The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, low-wing, single-seater aircraft.
Built entirely of metal as a ground attack aircraft, it first flew in 1938 and was used in great numbers during World War II. The P-40 resulted from a development of the P-36 Hawk fighter airframe so that mass production of aircraft could be achieved without a significant loss of time spent on development. When production ended in November 1944, 13,738 P-40s had been produced; they were used by the air forces of 28 countries until 1948. Warhawk was the name the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) adopted for all models, causing all P-40s in the US to bear that name. The air forces of the British Empire gave the name of Tomahawks to the models equivalent to the P-40B and P-40C.
Features
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Famous “Flying Tiger” WWII aircraft
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Fully engraved panel lines
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Detailed cockpit
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Detailed landing gear can be modeled up or down
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Decals and details to finish as flown Squadron Leader Robert H. Neale, or Charles Older in 1942