De Havilland Mosquito MK. IV - Revell Scale 1/32

De Havilland Mosquito MK. IV -  Revell Scale 1/32

Box dim. 535 x 95 x 235 mm.

The De Havilland Mosquito is a British twin-engine multipurpose aircraft of mixed structure, mainly made of wood, with a classic tail.

The prototype flew on 25 November 1940 and the first aircraft entered service in July 1941.

It was built largely from wooden elements, glued together with casein glues and then with synthetic glues. Thanks to this, the machine was very light and showed great aerodynamic properties. Interestingly, it also turned out to be quite resistant to anti-aircraft fire. For this reason, the Mosquito quickly earned the nickname "wooden miracles".

It used two Rolls-Royce Merlin engines of different variants with a power of 1460 km to 1680 km. During the war, a dozen versions of this successful aircraft were created.

Technical data (Mosquito F. Mk.II): length: 13.57m, wingspan: 16.52m, height: 5.3m, maximum speed: 610km/h, rate of climb: 8.8m/s, maximum range: 1500km, maximum ceiling 8,800m, armament: fixed - 4 × 7.7mm machine guns and 4 × 20mm Hispano Mk II cannons.