Product Highlights
This 1:48 scale diecast model by Hobby Master replicates the Curtiss Tomahawk Mk.IIB flown by Clive Caldwell, No. 250 Squadron RAF, North Africa, 1942.
Features
- Model is approximately 7.75" long with a 9.25" wingspan
- Die cast metal construction with some plastic components
- Includes pilot figure
- Optional-position landing gear
- Detachable ordnance loads
- Opening canopy
- Display stand included
- Rotating propeller
About the Tomahawk Mk.IIB and Clive Caldwell
The Tomahawk Mk.IIB was a British variant of the Curtiss P-40, armed with six .303-caliber Browning machine guns and powered by an Allison V-1710 engine; it lacked a turbocharger, limiting high-altitude performance but proving effective in low-level combat with the RAF and Commonwealth forces in North Africa. Group Captain Clive "Killer" Caldwell was the leading Australian fighter ace of World War II, credited with 28.5 aerial victories, many of them scored flying Tomahawks and Kittyhawks with No. 250 Squadron in North Africa.
