ITA1444 - Italeri - 1/72 T-33A Shooting Star - WWHP113312

ITA1444 - Italeri - 1/72 T-33A Shooting Star - WWHP113312

Preowned, Original seal, Mint

The Lockheed T-33 was developed from the P-80 fighter with a longer fuselage and a second seat, and it went on to train a generation of jet pilots through the 1950s and beyond. First flown in 1948, the T-Bird served with dozens of air arms worldwide, many airframes clocking over forty years of active service before retirement. The RCAF flew Canadair-built versions as the Silver Star well into the 1990s. This Italeri boxing is a reissue of the well regarded Platz tooling with a new decal sheet covering six operators.

Box contents:

• Light grey styrene sprues with fine surface detail
• Clear sprue for canopy and glazing
• Two-seat cockpit with instrument detail
• Wingtip tanks, landing gear, wheels, and gear doors
• Multi-colour waterslide decal sheet for six versions: USAF 5th FIS "Spittin Kittens" Minot AFB 1978, Luftwaffe JG 72 Leck AB 1960, Aeronautica Militare 36 Stormo Gioia del Colle 1960, Armée de l'Air Groupement Ecole 314 Tours AB 1962, Ejército del Aire 41 Grupo Zaragoza 1975, and Hellenic Air Force 342 Mira Tanagra AB 1996
• Multilingual illustrated instruction booklet with full colour painting and marking guide
• Finished model measures 16.0 cm long