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Some Halifax info and photos to ponder over while we wait for the kit: https://www.silverhawkauthor.com/post/canadian-warplanes-3-handley-page-halifax Jari

It's a MER-200P: Lt - 196.9" Width - 22.7" Ht - 17.4" Jari

I think it was called a MER-200 or MER-2000 but it never went into production as the CFT got pylons to carry enough bombs. Here is another F-15 with the MERs: Jari

Great work Dan, if you want to add to the base try these: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3305368 Jari

Here is one in a cutaway drawing, No.55: Jari

No they aren't doing the Beaufighter, they are just scanning the engines so they can come out with a Lancaster MK. II. Jari

Just hanging around: Jari

A look from the other side, tow ropes in plain view: Jari

A nice view from the other cockpit: Jari

Very nice Marcel, one little detail you may want to add, the electrical connection of the TER to the pylon: the small plug as seen in the upper right corner was for the fuzing while the larger plug was for all the rest. Jari

A few pics of them in SEA here: https://blackpony.org/bunos.htm Jari

Here is a video of the YO-10D being tested: Jari

Pat if you are looking for more reference material check here: https://hangarthirteen.org/library/ Jari

Here is a "cheek" addition to this B-17: Jari

Here is another A-4 with the window, note an antenna on the nose: Jari

A view of the left wing root, not as busy as the other side: Jari

Here is a pic of the TA-4 from the USS Hancock 73-74 cruise book, middle left shows after the flight not much extra detail: Jari

Excellent work Pat, in case you want to add detail to the wing root area: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205369039 Jari

Here is a A-4 with the nose window for laser tracker: Jari

Here is one: Jari

You can see some manuals here that may be of help: https://www.lancasterbombers.net/books-notebooks-manuals/ scroll down to the Lancaster section. Jari

Here is a video showing Mk-82s being loaded on a TER (on a A-4 but still a TER), at the 2:40 mark the arming wire swivel is being hooked up to the nose arming solenoid: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/85796 edit: here is a view of a rack on a MER: the arming solenoids are the grey parts on either side of the ejector foot (the one with the rusty screw below the pin). The white part to the left is for electrical fuzing i do believe. Jari

Hi Marcel, here is a TER on a A-4 giving you an idea where the arming wires went: https://www.docdroid.com/AgiGpxf/douglas-a-4-and-ta-4-tactical-pocket-guide-pdf#page=11 scroll down to the next page to see another option for tail ariming/retarded mode for a Snakeye. I don't think the Navy used RBF pins for the individual racks. Jari

Tim check out the A-26 manual to see how they did it, i'm sure the A-20 people used an adapter as well to fit the racks on. Jari

At the 2:35 mark in this video some AN-M40 Parafrags are being dropped by A-20s: https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675020569_New-Guinea-Campaign_General-Douglas-MacArthur_7th-Division_capture-of-Lae_9th-Division you can view stills of the video below it. I wonder if they used this type of rack: https://www.docdroid.com/K5Qj24z/douglas-a-26-ab-erection-and-maintenance-manual-pdf#page=563 The way they are dropping, and the number dropped (31 by my count - 1 chute probably not deploying) i'd guess 4 racks each with 8 bombs for a total of 32, in the aft bomb bay. Just a guess on my part. Jari