Product Description
The de Havilland Vampire, which made its first flight in 1943 and began deployment and operation in 1945, was a successful and outstanding jet fighter that adopted a distinctive twin tail boom design.
Following the successful operation of the Vampire by the Royal Air Force, the Royal Navy also considered adopting it, and the Sea Vampire was developed as a naval version.
The prototype, which had been modified for carrier operation, successfully landed on the British aircraft carrier Ocean in December 1945.
It was the first jet plane in the world to land on an aircraft carrier.
Following the test results, the Royal Navy decided to adopt the Sea Vampire.
De Havilland produced a naval version, the Sea Vampire F.20, based on the Vampire FB.5 fighter-bomber.
[Main features]
- The cockpit is precisely recreated, with the pilot's seat and instrument panel modelled
- Accurately reproduces the details of the leg storage compartment
- Twin tail boom reproduced using a slide mold
- Landing gear can be made to either fly or park
- Accurately modeled landing hook
- Jet exhaust nozzle is also realistically finished
- The flaps can be assembled for either landing or takeoff.
-Air intakes are also accurately reproduced
- The cockpit interior is also realistically modeled with the instrument panel and single seat.
- 500 pound bomb on the underside of the fuselage
- Faithfully reproduces the complex fuselage of the Sea Vampire F.20
-Reproduces the metallic skin of the torso
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 33.2 x 19 x 4.7 cm / 168g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- DR5112
- JAN code
- 4545782129229
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.