HK Models - 1/32 B-25J Mitchell "Glass Nose" over MTO

SKU: HKM01E024

$299.00

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There’s no doubt that the B-25 was a particularly robust and adaptable aircraft, even though the type was initially designated as a medium bomber with a glazed nose and manned rear gun (B-25C). It was capable of high- and low-level bombing, strafing, photoreconnaissance, and submarine patrol. The Mitchell saw service as a gunship in its B-25H incarnation, complete with heavy 75mm cannon armament in the nose, through to a version known as the ‘Strafer’ which packed a fearsome total of 8 guns in the nose, as well as four in forward facing pods which sat on the side walls, just below the cockpit area.

With the subject of this HKM kit release, we see the B-25J version, which revisited its earlier medium bomber incarnation, which featured a glazed nose with defensive armament. Some B-25J aircraft were, however, modified back to the Strafer nose. The ‘J’ variant was the final production series type built, totalling 4,318 units out of a total B-25 production of 9,816. The B-25 served in every theatre of WW2, from the Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, the Mediterranean, and Europe, with the type continuing in service with nations such as Brazil, until around 1970.