Airfix Aircraft 1/72 Hawker Hurricane Mk I Aircraft Kit

The Hurricane was developed as a replacement for the RAFs pre-war bi-plane fighters, such as the Hawker Fury and Gloster Gauntlet. Considered revolutionary when it was unveiled in 1935, by the start of WWII the earliest versions with fabric-covered wings and two-bladed propellers had fallen behind the performance of the best Gerrman fighters. Nevertheless, once fitted with 3-blade propellers these early Hurricanes were very successful during the Battle of Britain in 1940.