Saturday, September 04, 2004 - 05:56 PM UTC
New releases to have hit the suppliers recently include the Arado Ar E.581-4.
Resin Kit Number 7225
Price £19.00
Decals and two canopies included.
Information supplied by Hannants and Anigrand Craftswork
BACKGROUND
In 1943, Arado began work on series of the Ar E.555 flying wing bomber project. This flying wing configuration was thought to be the best design to fulfil a requirement of high speed, heavy loading and long-range aviation. Due to the design acceptance by the Reichsluftfahrt Ministerium (State Ministry for Aviation) in early 1944, the Arado design team scaled down the same configuration to design a smaller size fighter version, the Ar E.581-4. It was a single-seat fighter that powered by one HeS011 turbojet engine. The delta wing with the twin fins was designed as the Ar E.555. In the fall of 1944, the Reich was in a deteriorating war situation and, to concentrate the facility resources on the existing fighters in production, Arado was ordered to stop all the new projects, including the Ar E.581-4.

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