KITTY HAWK 80157 RUSSIAN YAKOLEV YAK-130 "MITTEN" TRAINER 1/48 SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
he Yakovlev Yak-130 (NATO reporting name: Mitten) is a subsonic two-seat advanced jet trainer and light combat aircraft originally developed by Yakovlev and Aermacchi as the "Yak/AEM-130". It has also been marketed as a potential light attack aircraft. Development of the aircraft began in 1991 and the maiden flight was conducted on 25 April 1996. In 2002, it won a Russian government tender for training aircraft and in 2010 the aircraft entered service with the Russian Air Force.
FEATURES:
Here is Kitty Hawk's 1/48 Yak-130 kit, the first of this subject in this scale (Zvezda was first overall with their 1/72 scale kit). Molded in gray styrene, this kit is presented on seven parts trees (duplicate trees not show), one tree of clear parts, one fret of photo-etched details, and a pair of resin figures. Technically there are two kits in this box, the Yak-130 with three gray trees and the Modern Russian Aircraft Armament Set (KH80151) with four gray trees.
Among the features and options in this kit:
Nicely detailed K-36D ejection seats with photo-etched crew restraints
Nicely detailed cockpits
Positionable canopy
Positionable boarding ladder
Canopy has optional det-chord traces provided as decals
Intake ducts down to compressor faces (see notes)
Turbine faces at ends of exhaust ducts
Nicely detailed wheel wells
Positionable speed brake
Positionable leading edge and trailing edge flaps
Positionable ailerons
Positionable stabilators
Positionable rudder
2 x external fuel tanks
Optional centerline GSh-23 gun pod
Optional wingtip countermeasures dispensers
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