{"id":2355,"date":"2022-01-07T15:29:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-07T14:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/?post_type=product&p=2355"},"modified":"2025-03-29T21:38:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-29T20:38:21","slug":"mkm144103-mohawk-iv-curtiss-h-75a-7-overseas-service-2in1","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/produkt\/mkm144103-mohawk-iv-curtiss-h-75a-7-overseas-service-2in1\/","title":{"rendered":"[MKM144103] Mohawk IV\/Curtiss H-75A-7 \u2018Overseas Service’"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Curtiss H-75 was the export version of the American P-36 Hawk (Curtiss Model 75) fighter of the mid-1930s. The biggest foreign customer was France, taking deliveries of aircraft designated the H-75A-1, 2, 3 and 4, with the first planes entering service in the spring of 1939. They were modified for French Air Force usage and fitted with different equipment and armament. The H-75A-4 was locally renamed the H-751, of which 97 were shipped from the U.S.A.; however, only a handful reached France before it surrendered to Nazi Germany in June 1940 while the rest (190 a\/c) were taken over by the RAF as the Mohawk IV.
\nThe H-75s (the A-7 model) were also ordered by the Netherlands, but they did not arrive in time in Europe and 20 of them were diverted to the Dutch East Indies in May 1940.
\nThe H-75A-4\/7 was a single-seat, all-metal low-wing monoplane with fabric-covered control surfaces. It had a retractable undercarriage with the main landing gear rotated 90\u00b0 to fold flat into the wing. Powered by a Wright R-1820 Cyclone single-row radial engine, it was fitted with Curtiss Electric propeller. The H-75\u2019s armament consisted of two machine guns in the nose and another two guns (H-75A-4) or one (H-75A-7) in each wing. Racks for two to five bombs could also be mounted under each outer section of the wing.
\nThe Dutch H-75s saw action against Japan in 1941-42, but the remaining aircraft were withdrawn from operational use early in 1942. The RAF\u2019s Mohawk Mk.IVs were sent to overseas and used in India and Burma while a great number of them was also supplied to the South African Air Force. In 1942, sixteen ex-RAF Mohawk IVs were delivered to Portugal and assigned to air defence duties in the Azores; they went out of service in 1945.<\/p>\n

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Colour schemes included in the kit:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1) Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV, BS734, Grey A, \u2018Joe Soap II\u2019, No.155 Sq., Royal Air Force, Imphal airfield, Northeast India, late 1943<\/p>\n

2) Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV, BB977, Black D, No.5 Sq., Royal Air Force, Agartala airfield, Northeast India, January 1943<\/p>\n

3) Curtiss H-75A-7, s\/n C-332, Black C332, 1-VLG-IV (1st Sq., 4th Aircraft Group), Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force (Militaire Luchtvaart \u2013 Koninklijk Nederlandsch-Indisch Leger, ML-KNIL), Madiun airfield, Java, Netherlands East Indies, early 1941<\/p>\n

4) Curtiss Mohawk Mk.IV, 485 (ex-RAF Mohawk Mk.IV, s\/n unknown), White XY-F\/485, \u2018XY\u2019 Flt., E.E.C. 3 (Esquadrilha Expedicion\u00e1ria n\u00b0 3), Portuguese Air Force (Aeron\u00e1utica Militar), Ota airfield (BA 2), Portugal, summer 1943<\/p>\n

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Assembly instructions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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MKM144103 Mohawk IV Overseas_instr web<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RELEASED 03\/2022<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 21 parts and four clear parts (the cockpit canopy, rear windows and a landing light). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.<\/p>\n

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On-line order<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (MARK I Modeller\u02bcs Boutique via Miniwing\u02bcs e-shop)<\/p>\n

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Curious about related product(s)?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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[SD-R4411<\/a><\/span>] Curtiss H-75\/Mohawk III\/P-36 cockpit (designed to be used with MARK I Models kits)<\/p>\n

[SD-R4412<\/a><\/span>] Curtiss H-75\/Mohawk III\/P-36 control surfaces (designed to be used with MARK I Models kits)<\/p>\n

[SD-V4403<\/a><\/span>] Curtiss P-36\/H-75 Hawk vacu canopy (designed to be used with MARK I Models kits)<\/p>\n

[MUDM14404<\/a>]<\/span> Curtiss P-36A\/C photo-etched parts (designed to be used with MARK I kits)<\/p>\n

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