Product Description
Manufacturer: Revell
Product Code: Rev04279
Description: B-17F Memphis Belle
Scale: 1:72
Size: Length 325 mm | Wingspan 440 mm
Skill Level: 5
Number of Parts: 235
Paint and Glue Sold separately
B-17F Memphis Belle :
The Boeing B-17 became synonymous with the heavily armed strategic bombers in World War 2. The Boeing B-17F was the first Flying Fortress to be mass-produced. The most famous aircraft from this series was a B-17F, which was delivered on 15 July 1942 and commissioned with the 324th Bomber Squadron in England. The crew named it Memphis Belle after the girlfriend of pilot Lt. Robert K. Morgan. Her fame resulted from the fact that she officially became the first bomber of the US Army Air Force to survive 25 missions in Europe and became the star of a Hollywood propaganda film. After this mission, the Memphis Belle was ordered with her crew to the USA. Later, it was bought by the city of Memphis and erected in the open air as a monument. A total of 12,677 B-17 machines were manufactured.
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- Detailed surfaces with recessed sheet metal joints
- Detailed cockpit with consoles, dashboard
- Single seats
- Complete bomb shaft with loading racks
- 4 Bombs
- Bomb target and seat in the bow
- Detailed radio operator/navigator room with equipment boxes
- Side window options for MG assembly
- Movable MG ball tower
- Detailed upper MG tower
- B-17 Transparent parts for the front and the middle upper MG stand
- MG rear stand
- Separate rudder
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- 4 detailed radial engines with exhaust ring
- Cooling ring optionally open or closed to build
- Turbocharger imitation
- Separate air intake ducts
- Separate elevators and ailerons
- Detailed chassis
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Decals for 2 USAAF versions:
- B-17F-10-BO, serial 41-24485, DF-A, Mephis Bell, 8th Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, 324rd Bomb Squadron, Bassingbourn, UK, May 1943
- B-17F-10-BO, serial 42-29591, LL-Z, The Shamrock Special, 8th Air Force, 91st Bomb Group, 401st Bomb Squadron, Bassingbourn, UK, October 1943
