addition, the details inside the cockpit and legs are also sharply modeled.
-It is a kit that can not be overlooked by SDF fans with memorable markings.
[Major features]
--Plastic model assembly kit that reproduces the JASDF jet trainer T-1 on 1/72 scale
--Modeling the T-1B type equipped with a domestic engine
--Marking reproduces the marking of T-1B, 810, which was the last flight by the Air Development and Test Wing on March 2, 2006.
--Not only the shape of the machine, but also the panel lines of each part are firmly expressed.
--Detailed details such as legs and cockpit are also modeled in detail.
--Decals are made of high quality Italian cult graph
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