1/72 Execuform Curtiss XP-46 - Model 86-CP-39-L3 - Bagged
Vacuform Model Kit, Box Condition: Sealed
Still factory sealed and a model of a rare subject and features vacuform main airframe parts, cast metal wheels and hubs and several injection molded parts including the propeller, spinner, main gear struts and more. This is the only kit ever made of this aircraft. The Curtiss XP-46 was a 1940s United States prototype fighter aircraft. It was a development of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in an effort to introduce the best features found in European fighter aircraft in 1939 into a fighter aircraft which could succeed the Curtiss P-40, then in production. However, during construction of the prototypes, the US Army Air Corps decided to upgrade the existing P-40 with a new engine and other features, which the British purchased as the Kittyhawk. By the time the XP-46 prototypes were completed, the now-current P-40D had higher performance than these new aircraft. Since there was no clear improvement, the project was canceled. A certain degree of modeling skill is required to build vacuform models. They are not recommended for beginners.
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