Curtiss YC-76 Caravan Experimental All-wood Transport. In 1941, The U.S. War Department Required For A Twin-engine Transport Com

Model kit Curtiss YC-76 Caravan Experimental all-wood transport. In 1941, the U.S. War Department required for a twin-engine transport comparable in performance to the Douglas C-47, to be constructed of “non-strategic materials”. At the time, U.S. government feared that the thousands of new aircraft needed for the war effort might create shortages of aluminum alloys. The Curtiss proposal, submitted as the Model CW-27, utilizing wood con…
Curtiss YC-76 Caravan Experimental all-wood transport. In 1941, the U.S. War Department required for a twin-engine transport comparable in performance to the Douglas C-47, to be constructed of “non-strategic materials”. At the time, U.S. government feared that the thousands of new aircraft needed for the war effort might create shortages of aluminum alloys. The Curtiss proposal, submitted as the Model CW-27, utilizing wood con…

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Airplane model kit – to be assembled and painted – Paint and glue to be bought separately
Scale : 1:72