- A special blue with a special mark on it!!
[About Blue Impulse]
- Blue Impulse, the Air Self-Defense Force's aerobatic team, has given courage and hope to the Japanese people with their demonstration flights around the world even during the coronavirus pandemic.
- The world-renowned aerobatic flight team of Japan's Air Self-Defense Force was established in 1960 as the Air Mobility Research Group of the 2nd Squadron of the 1st Air Wing.
- The first aircraft used was the F-86F, a jet aircraft equipped at the time.
- The T-4 has been used since 1996.
- Various wakes drawn with smoke in the sky are gaining popularity as a star of aviation festivals.
- Blue Impulse operates from Matsushima Air Base as its home base, but due to the Great East Japan Earthquake that occurred in 2011, it temporarily moved to Ashiya Air Base.
- I was able to return to Matsushima base in March 2013.
- This year, 2023, marks the 10th anniversary of the return of Matsushima Base.
- To commemorate the return, a 10th anniversary mark commemorating the return was painted on the aircraft at the Tottori Prefecture Miho Air Base Air Festival in May, which attracted the attention of fans.
[About the model]
- Blue Impulse, an aerobatics team of the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, which was temporarily based at Ashiya Air Base due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, returned to Matsushima Air Base in March 2013.
- The 2023 season marked the 10th anniversary of his return.
- The model is a 1/100 scale assembly kit that reproduces the aircraft with a commemorative mark drawn on the air intake from the Tottori Prefecture Miho Air Base Air Festival held in May.
- Easy and reliable assembly with appropriate parts division.
- The total length of the finished product is approximately 13cm, realistically expressing the T-4's fuselage shape as well as details such as panel lines.
- The decals include the aircraft number for the 2023 season, which started at Iwakuni Base Friendship Day in Yamaguchi Prefecture in April, and the 10th anniversary mark of the return to Matsushima Base, which was drawn from May.
- It is possible to reproduce the aircraft from the 8 base air festivals. (April: Iwakuni, July: Chitose, August: Matsushima, September: Misawa, October: Hamamatsu, November: Gifu, December: Nittawara & Naha) The model comes with a display stand and is parked and in flight. Both states can be changed by replacing the leg parts.
- It's a kit that can be easily assembled, so it would be a good idea to build all the machines.
[Major features]
- Reproduce Blue Impulse T-4 on 1/100 scale
- Easy-to-build configuration with a small number of parts
- Finished total length is approximately 13cm
- Machine numbers available from the start of the 2023 season. The 10th anniversary mark of the return to Matsushima base, which was affixed from May of the same year, is also reproduced as a decal.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )