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| Product code: | 100-SH72494 |
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| Number: | G5593132938 |
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| Country: | Australia |
| Country: | New Zealand |
| Country: | Etelä-Afrikka |
In 1937, De Havilland designed the DH.94 Moth Minor as a modern
replacement for the DH.82 Tiger Moth biplane. The DH.94 was produced
for civilian customers until 1940, when the production was switched for
the military. Civilian aircraft were confiscated for the needs of the
RAF. They were used as couriers and liaison aircraft. One aircraft,
delivered to Egypt, served with the USAAF during the war and flew with
American markings. Five DH.94s flew with the RNZAF in New Zealand and
two ex-civil aircraft were used to train SAAF pilots in South Africa.
All production tools, unfinished aircraft and materials for the
production of the DH.94 were shipped to Australia in 1940 to the
subsidiary De Havilland Australia. There, DH.94 production was resumed,
on order from the RAAF which eventually received forty DH.94 airframes.
Then production was stopped in favour of the DH.82 Tiger Moth, which was
chosen as the standard RAAF trainer. DH.94s were used to train RAAF
pilots until the end of the war. The surviving machines were sold to
civilian interested parties and were at the birth of sport aviation in
Australia. Similarly, machines confiscated during the war for the RAF
and FAA were returned to civilian users. At least two DH.94s were
converted to Coupé versions after the war. Several machines still fly
today, in Britain, Australia and the USA.
The Moth Minor model kit
consists of two grey styrene sprues and a clear windshield parts sprue.
Decals are offered for two RAAF machines, an RNZAF machine and a
civilian machine from South Africa.
- nicely detailed kits
- we also offer masks for the kit
