COBI Consolidated B-24 Liberator Set 5739 (Damaged Box)

COBI's Consolidated B-24 Liberator is a 1:48 model built from 1,445 blocks, 45 cm long with a 68.5 cm wingspan, in the markings of the aircraft named Axis Nightmare. The propellers, ailerons and bomb bay doors move, and two pilot figures are included.

Condition

This set is sold at a reduced price because the outer box is damaged — it may have holes, creases or crushed corners. The contents are brand new, sealed and complete. If you are building the model rather than collecting sealed boxes, the only difference is the price.

More were built than any other American aircraft, ever

Over 18,000 B-24s were made — more than the B-17, more than any other American military aircraft in history. And almost nobody outside aviation has heard of it, while everybody knows the Flying Fortress.

The Davis wing that gave it superb range and load was long, narrow and mounted high, which made the aircraft efficient and unforgiving: heavy on the controls, hard to hold in formation for hours, and prone to structural failure if it took the kind of damage a B-17 shrugged off. Crews said a Fortress would bring you home and a Liberator would get you there.

What it did have was reach. The B-24 flew the long-range patrols that closed the mid-Atlantic gap where U-boats had been safe from aircraft.

Specifications

Pieces: 1,445 · Figures: 2 pilots · Scale: 1:48 · No stickers
Model dimensions: 45 × 68.5 × 13 cm (17.7 × 27.0 × 5.1 in)
Condition: new and sealed, outer box damaged