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SCALE: 1/72 |
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INITIAL RELEASE: 2002 |
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MEDIUM: Resin/Vac |
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RARITY: (2) |
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Bell X-22 Coming Home |
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ABOUT THE DESIGN |
ABOUT THE KIT |
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In yet another attempt to
develop a practical VTOL transport, the U.S. Navy developed this four
tilt-rotor research craft as part of a joint Navy/Army/Marines
(Tri-Service) program in
the mid-1960s. For the Navy, the advantage of this design was that,
(1) It was small enough to fit on a typical aircraft carrier elevator
platform and (2) The ducts around its four propellers would provide
protection for crewmen working on and near the vehicle.
The first X-22 flew in March 1966. It was damaged on its 15th flight, its parts salvaged to build another X-22 that completed 228 tests until it was retired in 1984. The plane now resides on display at the Niagara Aerospace Museum in Niagara Falls, N.Y. |
This resin model in 1:72
scale was Anigrand's second release.
This model was built from an original issue. |
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Bell X-22 Original Box Art |
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