Wednesday, August 08, 2007 - 05:09 AM UTC
For those of you who like to model the "not seen so much" aircraft, Kora models have released 3 new variants of existing kits in 1/72nd scale.
1/72 SAAB B-18B (Swedish bomber aircraft WWII)
Catalogue number: KORA-72101
Price - £40.20
Resin and photo etch kit

The aircraft entered service in 1944 and remained one of Sweden's front line ground attack and reconnaissance platforms until it was replaced by the jet-powered Tunnan and Lansen in 1958-1959.
The Saab B-18B was the dive bomber version, powered by two Daimler-Benz DB 605B piston engines. First flight June 10, 1944.
Around 240 SAAB 18s of all types were built.

1/72 AVIA S-199 Mule (National Security Corps)
Catalogue number: KORA-7296
Price - £22.90
Resin and photo etch kit

The Avia S-199 was a fighter aircraft built after World War II by the Avia Company (Avia Akciovį Společnost Pro Průmysl Leteckż Škoda), a branch of the enormous Škoda Works in Czechoslovakia, built using parts and plans left over from Luftwaffe aircraft production that had taken place in the country during the war. Despite the aircraft's numerous problems and unpopularity with its pilots, it achieved fame as the first fighter obtained by the Israeli Air Force for use during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.

1/72 Me 209 V-6 German prototype fighter
Catalogue number: KORA-7299
Price - £22.90

Resin and photo etch kit

Messerschmitt's designation Me 209 was actually used for two separate projects during World War II. The first Me 209 was a record-setting single-engined race plane for which little or no consideration was given to adaptation for combat. The second was the Me 209-II, a proposal for an enhanced version of the highly successful Messerschmitt Bf 109 which served as the Luftwaffe's primary fighter throughout World War II.

The second incarnation of the Me 209 project came in 1943 when Willy Messerschmitt proposed a heavily modified version of his extremely successful but aging Bf 109. This Me 209 would compete against Focke-Wulf's high performance Fw 190D-9 and Ta 152 fighters.

As the project progressed, increasingly cumbersome designations signalled the Me 209's evolution from a simple, enhanced version of the Bf 109 to a progressively incompatible airframe. The Me 209 V5 featured armament of one MK 108 and two MG 131 in the wing roots. The V6 was the first version to be converted to use the Jumo 213 engine and had MG 151/20 guns instead of the MG 131.
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  • AVIA S-199 Mule
  • AVIA S-199 Mule
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  • Me 209 V-6 German prototype
  • Me 209 V-6 German prototype
  • Me 209 V-6 German prototype
  • Me 209 V-6 German prototype
  • Me 209 V-6 German prototype
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