Eduard 1/48 The Bloody Hundredth 1943 Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress - 11183

PRE ORDER RELEASE DATE - August 2024

EDUARD 11183 1/48 The Bloody Hundredth 1943, Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress

This is an official licenced product by the 100 Bomb Group Foundation.

The model will feature all the main characters portrayed in the recent Masters of the Air TV Series, but the actual historical personnel of the 100 Bomb Group

Kit Contents:

- B-17F 1/48 kit from HK Models
- Additional sprue of transparent parts for two additional nose types of later B-17F versions than those included in the original HKM kit
- 7 versions of the color scheme of three squadrons of the 100th Bomb Group, 8th USAAF.
- Photo-etched parts, masks, and resin parts from Eduard production.
- Reproduction of a painting by painter/artist Piotr Forkasiewicz.

This kit is being prepared in cooperation with the 100th Bomb Group Foundation.

To be released in August 2024. It will be a very specific limited edition In collaboration with Hong Kong Models and the 100th Bomb Group Foundation,

A 1/48th scale B-17F bomber kit focusing on the legendary unit nicknamed “The Bloody Hundredth.” To achieve this, Eduard are working with HKM to develop a new injection mold that will enable them to create nose variants not previously available in the kit. This enhancement will allow them to include these markings of the legendary machines that served with the unit in 1943:

Rosie’s Riveters, B-17F-120-BO, 42-30758, LD-W
Piccadilly Lily, B-17F-30-VE, 42-5864, EP-A
Hard Luck!, B-17F-55-DL, 42-3413, LN-V
Sunny II, B-17F-120-BO, 42-30796, EP-K / EP-J
Alice from Dallas, B-17F-30-VE, 42-5867, LN-O
Skipper, B-17F-45-DL, 42-3307, EP-N
Horny, B-17F-40-VE, 42-5957, XR-D

The kit will come complete with masks, photo-etched parts, and brassin parts, as well as a poster by artist Piotr Forkasiewicz.