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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...
RE-RELEASED!!! Douglas XF5D-1 Skylancer. In 1947, based on the German Lippish's delta wing design, Douglas designed and produced an excellent Douglas F4D-1 Skyray. After Five years of its operation, Douglas engineers collected the weakness and created a new improved fighter, the Douglas F4D-2N. The U.S. Navy interested the concept, two prototypes was ordered to Douglas. As it was actually very different with the Douglas F4D-1 ...
McDonnell-Douglas KC-10A Extender. . During the Vietnam War and Arab-Israeli War, the U.S.A.F. C-141 and C-5 were forced to carry a fraction of their maximum payload on direct flights from the continental United States to Asia and Israel. The strategic airlift operations demonstrated the necessity of adequate air-refueling capability. The U.S. Department of Defense concluded that a more advanced tanker was needed. The 'Advance...
McDonnell XHJD-1 twin rotor helicopter. In 1944, U.S. Navy launched a competition that called for a large rescue helicopter which could carry up to 10 occupants. McDonnell was determined to win a new Navy contract as the company only had sub-contract jobs at the war time. With investment in Platt LePage Aircraft Co., McDonnell was allowed to learn helicopter techniques and developed its own design, Model 65. Considering a most...
Bell XV-15 Tiltrotor. In 1965, U.S. Army issued a proposal request for an aircraft that would have both helicopter and airplane characteristics to replace the Boeing CH-47 helicopter and C-7 transport. Bell submitted the tilt-rotor design but the request was dropped in 1968. Bell decided to continue the development as the civil VTOL transport. In 1970, a full size rotor and rotating mechanisms were tested at the NASA wind tunn...
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...
Kugisho MXY-6 Test-bed of the Kyushu J7W Shinden. In 1943, the IJN issued an 18-shi specification for a new interceptor. Kyushu submitted a design with canard foreplanes, the J7W Shinden. Despite some opposition to the design, the IJN was intrigued enough to accept the proposal. However, the design had to show promise and the canard configuration needed to be proven before the IJN would authorise further development. Therefore...
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.
Martin-Boeing XMS-1. Original Dyna-Soar configuration. In 1945, millions of German military documents were confiscated by USAAF. One of the concept was the Sanger aerospace bomber. During post-war years, Bell was selected for further studies on rocket-bomber which named BoMi. In 1956, the USAF channeled Bell's development to a reconnaissance, bombardment vehicle. A competition for a prototype was opened. In 1959, Boeing won th...
VFW-Fokker VAK-191B German vector thrust VTOL. In 1962, the West German government launched an requirement for the new ground attack fighter to replace the Fiat G.91. In the meantime NATO had launched a program for VTOL combat aircrafts. The Germans decided to work on the second VTOL fighter. After consideration of various options, the effort focused on the Focke-Wulf Fw.1262 design. This was further developed in a partnership...
Budd C-93/RB-1 Conestoga. In 1941, the U.S. War Department required for a twin-engine transport comparable in performance to the Douglas C-47, to be constructed of "non-strategic materials". At the time, U.S. government feared that the thousands of new aircraft needed for the war effort might create shortages of aluminum alloys. Sprang from this requirement, the Curtiss C-76 and Fairchild C-82 were to be constructed of wood. A...
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...
McDonnell Model 119 UCX prototype compete with C-140 Jetstar. In 1956, the USAF issued requirement for a utility transport that used to accomplish the combat flight inspection and navigation mission. Due to the budget cuts, the Air Force asked the industry-financed "off-the-shelf" prototypes. McDonnell submitted company's Model 119 for a small, 4-jets, multi-purpose, ulitity airplane. It will be capable of going anywhere in th...
BAe Tempest II RAF fifth generation fighter project. In 2018, U.K. Ministry of Defense has unveiled the Tempest II model at the Farnborough show, new plans for a new stealth fighter jet. Tempest II is a proposed stealth fighter aircraft concept to be designed and manufactured in the United Kingdom for the Royal Air Force. It is being developed by a consortium known as "Team Tempest," consisting of the UK Ministry of Defence, B...
Columbia XJL-1 flying boat. In June 1939, Grumman intended to update their J2F Duck biplane to an all-metal monoplane as a replacement for the United States Navy. The aircraft was assigned the G-42. However due to increased production pressures for other Grumman fighter aircraft, the project of prototype and test was turned over to the Columbia Aircraft Company which was already under a production contract for J2F-6 Ducks. Thr...
Martin M-130 China Clipper. U.S. Navy transport for the Manhattan Project. In early 1930s, Pan Am requested for a flying boat with capability that could fly across the ocean. Martin's bid of Model-130 was successful. In 1934, three M-130 were built as Martin Ocean Transports, but to the public thay were all referred as the China Clipper. On November 1935, the China Clipper flew the first trans-Pacific airmail route. Their rang...
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...
Republic XF-12 Rainbow. In 1943, USAAF confronted with the problem of photographic information which collecting from the Pacific theatre while U.S. did not had close airfield in Pacific to be able to use photo-reconnaissance aircraft. So USAAF issued a request for a new long-range / high altitude reconnaissance airplane. In March 1944, Republic proposed to modify its civil model, RC-2 to install with the photographic equipment...
Convair XP-81 In 1943, USAAF issued a specification for a long-range jet powered fighter which could be flight across the Pacific to escort bombers to Japan. Consolidated Vultee Aircraft (Convair) responded with the new design which was powered by a combination of the turboprop and jet engine units, while Navy was also working on the same theory with the Curtiss XF15C-1 and the Ryan FR-1. The configuration was a nose mounted t...