A Little Fresh Air, or at least an entirely different airplane, the Hawker Fury

 

       The first British fighter to exceed 200mph the Hawker Fury was a sleek and diminutive aircraft. Entering service in 1931 and serving in the RAF until early 1939 the Fury never saw combat under British colors. It did fight on behalf of Yugoslavia during the brief struggle against Axis invasion. It also served the Spanish Republic during the Spanish Civil War. The South African Air Force used them with some success against the Italians in the East Africa in 1941. There is a good Wikipedia article here. The kit is typical Matchbox for the era, cleanly cast in two wildly different colors with a good decal sheet showing British and Yugoslavian markings. The fit is nearly perfect and the model was a dream to build. Now I have another addition to my "what if" air forces for 193?.

 

nice box-art, the Brits were into outlandish paint schemes, much like the USA

 

 

the exterior was polished metal and aluminum-doped canvas

 

no attempt at all to camouflage the aircraft

 

very sleek lines, 

one can almost see the genesis of the Hurricane in the shape of the fuselage

 

compared to contemporaries it was a small aircraft

 

 

        A quick and easy build and another addition to my Inter-War air forces (now all I have to do is come up with a maneuver book for it)

         They built a radial-engine version which looks a lot like a Boeing P-12!