Decals 1:48 for two four-engine B-24D Liberator bombers, each from a different bombardment group and each with its own nose art.
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The Consolidated B-24D was the first truly mass-built form of the Liberator. Its high-set slender wing gave it a range no other American bomber of the day had, which is why it was flown where the distances were greatest. The price was poorer handling and an unpleasant vulnerability once damaged.
The machine nicknamed Doodlebug served with the 373rd Bomb Squadron of the 308th Bombardment Group, a unit that operated over the China and Burma theater and often had to fly its own fuel in to its bases. The second set of markings, Screamin Mimi, belonged to the 565th Squadron of the 389th Bombardment Group, whose crews wrote themselves into history with a low-level attack on the Romanian refineries. Two names, two entirely different stories of service.
On the large areas of the fuselage it pays to check first that the placement matches the drawing and only then to soak the decal. Lukewarm water and a few seconds are amply enough. Once it is settled, draw the excess water off with a paper napkin and press it down with a soft cloth so that no bubble is left under the image.
A four-engine bomber in this size takes up a lot of room in a display case, but it does allow attention to details that would be lost in a smaller scale. It is rewarding to suggest the marks of frequent treading at the wing root or the dulled areas around the exhausts, because it is exactly there that service shows most in surviving photographs.
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