{"product_id":"icm-1-48th-scale-b-26b-marauder-wwii-american-bomber","title":"ICM 1\/48th scale B-26B Marauder, WWII American Bomber","description":"\u003ch2\u003eDescription\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv id=\"description_i8g8c3zru\" class=\"fr-view\"\u003eAmerican twin-engine medium bomber B-26, manufactured by the Glenn L. Martin Company, was designed and created in 1939 under the requirements of the US Army Air Corps for a new high-speed medium bomber. Initially, the project was called Model 179. The construction of production aircraft was started without the usual stage of a prototype or pre-series samples.\u003cbr id=\"isPasted\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe first B-26 flew on November 25, 1940, and it was adopted by US aviation in February 1941. Structurally, the B-26 Marauder was a high-wing with a spacious fuselage and a crew of five (in later versions up to seven) people. During operation, the design of the bomber was constantly changed to improve flight and combat characteristics. Since 1943, the wing area and keel were increased, with these changes, the aircraft was produced until the end of production.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe last modification of the B-26B Marauder (B-26B-55-MA) was produced until February 1944; these aircraft took an active part in US bomber operations in Europe at the final stage of World War II. B-26B Marauder aircraft are known as one of the most famous US bombers during the Second World War.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong id=\"isPasted\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKey Features\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eICM's first model of the late modification of the legendary B-26 Marauder bomber\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe model was created in compliance with the geometry and proportions of the real aircraft\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDuring the development process, a significant number of drawings, diagrams, technical drawings and photographs of the real aircraft were studied\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe internal fuselage extension is accurate reproduced\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe model has detailed enginges, pilots and air gunners, firing points with machine guns, and the Marin 250 CE upper machine gun turret\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBomb bay equipment has been reproduced in detail with 500 lb bombs included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDecals with markings for the European theatre of operations\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarkings Available\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-26B-55MA 42-96077 \"Ladies Delight\", 584th Bomb Squadron, 394th Bomb Group, Summer 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-26B-55MA 42-96214 \"Coral Princess III\", 494th Bomb Squadron, 344th Bomb Group, 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eB-26B-55MA 42-96165 \"The Big Hairy Bird\", 599th Bomb Squadron, 397th Bomb Group, July 1944\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"ICM","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56775912096126,"sku":"MMMS-THC-ICM48320","price":68.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/4603\/7306\/files\/ICM48320_02.jpg?v=1767623815","url":"https:\/\/www.mannsmodelmoments.com\/products\/icm-1-48th-scale-b-26b-marauder-wwii-american-bomber","provider":"Mann's Model Moments","version":"1.0","type":"link"}