AIRA02103 - Airfix 1/72 Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.3 - WWWEB10115482

AIRA02103 - Airfix 1/72 Hunting Percival Jet Provost T.3 - WWWEB10115482

Preowned, Resealed, Mint

The Jet Provost was developed by Hunting Percival from the piston-engined Provost and became the RAF's premier basic jet trainer, in service from the mid 1950s until 1993. The T.3, introduced in 1959, brought an uprated Viper engine and an improved canopy that gave the side-by-side crew a much better view. Students found it forgiving and easy to learn on, and the unswept wing with tip tanks gave useful endurance. A generation of RAF front line pilots in the 1960s and 1970s learned their trade on it. This is Airfix's 2016 new tooling in 1/72, with fine scribed panel detail and optional parts.

Box contents:

• 45 parts moulded in light blue-grey styrene
• Two canopy options, closed and the slightly wider open version
• Side-by-side cockpit with ejection seats, instrument panel decal, and two pilot figures
• Wingtip tanks
• Optional retracted or extended landing gear
• Waterslide decal sheet for two options: Jet Provost T.3 XM413, No. 2 Flying Training School, RAF Gaydon, Warwickshire 1967, and Jet Provost T.3A XM461, No. 1 Flying Training School, RAF Linton-on-Ouse, North Yorkshire 1984
• Illustrated multilingual assembly and painting instructions
• Finished model measures 137 mm long with a 156 mm span