Special Hobby plastbyggesett av det norske flyet N-3PB Little Norway Service fra andre verdenskrig i skala 1/72. Inneholder dekaler for tre forskjellige norsk utgaver og foto-etset deler.
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N-3PB "Little Norway service"
The kit features three grey styrene runners and one with the clear parts. Some of the smaller parts were created using our advanced CAD design and a metallic insert in the standard moulds will assure their best possible quality. Among those 3D-designed parts is also the beaching gear. The photo-etched fret takes care of some interior detail, water rudders and mooring points.
This offering comes with exactly the same runners and set of brass parts as the previous model of the Northrop N-3PB (SH72250). The difference is in the decal sheet which now features three different machines that were operated in Little Norway and flew with Norwegian markings in the form of stripes in Norway´s national colours.
History:
Norway, re-established as an independent country in 1905, declared its neutrality right after its inception. The neutrality helped Norway to avoid being dragged into World War 1, but during WW2, Norway was attacked and occupied by Nazi Germany. Norwegian politicians were fully aware of possible German threat and on the eve of the German attack, they decided to re-equip and strenghten the Norway ́s obsolete air force. The Norwegian purchasing commission made an order in the USA for Curtiss 75A-8 Hawk fighter planes, single-engined Douglas DB8A-5 bombers (already produced in 1/72 scale by MPM under cat.no 72536) and also for Northrop N-3PB floatplanes capable of carrying torpedos and suitable for anti-sub missions. All those aircraft used the same power-plant chosen by the Norwegians and it was a R-1820 radial engine produced by Wright company. What is more, the DB-8 and N-3PB types had been designed by the same designer, John Northrop. (He sold the DB-8 design to Douglas along with his factory where the type had been produced under A-17/A-17A name). By the time of the German invasion to Norway, only the Hawk fighters had been delivered. Twenty-four of the already built N-3PB aircraft were delivered later, during March 1941 to the Norwegian air force in exile. Initialy, the planes were used for training purposes in the so-called Little Norway which was an area provided by the Canadian government to the Norwegians. In total 18 planes were handed over to No.330 (Norway) sqn RAF that operated them under very inhospitable weather conditions from Patricia Bay RCAF station, Vancouver Island in Canada and also from Island Harbour base in Toronto. The squadron was later re-equipped with Catalina flyingboats and the Northtop floatplanes were used only for training, transport and communication flights.
Length: 10,98 m, wingspan: 14,91 m, max. speed: 414 km/h at sea level, range: 1610 km, service ceiling: 7320m,armament: 4xfixedmachineguninthewings(12,7mm),2xmachinegun(7,76mm),1x2000lb torpedo or equivalent weight of bombs or depth charges.
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