@fiveten @johnb @luftwaffe-birdman @gblair
Thank you for following the thread and numerous comments, now I would like to propose an academic discussion on the B-24 from the 1586 squadron. It would seem a good topic for another Libertor model, but on occasions the planes had significant hardware differences that did not correlate with models available on the market. First of all, most of the 1586 squadrons had Bouton-Paul turrets. Another problem is the front nose glazing, which is similar to the "D" version but is different. I have heard more or less fantastic ideas as to why this was so. A group of people is promoting the theory of converting version J to a glass nose. Just my question is. Who would have such a complicated makeover outside of an aircraft manufacturing facility? This can be checked in a simple way by placing the nose in the model from version D to the front of the hull in version J. Apart from the space for the turret, which can be cut off along the vertical seam, the sizes of the frames do not match in size, hence, without replacing the frames of the request does not fit here. Another teria says there was some unclaimed batch of RAF machines that the USAAF took over, which was supposed to differ in terms of equipment including nose glazing. In the squadron itself, in the documents that survived in the museum, you can see that the staff had a problem distinguishing between the versions of the machines. The preserved sequence of photos shows for sure one machine in the D version and others that look like D, but have glazing based on differently arranged frames. What do you think about it? As for the models, as I wrote, they are mainly available with the Consolidated rear turret. Yes, such were present in the 1586 squadron, but certainly in a version with a different glazing. The last picture is version that made Italeri in his repack of Minicraft kit. All will be good but back turret probably was Bouton-Paul.
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