A05130A Curtiss P-40B Warhawk
£29.99
Item code: A05130A
1:48 Item Scale
106 Parts Included
2 Skill Level
2 Scheme Options
During the early stages of WWII, the American built Curtiss P-40B proved to
be one of the most important fighter aircraft available to Allied Air Forces.
Flying with the RAF in North Africa and the American Volunteer Group in China,
the Allison V-1710-33 powered P-40B was to became one of the most
distinctive fighters of the entire war, wearing their fearsome shark-mouth
artwork.Arguably, the most striking versions of the P-40 were the early
machines, which displayed an extremely sinister profile '”œ with a shorter,
more pointed nose and an extremely throaty Allison V-1710 engine, the
P-40B (Tomahawk IIa in RAF service) aircraft looked almost like flying
Great White sharks. When RAF No.112 Squadron of the Desert Air Force
added aggressive looking sharks teeth and eyes to their aircraft in 1941,
they inadvertently turned their Tomahawks into some of the most iconic
aircraft of WWII and certainly some of the most visually appealing. These
designs would find their way on to many different aircraft throughout the
remainder of the war, but the RAF Desert Air Force certainly started the trend.
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