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Tremulis Zero Fighter (1944)

U.S. Army High Altitude Interceptor Project

Tremulis Zero Fighter - Main

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SCALE: 1/48

INITIAL RELEASE: 2013

MEDIUM: Resin

RARITY: (2)

HEIGHT: 14 Inches

 

Tremulis Zero Fighter - High Angle

 

Tremulis Zero Fighter - Full Stack

Tremulis Zero Fighter - Fighter Oncoming

 

 

Testing the Tremulis

 

ABOUT THE DESIGN

ABOUT THE KIT

Alex S. Tremulis was one of the automotive industry's top designers prior to World War II. After Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the Army and was assigned to the Army Air Corps' Research and Development team outside Dayton, Ohio. Working on cutting-edge aircraft concepts, he proposed, among other designs, a small rocket-powered interceptor that could be launched vertically by a chemical-fueled rocket. Dubbed the "Zero Fighter" because of the amount of runway required to launch it -- zero -- the system echoed similar radical point interceptor concepts being developed independently by Werner Von Braun's team at Pennemunde during this same period.

Although the Zero Fighter never made it beyond the design stage, the engineering behind the design helped lay the foundation for the Air Force's X-20 Dyna-Soar project of the late 1960s.

The Tremulis Zero Fighter model was designed in CAD by Scott Lowther and cast by Acme Design, Inc. JBOT provided the WWII-vintage decals. The model was designed so that the fighter could be separated from the booster and displayed independently.

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