The Hughes XF-11 was a large long range photo-reconnaissance aircraft based on an earlier Hughes design. Despite its potential it’s high cost meant it did not enter production.

The Hughes XF-11 was designed to meet the same specifications as the Republic XF-12 for a fast, long ranging photo-reconnaissance aeroplane.

It was based on a similar earlier Hughes D-2 aeroplane and two prototypes and 98 operational examples were ordered.

The first XF-11 was ready for flight in July 1946 but failure of the contra-rotating propellor system led to a crash on its first flight.

The second prototype was successfully flown with a single propellor installation but the US Air Force had lost interest in the project by then.

Instead much cheaper Boeing BR-50s and Northrop F-15s performed the role.

This model represents the first prototype which was destroyed in a crash on its first flight on 7 July 1946.

Anigrand 1/144 kit completed by Leigh Edmonds in June 2010.