Kagemusha Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 CanMilAir decals http://www.canmilair.com/products.php?cat=61&pg=3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Posted March 15, 2018 Share Posted March 15, 2018 OK - RAF 'mods' - reading 'International Air Power Review' - Vol 4, page 159: The RAF's first B-24Ds were 11 early production aircraft transferred from the USAAF in March/April 1942 after Prime Minister Churchill appealed for more aircraft with which to tackle the U-Boat menace. Though they were considered 'non-standard' by the RAF (I'm assuming this included turrets), most were equipped with ASV radar and rushed into service with Nos 59, 86 and 120 Sqns. When true Lend Lease B-24Ds (Liberator Mk IIIs) began to arrive shortly afterwards, the 11 so called 'Battle of the Atlantic' aircraft were re-designated Mk. IIIA. IWM Image - Liberator GR Mark IIIA, LV345 'E', parked in a dispersal at Aldergrove, County Antrim, at the culmination of its service with of No. 86 Squadron RAF, and shortly before joining the Liberator Flight of No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit at Beaulieu, Hampshire. With serial numbers in the LV3xx series, this aircraft (illustrated) is one of the 11 B-24Ds delivered in 1942 for use by Coastal Command. Fitted with American armament and other equipment, these aircraft were treated as non-standard by the RAF... So there *may* be an easy(ish) route to a Coastal Command airframe if the above can be confirmed with regard to armament fit... Iain Bill Cross, Out2gtcha and nmayhew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cees Broere Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) For the Boulton Paul Type E tail turret perhaps you can ask John Wilkes AKA Tigger for the Halifax vacform turret parts. Cees Edited March 16, 2018 by Cees Broere R Palimaka and Out2gtcha 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 For the Boulton Paul Type E tail turret perhaps you can ask John Wilkes AKA Tigger for the Halifax vacform turret parts. Cees That option didnt even occur to me Cees! Do you know for sure (I would assume so, but we all know what Benny Hill taught us about assuming ) if John includes decent vac turrets with his kits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 GR Mk. V, RCAF (Serial No. 598), No. 10 (BR) Sqn, Gander, Newfoundland, 29 Jul 1943. GR Mk. VI, RCAF (Serial No. 923), Waist .50 cal gun position, 23 Aug 1944, No. 5 OTU, RCAF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Liberator B Mk. III (Serial No. BZ899), RCAF No. 159 ( Squadron, with a four-gun Boulton-Paul tail gun turret. SL Hugo Beall & FO Gordon Doherty, 4 May 1944. The squadron was based at RAF Station Digri, Bengal, British India on the date the photo was taken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martinnfb Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 And now something special B-24L Liberator GR Mk. VIII, RCAF (Serial No. 11130), (5009), HE773, ex-USAAF (44-50154), ex-Indian Air Force Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 (edited) No those pics, especially the last three or four, are just incredibly sweet. WOW! Edited March 16, 2018 by Clunkmeister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Is that that Eduard one that's >$100 for a 1/72 scale kit? Has anybody built it? That seems an insane price for the scale. Most of that is due to the price of the Hasegawa kit. They have a $100 MSRP for the base CC Liberator kit alone. That's the real Insane part! http://store.spruebrothers.com/product_p/has02241.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radders Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Really toying with the idea of getting one... have always fancied the HK B-17 but never bought one... this just appeals so much more, so many options.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RNoAF Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Are there any plastic pics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Maxim Posted March 16, 2018 Share Posted March 16, 2018 Some really good discussion and ideas gents. I'm thinking I'd like to do a PB4Y-1 as below. The aircraft had the standard nose turret. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Clunkmeister Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 The cool thing about the Liberator is that unlike the B-17, just about everyone operated them. There'll be no shortage of schemes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggernut Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 (edited) Who constitutes everyone? Edited March 17, 2018 by Juggernut Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Williams Posted March 17, 2018 Share Posted March 17, 2018 Everyone = all air forces minus those that didn't operate the liberator. LSP_K2, Out2gtcha, Kagemusha and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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