A Model with iconic painting to use it for your own projects or games. The Cockpit is low poly.
The single-engine, single-seat low-wing aircraft was developed by the Curtiss-Wright Co. from the Curtiss P-36, which shortened development time and enabled rapid introduction. The P-36's air-cooled radial engine was replaced with an Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled V-engine. The first flight took place in 1938, series production from 1939 to 1944.
The RAF took over a number of the Curtiss fighters originally ordered for the French Armée de l'air as Tomahawk. Unable to compete with the Luftwaffe's Messerschmitt Bf 109 due to its poor performance at altitudes above 4,500 meters (15,000 ft), it saw service in North Africa, where it proved a viable fighter and fighter-bomber at low to medium altitude thanks to its good maneuverability.
Under the lend-lease law, the Soviet Union received 2631 machines.