Description

Detail and Scale originally released B-24 Liberator in Detail and Scale in 2000. In the twenty-three years that have passed, many more colour photographs have become available that better illustrate what is one of the most iconic and important aircraft in aviation history. Printing processes have been improved, permitting colour to be included anywhere throughout the publication at a reasonable price, and digital technology has made new electronic formats possible with their significant advantages. This updated and expanded volume includes numerous new photographs and additional information covering the B-24 and PB4Y-1 Liberators and their closely-related cousin, the PB4Y-2 Privateer.
Following the Introduction, the Liberator History chapter summarizes the development and employment of the aircraft, beginning with the XB-24 prototype and continuing through the postwar use of the Liberator and Privateer. The Liberator Variants chapter follows, and it takes a look at each variant and explains and illustrates the important changes made from one variant to the next, between production blocks, and also the differences within a variant depending on which plant produced the aircraft. Next comes the Liberator Details chapter with thirty-two pages containing 130 detail photographs and illustrations. The PB4Y-2 Privateer is treated separately in the following chapter that includes more than forty additional detail photographs.
The book concludes with our usual Modelers Section that has been significantly expanded and updated to include new kit releases that have become available since our first book on the B-24. These include the 1/72nd scale kits from Hasegawa and the huge 1/32nd scale kits by HobbyBoss.
B-24 Liberator in Detail and Scale has 290 photographs, over 160 of which are in colour, 12 drawings, and 6 colour profiles.