Tamiya 61085 - 1/48 Corsair F4U-1D w/Moto-Tug 田宮軍事模型戰機 雙星孖星  [61085]

Following successful release of the 1/48 Messerschmitt Me262 A-2a w/ Kettenkraftrad, Tamiya is proud to present just one more aircraft/ground automobile set: the 1/48 scale F4U-1D Corsair (product 61061) using the all new 1/48 ?Moto Tug. This kit is ideal for designing the greatest U.S. Navy Scene Diorama. Aircraft Tug or Moto-Tug tractors, while they were nicknamed, were manufactured by Ford. The Ferguson Business modified these cars for ease of application in U.S. Navy by bringing down approval, and reducing wheel diameter to make it scaled-down. A protective panel ended up being additionally added. The double-tire form of this vehicle ended up being the BNO-40, the single-tire variation had been the BNO-25. Tow pubs from Moto Tugs would attach to the trunk landing gear or principal landing gear struts. These cars were active in towing U.S. Naval planes to runways and hangers. The kit will feature new parts for activity of rockets on outer element of wing, ideal for showing in wing-folded position. In addition to the standing pilot figure of the last kit, a pilot figure become put together tilting from the cockpit (checking towing) is supposed to be included.

This kit reproduces the double-wheel form of the Moto-Tug with minimal parts for ease of set up. Presently, decals the replication of three different planes are in the pipeline to be one of them kit. Driver figure in addition to two types of tow bars (primary landing gear strut type and rear landing gear strut kind) for ?Moto-Tug? will be included.