Wingnut Wings 1/32 Scale Halberstadt Cl.II & RE.8 'Harry Tate' Model Kit

The Halberstadt Cl.II was a highly successful lightweight two-seat escort fighter and ground support aircraft. Incorporating many features learned from their single seat fighters, in November 1916 Halberstadt started work on 3 prototypes built to Idflieg’s new lightweight C class (C = armed two-seat) specifications. The result was the sleek 160hp Daimler-Mercedes D.III powered Halberstadt Cl.II (the lower case ‘l’ standing for leicht “lightweight”) and the first prototype 9902/17 was completed in April 1917.

Design of the RAF RE.8 (Royal Aircraft Factory Reconnaissance Experimental 8) began in late 1915 as a replacement for the pre-war lineage BE series of two seaters. Utilizing many components from the BE.2e such as wings, undercarriage and tailplane, the main design difference of the RE.8 was the addition of a forward firing machine gun for the pilot and moving the passenger (observer-gunner) to the rear of the pilot.

• Includes 2 models:
  • 1x Halberstadt Cl.II Late (33cm x 22cm).
  • 1x RE.8 "Harry Tate" (40cm x 26cm).
• 2 high quality Cartograf decal sheets with markings for:
  • Halberstadt Cl.II 15342/17 “III” from Royal Prussian Schlasta 13.
  • RE.8 “Harry Tate” D4689 “P” of 3 Squadron Australian Flying Corps.
• Includes 5 colour lozenge camouflage decals.
• 496 high quality injection moulded plastic parts.
• Highly detailed 180hp Daimler-Mercedes D.IIIa & 150hp RAF 4a engines.
• 18 photo-etched metal detail parts.
• Fine in scale rib tape detail.
• Full rigging diagrams.