Released in February 2024
HASEGAWA 1/72 Lancaster B Mk.I/Mk.III. HE23 Lancaster BM released in February 2024
[Product introduction]
HASEGAWA 1/72 Lancaster B Mk.I/Mk.III. In 1936, the Royal Air Force created specifications for a new bomber with an eye toward the future. Based on this, Avro proposed an aircraft called ``Type 679.'' This machine is a twin-engine bomber equipped with Rolls-Royce's new 24-cylinder X-type vulture engine, and was named ``Manchester'' and rolled out in 1940, and unit deployment began. Manchester was used for a year and a half, but her engine and propeller were in poor condition and she was unable to operate as expected. Therefore, a development plan for the ``Manchester III'' was floated, in which the engine was replaced with a Rolls-Royce Merlin This machine became the prototype of the masterpiece Lancaster. In 1941, the test flight of the first Lancaster prototype was a great success, and as a result, all production plans in Manchester were changed to the Lancaster. The early production Lancaster Mk.I was equipped with a Merlin XX engine. After that, as production progressed, it improved to Merlin 22 and Merlin 24. Furthermore, in anticipation of a delay in the supply of Merlin engines due to large orders, production of the Mk.II equipped with a Bristol Hercules air-cooled radial 18-cylinder engine was also considered. However, with America's entry into the war, license-produced Packard Merlin engines became available in large quantities, so production of the Mk.II ended at 300 units. Aircraft equipped with license-produced Merlin engines were called Mk.III. Lancaster's torso was designed to have gun mounts attached to its back and abdomen, but later the abdominal gun mounts were abolished. Three Fraser Nash hydraulic swivel turrets were mounted fore, dorsal and tail, each armed with a 7.7mm Browning machine gun. The bomb bay was very large with a total length of 10.05m and could carry a bomb of 4000lb (1614kg). The kit accurately reproduces Mk.I / Mk.III. The bomb bay can be opened or closed. The internal bomb parts include 18 500lb bombs and 1 4000lb bomb.
[Decal (Marking)]
467th Squadron affiliation machine "PO◎S" (after summer 1944) 467th Squadron affiliation machine "PO◎S" (May 1944) 467th Squadron Affiliated machine "PO◎V" (Summer 1943)
[Product specifications]
1/72 scale unpainted assembly kit□

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