Handley Page HALIFAX B Mk.III

Plastic model kit
- Scale 1:72
- not built/painted
- paint and glue not included

The Halifax was one of the most famous Royal Air Force 2nd World War bombers
and flew more than 47,000 missions over Germany. Compared to the previous version with RR Merlin engines the Mk.III version powered by Bristol Hercules radial engines delivered a great improvement in flight performance. This variant entered service after 1943. Halifax bombers were also employed as towing aircraft during operations in Normandy and at Arnhem as well as for deploying agents behind enemy lines. Although there were many problems during its development and that the Halifax was always overshadowed by the Lancaster, it eventually turned out to be best-known Allied bomber of the War.The Halifax Mk. III was armed with 8 Browning as well as a Vickers machine gun and could carry a bomb load of 5,900 kg (13000 lbs). The only original fully restored Halifax stands in the National Air Force Museum in Canada in Trenton, Ontario.

- Finely structured surfaces with recessed panel joints
- Mk III wings
- Detailed cockpit with seats and instrument console
- Interior details and dividing panel to the radio operators room
- Detailed bomb-bay with pylons
- 6 bombs
- Rotatable rear MG-turret with finely moulded MG’s.
- Nose section with glass nose
- Mid MG position with Boulton Paul A turret
- Detailed main undercarriage bay
- Detailed undercarriage with highly detailed struts
- Hercules radial engines and nacelles
- Detailed exhaust system
- Rotating propellers
- Separate ailerons
- Antennae and masts
- Nose glazing also for a Mk V version

Authentic decal set for following versions:
- Handley Page Halifax B.Mk.III, No.424 Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Force, Skipton-on-Swale, England, December 1944
- Handley Page Halifax A.Mk.VII, No.644 Squadron, Royal Air Force, Tarrant Rushton, England, April 1945. (As restored at the National Air Force Museum of Canada, Trenton, 2014