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Release Schedule in January 2022

Plastic Model Kit

Code¡§4545782078756

About the Aircraft

The US F8 Crusader was the first supersonic carrier-based fighter in the world. The maiden flight was in 1955, and the operation had been started in 1957. The F8 Crusader was powered by one engine with 18,000 lbs. of afterburning thrust equipped on the aircraft with a high- wing swept wing design. The main wing had a special mechanism to up the front 7 degrees. This slight operation succeeded in shortening the distance of the takeoff and landing. The F8 Crusader was able to demonstrate excellent performance as a carrier-based fighter. The F-8 Crusader also participated in the Vietnam War and was active against the MiG fighter of the North Vietnamese Army.

About the Kit

It is the plastic model kit that reproduces the U.S. Navy fighter F-8C which was operated from 1957 to 1987.
- Scale in 1/144, the finish is about 115mm.
- Precisely reproduce the details from the characteristic high wing style to the panel line.
- Finely reproduce the details of cockpit and landing gear as well.
- Contain TWO aircraft. Cartograf made decals recreate the F-8C Crusader which was called ¡ÈMiG Killer¡É due to the record of many shooting downs in combats against North Vietnamese MiGs during the Vietnam War.