Plastic model 1/72 Japan Air Self-Defense Force T-1B Initial Paint Full White [AC-73]

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Product Description ■ Reproduction of the white color initial type paint
[Actual aircraft]
On 19 January 1958, the prototype T1F2 was successfully made into the first flight.
In 1959, the Orface engine was formalized as the T-1A, and mass production was decided.
The first mass-produced aircraft was delivered in September 1960. The T-1A was deployed mainly to the 13th Flight Instructor and demonstrated its ability to train new pilots.
The first jet trainer developed in Japan after World War II was the T-1.
The Air Self-Defense Force needed a jet plane for the middle class training necessary for the pilot training program after World War II.
The J3 turbojet engine was developed by Fuji Heavy Industries.
The first prototype was successfully made into the first flight in 1958.
The J3 turbojet engine was completed.
When Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries began mass production, the engine of the T-1 was converted to the domestically produced J3.
The T-1 equipped with this engine was named the T-1B and produced and deployed from 1962 to 1963.
[Model]
> White painted body markings, 3 types reproduced.
[Product details]
Completed size : total length approx. 168 mm 857 168 1965 1965 1985 Gifu Air Field Ashiya