1/72 Lockheed XF-90

Anigrand Craftswork - 1/72 Lockheed XF-90
In 1945, once the war was over, many German swept-wing projects were handed over to American aviation industries. Some studies were reached the same design team which designed Lockheed P-80 in Lockheed (the team later called Skunk Works). In 1946, the Usaaf issued requirement for the new generation penetrating fighter which could escort long-range bomber and has ground attack capability. Lockheed submitted their swept-wing design and was won an order for two prototypes, designated XP-90, soon was changed to XF-90 that in competition with McDonnell XF-88 and the North-American YF-93. The XF-90 was looked like the enlarged Lockheed P-80. First flight was on June 1949. The engines were not equipped with afterburners and the performance was disappointing. Since its fuselage could not accommodated the more powerful engines, no any further improvement was made to meet the requirement. In 1950, with the outbreak of the Korean war, the USAF stopped development of the project.