Hasegawa B-24D Liberator

- B-24 Liberator is a four large bomber of the US Army. In January 1939 the US Army asked Consolidated to design and study a new bomber replacing B - 17.
- The design team first reduced the air resistance by using the main wing of large aspect ratio called Davis wing in order to solve the lack of cruising distance that was the weak point of B - 17, and the fuel tank was placed in the large wing It was possible to mount it sufficiently.
- The fuselage was designed to be extremely thick in order to secure the bomb loading, leading to high versatility.
- The tail wing employs a characteristic double vertical tail wing. It was aimed at reducing air resistance, but it seems that it was also a fashion at the time.
- This machine is produced in more than 18,000 bombers that boasts the largest production number in the United States and is also famous as the most used bomber in many battlefields all over the world, such as Europe and the Pacific Front.
- Especially at the Pacific Front, it was operated as the mainstay of heavy bombers until the successor B - 29 appears.

- B - 24D is the first mass - production type for actual warfare. Deployment from the end of January 1942, the total number of production has reached more than 2,700 aircraft.
- The engine was able to maintain 1,200 hp of battle output even with P & W R - 1830 - 43 twinwasp with 1,200 hp output, even at altitude 7000 m or more.
- Armament is basically equipped with two 12.7 mm machine guns on the nose, 12.7 mm machine gun left and right on each side of the fuselage side, one each on the left and right of the fuselage, A - 3 C consecutive gun tower (two 12.7 mm machine guns on the back), A - 6 A tail at the tail Although it was a gun tower (12.7 mm machine guns in two), it was later equipped with a retractable Sperry A-13 spherical gun tower (12.7 mm machine gun 2 pairs).
- There were various other equipment about arms.

- Kit is completely new mold and faithfully three-dimensionally B-24D.
- Each revolution gun seat, turbo charger, engine, legs, bomb houses, etc. were reproduced precisely.
- The bomb wagon door is an opening and closing selection formula and comes with 8 1000 lb bombs. Large-sized girder parts are used for mounting the fuselage and the main wing, making it a part configuration that can be assembled and positioned smoothly.

- Decal is a bomber group belonging to the No. 94 Bomber Air Group 343 Bomber Flight Corps [R: The Squaw] (Mediterranean: 1943) and the 44 th bomber group 506 bombership aircraft belonging group [W: Princess] (1943 ) We set two kinds.