Features:
- Newly designed rail for installing instrument
panel
- Authentic XB-70A features trimmable canards
- Wingtips can be positioned up/down
- Vairable-geometry inlets included
- Landing gear rendered with intricate detail
- Detailed antenna produced
- Canopy made from transparent plastic
- Head of XB-70A can be optionally assembled in 2
modes
- Delicate instrument panel included
- Engine exhaust nozzles have delicate details
- Realistic rudders have detailed pattern
- Slide-molded fuselage
Cyber-Hobby has come up with a novel new aircraft - a 1/200 scale
kit of the North American Aviation XB-70 Valkyrie. This particular
prototype was intended as a nuclear-armed deep-penetration
strategic bomber for the US Air Force (USAF), with design work
commencing in the late 1950s. Its six engines were intended to
thrust it to a cruising speed of Mach 3+ at a 21,000m altitude.
However, the program was canceled in 1961 by President Kennedy with
the advent of effective surface-to-air missiles (SAM) and
intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM). Nevertheless, two
XB-70A Valkyrie prototypes were built, and they were used in
supersonic flight tests from 1964-69. The first was named Air
Vehicle 1 (AV-1), and its maiden flight occurred on 21 September
1964. AV-2 was later lost in a mid-air crash. The XB-70 program
wasn’t all in vain though, as it contributed greatly to the later
B-1 Lancer design.
Cyber-Hobby has created a striking 1/200 scale model of this
futuristic American bomber. This model is extremely user friendly
thanks to a fuselage made by slide molds, and it fits together with
consummate ease. The landing gear is fully represented, as are the
highly detailed engine exhaust nozzles. For greater choice and
interest, modelers can select one of two noses offered in the kit –
one for high-altitude and for low-altitude flight. Furthermore, the
wingtips also come with the option of being shown in different
positions depending on the Valkyrie’s flight mode. This was a
legendary aircraft, and even though it never made it into series
production, at least Cyber-Hobby has got the XB-70 off the drawing
board!
