Description
This is an official licenced product by the 100 Bomb Group Foundation.
The model features all the main characters portrayed in the recent Masters of the Air TV Series, plus other historical personnel of the 100 Bomb Group
Kit Contents:
– B-17F 1/48 kit from HK Models
– Additional sprue of transparent parts for two additional nose types of later B-17F versions than those included in the original HKM kit
– 7 versions of the colour scheme of three squadrons of the 100th Bomb Group, 8th USAAF.
– Photo-etched parts, masks, and resin parts from Eduard production.
– Reproduction of a painting by painter/artist Piotr Forkasiewicz.
This kit is being prepared in cooperation with the 100th Bomb Group Foundation.
This kit is a very specific limited edition, in collaboration with Hong Kong Models and the 100th Bomb Group Foundation,
A 1/48th scale B-17F bomber kit focusing on the legendary unit nicknamed “The Bloody Hundredth.” To achieve this, Eduard worked with HKM to develop a new injection mould that enabled them to create nose variants not previously available in the kit. This enhancement allows for the inclusion of these markings of the legendary machines that served with the unit in 1943:
Rosie’s Riveters, B-17F-120-BO, 42-30758, LD-W
Piccadilly Lily, B-17F-30-VE, 42-5864, EP-A
Hard Luck!, B-17F-55-DL, 42-3413, LN-V
Sunny II, B-17F-120-BO, 42-30796, EP-K / EP-J
Alice from Dallas, B-17F-30-VE, 42-5867, LN-O
Skipper, B-17F-45-DL, 42-3307, EP-N
Horny, B-17F-40-VE, 42-5957, XR-D
The kit will come complete with masks, photo-etched parts, and Brassin parts, as well as a poster by artist Piotr Forkasiewicz.
