This
auction is for the 1/48 P-61 Black Widow model kit by REVELL* (a MONOGRAM reissue).
*REVELL-MONOGRAM
(not to be confused with REVELL-Germany, a separate entity) was purchased by
Hobbico in 2007. On 30JUN2018, Hobbico declared
bankruptcy and went into liquidation.
The molds for these beloved kits are in limbo and may never be seen,
again.
Includes
decals for two versions:
“HUSSLIN’
HUSSY” – 422nd Night Fighter Squadron, Scorton, 1944 (to be painted Olive
Drab with Invasion Stripes which are NOT included as decals)
“TIMES A
WASTIN”” – SNUFFY SMITH - 547th Night Fighter Squadron, PTO (Black)
The
Northrop P-61 Black Widow, named for the North American spider, was the first
operational U.S. warplane designed as a night fighter, and the first aircraft
designed to use radar. The P-61 had a crew of three: pilot, gunner, and radar
operator. It was armed with four 20 mm (.79 in) Hispano M2 forward-firing
cannon mounted in the lower fuselage, and four .50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning
machine guns mounted in a remote-controlled dorsal gun turret.
It
was an all-metal, twin-engine, twin-boom design developed during World War II.
The first test flight was made on May 26, 1942, with the first production
aircraft rolling off the assembly line in October 1943. The last aircraft was
retired from government service in 1954.
Although
not produced in the large numbers of its contemporaries, the Black Widow was
effectively operated as a night-fighter by United States Army Air Forces
squadrons in the European Theater, Pacific Theater, China Burma India Theater,
and Mediterranean Theater during World War II. It replaced earlier
British-designed night-fighter aircraft that had been updated to incorporate
radar when it became available. After the war, the P-61—redesignated the
F-61—served in the United States Air Force as a long-range, all-weather,
day/night interceptor for Air Defense Command until 1948, and Fifth Air Force
until 1950.
On
the night of 14 August 1945, a P-61B of the 548th Night Fight Squadron named
Lady in the Dark was unofficially credited with the last Allied air victory
before VJ Day. The P-61 was also modified to create the F-15 Reporter
photo-reconnaissance aircraft for the United States Army Air Forces and
subsequently used by the United States Air Force.
This item
has been DISCONTINUED and is RARE.
CONDITION:
Item: NEW ♠ COMPLETE ♠ SEALED
Box: GREAT- SEALED
Mine is a non-smoking home, but I cannot
guarantee that these items have not been in a smoking home.
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