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Short Shetland flying boat with bonus kits: G.A.L. Twin Hotspur, Miles Magister with Articulated trailer wing & Martin-Baker MB.5). In 1941, the Bristish Air Ministry issued an requirement for a heavy defensive armament, long range flying boat that intended to replace the Short Sunderland. Saunders-Roe propsed S.41 to the Air Ministry, and was asked to combine the project with Short's proposal. The detailed design was performe...
Myasishchev M-50 Bounder. Also includes BONUS kits of the Sukhoi Su-15, Lavochkin La-250 and MiG Ye-152 In 1955, the USSR Council of Ministers was spurred by the thread from the U.S. XB-70 bomber which was designed for Mach-3, but this was considered an impossible objective for the Soviet Union at that time. As the Myasishchev OKB was striving to develop the huge 3M subsonic bomber, this design bureau was assigned the addition...
Sound Barrier Breakers set of 6 aircraft. Including Bell X-1, Bell X-2, Douglas X-3 Stiletto, Douglas D558-1 Skystreak, Douglas D558-2 Skyrocket, Douglas D558-3 Skyflash.
Experimental defensive airplanes special set vol.1 - Imperial Japan Navy. Includes Mitsubishi Q2M1 Taiyo / Aichi S1A1 Denko / Nakajima J5N1 Tenrai / Kawanishi J6K1 Jinpu.
Aichi S1A-1 Denko - A night-fighter was requested by Navy that intended to replace the Nakajima J1N Gekko, filling the role of a radar-eqquipped airplane to combat the American B-29 raids. Two prototypes were constructed in 1945, but were destroyed durin...
Junkers EF-132 . Final jet bomber captured by Russian. Includes BONUS kits of the Lippisch Li.P12 Entwurf III, Focke-Wulf P.0310251-1006 Victoria tail, Messerschmitt Me.P1106 and Heinkel WESPE. In the autumn of 1944 Reichsmarschall Goring instructed the Junkers and Messerschmitt works to design and produce the very long-range bombers which would be capable of delivering 4000kg bomb load, at high speeds and over extreme distanc...
Boeing XCH-62 HLH Heavy lift helicopter program. Includes BONUS aircraft of the Sikorsky CH-54A Skycrane, Fairchild VZ-5 Fledgling and Cessna YH-41 Seneca. In 1967, the Soviet Mil V-12 helicopter made its first lift-off successfully. The U.S. military had an urge to match or top this heavy-lift helicopter. In early 1970, a joint Army and Navy working committee was formed to study the development of a heavy lift helicopter. The...
Boeing YC-14 STOL prototype to replace the C-130 Hercules. (includes these BONUS kits Bell X-16, McCulloch YH-30 and Lockheed YO-3A) In 1972, the U.S. Air Force issued the Advanced transport STOL transport program for a new medium airlifter that capable of operations into battle zones with short, temporary airfields. Two proposals were accepted for construction as the Boeing YC-14 and McDonnell-Douglas YC-15 prototypes. The Bo...
Handley-Page Halifax B Mk.I. Includes BONUS kits of the GAL.56/04, Miles M.30 X-Minor and Avro Rota. Main RAF heavy bomber other than Lancaster. In 1936, when the British Air Ministry issued Specification B.12/36 which called for a conventional design which could operate from existing airfields but have a range of not less than 3,000 miles and carry a bomb load in excess of 8,000 lbs. In all 19 aircraft manufacturers were advi...
Lockheed SR-95 Penetrator plus bonus kits: Lockheed Have Blue, Lockheed Hopeless Diamond and Northrop XST. Beginning in the mid-1980s, the U.S. Air Force and NASA have supported a number of studies of aircraft that are consistent with accounts of the Aurora reconnaissance aircraft project, the proposed successor to the SR-71 Blackbird which would retired in 1999. While various sources disclosed that Lockheed's secret Skunk Wor...
Lockheed SR-91 Aurora (with bonus kits: Lockheed F-19A, Northrop X-49, U.S. Marine LHX Stingbat) Beginning in the mid-1980s, the U.S. Air Force and NASA have supported a number of studies of aircraft that are consistent with accounts of the Aurora reconnaissance aircraft project, the proposed successor to the SR-71 Blackbird which would retired in 1999. While various sources disclosed that Lockheed-Martin was developing a Mach...
Short SC.5 Belfast RAF Heavy transport. Includes these BONUS kits Scott Aviation Bulldog T.1, Saunders-Roe SR.177 and Supermarine Type 545. In 1959, Royal Air Force issued operational requirement, ASR.371 for a heavy freighter capable of carrying a wide range of military loads over long ranges. Short proposed the SC.5/10 design which was based on company studies from 1950s. The project started with the designation Belfast C.1....
Sukhoi T-4 Sotka Soviet supersonic bomber
In 1963, the Soviet government issues a requirement for developing an aircraft analogous to the North-American XB-70 Valkyrie. Sukhoi, Tupolev and Yakovlev competed with the T-4, Tu-135 and Yak-33. The Sukhoi design, with its high cruise speed of 3,200 km/h was favored over the other two designs. In 1964, the building of a prototype was authorized. The first T-4, designated '101', fi...
Nakajima G8N-1 Renzan. Includes bonus kits of the Kokusai Ta-go, Rikugan Ki-202 Shusui-kai, Nakajima Ki-115 Tsurugi, and Kawasaki Ki-119. In 1943, the Imperial Japan Navy issued a long-range land-based attack bomber specification. Nakajima aircraft company was selected to design a four-engine bomber capable of meeting an specification for a plane with maximum speed of 590 km/h able to carry 4,000 kg bomb-load. Nakajima's desig...
Mil V-12 Homer. World's largest helicopter. Includes bonus kits of the YaK-24 Horse / Kamov Ka-60 / Kamov A-16. In 1961, the Soviet Air Force issued an requirement for a heavy lift helicopter able to carry major missile components. It would be worked together with the Antonov An-22 airlifter that would carry remote missile launch site. Mil OKB was selected for a tandem-rotor layout development. The bureau claimed a twin side-b...
Junkers Ju-352V-2 Herkules. Includes bonus kits of the Flettner Fl-265, Blohm-und-Voss Bv-141B, Messerschmitt Me-609, Focke-Wulf Fw-226 Flitzer. In 1942, due to the worsening war situation and a critical shortage of metal materials, Reich Air Ministry instructed Junkers to redesign the structure of the Junkers Ju.252 transport airplane. Junkers proposed the Ju.352 Herkules, itself developed in an attempt to replace the Ju.52/3...
Alexejev KM Ekranoplan Caspian Sea monster. Includes BONUS aircraft of the Yakovlev Yak-15 Feather, Yurjev KIT-1 and SSAKTB SL-2P Twin Blanik. In early 1960s, the Soviet Navy command was urgently needed a fast military transport capable of carrying a large payload on the shore of Caspian Sea and Black Sea. The Minister of Defense recognized a Wing-In-Ground effect vehicle which basically allowed for a greater weight aircraft t...
Tupolev TB-3. The world's first 4-engined monplane bomber. Includes BONUS kits of the Polikarpov I-16, Polikarpov I-5 and Grigorovich I-Z. In 1925, the Soviet Air Force approached the Central Aerohydrodynamic Institute with a requirement for a heavy bomber with total engine output of 1,970hp. Tupolev OKB was selected to start design work in 1926. The mock-up was approved in 1929, and was given military designation TB-3 and civ...
BAe Nimrod AEW.3. Includes BONUS aircraft of the Hawker P.1121, Fairey Gannet AEW.3, Cierva W.11 Air Horse. In 1973, the RAF had begun to examine the options for replacing the Airborne Early Warning (AEW) variant of the Avro Shackleton. Boeing offered the E-3A Sentry, but the over water performance of its radar was judged to be poor. It was announced that a specialized version of the Hawker-Siddeley Nimrod, the AEW.3 would be ...
Bartini-Beriev VVA-14M1P Soviet coastlines sea monster. Includes BONUS kits of the IL-28 Beagle, Yak-25RV Mandrake and Mi-4 Hound. In late 1950s, the U.S. Navy started the Polaris program which was to arm the submarines with ballistic missiles. The USSR quickly issued requirement to industries for the Anti-Submarine-Warfare system. A vehicle was initially seen as urgently needed to destroy Polaris-missile submarines. The Minis...
Short SA.4 Sperrin. Includes BONUS kits of the Gloster Javelin, Hawker P.1127 and Short SB.5. After the end of the second World War, the British military felt there was a need for an independent strategic bombing capability that they should not be reliant upon the U.S. Strategic Air Command. In 1947, Air Ministry issued a request in the form of Specification B.35/46 for an advanced jet bomber capable of carrying a nuclear bomb...
BAe Nimrod MR.2. Also includes BONUS kits of the Westland Merlin HC.3, Britten-Norman Defender AL.1 and Hawker P.1185 (AV-16A) Advanced Harrier. In early 1960s, the British Air Ministry issued a request for a more modern and powerful naval reconnaissance plane to replace the aging Avro Shackleton MR.3s which was designed in the World War Two-era. Hawker-Siddeley responded with a Nimrod design that the aircraft was modified fro...