Bristol Beaufighter TF.10 (Late)
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and is no longer available.List price: $29.98You pay: $23.49(All prices in U.S. Dollars)Manufacturer: Airfix ModelsStock Number: AIR 5043Scale: 1/72View all products of type "Beaufighter" This model kit requires assembly. Cement, paint and other construction materials not included unless specifically stated in the description.
Originally entering RAF service as a heavy fighter/night fighter in August 1940, the Bristol Beaufighter proved to be an extremely versatile aircraft. Perhaps best known as a Coastal Command strike aircraft, Beaufighters were capable of launching savage attacks against all manner of Axis shipping targets.
Although still a Mk. X version of the Bristol Beaufighter, the later production aircraft of this series included a number of improvements and alterations which gave the aircraft a very different appearance. The most distinctive of these was the addition of a large dorsal fin fillet, which greatly increased the directional stability of the aircraft. There was also a 'thimble' nose A.1 Mk.VIII radar, which gave the aircraft much enhanced target acquisition capabilities.
Other improvements associated with the later Mk.X version of the Beaufighter included new rocket rails, which carried the projectiles in two banks of two, one rocket above the other and increased the accuracy of rocket attacks. There was also an additional 200-gallon drop tank, a new tail wheel suspension system and large spinners on the propeller hubs. A re-positioning of the gun camera to a new position high on the fuselage, just behind the cockpit canopy was the final improvement which visually altered the appearance of the late mark Beaufighter X strike aircraft.
Markings for:
- Mk.X Late, RD805, 45 Squadron Negombo, Ceylon 1948
- TF.X (Torp, Late), RD432/P6-L1, 489 (RNZAF) Squadron, Dallachy, 1945