Mark I Mkm144180 1/144 Curtiss H-751/75a-7/Mohawk Iv Europe Overseas 2in1

Manufacturer: Mark I Models
Country: Czechia
Scale: 1/144
Material: Plastic
Condition: New
Description
Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 26 parts and four clear parts (the cockpit canopy, rear windows and a landing light). A comprehensive decal sheet is included. The rear side of the box now comprises the representation of a tarmac section of the airfield which can be cut out and used as a display base for the assembled model.
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, taking deliveries of aircraft designated the H-75A-1, 2, 3 and 4, with the first planes entering service in the spring of 1939. They were modified for French Air Force usage and fitted with different equipment and armament. The H-75A-4 was locally renamed the H-751, of which 97 were shipped from the U.S.A.; however, only a handful reached France before it surrendered to Nazi Germany in June 1940 while the rest (190 a/c) were taken over by the RAF as the Mohawk IV.
The H-75s (the A-7 model) were also ordered by the Netherlands, but they did not arrive in time in Europe and 20 of them were diverted to the Dutch East Indies in May 1940.
The H-75A-7/Mohawk IV 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. The H-75’s armament consisted of two machine guns in the nose and another two guns (Mohawk) or one (H-75A-7) in each wing. A small bomb carrier could also be mounted under each outer part of the wing.
The Dutch H-75s saw action against Japan in 1941-42, but the remaining aircraft were withdrawn from operational use early in 1942. The RAF’s Mohawk Mk.IVs were sent to overseas and used in India and Burma while a great number of them was also supplied to the South African Air Force. Post-war, a handful remaining French H-751s were re-engined and used in flying schools to train pilots.
Colour schemes included in the kit:
1) Curtiss H-751 (H-75A-4), No.51, White 1, École de l’Air (Flying School), French Air Force (Armée de l’Air), Cazaux airfield (BA 706), France, 1946-49
2) Curtiss H-75A-7, NXC-I, Curtiss-Wright Corp. aircraft plant, Buffalo airfield, New York, U.S.A, April 1940
Curtiss H-75A-7, s/n C-328, Black C328, 1-VLG-IV (1st Sq., 4th Aircraft Group), Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Militaire Luchtvaart – Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL), Andir airfield, Java, Netherlands East Indies, May 1940
3) Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV, BJ441, Black OQ-J, No.5 Sq., Royal Air Force, Agartala airfield, Northeast India, October 1942
4) Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV (ex-Iranian H-75A-9), LA164, White 6, No.1 OTU (India), Royal Air Force, Risalpur airfield, North-West Frontier, India, June 1942