Product Description

- The Vanguard is an export single-seat fighter developed and manufactured by the American company Valti just before World War II.
-The in-house name was [V-48], and the first prototype with a nose narrowed like a liquid-cooled engine-equipped aircraft aimed at reducing air resistance flew for the first time in September 1939.
-The Swedish military ordered 144 aircraft with the internal name [V-48C], which returned the nose to its normal form, as [J10]. Export is prohibited.
- As a result, the US military deployed about 50 aircraft as [P-66] to combat training squadrons, and the remaining 100 aircraft will be provided to Canada via the United Kingdom as lend-lease aircraft under the nickname of Vanguard.
- This machine was to be given to the Republic of China Air Force due to retirement in February 1942, but many of them were lost during transportation accidents and training, and only a few were actually received by the National Revolutionary Army. was.
-The aircraft that were deployed in combat fought with the aircraft of the Japanese army, but most of the aircraft were lost in the air raids of the Japanese army while they were parked, so they were retired as they were without any significant results.

- The kit comes with a paint mask sticker, etching parts, and 4 types of decals (Swedish military (J10) mass-produced unit 1, British military (Mk.I) mass-produced unit 2, Swedish military fictitious marking x2). .
- When completed, it will be approximately 180mm long and 229mm wide.
- Completely new mold


Item Size/Weight : 28 x 18 x 5 cm / 233g

Product Specifications

Country

Sweden , UK

Item code

DWS48050

JAN code

4820237050830

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