{"product_id":"b-24d-liberator-1","title":"B-24D Liberator","description":"\u003cp\u003eRevell 1\/48\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cb\u003eConsolidated B-24 Liberator\u003c\/b\u003e is an American \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heavy_bomber\" title=\"Heavy bomber\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eheavy bomber\u003c\/a\u003e, designed by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consolidated_Aircraft\" title=\"Consolidated Aircraft\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eConsolidated Aircraft\u003c\/a\u003e of \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Diego,_California\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"San Diego, California\" style=\"background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);\"\u003eSan Diego, California\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e It was known within the company as the Model 32, and some initial \u003cbr\u003eproduction aircraft were laid down as export models designated as \u003cbr\u003evarious LB-30s, in the Land Bomber design category.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt its inception, the B-24 was a modern design featuring a highly efficient shoulder-mounted, high aspect ratio \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Davis_wing\" title=\"Davis wing\"\u003eDavis wing\u003c\/a\u003e. The wing gave the Liberator a high cruise speed, long \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Range_(aeronautics)\" title=\"Range (aeronautics)\"\u003erange\u003c\/a\u003e and the ability to carry a heavy \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aerial_bomb\" title=\"Aerial bomb\"\u003ebomb\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e load. In comparison with its contemporaries, the B-24 was relatively \u003cbr\u003edifficult to fly and had poor low-speed performance; it also had a lower\u003cbr\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ceiling_(aeronautics)\" title=\"Ceiling (aeronautics)\"\u003eceiling\u003c\/a\u003e and was less robust than the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Boeing_B-17_Flying_Fortress\" title=\"Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress\"\u003eBoeing B-17 Flying Fortress\u003c\/a\u003e. While \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aircrew#Military\" title=\"Aircrew\"\u003eaircrews\u003c\/a\u003e tended to prefer the B-17, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/General_Staff\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"General Staff\"\u003eGeneral Staff\u003c\/a\u003e favored the B-24 and procured it in huge numbers for a wide variety of roles. At approximately 18,500 units – including 8,685 manufactured by \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ford_Motor_Company\" title=\"Ford Motor Company\"\u003eFord Motor Company\u003c\/a\u003e – it holds records as the world's \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_most-produced_aircraft\" title=\"List of most-produced aircraft\"\u003emost produced\u003c\/a\u003e bomber, heavy bomber, multi-engine aircraft, and American military aircraft in history. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003e\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdl\u003e\n\u003cdt\u003eB-24D\u003c\/dt\u003e\n\u003cdd\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: normal;\"\u003eFirst to see large scale production; ordered from 1940 to 1942, as a\u003cbr\u003e B-24C with more powerful R-1830-43 supercharged engines. The D model \u003cbr\u003ewas initially equipped with a remotely operated and periscopically \u003cbr\u003esighted \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Bendix_Corporation\" title=\"Bendix Corporation\"\u003eBendix\u003c\/a\u003e belly turret, as the first examples of the B-17E Flying Fortress and some early models of the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/North_American_B-25_Mitchell\" title=\"North American B-25 Mitchell\"\u003eB-25 Mitchell\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e medium bomber had used, but this was unsatisfactory and was \u003cbr\u003ediscontinued after the 287th aircraft. Later aircraft reverted to the \u003cbr\u003eearlier manually operated \"tunnel\" mounting with a single .50 in \u003cbr\u003e(12.7 mm) machine gun. The tunnel gun was eventually replaced by the \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sperry_Gyroscope_Company\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Sperry Gyroscope Company\"\u003eSperry\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ball turret, which had also been adopted by the later B-17E Fortresses,\u003cbr\u003e but made retractable for the Liberator as the fuselage was very close \u003cbr\u003eto the ground. Late B-24Ds had \"cheek\" guns mounted on either side of \u003cbr\u003ethe nose, just behind the \"greenhouse\". (Total: 2,696: 2,381 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Consolidated_Aircraft_Corporation\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Consolidated Aircraft Corporation\"\u003eConsolidated\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Diego\" title=\"San Diego\"\u003eSan Diego\u003c\/a\u003e; 305 Consolidated, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fort_Worth\" class=\"mw-redirect\" title=\"Fort Worth\"\u003eFort Worth\u003c\/a\u003e; 10 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Douglas_Aircraft_Company\" title=\"Douglas Aircraft Company\"\u003eDouglas\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tulsa,_Oklahoma\" title=\"Tulsa, Oklahoma\"\u003eTulsa, Oklahoma\u003c\/a\u003e).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/dd\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\n\u003c\/dl\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/5178BRBx8lL._AC_UF894,1000_QL80_.jpg\" jsaction=\"\" class=\"sFlh5c FyHeAf iPVvYb\" style=\"max-width: 894px; height: 318px; margin: 0.5px 0px; width: 558px;\" alt=\"Revell B-24D Liberator : Amazon.sg: Toys\" jsname=\"kn3ccd\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Revell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57795504275840,"sku":"85-5625","price":89.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/Revell85-5625.jpg?v=1775218951","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/b-24d-liberator-1","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}