Description
In the beginning of 30s it was appeared in the world an idea of high-speed bomber that could outstrip contemporary fighters. One of the objectifications of this conception became the twin-engine bomber Ju 88 designed by a German Junkers Flugzeug – und Motorenwerke AG company.
Since the spring of 1941 it were produced Ju 88A-4 planes with liquid-cooled Jumo 211J engines of increased power and more powerful armament.
Ju 88C-6b was the 1943 night fighter version of A-4 and differed by setting one MG FF cannon with three MG 17 machine guns in the opaque nose and two MG FF in the ventral gondola. Some planes had 2 more MG FF guns mounted in the fuselage motionless at an angle forward – upward. FuG 202 or FuG 220 radars were also installed.
These aircraft were used as night fighters in Western and Eastern fronts in 1943 –1945.
Kit Features:
- SCALE : 1:48
- TIME PERIOD : WW2
- MARKINGS : Junkers 88C-6b, pilot - Lt. Wilhelm Beier, 10./NJG 1, Leeuwarden, October 1942. Junkers 88C-6b, pilot - Maj. Heinrich Prinz zu Sayn-Wittgenstein, Stab.IV/NJG 5, Orel (Russia), Spring 1943. Junkers 88C-6b, 3./NJG 4, Mainz, March 1944. Junkers 88C-6b, 6./NJG 2, Kassel, Spring 1944.
- MODEL SIZE (LENGTH X WIDTH) : 316 x 418 mm
- BOX SIZE : 410 x 260 x 55 mm
- NUMBER OF DETAILS : 250
