1/144 Curtiss H-751/75A-7/Mohawk IV Europe & Overseas

Mark I Models - 1/144 Curtiss H-751/75A-7/Mohawk IV 'Europe & Overseas'
The Curtiss H-75 was the export version of the American P-36 Hawk Curtiss Model 75 fighter of the mid-1930s. The biggest foreign customer was France, taking deliveries of aircraft designated the H-75A-1, 2, 3 and 4, with the first planes entering service in the spring of 1939. They were modified for French Air Force usage and fitted with different equipment and armament. The H-75A-4 was locally renamed the H-751, of which 97 were shipped from the U.S.A., however, only a handful reached France before it surrendered to Nazi Germany in June 1940 while the rest 190 aircraft were taken over by the Raf as the Mohawk IV.
The H-75s the A-7 model were also ordered by the Netherlands, but they did not arrive in time in Europe and 20 of them were diverted to the Dutch East Indies in May 1940.
The H-75A-7/Mohawk IV was a single-seat, all-metal low-wing monoplane with fabric-covered control surfaces. It had a retractable undercarriage with the main landing gear rotated 90° to fold flat into the wing. Powered by a Wright R-1820 Cyclone single-row radial engine, it was fitted with Curtiss Electric propeller. The H-75's armament consisted of two machine guns in the nose and another two guns Mohawk or one H-75A-7 in each wing. A small bomb carrier could also be mounted under each outer part of the wing.
The Dutch H-75s saw action against Japan in 1941-42, but the remaining aircraft were withdrawn from operational use early in 1942. The RAF's Mohawk Mk.IVs were sent to overseas and used in India and Burma while a great number of them was also supplied to the South African Air Force. Post-war, a handful remaining French H-751s were re-engined and used in flying schools to train pilots.

Colour schemes included in the kit:
1 Curtiss H-751 H-75A-4, No.51, White 1, Ecole de l'Air Flying School, French Air Force Armee de l'Air, Cazaux airfield BA 706, France, 1946-49
2 Curtiss H-75A-7, NXC-I, Curtiss-Wright Corp. aircraft plant, Buffalo airfield, New York, U.S.A, April 1940
Curtiss H-75A-7, s/n C-328, Black C328, 1-VLG-IV 1st Sq., 4th Aircraft Group, Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force Militaire Luchtvaart-Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL, Andir airfield, Java, Netherlands East Indies, May 1940
3 Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV, BJ441, Black OQ-J, No.5 Sq., Royal Air Force, Agartala airfield, Northeast India, October 1942
4 Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV ex-Iranian H-75A-9, LA164, White 6, No.1 Otu India, Royal Air Force, Risalpur airfield, North-West Frontier, India, June 1942

Two injection-moulded are supplied in this box and each kit contains 26 parts and four clear parts the cockpit canopy, rear windows and a landing light. A comprehensive decal sheet is included.