Blohm & Voss BV P178 Bomber Interceptor Jet w/MK-214 50mm Cannon

Plastic kit from BRONCO, for the assembly of a German airplane Blohm & Voss BV P178 Bomber Interceptor Jet w/MK-214 50mm Cannon of WW II, on 1/72 scale. Includes sprues with plastic parts, clear parts, assembly instructions, P.E. parts and decals.

The BV P.178 project is the first type of jet asymmetric fighter in the history of human aviation. The aircraft has a front three-point landing gear with a wingspan of 12 meters and a fuselage length of 10.8 meters. A Jumo 004B turbojet engine is installed under the right main wing. The external hanging point located under the main body can carry 500-1000 kg bombs or other heavy weapons. Two solid fuel rocket engine nozzles extend from the tail of the fuselage and can be used to provide additional power to the aircraft when it is pulled up during takeoff or dive. Due to the weird design and the lack of supplies of the Third Reich in the later stages of the war, the series of projects did not obtain the production license of the Air Force senior officials. Although there are many derivative models in the design, they only stay on the drawing board. This product is a daytime interceptor in the BV P.178 family. It dismantled all fixed armaments and only equipped a MK-214 50mm gun on the left side of the nose. The aircraft's tactics are to break into the vicinity of the Allied heavy bombing chassis-type formation under the cover of other fighter units of the Air Force, and use the equipped heavy artillery to hunt down enemy aircraft at close range. Then, using the speed advantage of the jet, he quickly disengaged from contact and hovered back to attack again. The kit painting program provides two equipment styles for the Luftwaffe.