HK Models is probably not a familiar brand to most among the styrene model kit fraternity. The Hong Kong-based company was set up in 2010 and this is its first offering into the modelling world. Die-hard Mitchell fans will also be delighted to know that the dedicated gun-nosed B-25H is also being considered by HK Models. Many modellers will be very familiar with the North American B-25. It was designed in the late 1930s and with the outbreak of World War Two, North American Aviation received an initial contract for 184 B-25s to be manufactured in September 1939. By the end of the production run, 10,000 examples of this medium-range bomber had been built. The prototype flew in August 1940 and the first operational B-25 was accepted into service in 1941. The aircraft itself went through many modifications throughout its service life and has been described by many as the best medium bomber of its era. The aircraft served in three different theatres during World War Two and participated in the famous Doolittle Raid, in which B-25Bs launched from the USS Hornet to attack Japan, on April 18,1942.
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