Model Description
EDK70151 Eduard 1/72nd scale model kit Avia S-199 bubble canopy
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EDK70151
Eduard 1/72nd scale model kit
Avia S-199
bubble canopy
Model Description
EDK70151 Eduard 1/72nd scale model kit Avia S-199 bubble canopy. Available to pre-order at Flying Tigers.
The Avia S-199 is a propeller-driven Messerschmitt Bf 109G-based fighter aircraft built after World War II utilizing the Bf 109G airframe and a Junkers Jumo 211F engine in place of the original and unavailable Daimler-Benz DB 605 engine. It is notable as the first fighter obtained by the Israeli Air Force, and used during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Constructed in Czechoslovakia, with parts and plans left over from Luftwaffe aircraft production, the aircraft had numerous problems and was generally unpopular with its pilots. Czechoslovak pilots nicknamed it Mezek (“Mule”), while in Israel it was officially known as the Sakeen (“knife” in Hebrew). In practice, the aircraft was more often called Messerschmitt or Messer (which also means “knife”, in German and Yiddish).
RRP £14.00
Weight | 450 g |
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Model Code: EDK70151
Model categories:
Aircraft Kits, Eduard, Eduard 1/72nd scale, Military Aviation