MDR14456 XF5F-1

The “MDR14456 XF5F-1” kit consist of detailed high quality 3D printed parts, photoethed parts and decals to assemble of the Grumman XF5F-1 Skyrocket aircraft model in scale 1/144.

The Grumman XF5F Skyrocket was a prototype twin-engined shipboard fighter interceptor. The United States Navy ordered one prototype, model number G-34, from Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation on 30 June 1938; its designation was XF5F-1. The aircraft had a unique appearance: The forward “nose” of the fuselage did not extend forward of the wing. Provisions were included for two 20 mm (0.787 in) Madsen cannon as armament. The XF5F Skyrocket was the propeller fighter aircraft flown by the fictional Blackhawks in Quality Comics monthly title Military Comics, which ran throughout World War II. The XF5F remained the Blackhawk Squadron’s mount until their conversion to jet aircraft in Quality’s retitled Modern Comics at the start of the jet age.