Corgi Aviation Archive Collector Series AA35502
Hawker Hurricane Mk II Diecast Model
RAF, Keith Park, Malta | Limited Edition
2110
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| 1:32 Scale | | Length | | Width |
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| Hawker Hurricane Mk II | | 12" | | 15" |
Between June 1940 and December 1942, Malta became one of the most bombed places on Earth. The battle for this tiny island proved to be one of the most decisive turning points of World War II. The RAF's successes improved further with the arrival of Air Vice Marshall Keith Park in July. By establishing his "Forward Interception Plan", he virtually eliminated further Axis daylight bombing over the island. One of the RAF's great fighter commanders, Park became an ace flying Bristol F2B fighters during World War 1. On becoming AOC Malta in 1942 he acquired his own aircraft, OK-2, believed to be coded Z3574. Park regularly flew this aricraft of visits to beleaguered airfields, most publicly at the opening of Krendi on 10th November 1942 when he performed a memorable beat-up of the airfield.
Based on the Fury biplane and designed by Sydney Camm as a monoplane fighter, the Hurricane was first flown on November 6th, 1935. With its wide-set landing gear, easy handling, reliability, and stable gun platform, the Hurricane was suitable for a variety of different roles such as intruder, ground strafing and night fighter. Steel-tube construction meant cannon shells could pass right through the wood and fabric covering without exploding. The Hurricane underwent many modifications during its lifetime, including an upgraded Merlin engine and interchangeable multi-purpose wings, staging twelve 7.7mm guns and two 40mm anti-tank guns and carrying two 500lb bombs. © Copyright 2003-2024 The Flying Mule, Inc.
Corgi's 1:32 scale Hurricane is a large model loaded with features. . All of the control surfaces are movable, including the radiator cowl and the inboard split flaps, which reveal inner details when deployed. The landing gear is hinged and easy to position for ground or in-flight display. The upper portion of the engine cowling is removable, revealing a masterfully rendered V-12 Merlin engine, and the cockpit interior and pilot figure are easily viewed with the canopy open or closed. Each release has either four machine gun ports or two Hispano cannon barrels on each side of the wing's leading edge.
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The Corgi "Aviation Archive" range presents highly-detailed, ready-made diecast models of military and civilian aircraft. The vast Aviation Archive range has become the standard by which all other diecast airplane ranges are judged. Each Corgi model is based on a specific aircraft from an important historical or modern era of flight, and has been authentically detailed from original documents and archival library material. Famous airplanes and aviators from both military and commercial airline aviation are all honored.
Corgi "Aviation Archive" diecast airplanes feature:
- Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
- Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
- Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
- Interchangeable extended/retracted landing gear with rotating wheels.
- Poseable presention stand to display the aircraft "in flight".
- Many limited editions with numbered certificate of authenticity.
- Detailed, hand-painted pilot and crew member figures.
- Authentic detachable ordnance loads complete with placards.
- Selected interchangeable features such as speed-brakes, opened canopies and access panels.
- Selected moving parts such as gun turrets, control surfaces and swing-wings.
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