Martin Type 166 "In Dutch Service"

The prototype of the B-10 (Martin Type 139) made its maiden flight on February 16, 1932, and was delivered to the U.S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) for testing on March 20.
The B-10 incorporated several innovations, including an all-metal airframe, fully enclosed engines, retractable landing gear, an enclosed gun turret, and an internal bomb bay.
This made it faster than the fighter aircraft then in service and all other bombers, which were considered obsolete. It set the standard that most subsequent bomber designs followed until the jet age. Although the B-10 was built in relatively small numbers, it was revolutionary and the USAAC's first all-metal monoplane bomber.
The escalating tensions in Asia prompted the Dutch government-in-exile in Great Britain, the British Empire, and the United States to network as potential allies in the fight against a Japanese attack. As a result, three Martin WH-3As (M591, M597, and M598) of the Royal Netherlands East Indies Air Force (ML-KNIL) visited Darwin, Australia, on March 16, 1941. Following the Japanese attacks in the Pacific and Southeast Asia in December 1941, the MML-KNIL bombers were deployed to defend the Dutch East Indies and Singapore.

Plastic model kit

• 3 marking options
• Martin Type 166 M544, yellow and blue with Dutch national insignia, pre-1940 (and grasshopper camouflage on the port side – possibly applied, the photo is somewhat blurry).
• Martin Type 166 M5109, camouflaged with orange triangles and a tail flag, presumably in the summer of 1940.
• Martin Type 166 M556, camouflaged with Jiminy Cricket on the nose, starboard side. Captured by the Japanese in Singapore on February 15, 1942.

Scale 1:72

unbuilt / unpainted

Paint and glue not included