{"product_id":"az-model-plastic-model-kit-gotha-p-60d-1-1-72","title":"AZ Model Plastic Model kit Gotha P 60D-1 — 1:72","description":"\u003cp\u003eManufacturer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAZ Model is a Czech specialist scale-model manufacturer known for short-run and limited-production aircraft kits, with a catalogue particularly strong in unusual subjects and less commonly modelled variants.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe AZ 7544 belongs to AZ Model's series of unusual German aircraft projects and represents the Gotha P 60D-1, a late-Second-World-War German jet-fighter project rather than an aircraft that reached operational production.\n\u003cbr\u003eKit contents\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe AZ 7544 is a 1:72 injection-moulded plastic aircraft kit representing the projected P 60D-1 configuration.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe expected kit contents include:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Injection-moulded plastic airframe components\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Fuselage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Swept wings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Twin-engine nacelles\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Cockpit and pilot's position\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Undercarriage components\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Tail surfaces\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Jet-engine\/intake components\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Clear cockpit component\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Decals\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Assembly instructions\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs with other AZ Model short-run kits of this period, the kit is intended for experienced modellers and may require more preparation and test-fitting than a modern high-pressure injection kit.\n\u003cbr\u003eHistory of the full-size aircraft\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Gotha P 60 was a German late-war jet fighter project developed by Gothaer Waggonfabrik during the final phase of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt originated from the German requirement for increasingly capable jet-powered fighters as Allied air superiority became overwhelming. The P 60 was conceived as a relatively advanced aircraft using the new generation of turbojet engines then becoming available.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe design incorporated a twin-engine configuration and swept wings. Several versions were proposed, reflecting the rapidly changing requirements and technical possibilities of German aircraft designers during 1944–45.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eUnlike the Messerschmitt Me 262, which reached operational service, the Gotha P 60 remained a project. Germany's deteriorating military and industrial situation meant that there was insufficient time to complete development, flight testing and production.\n\u003cbr\u003eThe P 60D-1\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe P 60D-1 was one of the proposed developments of the P 60 family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe project illustrates how German designers were experimenting with different combinations of:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Twin turbojet propulsion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Swept wings\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Improved aerodynamic layouts\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Heavy armament\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Increased speed\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e    Simplified production\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBy 1945, German aircraft companies were producing numerous paper projects as they sought to find aircraft capable of countering Allied fighters and bombers. Many never progressed beyond drawings, wind-tunnel work or preliminary engineering.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe P 60 therefore belongs to the fascinating category of Luftwaffe “paper aircraft”—designs that reveal the direction German aviation technology was taking at the end of the war but never became operational aircraft.\n\u003cbr\u003eWhy the aircraft is historically interesting\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe P 60 is representative of the extraordinary acceleration of fighter development during the last two years of the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1939, the standard fighter was still predominantly a piston-engined aircraft. By 1944–45, Germany, Britain and the United States were developing operational and experimental jet fighters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eGermany's industry was simultaneously attempting to solve several problems: producing powerful and reliable turbojets, designing swept-wing aircraft, reducing manufacturing time and providing heavy armament capable of attacking Allied bomber formations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe Gotha P 60 was one of numerous projects produced in response to those demands. Although it never flew, its proposed configuration demonstrates the increasingly sophisticated aerodynamic concepts being investigated immediately before the end of the war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"AZ Model","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57504169886076,"sku":"AZ7544","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/sussex-model-centre.co.uk\/products\/az-model-plastic-model-kit-gotha-p-60d-1-1-72","provider":"Sussex Model Centre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}