Product Description

- Pilot figure enhances reality

[About the actual machine]
- The T-2 is an advanced training aircraft that trained many elite pilots of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, which protects Japan's skies.
- It was the first supersonic aircraft independently developed in Japan.
- First flight in 1971, operation began in 1974, and remained active until 2006.
- The engine is equipped with two TF40-IHI-801A turbofan engines from Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries.
- Maximum speed was Mach 1.6.
- It was divided into the early model, which was used for training in the combat maneuver basic course, which did not have any weapons, and the later model, which was used for the subsequent combat maneuver course training, and the latter model was also equipped with machine guns.
- The T-2, which has begun operation, is active in training elite pilots who protect Japan's skies.
- It is said that 1,450 pilots trained on the T-2 before it was retired.
- It is a masterpiece that has trained many pilots.

[About the model]
- This is a plastic model assembly kit that reproduces the Air Self-Defense Force's T-2 advanced training aircraft on a 1/72 scale.
- This kit comes with one pilot figure to enhance the feeling of the finished product.
- The pilot figure is modeled seated in the cockpit.
- Reproduced with resin parts.
- The aircraft is an early model that is not equipped with a Vulcan gun.
- Each part of the aircraft is reproduced in detail down to the panel lines, realistically reproducing the sharp shape of the aircraft that boasted Mach 1.6.
- Of course, not only the appearance of the aircraft.
- Even the smallest details, such as the inside of the two-seater cockpit and leg parts, are modeled with great precision to enhance the finished product.
- The markings reproduce the markings of the commemorative paint aircraft produced by the 22nd Squadron of the 4th Air Wing in 1988 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the unit's founding.
- The orange band on the fuselage and the markings on the tail are carefully prepared as decals.
- Decals are made by Cartograf.
- You can't miss the orange markings on the T-2's sharp plane.
- Furthermore, if you use the special detail-up parts together, the reality will be even higher.

[Major features]
- This is a plastic model assembly kit of the Air Self-Defense Force T-2 reproduced on 1/72 scale.
- Comes with a resin figure that reproduces the sitting position
- Modeled on the early model
- Finished total length is approximately 24cm, width approximately 10cm
- Decal markings for the commemorative painted aircraft produced to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the founding of the 22nd Squadron are available.



Item Size/Weight : 35.6 x 13 x 5.8 cm / 271g

Product Specifications

Country

Japan

Item code

AC-80

JAN code

4545782097955

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