RAF WWII Modelling References List - B
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Beech
Expeditor (C-45)
- Suggested 1/72 kit - PM, Hobbycraft
Traveller (Model 17)
- Scale Models May 1978 p222
- Suggested 1/72 kit - AZ Beech Traveller Mk.I
Bell
Airacobra (P-39)
- Air International Vol.1 no3 p134
- Air International Vol.22 no1 & no2
- Aircraft Profile No.165
- Suggested 1/72 kit - RS Models P-39D
Blackburn
Botha
- Forgotten Bombers of the RAF - Author: K.Wixey, Publisher: Arms & Armour 1997.
- Air International Vol.9 no3 p124
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Contrail (vacform - out of production), PH (resin)
Roc
Shark
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- Recommended 1/72 kit - Frog/Novo
Boeing
247
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- Recommended 1/72 kit - Williams Bros.
Fortress (B-17)
- Boeing B-17 Fortress in RAF Coastal Command Service - Author: Robert M. Stitt; Publisher: MMP
- Air International Vol.7 p279
- The Boeing Fortress Mk.I (SQUADRONS! No4) – Author: Phil H. Listemann; Publisher: Philedition
- The Boeing Fortress Mk.II & Mk.III (SQUADRONS! No21) – Author: Phil H. Listemann; Publisher: Philedition
- Air International Vol.40 no5 p274 & no6 p328
- Aircraft Profile No.77 (B-17E&F) No.205 (B-17G)
- Scale Models March, April, May 1980 and Aug 1981 (100 Group)
- Aircraft of 100 Group - Author: Martin Streetly, Publisher: Hale (book of Scale Models articles)
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Fortress I) - Academy B-17C
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Fortress II) - Academy RAF Fortress II (also Academy, Hasegawa B-17E/F)
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Fortress III) - Airfix (new tool) Fortress Mk.III
Boulton Paul
Defiant
- The Defiant File - Author: Alec Brew; Publisher: Air Britain
- The Boulton Paul Defiant: Day and Night fighter (SQUADRONS! No19) – Author: Phil H. Listemann; Publisher: Philedition
- Defiant, Blenheim and Havoc Aces - Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 105
- Air International Vol.41 no1 p33 & no2 p87
- IPMS(UK) Magazine 1/90
- Aircraft Profile No.117
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Mk.I) - Airfix (new tool)
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Mk.II) - MPM or Pavla Mk.II
- Suggested 1/72 kit (TT.III) - MPM
Overstrand
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Esoteric or Contrail (both vacform - out of production)
Brewster
Buffalo
- The Brewster Buffalo (SQUADRONS! No33) – Author: Phil H. Listemann; Publisher: Philedition Air Enthusiast Quarterly no1
- Aircraft Profile No.217
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Matchbox (or Hasegawa if they have an equivalent to the B-339E)
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Hasegawa (F2A-2 for ex-Belgian order used briefly by 71 Sqdn.)
Bristol
Beaufighter
- Bristol Beaufighter The Full Story - Author: John F Hamlin; Publisher: Air Britain
- Beaufighter Mk VIc, Mk X and Mk XI in NW Europe - Wingleader Photo Archive 14 - Author: Neil Robinson and Terry Higgins; Publisher: Wingleader
- Beaufighter Mk I, Mk II, Mk VIf - Wingleader Photo Archive 10 - Author: Neil Robinson; Publisher: Wingleader
- Beaufighter Squadrons in Focus - Auther Simon Parry, Publisher: Red Kite 2002
- Beaufighter Aces of WWII - Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 65
- Aircraft Profile No.137 (Mk. I & II)
- Beaufighter in Action - Squadron Signal
- Beaufighter At War - Author: Chaz Bowyer, Publisher: Ian Allan 1976
- Warpaint No.1 - Hall Park
- Modeller's Datafile 6 - The Bristol Beaufighter - Publisher: SAM Publications
- Bristol Beaufighter - Author:
Jerry Scutts, Publisher: Crowood
- Bristol Beaufighter - Author: Victor Bingham, Publisher: Airlife 1994
- Beaufighter - Author:
Chaz Bowyer, Publisher: William Kimber
- Air International Vol.5 no4 p174
- Air International Vol.6 p25, p124, p130, p147.
- Airfix Model World Magazine May 2015
- Airfix Model World Magazine
July 2016
- Model Aircraft Monthly February 2008 - Dallachy Beaus
- Scale Models May & Jul 1974
- Scale Models Nov.1979
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol.38 no8 October 2017
(Colour Conundrum)
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol.34 no5 July 2012 p40
(404 Squadron service and Hasegawa kit upgrade)
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol.11 p486 (Aircraft in Detail)
- Scale Aircraft Modelling Vol.13 p244 (RAF Nightfighters in Detail)
- Scale Aviation Modeller Vol.3 p560 (cockpit drawings)
- Scale Aviation Modeller Vol.3 p563 (feature with plans, colour drawings)
- Scale Aviation Modeller Vol.3 p631 (detail interior and exterior photos)
- Scale Aviation Modeller Vol.3 p639 (Tamiya kit build)
- Scale Aviation Modeller Vol.4 p520 (Hasegawa kit build)
- IPMS(UK) Magazine 2/94
- IPMS(UK) RAF WWII SIG Newsletter 2/98
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Hercules engined) - Airfix (new tool), Hasegawa
(re-issued by Hobby 2000)
- Suggested 1/72 kit (Mk.II) - Airfix with Czechmaster conversion
- Suggested 1/48 kit - Tamiya
Beaufort
- Air International Vol9.no3 p124
- Air International Vol15.no5 p225
- Air International Vol6.no3 p155
- IPMS(UK) RAF WWII SIG Newsletter 2/93
- Beaufort Special - Author: , Publisher: Ian Allan
- Forgotten Bombers of the RAF - Author: K.Wixey, Publisher: Arms & Armour 1997.
- RAF Yearbook 1981 p.70 (cutaway)
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Airfix, Special Hobby
Blenheim
- The Bristol Blenheim - Author: Graham Warner; Publisher: Crecy
- Air Enthusiast no28
- Forgotten Bombers of the RAF - Author: K.Wixey, Publisher: Arms & Armour 1997.
- Blenheim - Author: C.Bowyer, Publisher: Ian Allan
- Blenheim in Action - Squadron Signal
- Bristol Blenheim (Warpaint 26) - Author: Andrew Thomas; Publisher:
Guideline
- Blenheim Squadrons - Osprey
Combat Aircraft 5
- Aircraft Profile No.93 (Mk.I) & 218 (Mk.IV)
- Scale Models March 1980
- Scale Models March 1987
- IPMS(UK) RAF WWII SIG Newsletter 2/96
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Airfix (Mk.I and Mk.IV), MPM (Mk.V)
Bombay
- Air Enthusiast no18
- Forgotten Bombers of the RAF - Author: K.Wixey, Publisher: Arms & Armour 1997.
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Valom
Buckingham
- Bristol Brigand Including Bristol Buckingham and Bristol Buckmaster (Warpaint No.68) - Author: Tony Buttler; Publisher: Hall Park
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Valom
Buckmaster
- Bristol Brigand Including Bristol Buckingham and Bristol Buckmaster (Warpaint No.68) - Author: Tony Buttler; Publisher: Hall Park
- Suggested 1/72 kit - Valom
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