AwardWinner Built HB 1/48 General Dynamics USAF F-111E Aardvark 55th TFS

Description: DREAM WORKS HERE Item Name: .GeneralDynamics F-111E Aardvark A1-224/E-65 Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins,Macon,Georgia Kits .Hobby Boss Scale: .1:48 Builder:.Myth Item Status:.Built To Order / Pre-Order Detail features: Award winner built and painted General Dynamics F-111E Aardvark with real-life weathering finish. USAAF "Heart Breaker" Woodland camo color scheme with accurate 55th,55.FS 20th FW decals and unit markings. Top building quality with incredible detail overall and super accurate scale on each part. Finely conform perfectly recessed panel lines and rivets. Beautifully cockpit details. Intricately detailed wheel wells and landing gear. Add armaments and more add-on details. * The overall detail is superb with the top building. * From the radar dish to the exhaust cones, every inch of the fuselage is packed with detail. * The finely engraved panel lines and rivet detail is some of the best. * The entire cockpit with scape capsule module to be similar to the actual aircraft w/detail. * Cockpit includes some additional instrument panels and details. * Dashboard with rich detail including radar screens. * Same detail level as good as the BlackBox resin seats. * The bottom side of the kit cockpit also has details on it, matching the true aircraft. * Electronics bays by with all the different electronic boxes have bundles of wires and harnesses detail. * Fairly decent representation of the radar detail. * The wings have the slats, spoilers and flaps extended. * Two TF30-P-1 engines are works of art. * New choice of wing gap positions for swept or unswept. * The afterburner chambers also have turbine faces visible. * The bomb bay is also nice with many details. * The gun bay with its own wall and ammo drum. * The trailing edge flaps and horizontal stabs are positionable. * Landing gear with so much detail. * The main weapons bays are beautifully rendered with all of the structural ribbing, plumbing, and wiring. * Rubber tire with great details on both sides and also add some great hub details. * Full weapons loaded with drop tanks, missiles and more. Buffing and polishing to remove mold seam. Base color with primer and putty for better surface detail. Airbrushed and painted with multicolor. Add clear paint for good finishing on decal applying. Wash to enhance the surface detail increase the appearance of depth including panels, doors, rivets, and more. Brushing to emphasize and highlighting texture with edge for good wear, tear and fading. Filter out the contrast and blend color effects with airflow marks. Real-life nozzle burned multicolor representing. Great detail paint job on grease with staining appearing and more on real-life weathering. Final protective layer for long-term collection. 1023 1 Dream Works Hobby 2 Dream Works Hobby 3 Dream Works Hobby 4 Dream Works Hobby 5 Dream Works Hobby 6 Dream Works Hobby 7 Dream Works Hobby 8 Dream Works Hobby 9 Dream Works Hobby 10 Dream Works Hobby 11 Dream Works Hobby 12 Dream Works Hobby 13 Dream Works Hobby 14 Dream Works Hobby 15 Dream Works Hobby 16 Dream Works Hobby 17 Dream Works Hobby 18 Dream Works Hobby 19 Dream Works Hobby 20 Dream Works Hobby 21 Dream Works Hobby 22 Dream Works Hobby 23 Dream Works Hobby The versatile “swing wing” F-111 entered the USAF inventory in 1967. The F-111’s wings are straight for takeoffs, landing or slow speed flight, but by sweeping its wings rearward, in can exceed twice the speed of sound (Mach 2). In 1960 the Department of Defense combined the USAF’s requirement for a fighter-bomber with a Navy need for an air superiority fighter, though the Navy eventually cancelled its program. In all, 566 F-111s of all series were built; 94 of them were production F-111Es. The F-111 was a long-range, all-weather strike aircraft capable of navigating at low level to reach targets deep in enemy territory and to deliver ordinance on the target. Primarily a bomber, the F-111 featured a sweep wing varying between 16 and 72.5 degrees, with side-by-side seating for a pilot and weapons systems officer. F-111E is a simplified, interim variant ordered after the F-111D was delayed, the F-111E used the Triple Plow II intakes, but retained the F-111A`s TF30-P-3 engines and Mark I avionics. The weapon stores management system was improved and other small changes made.Crandall described the F-111E as "all analog, just like the A model, but It worked". The E-model was first ordered in 1968 and delivered from 1969–71. It achieved initial operational capability in 1969. The variant`s first flight occurred on 20 August 1969. 94 F-111Es were built.Many F-111Es were assigned to the 20th TFW at Upper Heyford, UK until 1991. The avionics were upgraded on some E-models as part of an Avionics Modernization Program. The variant served in 1990-91 during the Gulf War. Some F-111Es received improved TF30-P-109 engines in the early 1990s. All F-111Es were retired to AMARC by 1995.

Price: 339.98 USD

Location: Scarborough, Ontario

End Time: 2025-01-19T00:51:45.000Z

Shipping Cost: 39.98 USD