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Avro 730 British Supersonic Bomber Concept

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Manufacturer:Fantastic Plastic
Medium: Resin
Parts: 39
Status: Available
Release Date: 2008
Skill Level: Intermediate
ABOUT THE DESIGN: In 1955, Britain's Avro company began to develop plans for a high-altitude Mach 2.5 reconnaissance aircraft. Several configurations were examined, but all centered around a straight-wing design featuring a thoroughly enclosed cockpit with no windscreen to reduce drag, large canards, and two engine nacelles, each containing multiple power plants. (Early plans called for wing-tip nacelles, but these were later moved closer to the fuselage.) A retractable periscope would be used to aid the pilot with take-offs and landings.


By December 1956 the final design had been developed. The plane would carry a crew of two -- a pilot and a navigator -- who would sit by-by-side. Each nacelle would contain four Armstrong-Siddeley P.176 engines. And, most important of all, the plane could also function as a bomber, carrying either a specially designed short-course weapon or Britain's Red Beard tactical bomb.


Unfortunately, the project was cancelled in 1957, a victim of the U.K.'s infamous Defense White Paper.


ABOUT THE KIT:

Scale: 1:144
Length: 13.5 inches
Material: Resin
Number of Pieces: 39
Detailed Cockpit, Landing Gear, Bomb Bay and "Red Beard" Tactical Bomb included.
Decals by JBOT
Master by Scott Lowther
Casting by Replicant Casting Co.
This kit is currently available through the Fantastic Plastic Virtual Museum Store at: Fantastic Plastic

Kit Parts
Rear View
Starboard Side View

Review by: Fantastic Plastic

Entry created: 06/02/09
Comments: 0 | Rating (1-5): -- No rating -- | MSRP: $75.00

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