1/72 ANT-7216 Antares Models Heinkel He-274 V-1 Prototype - Amerika Bomber
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed Exc++
Rare, out of production and still factory tape sealed. Very rare model of this large aircraft. Features all fine recessed surface detail, very good cockpit and much more. The box top says that the kit includes high definition cast resin parts, white metal parts, vacuformed canopies, decals and instructions. Ernst Heinkel's entry for the 'Amerika Bomber' program was fairly straightforward. It was based on the He-177 bomber, which was plagued with engine fires and other related coupled-engine problems forced upon it by the absurd directive that it had to be capable of delivering it's bombs in a dive. Free of this restriction. Heinkel moved to a conventional four engine configuration and redesigned the aircraft for long range flight and a payload of over 8,000 lbs of bombs. The first two prototypes were built in France, with the following examples to be built in Germany by Heinkel workers. However, Allied bombing delayed production and once Normandie was invaded, the writing was on the wall. The two prototypes, V-1 and V-1 were either completed or very near completion. The order went out to destroy them; but oddly enough, only the installed engines were destroyed. Once free of German occupation, it was quickly discovered that there were many of the correct engines laying about and both aircraft were completed, serving long and interesting careers with the French Air Force. They were not scrapped until 1954.
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