MESSERSCHMITT Bf-109 T-0 TRAGERJAGER (GRAF ZEPPELIN FIGHTER)#72005 1/72 RPM

Description: FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE !!! QUALITY, RARE, UNASEMBLED, 1/72 SCALE MODEL KIT OF THE WW II GERMAN CARRIER FIGHTER MESSERSCHMITT Bf 109 T-0. THIS NICE KIT CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 60 FINELY DETAILED GREY PLASTIC PARTS WITH RIGHT SHAPE, GEOMETRY AND DELICATE RECESSED PANEL LINES, 1 TRANSPARENT PART, CLEAR ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTION AND DECALS FOR TWO LUFTWAFFE MARKINGS! KIT FACTORY SEALED. BF 109T "TRÄGERFLUGZEUG" (CARRIER AIRCRAFT) PRIOR TO THE WAR THE GERMAN NAVY HAD BECOME FASCINATED WITH THE IDEA OF THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER. BORROWING IDEAS FROM THE BRITISH AND JAPANESE (MAINLY THE AKAGI), THEY STARTED THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE GRAF ZEPPELIN (NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH THE AIRSHIP GRAF ZEPPELIN) AS PART OF THE REBUILDING OF THE NAVY. THE AIR GROUP FOR THE CARRIER WAS SETTLED ON MESSERSCHMITT BF 109T FIGHTERS AND JU 87T DIVE BOMBERS. THE SUFFIX 'T' DENOTING CARRIER, 'TRÄGER', IN GERMAN USE. INITIALLY TEN BF 109E-3 WERE ORDERED TO BE MODIFIED TO BF 109T-0 STANDARD. THIS INCLUDED, ADDING A TAIL-HOOK, CATAPULT FITTINGS, STRUCTURAL STRENGTHENING, MANUALLY FOLDING WINGS AND INCREASED WINGSPAN (TO 11.08 M). ALSO THE LANDING GEAR TRACK WAS A LITTLE WIDER. THUS PREPARED, THE BF 109T PROBABLY WOULD HAVE BEEN PROVEN MUCH BETTER FOR CARRIER OPERATIONS THAN THE BRITISH SUPERMARINE SEAFIRE, A HARDLY MODIFIED LANDPLANE THAT SUFFERED FROM A BAD ACCIDENT RATE FLYING FROM CARRIERS. FOLLOWING THE FLIGHT TESTS, ESPECIALLY THE CATAPULT TESTS, A SERIES OF 70 T-1 WITH DB601N ENGINE WAS TO BE PRODUCED AT FIESELER IN KASSEL, BUT AFTER SEVEN T-1 WERE BUILT, THE CARRIER PROJECT WAS CANCELED. THE REMAINING 63 OF 70 T-1 WERE BUILT AS T-2 WITHOUT CARRIER EQUIPMENT AND SOME OF THE T-0 AND T-1S MAY HAVE BEEN "UPGRADED" TO T-2 STANDARD. THESE FIGHTERS WERE ASSIGNED TO I/JG.77, DEPLOYED IN NORWAY. THE DECISION TO BASE THEM IN NORWAY WAS MADE PRIMARILY BY THE CONDITIONS ON THE NORWEGIAN LANDING STRIPS. THESE LANDING STRIPS BEING BOTH SHORT AND SUBJECT TO FREQUENT, POWERFUL CROSS-WINDS. SOME TIME AFTER THE UNIT WAS ORDERED TO TURN OVER THEIR AIRCRAFT TO A TEST UNIT THAT WAS TRAINING ON THE DRONTHEIM-FJORDE STRIP AND RECEIVED E-3S AS REPLACEMENTS. THE ARMAMENT OF THE BF 109T CONSISTED OF TWO MG 17 ABOVE THE ENGINE AND ONE MG FF/M CANNON IN EACH WING. FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE !!! DON'T FORGET TO VISIT MY EBAY SHOP !I COMBINE THE AUCTIONS TO SAVE YOUR SHIPPING COST! SET WILL BE SHIPPED AS PRIORITY, REGISTERED AND TRACKED SENDING TO AVOID ANY MAIL PROBLEMS.ESTIMATED DELIVERY TIME TO UNITED STATES IS 14 TO 21 DAYS DUE THE IRREGULAR USPS SERVICE.

Price: 12.79 USD

Location: Kraków

End Time: 2024-09-04T16:37:30.000Z

Shipping Cost: 6.27 USD