1/32 Trumpeter Curtiss P-40B Warhawk (Tomahawk MKIIA) 02228

Product introduction:

The deferred deliveries of the P-40 to the USAAAC were picked up again with the P-40B. In September 1940. 131 P-40Bs were procured by the Army to replace the deferred P-40s. The P-40B differed from the P-40 in having an extra 0.30-inch machine gun in each wing. bringing the total to four 0.30-inch guns in the wings. The two 0.50-inch guns in the fuselage were retained. The engine was still the V-1710-33. The first P-40B flew on March 13. 1941. The export equivalent of the P-40B was the Tomahawk IIA. They differed from the American version by having the wing guns replaced by four 0.303-inch Brownings. 110 were produced for the RAF. 23 of these planes were transferred to the USSR. and one went to Canada as an instructional airframe.

• Item No: 02228
• Bar Code: n/a
• Scale: 1:32
• Item Type: Static Aircraft
• Model Brief Length: 302mm
• Wingspan: 355mm
• Total Parts: 181pcs
• Metal Parts: Aileron Flap shaft
• Photo Etched Parts: Aileron Flap hinges
• Film Parts: Instrument part
• Resin Parts: n/a
• Total Sprues: 6pcs
• Paint Schemes: Curtiss “Tomahawk” MKIIA of 26th Squadron RAF Gatwick Great British June-July 1941