Product Description

Introducing the completely new 1/72 scale Vulty P-66 Vanguard from Ukraine's Drawings.
The kit comes with a paint mask sticker, etched parts and four decals (two each for the Republic of China Air Force and the US Army Air Force).
When completed, the total length will be approximately 122mm and the total width will be approximately 153mm.

The Vanguard was a single-seat fighter aircraft for export developed and manufactured by the American company Vultee just before World War II.
The first prototype, internally designated "V-48," had a narrowed nose like that of a liquid-cooled engine aircraft in order to reduce air resistance, and made its first flight in September 1939.
The Swedish military ordered 144 aircraft with the internal designation V-48C, with the nose reverted to its normal configuration, under the designation J10. However, shortly after production of the ordered aircraft was completed, the Lend-Lease Act of 1941 prohibited export to Sweden.
As a result, the US military deployed approximately 50 aircraft as P-66s to fighter training squadrons, and the remaining approximately 100 aircraft were provided to Canada via the UK as Lend-Lease aircraft under the nickname Vanguard.
This aircraft was decommissioned in February 1942 and given to the Republic of China Air Force, but many were lost in accidents during transport or during training, and only a small number of aircraft were actually received by the National Revolutionary Army.
The aircraft deployed in combat engaged in combat with Japanese aircraft, but most of the aircraft were lost in Japanese air raids while parked, and they were retired without achieving any significant results.



Item Size/Weight : 24.6 x 16.4 x 4.4 cm / 152g

Product Specifications

Country

USA , Taiwan

Item code

DWS72040

JAN code

4820237050915

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