SMB-2 Super Mystere ‘The First French Supersonic’ 1/48

   Model of a French jet fighter. The model is moulded using metal type tools, contains 8 sprues of plastic parts (two are duplicates) and a sprue with clear parts. The SMB-2 Super Mystère was the first mass-produced Western European aircraft to exceed the speed of sound in level flight. In its development, Dassault built on its previous mass-produced fighter types as were the Ouragan and Mystère IVB and a number of experimental prototypes. The first production aircraft, out of 180 produced, first took to the air on 26 February, 1957. The new aircraft were gradually assigned to three squadrons of the Armée de `l Air, numbers 10, 12 and 5, and also flew at the CEV and CEAM test centers and in flight schools. Later produced SMB-2s received the more powerful Atar 101G-2 or G-3 engine. The Super Mysteres flew with combat squadrons until 1977, when the last SMB-2s of Squadron 12 were retired and replaced by the Mirage III. The SMB-2 service of the Armée de `l Air was relatively uneventful, with exercises in NATO countries, Africa and participation in the Operation Air Bull in Thailand.
   The situation was exactly the opposite for the other user, the Israeli Air Force. The SMB-2's service with the IAF was marked by participation in a series of conflicts with Israel's Arab neighbours, known as the War over Water, the Six-Day War, the Yom Kippur War and the protracted conflict between these wars, the so-called War of Attrition. Soon after the Sambads, the excellent Mirage IIICs were delivered to Israel, which became the main front-line fighters. The Sambads were therefore assigned to only one unit, the 105th Squadron, and were used mainly as fighter-bombers.

-    finely detailed and top notch accurate model
-    perfect and accurate decals for three Armée de `l Air machines, including full set of stencils
-    also available are pre-cut masks, A couple of 3D-printed sets in the pipeline

Nationality: french
Producer: Special Hobby