AIRA04061 - Airfix - 1/72 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV - WWHP113319

AIRA04061 - Airfix - 1/72 Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV - WWHP113319

Preowned, Original seal, Mint

Ordered straight from the drawing board in 1935, the Bristol Type 142 that became the Blenheim was genuinely advanced for its day, a fast all-metal monoplane bomber that could outrun contemporary fighters. By 1939 fighter development had overtaken it, and Blenheim crews paid a heavy price flying daylight raids into defended airspace. The Mk.IV added the distinctive scalloped long nose, uprated Mercury engines, and extra fuel. It served on every major front, as a light bomber and a fighter, before being phased out in 1943 in favour of less vulnerable types. This Airfix 1/72 kit is based on the 2014 new tooling with Mk.IV parts, and covers a Free French aircraft in North Africa and an RAF Leuchars machine.

Box contents:

• 158 parts moulded in styrene
• Clear parts for the long nose glazing, cockpit, and dorsal turret
• Detailed cockpit, bomb aimer position, and turret interior
• Two Mercury engines with cowlings and propellers
• Bomb load and bomb bay detail
• Landing gear, wheels, and gear doors
• Waterslide decal sheet for two options: Blenheim Mk.IV Z7633, Groupe de Bombardement 1/20 Lorraine, Armée de l'Air, North Africa 1941, and Blenheim Mk.IV R3816 OM-J, No. 107 Squadron RAF, Leuchars, Scotland, March 1941
• Illustrated multilingual assembly and painting instructions
• Finished model measures 185 mm long with a 238 mm span