DFS-346 (1945)

Scale: 1/72
Initial Release: 1997
Medium: Styrene
Kit Rarity: 2

About the Design

This sleek rocket-powered glider design grew out of the Deutsches Forschungsinstitut für Segelflug, or German Institute for Gliders', effort to build a supersonic high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft that would be all but invulnerable to Allied attack.  The 346 design was distinguished by its swept-back wings and pressurized clear nose section, within which the pilot would lie in a prone position, allowing him to look straight down at the Earth below.

An unpowered prototype was reportedly captured by the Soviets in 1945 and test flown in 1947.

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About the Kit

This was a second-generation Huma Modell kit, one that came in an actual box with professional box art. 

This model was built from an original issue.