1/48 484601 Amtech Focke-Wulf Ta-183 Huckebein - With Quickboost Intake And Exhaust
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good
Includes Quick Boost resin nose air intake and rear exhaust. Never used but without the original packaging. The kit itself is nicely detailed and contains parts and markings for four versions and two engine options. Features recessed panel lines, optional drop tank and X4 wire-guided air-to-air missiles. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The Ta-183 was the winner of the Luftwaffe's emergency fighter competition of 1945 and was to enter full scale production. The aircraft never entered production, but the Russians and the Americans found the plans. From them, the Russians eventually build some aircraft and modified them till it was the Mig-15 while the Americans relied more on Messerschmitt plans for the basis of the F-86 Sabre Jet.
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