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Early Aviation
Discuss World War I and the early years of aviation thru 1934.
Classic Airframes Cuban Hawk
MikePowell
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Posted: Friday, March 19, 2010 - 10:11 AM UTC
Anyone know if this boxing has parts required to build an F11C-2: drop tank, hook, partial rear canopy? Wonder if the head rest fairing wouldn't have to be scratched?

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JackFlash
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Posted: Saturday, March 20, 2010 - 04:15 PM UTC
Tom Cleaver has noted, "For those modelers who enjoy the airplanes of the inter-war "Golden Age," these two Hawks (#431 & # 432) are a welcome addition to the limited number of kits available for airplanes from this period. The F-11C-2/BFC-2 is guaranteed to look good sitting next to the Classic Airframes Boeing F4B-4 and the Accurate Miniatures F3F-1 and F3F-2.. . .

The kits differ in that the F-11C-2/BFC-2 has a choice of upper rear fuselages to change the configuration between the two designations, a wider-chord Townend ring than the Hawk II, differing resin exhausts, and different wheels - those for the Navy fighter being high-pressure carrier wheels while those on the Hawk II are low-pressure wheels for operating from grass fields. Decals for the Navy airplane are of an F-11C-2 flown by VF-1B, and a BFC-2 flown by VB-3, while those for the Hawk II are for a Cuban airplane and one serving in the Chinese Air Force. These are Micro-Scale decals and look very good indeed. . . "
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