Scale 1/72
Plastic Model Kit Dragon 5036
Northrop P-61B Black Widow Premium Edition
Propeller Northrop P-61 Black Widow
The Northrop P-61 was a three-seat, twin-engine, mid-wing, twin-boom night fighter with retractable landing gear, adapted for operations from ground bases. The prototype flew in May 1942. The plane was made entirely of metal, first from magnesium alloys, then from duralumin. The half-beam hulls were reinforced with metal frames. The cockpit, located in the middle part of the fuselage, housed a crew of three. The pilot sat at the front, followed by the deck gunner and finally the radar operator. In the turretless versions, the radar operator was moved to the gunner's cabin, and there was additional space in the rear. The entire cabin was armored. The R-61 received an SCR-720 airborne radar station with a range of 10 km, located in the forward fuselage and coupled with a self-alien identification device. Radar readings were taken in the cabin of the radar operator, who was sitting in the rear fuselage. The armament consisted of four 12.7 mm machine guns mounted in a remotely controlled turret, which was not available on all aircraft variants, and four 20 mm cannons mounted in the fuselage. Each crew member had a sight; the pilot used it in typical fighter attacks when the direction of the enemy's flight coincided with the flight of his own aircraft. In other cases, the fire was conducted by the deck gunner, who was also the operator of the rifle tower. If it was necessary to protect against attack from the rear, the responsibilities of the shooter and the operation of the shooting turret were taken over by the radar operator. In addition, some vehicles, mainly operating in Europe, carried out assault operations using bombs, unguided rockets or napalm tanks.
Northrop P-61B Black Widow Premium Edition
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