Cleveland Curtiss P-40 Warhawk - 30 Inch Wingspan Rubber-Powered Flying Aircraft, IT-77

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Cleveland Curtiss P-40 Warhawk - 30 Inch Wingspan Rubber-Powered Flying Aircraft, IT-77 plastic model kit

IT-77 Cleveland Curtiss P-40 Warhawk - 30 Inch Wingspan Rubber-Powered Flying Aircraft

Wood Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG+

Rare kit from 1946. Could be made electric powered and R/C with todays lightweight components. Big scale model features high-quality, full size plans with instructions, several sheets of excellent printwood, stripwood and spars, balsa stock and block as required, metal stock, pre-drilled nose block, fully formed wood main & tail wheels & thrust button, plastic prop, color insignia, clear canopy material and covering material. There is no assembly but NOTE: about 14 parts are neatly cut out. The quality is 'professional.' There is no other work done. I inventoried the model and NOTE: missing three 1/2 bulkheads that are easily made using the other 1/2 as patterns. Otherwise complete with all other parts and paperwork. Cleveland Model and Supply Company played a pivotal role in the development of true scale models. In 1909 Bleriot's English Channel flight caused a surge in aviation and model aircraft around the globe. Several companies were ideally positioned to take advantage of the aviation craze. In the USA, Wading River Manufacturing Co. (1909), White Aeroplane (1911), Ideal Model Aeroplane (1911), Broadfield Model Aeroplanes (1919) were among these pioneers, offering everything from plans and parts to complete kits and ARF models. Lindbergh's 1927 crossing of the Atlantic Ocean caused an even bigger world-wide phenomenon called "The Aviation Craze" that extended up to the start of World War II. Many companies such as Megow, Guillow's and others started right around the time of Lindbergh's flight. Some of these models flew and flew well, but they all had one thing in common - were generally not accurate scale representations. In 1929, a youngster named Ed Packard had a very advanced dream- to produce incredibly accurate, true scale models that flew perfectly. This radical idea established the world's longest running single-owner (77 years) model airplane supply business - Cleveland Model and Supply Company. To this day, Cleveland models are treasured as the most accurate flying scale models produced. The fact that Mr. Packard started and successfully grew this business during The Great Depression is a testament to his ideals and business skill. I highly suggest the excellent book called 'Aviation's great Recruiter - Cleveland's Ed Packard' by H.L. (Herm) Schreiner. It is an excellent history of the man, his company and the times of the Golden Age of Model Aviation.

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