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1/48 628-50 Hawk Laird Solution Racer with Racing Pylon Stand VG++ Injection Molded old Hardbox issue from 1962 with great Bill Campbell box artwork. Very nicely molded kit with excellent fit and fine recessed panel lines are raised rib lines. Includes Pylon Racing Stand that is ideal for a 1930 Racing Diorama. Never started. Inventoried with all parts, decals and instructions present. The Laird Solution won the first official Thompson Trophy Race in 1930 at the Curtiss-Wright Reynolds Airport in Chicago. The Laird was the only Biplane to win the Thompson and it beat all the military aircraft. Charles 'Speed' Holman was the pilot and was the first civilian to attain a speed over 200 mph in a closed course event nationally. E. M. Laird Airplane Company built the aircraft for BF Goodrich. Construction began only 3 weeks before the race. There was only one 10 minute trial flight before the aircraft won the race. $28.00 |