Halifax

[philbes]

Does anyone know of a 1:144 scale model of a Halifax MkII bomber. I want to present one to my father-in-law who flew a Halifax in late 1943. The 1:72 kits from Revell and Frog are really too large. I found a couple of die-cast 1:144 models but they cost over £100 and I was hoping to keep the cost under £50 for the model or kit.

[Eric Mc]

I'm not aware of any 1/144 scale Halifax models.

Frog never made a Halifax kit. The only models I know of in 1/72 scale are:

Matchbox/Revell

This is the same model. It was originally moulded by Matchbox and released in the mid 1970s. More recently, the same model has been released by Revell. It features Merlin powered variants of the Halifax with both the early tailfin shape and also the later enlarged rectangular fins. It is rather basic by modern standards but can be made into a nice representation of the Merlin engined Halifaxes.

Airfix

This is a much older model, dating back to the early 1960s. It is cruder than the Matchbox/Revell kit but does feature the later Bristol Hercules powered versions.

FM

FM is a French company who have produced a monstrous 1/48 scale Halifax. It is of the later Hercules engined variants but obviously much too large for your needs.

[jimmyjimjim]

Did a bit of googling as I could have sworn I'd seen/heard of one once...

Turns out I had; Atlas did a 1/144 Halifax (no idea if it's a II or III, though).

Ebay is your best bet, but nothing there currently; search for Atlas 144 and you get 5 hits, none for halibags, unfrotunately.

However, if you can stetch the budget requirement a bit and wait 3 months:

http://www.corgi.co.uk/CorgiSite/pages/product/pro...

[philbes]

Thanks for your replies.

I meant Airfix not Frog (must be my age - senior moment!).

The Corgi model looks interesting and should be released before Xmas when I intend to give the model to my father-in-law. Although the web-site states that the model is a MKII it has both the front and mid-upper turrets, a configuration that I thought was only present on the MKI? It also seems to have 3 (or 4) guns in the upper mid-turret? Surely this turret had only twin-guns?

I will search for the Atlas model.

[Yertis]

philbes said:

Thanks for your replies.

I meant Airfix not Frog (must be my age - senior moment!).

The Corgi model looks interesting and should be released before Xmas when I intend to give the model to my father-in-law. Although the web-site states that the model is a MKII it has both the front and mid-upper turrets, a configuration that I thought was only present on the MKI? It also seems to have 3 (or 4) guns in the upper mid-turret? Surely this turret had only twin-guns?

I will search for the Atlas model.

I think some Mark IIs had a four gun mid-upper. In fact I think tI recall that the AIrfix kit depicts this (I'm stretching my mind back to 1975 there though)

One Google later: