Product Description

--The first domestically produced jet trainer, the last brave figure revives
-A plastic model assembly kit that reproduces the T-1B, a jet trainer operated by the Japan Air Self-Defense Force on a 1/72 scale.

[About the actual machine]
――The T-1 is the first jet trainer developed in Japan after World War II.
--The 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. In addition, the domestic turbojet engine, J3, has been completed.
--When mass production at Ishikawajima Harima Heavy Industries began, the T-1 engine was also converted to the domestic J3.
――The T-1 equipped with this engine was named T-1B, and 20 aircraft were produced and deployed from 1962 to 1963.
--The T-1 ended its role when the successor T-4 was deployed in 1998.
--While retiring is progressing, on March 3, 2006, four aircraft from the 5th Technical School, which had been in operation until the end, held a commemorative last flight at Komaki Base.
――Among them, Unit 863 was given a special marking on the aircraft on the last flight, and its appearance was imprinted on the eyes of the 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-1B type equipped with a domestic engine is modeled.
--Reproduced with the markings when the last flight was carried out before retirement at Komaki base on March 3, 2006.
――The markings of Unit 863, which was specially painted while four aircraft were flying, are reproduced in detail with decals.
--The decals are made by high quality cult graph. Including the mark of Hamamatsu's 1st Service School on the vertical stabilizer, the tail and drop tank, and the characters of [Hatsutaka] drawn on the fuselage are also reproduced.
――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 aircraft 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-1B type equipped with a domestic engine
--Marking reproduces the marking of Unit 863 on the last flight where the retirement ceremony was held on March 3, 2006.
--Not only the shape of the aircraft, but also the panel lines of each part are firmly expressed.
--Detailed modeling of details such as legs and cockpit
* The image is under development. It may differ from the actual product.


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

Product Specifications

Country

Japan

Item code

AC-49

JAN code

4545782077810

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