 Hans von Hammer wrote: |
| ...Don't forget that Lil wasn't a B-24 either... It's an LB-30 with a "D" nose... You'll need four of the Monogram PBY engines & cowls... |
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May I add, he'll need to do some surgery on the engine nacelles, too, since they're cast for the horizontal ellipticals for the vented nacelles in the kit. The LB-30's (and the -40, too) cowlings are round, so the area where the nacelles meet the leading edge of the wing is narrower.
I'm facing the same surgery; I want to model General Tinker's LB-30, lost on 7. June in the aftermath of the Battle of Midway. He wanted to strike at Wake from Midway, and led a four-plane formation, but his Liberator crashed not long after takeoff and presumably as a result of a technical failure. Anyway, I've got the Monogram B-24D as a starting point, and I'll have to replace the engines, cowlings and nacelles.
A long-range, long-term project...