1/144 Curtiss H-75A-4/A-8/P-36G ‘Late Hawks’ - Mark.I

1/144 Curtiss H-75A-4/A-8/P-36G ‘Late Hawks’ - Mark.I

Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 23 parts and four clear parts (the cockpit canopy, rear windows and a landing light). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

SKU: MKM144126

The Curtiss H-75 was the export version of the American P-36 Hawk (Curtiss Model 75) fighter of the mid-1930s. The biggest foreign customer was France, where the first planes entered service in the spring of 1939. Of the fourth French sub-variant ordered, the H-75A-4 (H-751), only a handful reached the country before it surrendered to Nazi Germany in June 1940 while the rest of 190 a/c were taken over by the RAF as the Mohawk IV.

In March 1940 Norway ordered 36 H-75A-8s, but in the event they did not reach Europe and were used as advanced trainers in Canada. Of these, 30 a/c were bought by the USAAF in 1942 and after a short service they were sold to Peru.

The H-75A-4/8 was a single-seat, all-metal low-wing monoplane with fabric-covered control surfaces. It had a retractable undercarriage with the main landing gear rotated 90° to fold flat into the wing. Powered by a Wright R-1820 Cyclone single-row radial engine, it was fitted with Curtiss Electric propeller. Its armament consisted of two machine guns in the nose and another two guns in each wing. Racks for two to five bombs could also be mounted under each outer section of the wing.

Following the fall of France a number of Curtiss H-75 aircraft were seized by Germans and some of them were used by the Luftwaffe for pilot training. In the summer of 1941 the first batch of ex-French H-75s, including seven H-751s, were sold to Finland, which extensively used them against Soviet forces.

 Colour schemes included in the kit:

1) Curtiss H-75A-4, CUc-504, (ex-French H-751 No.24/ex-Luftwaffe DS+NQ), 1/LeLv 12 (Fighter Sq.), Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), Joroinen airfield, Finland, summer 1941

2) Curtiss H-75A-8, No. 465, ‘Little Norway’ Air Force Training Camp, Norwegian Army Air Service (Hærens flyvåpen), Toronto Island Airport, Ontario, Canada, 1942-43

3) Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV, BS734, White 14, Air Transport Auxiliary Flight, Royal Air Force, Wroughton airfield, Wiltshire, U.K., 1941

4) Curtiss P-36G (ex-Norwegian H-75A-8), s/n 42-108995, Yellow 2108995, USAAF, Patterson Field, Ohio, U.S.A., early 1943

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1/144 Curtiss H-75A-4/8/P-36G 'Late Hawks' (2in1)incl. new fuselage parts - Mark I

 1/144 Curtiss H-75A-4/8/P-36G 'Late Hawks' (2in1)incl. new fuselage parts - Mark I

Description: Curtiss H-75A-4/8/P-36G 'Late Hawks' (2in1)incl. new fuselage parts

Manufacturer: Mark I Models

Code Number: MKM144126

Scale: 1:144

Item type: Aircraft kits (injection)

Price:£TBA

Release: February 2022

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144126

1/144 Mohawk IV/Curtiss H-75A-7 'Overseas Service' (2in1) incl. new fuselage parts - Mark I

 1/144 Mohawk IV/Curtiss H-75A-7 'Overseas Service' (2in1) incl. new fuselage parts - Mark I

Description: Mohawk IV/Curtiss H-75A-7 'Overseas Service' (2in1) incl. new fuselage parts

Manufacturer: Mark I Models

Code Number: MKM144103

Scale: 1:144

Item type: Aircraft kits (injection)

Price: £TBA

Release: February 2022

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM144103

1/144 Curtiss Hawk 75A ‘Ilmavoimat’ (Finnish AF) - MARK I

1/144 Curtiss Hawk 75A ‘Ilmavoimat’ (Finnish AF) - MARK I

Curtiss H-75A 'Ilmavoimat' Curtiss Hawk 75A ‘Ilmavoimat’ (Finnish AF). The Curtiss H-75 was the export version of the American P-36 Hawk (Curtiss Model 75) fighter of the mid-1930s. Several subtypes were produced and designated the H-75A-1 to A-9, which differed in engine, equipment and armament installations.

The first foreign order was received from France which took delivery of more than 400 aircraft of different variants (H-75A-1, A-2, A-3 and A-4/H-751s).

After the fall of France, Germany sold the captured Curtiss fighters to Finland which extensively and successfully used them against Soviet forces. In total, 44 aircraft of various variants were delivered in 1941-44 comprising both ex-French and ex-Norwegian supplies.

In Finnish service, the Curtiss 75s were well liked and affectionately called “Sussu" (Sweetheart). They remained in service until August 1948 and the last were eventually scapped in 1953.

The H-75 was a single-seat, all-metal low-wing monoplane with fabric-covered control surfaces. It had a retractable undercarriage with the main landing gear rotated 90° to fold flat into the wing.

Powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp two-row radial engine, it was fitted with Curtiss Electric propeller. The H-75’s armament consisted of two machine guns in the nose, and another one (all H-75A-1s, 40 early H-75A-2s and some H-75A-6s) or two guns in each wing (H-75A-3, A-6). A small bomb carrier was also mounted under each outer part of the wing.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Curtiss H-75A-6, CUw-560 (ex-Norwegian No.439), Yellow/White 0, LeLv 32 (Fighter Sq.), Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), Lappeenranta airfield, autumn 1941
2) Curtiss H-75A-2, CUw-556 (ex-French No.107), White 6, LeLv 32 (Fighter Sq.), Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), Nurmoila airfield, June 1942
3) Curtiss H-75A-2, CU-581 (ex-French No.170), Blue 1, 3/HLeLv 32 (Fighter Sq.), Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), Nurmoila airfield, early spring 1944
4) Curtiss H-75A-1, CU-577 (ex-French No.23), Yellow 7, LeLv 32 (Fighter Sq.), Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), Nurmoila airfield, autumn 1943
Curtiss H-75A-1, CU-577 (ex-French No.23), HLeLv 11 (Fighter Sq.), LeR1 (Fighter Regt.), Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), Pori airfield, 1945-47

This injection-moulded kit (one model is included) contains 30 parts and four clear parts (the cockpit canopy, rear windows and a landing light). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/MKM14475

Available: June 2018
Price : £14 GBP

1/144 Wing Kit Collection VS 5 - F-Toys Wing Kit Collection VS 5

1/144 Wing Kit Collection VS 5 - F-Toys Wing Kit Collection VS 5

Aichi B7A Ryusei "Grace" - New tool
The Aichi B7A Ryusei (流星 Ryūsei?, "Shooting Star", Allied reporting name "Grace") was a large and powerful carrier-borne torpedo-dive bomber produced by Aichi Kokuki KK for the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service during the Second World War. Built in only small numbers and deprived of the aircraft carriers it was intended to operate from, the type had little chance to distinguish itself in combat before the war ended in August 1945.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aichi_B7A


Curtiss SB2C-4 Helldiver - New tool
The Curtiss SB2C Helldiver was a carrier-based dive bomber aircraft produced for the United States Navy during World War II. It replaced the Douglas SBD Dauntless in US Navy service. The SB2C was much faster than the SBD it replaced.

Crew nicknames for the aircraft included the Big-Tailed Beast (or just the derogatory Beast),[1] Two-Cee and Son-of-a-Bitch 2nd Class (after its designation and partly because of its reputation for having difficult handling characteristics).[2] Neither pilots nor aircraft carrier captains seemed to like it.[3]

Delays marred its production—by the time the A-25 Shrike variant for the USAAF was deployed in late 1943, the Army Air Forces no longer had a need for a thoroughbred dive bomber. Poor handling of the aircraft was another factor that hampered its service introductions; both the British Royal Navy and the Royal Australian Air Force cancelled substantial orders.[4]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_SB2C_Helldiver



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Released: January 2017

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