Airfix 1/48 Gloster Javelin FAW.9/9R

The Gloster Javelin was an all-weather interceptor aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force in the late 1950s and most of the 1960s. It was a T-tailed delta-wing aircraft designed for night and all-weather operations and was the last aircraft to bear the Gloster name.

This highly detailed kit from Airfix is the first injection moulded 1/48 Gloster Javelin to be produced and features include detailed crew access ladder, optional open or closed canopy, removable intake and jet pipe covers along with optional detailed armament and fuel tanks. The model also has poseable elevators, ailerons, rudder, flaps and airbrakes.

Markings are included for the following aircraft:

• Gloster Javelin FAW.9R, No.64 Squadron, Royal Air Force Tengah, Singapore, 1960's.
• Gloster Javelin FAW.9, Aircraft flown by Squadron Leader George H. Beaton, Commanding Officer, No.228 Operational Convertion Unit, Royal Air Force Leuchars & Binbrook, 1966.
• Gloster Javelin FAW.9/9R, No.33 Squadron, Royal Air Force Middleton St George, County Durham, England, 1962. Aircraft now preserved at the Jet Age Museum, Gloucestershire Airport, Staverton, UK.

Please note that this kit is too large to send by airmail.