1/72 Schleicher ASK 13

Description

This is a resin-cast aircraft kit.

From the manufacturer:

The ASK 13 is a (West) German two-seat glider designed by Rudolf Kaiser in 1965. It was evolved as a continued development of the preceding Ka 2 and Schleicher Ka 7 trainers using a mixture of materials including metal, wood and glass-fibre.

Its prototype first flew in July 1966 and by January 1978 a total of around 700 ASK 13s had been built by Alexander Schleicher GmbH.

Being superb training glider because of its stall and spin characteristics, the ASK 13s were and still are widely used for ab-initio training of glider pilots not only in Europe, but also in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada and Japan.

Color schemes included:

• Schleicher ASK 13 – OK-0419 Aeroclub Hodkovice, Hodkovice and Mohelkou Airfield, Czech Republic, 2012
• Schleicher ASK 13 – PL63 Belgian Air Cadets, Zoersel-Oostmalle Air Base, Belgium, July 1999
• Schleicher ASK 13 – N1715 Burt Compton Enterprises Inc., Marfa Airfield, Texas, U.S.A., 2009
• Schleicher ASK 13 – JA2403 *JSAL, 29th Kuju Alpine Gliding Competition, Oita-Kuju Glider Port, Oita, Japan, May 2011
• Schleicher ASK 13 – D-5656 Segelflug Aukrug e.V., Aukrug Glider Airfield, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, 2005
• Schleicher ASK 13 – G-CJLO Bowland Forest Gliding Club, Chipping Airfield, Preston Lancashire, U.K., 2009
• Schleicher ASK 13 – PH-521 Vliegclub Teuge, Teuge Airport, the Netherlands, spring 2009
• * JSAL Japan Students’ Aviation League

* Please Note: Color scheme information diagram supplied with the model is only printed in black and white.