Italeri 1391 - 1/72 JU-86 E1/E2  [IT-1391S]

During the ‘30s, the German aviation industry developed passenger or postal transport airplanes that could be easily declined and changed into army versions. Formally create to be a civilian airplane to perform commercial duties, the Junkers Ju 86 had been a monoplane twin-engine aircraft that, within the bomber variation, equipped the squadrons of this nascent Luftwaffe. The Junkers Ju-86 ended up being used, similarly to the Heinkel He 111 as well as the Dornier Do-17, as a medium-range bomber throughout the Spanish Civil War in 1936 under the Condor Legion insignia. Thanks to its two Junkers Jumo 205 engines, the Ju-86 could achieve the utmost rate of 300 kilometer / h also to carry up to 1,000 kg of offensive load. The Junkers Ju-86 participated towards first stages associated with the Poland Campaign however it had been soon replaced by more contemporary and effective aircrafts. As well as the Luftwaffe, it had been utilized by Swedish and Hungarian air forces.