This review examines the small "HO" 1/100 Curtiss P-6E of defunct AHM.


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Thanks!

I just updated this review with photos of the built model.

ah, is it 1/100 or 1/87 The box sez 1/87, but sometimes boxes lie.

Hi Mark,

Yes indeed! AHM's misrepresentation (intentional or accidental) of the scale may be why these didn't survive. The model wingspan is 3¾ inches and the real P-6E's is 31½ feet. That scales out to 1/100.8. AHM presumably claimed 1/87 to coax HO railroaders to buy these, although 3¾ inches in HO would make the 1/1 wingspan 23.2 feet.

Tsk tsk, AHM!

Ah, Clever marketing strategy...

You had me intrigued with the P-6E, so when I saw the old Monogram kit at a model show today I had to get it. Peeked into the box and it was a buch of 1/72 tank bits.

I hope it was an accident - someone just unloading boxes without looking in to it - instead of a rascal out to cheat people.