The Chinese J-7B fighter was developed from the J-7A,it took the first flight on December 30th,1978.The biggest improvements are the application of the new WP-7B engine and the new generation escape system.The WP-7B engine have the greater thrust than the former engine and the service intervals of the engine is 200 hours which means the engine is much more reliable than before.The new ejection seat were applied in 1984,and soon made 5 times of successful eject in the following year. Besides,the other improvements includes the repositioning of the parachute compartment,the newly designed canopy and windshield and an extra fuel tank were added . Item No 02860 Item Name J-7B Fighter Bar Code 9580208028606 Scale 1:48 Item Type Static Kit Model Brief Length: 324mm Beam: 148mm Total Parts 160+ Metal Parts n/a Photo Etched Parts 1 piece Film Parts n/a Resin Parts n/a Total Sprues 10 sprues and tires Released Date 2013-07 More Features "The kit consists of over 160 parts , includes 8 clear parts - fuselage&wing with finely engraved panel lines"