Special Hobby’s 1:72 Westland Whirlwind, a fantastic model in scale 1:72, has been updated and is now available as part of the January new arrivals.
By the time World War II broke out, the British Air Ministry had issued a request for two types fighter aircraft. One was light-weight with machine gun armament while the other featured heavy cannons. The machine gun-armed Hurricanes, Spitfires, and Westland’s Whirlwind twin engined “Cannon Fighter” were developed to meet these requirements. The type was produced in over 100 examples, and production continued until the Peregrine engine shortage halted it. The Whirlwinds flew over the English Channel on fighter and ground-attack missions. The Whirlwinds, which were equipped with bomb racks for the latter missions and designated FB Mk.I. Only in 1944 were they replaced by Typhoons. The Fighter-Bomber Whirlwind comes with two styrene parts and one clear part. The decals cover four schemes, two of which are in the earlier green-brown colours and the other two in the later scheme of green and grey. These have been corrected based on new reference materials. The decals cater for four schemes, two of which in the earlier green-brown colours and the other two in the later scheme of green and grey, that are also corrected now compared to the earlier release, based on new available reference materials.
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