Hasegawa 4057 K002 Boeing B-47E Stratojet Bomber Plastic Model Kit 1/72

Description

Kit# 4057
The Boeing B-47 Stratojet was the mainstay of the Strategic Air Command in the mid to late 1950s, taking over duties from the huge Convair B-36. Over 2000 were built by Boeing, Lockheed, and Douglas. While new and radical for the time, the now classic configuration of the sleek jet came about from captured German research into the benefits of swept wings at high subsonic speeds. Six J47 engines were hung in four pods under thin wings angled back at 35 degrees. A crew of three was carried, with the pilot and copilot housed underneath a fighter-style bubble canopy. The bombardier/navigator sat in the forward fuselage. Defensive armament was limited to a pair of .50 machine guns in a radar-directed tail turret. This was later upgraded to 20 mm cannons in the B-47E model. Since the wings did not allow enough space for landing gear storage, a tandem bicycle arrangement for the main gear was employed, with small outrigger wheels under the inboard engine pods for balance.
Positionable crew entry door
Optional boarding ladder
Positionable weapons bay doors
Bomb load