ITA1142 - Italeri - 1/72 B-58 Hustler - WWHP113445

ITA1142 - Italeri - 1/72 B-58 Hustler - WWHP113445

Preowned, Resealed, Mint

The B-58 was the first operational bomber capable of sustained Mach 2, a delta-winged machine built largely of honeycomb sandwich panels and crewed by three men in separate tandem cockpits. Its nuclear payload and much of its fuel rode in a jettisonable underfuselage pod rather than an internal bay. Entering Strategic Air Command service in 1960, it set an armful of speed and distance records, including a Tokyo to London run in 1962, but its short range, high accident rate and enormous operating cost saw the whole fleet retired by January 1970 after only 116 were built.

In the box

• 1:72 injection moulded styrene kit
• Sprues moulded in grey styrene
• Clear parts for the three tandem canopies
• Centreline weapons and fuel pod, underwing pylon stores and full undercarriage
• Waterslide decal sheet printed in Italy with three marking options, including 92429 with red arrow tail markings, 92442 named Ginger, and 81015
• Multi-language folded instruction sheet