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Skala: 1/48
- 1/48 scale replica-quality display model of the unique He162 Salamander jet fighter.
- Distinctive design featuring streamlined, rocket-like fuselage, down bent wing tips and twin vertical tail fins accurately reproduced.
- Counterweight in nose ensures good balance for a stable display.
- Model comes expertly pre-painted with all markings pre-applied. Markings faithfully depict the aircraft flown by Oberleutnant Emil Demuth of 3/JG1 in 1945.
About the He162 Salamander
While the Heinkel company pioneered jet technology with its successful test flight on August 8th, 1938, it lost out to the Messerschmitt Me262 which became the first operational jet fighter. A second chance came in September 1944 when the Luftwaffe requested proposals for a single engine jet fighter that was simple to control and produce. Heinkel’s proposal was chosen because it promised a mass producible jet that could be flown by relatively inexperienced pilots. Rushed from proposal stage to finished prototype in 3 months, the He162 was first deployed to a base near the Danish border, but with only 1 month left until the end of the war in Europe, it came too late to demonstrate its combat potential.
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