Anigrand Craftswork ANIG4045 1:144 Junkers EF-132

Junkers EF-132 . Final jet bomber captured by Russian. Includes BONUS kits of the Lippisch Li.P12 Entwurf III, Focke-Wulf P.0310251-1006 Victoria tail, Messerschmitt Me.P1106 and Heinkel WESPE. In the autumn of 1944 Reichsmarschall Goring instructed the Junkers and Messerschmitt works to design and produce the very long-range bombers which would be capable of delivering 4000kg bomb load, at high speeds and over extreme distances, onto a target and then returning safety. The object of the exercise was to attack distant convoys and to mount strategic air strikes against the USA and the Soviet Union. In the meantime Junkers were working on the EF-132 design which was improved upon their Junkers Ju-287 by incorporating a new fuselage and new sweep-wing. A wind-tunnel model was tested in early 1945, and a full-scale wooden mockup was also built. The development stage had progressed far when the Red Army reached the Junker facility and took possession of the Junkers Ju-287, EF-131 and EF-132 designs. In 1946, the whole complex and the German engineers were transferred to OKB-1 to continue development of the EF-131 and EF-132. An unpowered example was constructed to gather additional data, but only slow progress was made before the project was terminated in 1948.