This is one of the most popular build kits this year highlighting this fantastic aircraft. It features detailed engine and landing gear. This kit allows you to build and highlight many areas of the wing ribs and interior wing fuel tanks. This allows for some exciting diorama opportunities.
In 1943, the all-wing and jet-propelled Horten Ho 229 promised spectacular performance and the German Luftwaffe chief, Hermann Göring, allocated half-a-million Reich Marks to the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten to build and fly several prototypes. Numerous technical problems beset this unique design and the only powered example crashed after several test flights but the airplane remains one of the most unusual combat aircraft tested during World War II.
This is one of the most popular build kits this year highlighting this fantastic aircraft. It features detailed engine and landing gear. This kit allows you to build and highlight many areas of the wing ribs and interior wing fuel tanks. This allows for some exciting diorama opportunities.
In 1943, the all-wing and jet-propelled Horten Ho 229 promised spectacular performance and the German Luftwaffe chief, Hermann Göring, allocated half-a-million Reich Marks to the brothers Reimar and Walter Horten to build and fly several prototypes. Numerous technical problems beset this unique design and the only powered example crashed after several test flights but the airplane remains one of the most unusual combat aircraft tested during World War II.
