Code: HM-HA2302 Quantity in Basket: none Status: FEB 2009 PRE-ORDER Click "Add to Basket" to pre-order this item now or Request to be notified when this item is in stock Price: $48.99
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Hobby Master 1:72 Air Power Series HA2302 Bristol Beaufighter Diecast Model RAF No.604 Sqn, John Cunningham, RAF Middle Wallop, England, December 1940 1:72 Scale     Length     Width Bristol Beaufighter     7"     9.75" PLEASE NOTE: This item has a planned release date of February 2009 and is only available for PRE-ORDER at this time. Orders are not shipped until complete. If you wish to receive in-stock items prior to pre-ordered items, you must place separate orders. Release dates are subject to change. Consider them to be estimates as manufacturers frequently revise them. Credit Cards are not billed until time of shipment. Check or PayPal payment (not recommended) is required at time of order. Built as a company-funded long-range fighter (using major components from the earlier Beaufort torpedo-bomber), the prototype Beaufighter first flew on 17 July,1939. The Beaufighter was designed as a long-range heavy fighter, with many components in common with the Bristol Beaufort torpedo bomber. It saw service as a night fighter, a torpedo bomber, a ground attack fighter and an anti-shipping aircraft. By September 1945 a total of 5,928 had been built in a variety of models and many continued in front-line service into the end of 1950s. 364 were built in Australia. Hobby Master 1:72 Air Power Series The Hobby Master "1:72 Air Power Series" presents highly-detailed, ready-made diecast models of military aircraft. Hobby Master "1:72 Air Power Series" diecast airplanes feature: Diecast metal construction with some plastic components. Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details. Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals. Opening canopies, revealing detailed cockpit interiors. Optional extended/retracted landing gear. Presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight". Authentic detachable ordnance loads complete with placards. Accurately detailed underside with concealed screwheads. [See more Hobby Master 1:72 Air Power Series products] Bristol Beaufighter Designed as a long range fighter to counter the growing threat posed by the Luftwaffe during 1938, the Beaufighter was first flown on July 17th, 1939. [See more Bristol Beaufighter products]