Product Description

-You can't miss the flashy markings of the rough sea motif

[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 designs such as adopting swept wings for the main wings.
--The first prototype succeeded in its first flight in 1958.
――Equipped with an Ohfuse engine manufactured by Bristol of the United Kingdom due to the delay in the development of the domestic turbojet engine that was originally planned.
――It was named T-1A and the first mass-produced machine was delivered in 1960.
――After that, an aircraft with the engine converted to the domestic J3 was born. It became T-1B.
--Active until retirement in 2006. During that time, specially painted aircraft appeared at air festivals and other events, which delighted fans.

[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-1A type equipped with the initial production Orfuse engine is modeled.
――The special painting machine that appeared at the Ashiya Air Base Festival in 1996 is reproduced with the special marking.
――The decal is made by high quality cult graph.
――The marking is characterized by the blue line that imaged the rough waves of the Genkai Sea seen from Ashiya base and the [Hassaku horse] used for traditional events in Fukuoka on the nose.
-Dynamic marking is firmly reproduced with a large decal.
――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
--Modeled T-1A type equipped with Bristol's Orfuse engine
--The marking reproduces the marking of the special painting machine that appeared at the Ashiya Air Base Festival in 1996.
--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.


Item Size/Weight : 27.5 x 13.3 x 4 cm / 157g

Product Specifications

Country

Japan

Item code

AC-65

JAN code

4545782082371

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