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HALBERSTADT CL.IV ROL. (ROLAND) - (LITHUANIAN AF MKGS) 1/48 MIRAGE

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EXCELLENT QUALITY, EXTREMELY RARE, UNASSEMBLED, 1/48 SCALE MODEL KIT OF THE WW I GERMAN FIGHTER AND ATTACK AIRCRAFT HALBERSTADT CL.IV ROL, IN LITHUANIAN AIR FORCE COLOURS

 

THE HALBERSTADT CL.IV TWO-SEATER WAS DESIGNED BY ING. KARL THEIS (CHIEF DESIGNER AT HALBERSTÄDTER FLUGZEUGWERKE GMBH). THE DESIGN WAS PLANNED TO REPLACE THE EARLIER VERY SUCCESSFUL HALBERSTADT CL.II CLOSE SUPPORT AEROPLANE. DURING WINTER OF 1917-1918 HE STARTED THE DESIGN WORK. THE DESIGNER HAS CHANGED THE SHAPE OF THE FUSELAGE, SHORTENING AND STRENGTHENING IT, MAKING IT MORE SPACIOUS AND STREAMLINED. HE REDESIGNED ALSO THE FIN AND THE TAILPLANE, MAKING THE AEROPLANE MORE MANEUVERABLE. THE WINGS WERE LEFT UNCHANGED, BUT THE CENTRE SECTION WAS SIMPLIFIED AND ITS WEIGHT REDUCED. HALBERSTADT CL.IVS REACHED THE FRONT LINE IN EARLY SUMMER OF 1918. BY THE END OF THE WAR ABOUT 18 ATTACK SQUADRONS (SCHLACHTSTAFFEL) COMPLETELY OR PARTLY RE-EQUIPPED WITH THE TYPE. OUT OF THE 1,300 AIRCRAFT ON ORDER, ABOUT 840 AIRCRAFT WERE BUILT BY THE END OF THE WAR: SEVEN SERIES PRODUCTION BATCHES AT THE THE PARENT FACTORY AND TWO BATCHES UNDER LICENSE BY LFG ROLAND (ABOUT 250 AIRCRAFT). HALBERSTADT CL.IVS PRODUCED BY ROLAND HAD THEIR FUSELAGES EXTENDED BY 0.4 M. THIS WAS DONE TO STABILIZE THE AIRCRAFT'S LEVEL FLIGHT.

THIS BEAUTY KIT CONTAINS APPROXIMATELY 160 FINELY DETAILED GRAY PLASTIC PARTS WITH DELICATE RECESSED PANEL LINES AND PERFECT GEOMETRY (INCLUDING NICE SURFACE FABRIC EFFECT, INTERIOR AND ENGINE DETAILS), OVER 30 PERFECTLY DRAWED AND ETCHED METAL PARTS, CLEAR ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTION WITH FULL COLOUR PAINTING GUIDE AND TOP QUALITY DECALS WITH STENCILS FOR LITHUANIAN AIR FORCE (1919) MARKINGS. 

LIMITED EDITION. KIT FACTORY SEALED.

 

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