¹⁄72

Coming soon from Special Hobby is a new-tool 1:72 kit of the short-tail Curtiss P-40K.

Item #SH72379 - P-40K-1/5 Warhawk 'Short Tail'
A model of the P-40K-1/5 Warhawk US WW2 fighter aircraft which featured a short fuselage and an enlarged tail fin. The kit contains: three sprues with grey styrene parts, one sprue with clear parts, decal sheet and full-colour instructions. The decal sheet offers markings for four machines:

P-40K-1 (42-46040), white 13, pilot 1Lt. Robert J. "Crash" Overcash, 64FS, 57FG, Africa, May 1943 (5 victories)
P-40K, white 23, senior lieutenant Nikolai Fedorovich Kuznetsov, 436 IAP, 239 IAD, 6. Air Army, North Western Front, the Soviet Union, Winter 1943. (25 victories, 12 shared)
P-40K-5 (42-9768), white 255, Maj. Edward "Big Ed" M. Nollmeyer, CO 26 FS/51 FG, Kunming, China, December 1943. (5 svictories)
P-40K, white 15, 25. FS, 51. FG, Assam valley, India, 1944.

* Detailed and extremely accurate model, apparently the best P-40 in 1/72
* Very easy assembly
* Eye-catching marking and colour scheme options
* Accurate decals

Special Hobby are offering a 20% discount on Special Hobby & CMK items from September 14th through to October 7th. Pre-orders can be placed until September 23rd.

Price before discount: 16.20 Euros. With 20% discount: 12.96 Euros

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