Curtiss H-75 A1/A2 70080
In 1935, a modern, metal, monoplane fighter with retractable landing gear, designed at the Curtiss-Wright plant for a competition organised by the US Army Air Corps, took to the air for the first time. The manufacturer named it the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, and after refinement it proved to be one of the finest and most modern aircraft of the early period of the World War II. Its performance was all very good, it was noted for its excellent manoeuvrability, superior to the Messerschmitt Bf-109 and Hurricane.
Its various versions, produced in excess of 1,000, were used by the air forces of over a dozen countries from South Africa to Finland and from Brazil to China - under various names.
The most important user of the Curtiss H-75 was France. Ordered in several series marked A1 to A4, differing in armament and engines, they were delivered in more than 400 examples. They proved to be the finest fighters used by the Armée de l'air in the early months of the Second World War. Many French aces fought and scored victories over the Luftwaffe on aircraft of this type, as well as Polish and Czechoslovak pilots who fought in the defence of France. After the armistice, numerous Curtisses were evacuated to French Africa, where they formed the backbone of the Vichy state's aviation. Some of the French aircraft captured by the Germans were handed over to Finland, where they successfully fought against the Red Army until the end of the war.
All serial Curtiss H75s were equipped with radial engines. When the airframe was adapted to the Allison inline engine, a completely new and legendary aircraft was created: The Curtiss P-40, produced in over 13,000 examples.
New Arma Hobby 2025 moulds!
Contents
- Plastic sprues (2 grey and 1 clear)
- Decals for three marking options (2 French and 1 Polish in France)
- Self-adhesive masks for painting the canopy and wheels
- Instructions
- File with details for 3D self-printing
3D file includes
- Bulkhead with seat and seatbelts
- Instrument panel with rudder pedals
- Exhaust tubes with covers
- Gun barrels
- Reflector gunsight
- Ring and bead gunsight
Marking options
- Curtiss H-75 A2 no. 107 (U007), GC 1/55, pilot 1Lt. Jan Zumbach. Bordeaux, June 1940.
- Curtiss H-75 A1 no. 16 (U015), 1. escadrille GC I/5, pilot Sgt Léon Vuillemain. Reims, Spring 1939.
- Curtiss H-75 A1 no. 35 (X834) , 3. escadrille GC II/5 “La Fayette”, pilot Adj. Marcel Dougoujon. Toul-Croix-de Metz, November 1939.
