Since the Air Force of each country started pay their attention on the night bombing, the bombing became more effective than ever. To fight against the night bombing, a series of night fighter were put into use. The American start their night fighter program on 1940. The Army use the P-70 Havoc and Beaufighter to fight with the Japanese until the first 45 P-61 Black Widow were in active service on October,1943.
The first 37 P-61 were installed with a four gun turret on the back of the fuselage and deleted on the following aircrafts. The first unit to take the P-61A into combat was the 6th Night-Fighter Squadron in Hawaii. The Black Widow soon replace the Douglas P-70s and P-38J on 1 May 1944.
- Item No: 81730
- Item Name: P-61A Black Widow
- Bar Code: 6939319217301
- Scale 1:48
- Item Type: Static kit
- Model Dimension Length: 315mm Wingspan: 419mm
- Total Plastic Parts: 140+
- Total Sprues: 10 sprues
- Chromeplate Parts: n/a
- Resin Parts: n/a
- Film Accessory: n/a
- Released Date: 2014-07
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More Features:
- The kit consists of over 140 parts
- Detailed fuselage & wing with accurate design
- Detailed engine & cockpit
- Metal parts included
