AIRFIX A08001. Avro Lancaster BII – Hercules Radial Engines. 1/72 scale Kit
£33.95
Plastic assembly kit. Requires glue, paints and tools to complete
Due to shortage of Rolls-Royce Merlin engines, some 300 Lancasters were built with Bristol Hercules radial engines, becoming the BII Variant. Some were also fitted with enlarged bomb-bay doors to enable large 8000lb bombs to be carried, as well as a ventral defensive turret.
Model Details:
– Scale: 1/72
– Parts: 239
– Length: 293mm
– Wingspan: 431mm
– Detailed cockpit and wheel bays.
– Optional bomb bay doors and ventral turret
– Decals for two aircraft
A) ‘Z-Zombie’, No.408 (Goose) Squadron, 6 Group, Royal Canadian Air Force, Royal Air Force Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire, July 1944
B) ‘Fanny Ferkin II’ No.514 Squadron, 3 Group, Royal Air Force Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, November 1944.
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Weight 0.5 kg
