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<p>The Airco DH.9 was a British reconnaissance bomber in a mixed biplane construction with a fixed chassis. The drive was provided by a single BHP or Wright Liberty 12 engine with 230 HP and 400 HP, respectively. The flight of the prototype took place in 1917. During serial production in the years 1917-1918, approximately 3,200 copies of this successful aircraft were produced. Airco DH.9 armament with 3 machine guns caliber 7.69 mm or 7.7 mm and up to 210 kg bombs.</p> <p>Airco DH.9 was created at the request of British air officers fighting in France, who reported the need for a new bomber and multi-purpose aircraft to replace the DH.4. The Airco plant radically changed the design of the DH.4 (use of a new engine, change of fuselage size and profile, different profile profile, cockpit and observer displacement) and thus reduce the time needed to carry out series production. The aircraft proved to be very successful, but in 1918 a version of the Airco DH.9A was introduced, which had a more powerful engine and a larger wingspan. Airco DH.9 was baptized by fire in March 1918. Until the end of World War I, machines of this type fought over France, the Mediterranean and the Middle East. In 1920, about 20 aircraft also reached Poland. They were withdrawn from British aviation in the late 1920s.</p>

<h3>Pretty Plated Kit</h3> <p>The Hien was officially adopted by the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) in 1943, and stood out among its Japanese aircraft contemporaries in the Pacific War on account of its liquid-cooled Ha-40 engine, slimline fuselage and long, elegant wing. A number of different variants were produced, among them the Ki-61-Id which featured a 20cm-elongated nose to house 20mm cannons, plus 12.7mm machine guns in the wing. In fact, with 1,360 units it was the most prolifically produced Hien variant; its superior performance at higher altitudes meant that it was often given the brief of taking on incoming U.S. B29 bombers in the skies around the home islands of Japan. One IJA unit which notably deployed the Hien was the 244th Air Group led by Captain Teruhiko Kobayashi. This model features silver color plated parts and camouflage pattern decals to aid in its finishing.</p> <h3>Features</h3> <ul> <li>This is a 1/48 scale plastic model assembly kit. Length: 187mm, width: 250mm.</li> <li>Accurately depicts the Ki-61-Id type Hien form with elongated nose and slim fuselage.</li> <li>Features silver color metal plated fuselage and wings.</li> <li>Ha-40 V12 engine has depiction of supercharger.</li> <li>Cockpit includes 20mm cannon ammunition cases and oil tank.</li> <li>Choose between open and closed canopy.</li> <li>Comes with two drop tanks, camouflage decals, a seated pilot figure, and two marking options.</li> </ul>

<p>The de Havilland Sea Venom was a British jet all-weather fighter developed for the Royal Navy from the RAF's Venom NF.2 night fighter. First flown in April 1951, the Sea Venoms were produced as the FAW.20 (50 a/c), improved FAW.21 (167 a/c) and uprated FAW.22 (39 new built and other Mk.21s converted). In total, 256 aircraft were taken on FAA's charge, while 39 Sea Venoms, designated FAW.53, were delivered to the Royal Australian Navy in 1956.</p>

<p>The Petlyakov Pe-2 was a Soviet twin-engined dive bomber used during World War II. One of the outstanding tactical attack aircraft of the war, it also proved successful as a heavy fighter, as a night fighter and as a reconnaissance aircraft. In many respects it resembled the wooden British de Havilland Mosquito.</p>

<p>K-type Blimp (K-3/6/28) 'Early Production' Non-rigid airships (or blimps) were the first types of lighter-than-air craft. Since the turn of the 20th century, they have been employed on a large scale by armed forces and also engaged commercially.</p> <p>The Goodyear Aircraft Company, the foremost producer of airships in the United States, produced a series of K-class airships which became the backbone of the US Navy’s airship fleet in WWII. Developed from earlier 1930s designs, the prototype ZNP-K-2 first flew in December 1938 and the production was started two years later. A total of 134 airships in four production batches had been built by the end of 1944.</p> <p>The K-type airship consisted of a fabric covered envelope containing the lifting gas and two internal ballonets. It was fitted with vertical tailfins and horizontal tailplanes with control surfaces. The crew was carried in a control car (gondola), attached flush to the underside of the envelope. It was fitted with a forward firing Browning M2 machine gun while four Mk.47 depth charges could be mounted on two external carriers and in an internal bomb bay. Radar and magnetic anomaly detection (MAD) equipment was also fitted. The ship was powered by two Pratt &amp; Whitney Wasp engines, turning tractor propellers.</p> <p>The K-type blimps were used for anti-submarine patrols and convoy escorts in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans as well as the Caribbean and Mediterranean Seas. Post-war, the Navy’s LTA programme continued, with many ships modified with more advanced electronics, radar search systems and increased capacity envelope. In 1947, the upgraded ships were designated ZP2K and ZP3K and after 1954 they became ZSG-2 and ZSG-3, respectively. The last K-class airship retired in March 1959.</p> <p><strong>Colour schemes included in the kit:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Goodyear ZNP-K-3 (K-type) Blimp, BuNo 7025, Blue K-3, Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-12, Airship Patrol Group 1 (APG 1), US Navy, Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, U.S.A., early 1942</li> <li>Goodyear ZNP-K-6 (K-type) Blimp, BuNo 7028, Blue K-6, Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-12, Airship Patrol Group 1 (APG 1), US Navy, Naval Air Station Lakehurst, New Jersey, U.S.A., spring 1942</li> <li>Goodyear ZNP-K-28 (K-type) Blimp, BuNo 04378, Blue K-28, Blimp Squadron ZP-24 (Blimpron 24), Fleet Airship Wing 1 (FASW 1), Fleet Airships Atlantic (FASA), US Navy, Naval Air Station Weeksville, North Carolina, U.S.A., summer 1944</li> </ul> <p>This injection-moulded kit contains 17 parts, including a mobile mooring mast. A towing tractor (4 resin parts) is provided. For modeller’s convenience a display base, made of pasteboard card, depicting a section of the military airfield is added. A comprehensive instruction leaflet and a decal sheet are included.</p> <br><iframe></iframe>