Kagero Publishing, from Poland, in TopDrawings No. 123, exhibits the largest, fastest and last British battleship, HMS Vanguard, in all its glory as the world’s largest yacht for royalty. Also, the last battleship ever launched. The TopDrawings series is designed for modelers to have a reference for detailed appearances of individual ships and aircraft. TopDrawings consist of color covers with black & white (B&W) line drawings of the ship, particular features, and equipment, especially armament (including aircraft). But the main attraction is the separate, large foldout of B&W scale drawings – 1/400 in this book, to match existing model kits.

Contents

• Chapter 1 - B-47 Evolution - 005
• Chapter 2 – B-47 Development and Projects - 007
• Chapter 3 – B-52 Evolution - 045
• Chapter 4 – B-52 Development - 100
• Chapter 5 – B-52 Projects - 165
• Chapter 6 – B-52 with Nuclear Propulsion - 188
• Chapter 7 – B-52 Miscellaneous Designs - 212
• Chapter 8 – B-52 as a Carrie - 225
• Chapter 9 – B-52 Re-Engining Studies - 236
• Chapter 10 – B-47 and B-52 Derived Transports - 314
• General data tables - 323
• References - 376
• Index - 382

Publishers Overview

“The famous B-52 Stratofortress has been in service with the USAF for more than 65 years and its iconic shape is known and recognized all over the world. Yet the B-52 and its predecessor, the B-47 Stratojet, started out looking very different indeed.

The AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser system is a defensive system fitted to many current military aircraft. It is used to dispense flares or chaff or both to counter the tracking systems of incoming missiles and has been in use since the mid-to-early 2000’s by the United States and many other countries.

This set from Brengun provides the chaff/flare dispenser portion of the AN/ALE-47 system in two different versions. One version has round dispenser holes, while the other version has more oval holes. There are three identical castings, each with 10 dispensers on it. There are seven dispensers with round holes and three with oval holes on each casting. The various dispensers depict different load outs from completely empty to completely full.