Airfix A05145 Bristol Bulldog Mk.IIA Model Kit

With the Mk.II variant of the Bulldog, having its debut release as a new mould in the 2024 Airfix range, we’ve supplied the extra parts allowing modellers to build the ‘A’ variant, whilst also providing three schemes to accompany the kit. Once built, the kit measures in at 155mm in length and 215mm in wingspan, totalling to 138 parts.

A gleaming silver steed to be flown by the most capable and intrepid young men Britain could call upon, the Bristol Bulldog was one of the most important British aircraft of the inter-war period, when powerful biplane fighters unquestionably ruled the skies.

New Parts Feature:

• Wide-track undercarriage with metal wheels and tailwheel
  
• Later type tail fin and rudder
  
• Optional exhausts with cabin heater and spent cartridge collection bins
  
• New cylinder heads to represent the type fitted to the Bristol Jupiter VIIF engine of the Bulldog Mk.IIa
  
• New parts for external oil cooler 
  

Also Features:

• Subtly rendered fabric skin effect
  
• Multi part cockpit includes fuselage framework, ammo bins and machine gun breeches
  
• Designed based on exclusive access to 1000+ original Bristol drawings
  
• Details include camera gun, wing mounted generators, bomb rack and landing flare

Schemes:

• Scheme A: Bristol Bulldog Mk.IIA, No.23 Squadron, Royal Air Force Kenley, England, 1931.
• Scheme B: Bristol Bulldog Mk.IIA, 'C' Flight Commander, No.3 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Abyssinian Crisis, East Africa, 1935.
• Scheme C: Bristol Bulldog Mk.IIA, No.32 Squadron, Royal Air Force Kenley, England, 1935.