Messerschmitt Me-163A
Unassembled plastic model kit with photo-etch and resin parts.
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and is no longer available.List price: $17.98You pay: $12.89(All prices in U.S. Dollars)Manufacturer: Special HobbyStock Number: SPH 72334Scale: 1/72View all products of type "Me-163 Komet" This model kit requires assembly. Cement, paint and other construction materials not included unless specifically stated in the description.
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The kit comprises a frame of plastic parts, an injected clear canopy part, resin parts to enhance the cockpit area and a PE-fret. The decal sheet includes markings for three Me 163A machines.
The Messerschmitt Me 163A was the world's first rocket-powered aircraft produced in larger numbers. Production aircraft were used for testing as well as for the training of the pilots who were to fly later with the true fighter version known as the Me 163B. On October 2, 1941, German pilot Heini Dittmar, flying in the Me 163A V1, became the very first man to exceed a speed of 1000 km/h (in fact, he reached 1003.67 km/h). The rocket powered Komet took off using a two-wheel jettisonable dolly and landed on a skid retracting from under the lower fuselage.