Corgi Aviation Archive Collector Series AA35507
Hawker Hurricane Mk II Diecast Model
RAF BBMF, Electronic Edition

1:32 Scale		Length		Width
Hawker Hurricane Mk II		12"		15"

There are many private operators of historic aircraft in the UK, however the Royal Air Force still has Spitfires, Hurricanes, and Lancaster on charge still retaining military serial numbers. The organization that is responsible for keeping these machines in the air is the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight. The BBMF is a flying memorial to the thousands of Royal Air Force personnel who died to secure Britain's future. Thankfully, the BBMF has survived the many defense cuts throughout the RAF, although a great deal of the money comes from private backers. The BBMF was formed at Biggin Hill on July 11, 1957 as the Historic Aircraft Flight. The new flight was made up of three Spitfire PR XIXs (PM631, PS853, and PS915), and one Hurricane MkIIc (LF3633). These arrived at Biggin Hill from Woodvale via the still operational RAF Duxford. The final move to RAF Coningsby was made in 1976, where the BBMF has remained ever since and will celebrate 50 years in 2007.

Celebrating an era of iconic aircraft in all their glorious detail, this is the world's first range of working diecast model aircraft. With working propellers, undercarriage and navigation lights all operated from a specially designed stand and accompanied by realistic engine sounds, this is as close to the real thing as you can get.

Hawker Hurricane Mk II

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Corgi's 1:32 scale Hurricane is a large model loaded with features. . All of the control surfaces are movable, including the radiator cowl and the inboard split flaps, which reveal inner details when deployed. The landing gear is hinged and easy to position for ground or in-flight display. The upper portion of the engine cowling is removable, revealing a masterfully rendered V-12 Merlin engine, and the cockpit interior and pilot figure are easily viewed with the canopy open or closed. Each release has either four machine gun ports or two Hispano cannon barrels on each side of the wing's leading edge.

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Corgi Aviation Archive Collector Series

The Corgi "Aviation Archive" range presents highly-detailed, ready-made diecast models of military and civilian aircraft. The vast Aviation Archive range has become the standard by which all other diecast airplane ranges are judged. Each Corgi model is based on a specific aircraft from an important historical or modern era of flight, and has been authentically detailed from original documents and archival library material. Famous airplanes and aviators from both military and commercial airline aviation are all honored.

Corgi "Aviation Archive" diecast airplanes feature:

• Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
• Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details.
• Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
• Interchangeable extended/retracted landing gear with rotating wheels.
• Poseable presention stand to display the aircraft "in flight".
• Many limited editions with numbered certificate of authenticity.
• Detailed, hand-painted pilot and crew member figures.
• Authentic detachable ordnance loads complete with placards.
• Selected interchangeable features such as speed-brakes, opened canopies and access panels.
• Selected moving parts such as gun turrets, control surfaces and swing-wings.