Product Description

- Commemorative livery for the 50th anniversary of the T-33's first flight
- This is a plastic model assembly kit that reproduces the Air Self-Defense Force's jet trainer, the T-33A, in 1/72 scale.

[About the actual machine]
- The T-33 Shooting Star was the jet trainer primarily used by the U.S. Air Force from 1948 after World War II.
- It was also used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force and was a familiar aircraft in Japanese skies.
- The aircraft is equipped with one Allison J33-A-35 centrifugal turbojet engine.
- Without chip tanks or Gaiz armament, the maximum speed was Mach 0.8.
- The aircraft has a tandem seating arrangement and straight wings.
- By 1959, more than 6,500 had been produced, making it a best-selling aircraft used in over 30 countries around the world.
- It was also produced under license in Japan, and was the first jet aircraft to be produced under license in Japan since the end of the war.
- Many pilots in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force grew up on this aircraft.

[About the model]
- This is a 1/72 scale plastic model assembly kit that reproduces the T-33A, a jet trainer used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force.
- The kit is made up of easy-to-assemble parts and has a finished length of approximately 150mm.
- The straight wing fuselage shape is faithfully reproduced. In addition, the detailed expression of panel lines enhances the realism.
- The air brakes can be assembled either open or closed. In addition to the detailed reproduction of the landing gear, the storage compartment is also recreated.
- The tandem seat cockpit is also modeled in detail to enhance the sense of realism.
- The markings reproduce the special markings applied to the T-33s of the JSDF Headquarters Squadron at the Iruma Air Base Air Show in 1998, which marked 50 years since the first flight of the T-33 prototype.

[Main features]
- 1/72 scale reproduction of the T-33A modified jet trainer used by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force
- The main body is a masterpiece kit from Platz
- Finished total length is about 150mm
- Cockpit and legs are also reproduced thinly.
- Markings can be selected from four types of special markings that appeared at the 1998 Iruma Air Base Air Show



Item Size/Weight : 27.7 x 15.4 x 4.9 cm / 132g

Product Specifications

Country

Japan

Item code

AC-97

JAN code

4545782124330

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