1/72 Special Hobby 72240 Fairey Fulmar Mk.I 'Captured Marking'Royal Navy carrier-borne fighter and light bomber, initial production variant. Kit features recessed panel lines, detailed cockpit and observer's station, boxed-in wheel wells, detailed undercarriage, integral 3-blade propeller with separate spinner, ventral tailhook frame and single-piece forward and aft canopy segments. Also includes resin parts (main wheels, gunsight and landing light) plus photo-etch parts (seatbelts, flap wheel, control actuators, pitot, torque links and fine exterior enhancements. Ex-MPM mold. Decals and painting reference for 4 aircraft: British FAA N1892 of Squadron, HMS Victorious, December 1940; FAA N2015 of 805 Squadron, HMS Eagle, February 1941; FAA N4032 of 800 Squadron, early 1941 and Vichy French captured ex-807 Squadron aircraft of Groupe de Chasse I/4 at Dakar, Senegal during the summer of 1941.
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