Revell 1:32 Piper Pa-18 Super Cub Plastic Kit (04208)

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Revell 1:32 Piper Pa-18 Super Cub Plastic Kit (04208)
New tooling - Detailed surfaces with recessed panel lines and fabric texture - Detailed 4-cylinder engine - Movable propeller - Detailed cockpit with 2 seats - Separate access hatch - Detailed undercarriage - Wire mesh structure in cockpit area - True-to-original representation of panoramic glazed cockpit canopy ;- Optional tail wheel - Separate navigation lights - Super decals with markings for one German and one British civil version and one Federal German armed forces version Colors: 9 31 91 371 374

The Super Cub is without doubt the most well known aircraft from the Piper Company. It is based on the J-3 Cub which was built after the formation of Piper in Lock Heaven, Pennsylvania from 1937 until after the Second World War. Up until this time as well as 14,000 civil J-3’s also 5,700 military Cub’s were built as the L-4/O-59. Its successor was the improved J-4 Coupe which in turn was replaced by the PA-18-95 in 1949. It was given the name “Super Cub”. The Piper PA-18 Super Cub could be fitted with either a Continental four cylinder C-90-8F motor without an electric starter or a C-90-12F motor with starter and generator. In Europe, the version built under license by Rolls Royce was the most prolific. The instrumentation was considerably different from aircraft to aircraft due to a choice of add-on units. The Super Cub is a strut supported high-wing monoplane with tail-wheel, built of metal chromium-molybdenum steel tube framework covered with a fabric skin. The wing is constructed completely of aluminium with two spars and a fabric skin over plate ribs. After the works in Lock Heaven closed in 1986 the Piper PA-18 continued to be built in the Vero Beach Works, California. Production ceased completely during the 90’s. Altogether over 40,000 Cub and Super Cub aircraft were built and it is therefore the most prolific aircraft in its class. Two very differently painted civil PA-18-95’s from the current German and British register can be built using the decals included in the REVELL kit. Due to interest shown by the military, a military production line continued along-side that of the civil version, the most well known version of which is the L-18C. This aircraft was also used in the Luftwaffe of the German Armed Forces for selecting and instructing trainee pilots. These were the 40 aircraft delivered to Germany after 1955 within the framework of the MAP Defence Help Program from the USA. The 7351st Flying Training of the USAFE Wing at Landsberg was equipped with these aircraft. Besides the German pilots also pilots of other allied nations were trained on these aircraft. The training of pilots of the former German Luftwaffe on the L-18C commenced on 1 July 1955 at this unit. These aircraft were handed over to the Command of Luftwaffe Training Units on 1 July 1956 but they still carried the American National Markings. Only after the official formation of the Luftwaffe on 24 September 1956 did they receive the Iron Cross as National Symbol. Within the Luftwaffe, the Flying Training Regiment at Uetersen was one of the new users of this aircraft. Also one of these aircraft from the founder years of the Luftwaffe can be built from this REVELL kit. Another version is an L-18C which although showing the new numbering system of the Luftwaffe still belonged to the AG51 “Immelmann” Luftwaffe Sport Flying Group and therefore also carried its coat of arms. These aircraft were mainly used as a tow aircraft for glider training within the Sport Flying Group.

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