Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk

Plastic kit for a Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk fighter plane

• Scale 1:72
• Dimensions (built): lengths 132 mm, wingspan 155 mm, height 53 mm
• 30 pieces
• Clear parts included
• 2 marking options
• not built, not painted
• Paint and glue not included

The P-40E with a shortened nose, shortened landing gear and armed with six 0.5in (12.7mm) wing machine guns was used extensively as low-altitude close-support fighter. Numerous units were exported to the Allied air forces, among which, 1,500 units served the RAF as P-40E Kittyhawk Mk. 1A. The british deployed the Kittyhawk in Northem Africa against the German Luftwaffe.