Koolhoven FK-58C.1 H&S Engine Azur 1/72
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Good work!
Well done! Did it reach combat?
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Modelbrouwers.nl modelbouw • Toon onderwerp - Koolhoven F.K.58 van Broplan (1:72) KLAAR
"De Koolhoven F.K.58 was developed in 1938 at the request of the French government, which had difficulties in reaching agreement with Curtiss-Wright on the supply of Hawk 75A hunters. The prototype, equipped with a Hispano-Suiza engine, flew on July 17, 1938 after a construction period of just 8 weeks. Only in January 1939 did the French government place an order for 50 aircraft, which were then intended to serve in French Indochina, where at that time there were no aircraft at all to deal with the Japanese threat. Due to the size of the order, Koolhoven has outsourced the construction of 10 aircraft to SABCA in Belgium. They were put on a train to France without motorbikes in May 1940 and were destroyed en route by a bombing of the Luftwaffe.
Before September 1939, Koolhoven delivered 17 F.K.58s, the first four with Hispano engines and the remaining with Gnome-Rhône 14N39 engines of 1030 hp. Because the delivery of parts (engines and instruments) from France caused problems. It was then decided to finish the remaining hunters in a factory in Nevèrs, France. They arrived there at various stages of completion in September 1939, and between December 1939 and May 1940 at least 12 aircraft were completed and delivered there.
The F.K.58s are deployed as air defense fighter at a number of airports, as a trainer at a Polish unit of the Armée de l'Air and one or two at a training unit as ground instruction aircraft."
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Nifty looking machine, well done
