1/72 7342 HR Model Renard R.42 - (R42 Twin Fighter)
Resin Model Kit, Box Condition: VG
Very rare. Features beautiful high-definition resin cast parts, cockpits, full decals and more. Never started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes decals and instructions. It is not general knowledge that the Belgian aeronautical industry was one of the most advanced in the world by the end of the 1930s. Alfred Renard, the Belgian aviation designer, set out ot make a fighter that would be comparable with the best designs available in 1936. The result of his work was the R.36 driven by a Hispano-Suiza 12 cylinder engine. It flew for the first time in November 1937. The follow-on designs were the R.37 with a Ghome-Rhone engine and the R.38 with a Rolls-Royce Merlin II. This twin engine R42 was based on his R.40 high-altitude interceptor with the Merlin II engine. The R42, the subject of this kit, was was his most advanced design, being an all-metal fighter with four 20mm cannons in the wings, pressurized twin cockpits and ejection seats.
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