Cyberhobby A-25 Shrike

[moon puppy]

I was crusin' the LHS yesterday afternoon and noticed this.

Hope they don't mind hotlinkin'

http://www.dragon-models.com/d-m-item.asp?pid=CHC5115

Website said it came out in Aug'13, guess we don't keep up on the latest news.

Looked interesting but I didn't get it, anyone pick it up yet?

Really like them doing these oddball subjects.

 

[MrT]

Is this the army version of the Helldiver?

Terry B)

 

[moon puppy]

Bingo.

According to Wiki

Built at Curtiss' St. Louis plant, 900 aircraft were ordered by the USAAF under the designation A-25A Shrike.[19] The first ten aircraft had folding wings, while the remainder of the production order omitted this unnecessary feature. Many other changes distinguished the A-25A, including larger main wheels, a pneumatic tailwheel, ring and bead gunsight, longer exhaust stubs, and other Army-specified radio equipment. By late 1943 when the A-25A was being introduced, the USAAF no longer had a role for the dive bomber, as fighter aircraft such as the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt had shown their ability to carry out tactical air support missions with great success.

After offering the Shrike to Australia, only ten were accepted before the Royal Australian Air Force rejected the remainder of the order, forcing the USAAF to send 410 to the U.S. Marines. The A-25As were converted to the SB2C-1 standard but the Marine SB2C-1 variant never saw combat, being used primarily as trainers. The remaining A-25As were similarly employed as trainers and target tugs.[19

There were a couple of cross over types, can't recall them off the top o' da head.

 

[MrT]

The A-24 a version of the Dauntless.

 

[nerdling]

The A-24 a version of the Dauntless.

Yup the A-24 Banshee. Quite a few of the "Dauntless" warbirds you see that still actually fly are Bansees. Probably because most of them ended up in training units stateside. The only major difference though was they lacked a tailhook and the tailwheel was different.