Lilliputian liberator
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Lilliputian liberator
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Lilliputian liberator
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CARRYING a heavier bomb load farther
and faster than any other American
bomber of the same size, the Liberator has
been of yeoman's service to our armed
forces. Winging its way across flak-filled
skies, it has carried out countless missions
against the enemy. It is powered with four
14-cylinder 1,200-hp. Pratt and Whitney en-
gines and has a Davis wing with a span of
some 110’. These combine to give a top speed
exceeding 300 m.p.h. A bomb load of well
over four tons can be carried on flights to
distant targets. Designed especially for
long-range bombing, the B-24 has a service
ceiling of 35,000’ and a range reaching be-
yond 3,000 miles.
The model can be made of white pine,
balsa, or any other soft wood. Follow the
procedure described in previous articles in
this series. Fashion the engine nacelles and
the gun turrets separately, not as integral
parts of the wing and fuselage. Use model-
airplane cement to hold the component parts
together and plastic composition wood at
the joints to form fairing fillets.
The gleaming-smooth finish that you have
admired in professionally built models is not
difficult to reproduce. You will need some
400 wet-or-dry sandpaper, some white sur-
facing putty, a bottle of clear lacquer or
dope, some pyroxylin primer surfacer, and a
bottle of aluminum lacquer or dope. The
sandpaper, dipped in gasoline or water, is
used after each step in the finishing process.
Fill all small holes and cracks with white
surfacing putty; then apply two coats of the
clear lacquer or dope. Next, put on coat
after coat of the primer surfacer, sanding
between coats, until you have a hard, slick
surface. Finish with several layers of the
aluminum lacquer or dope, again sanding
between coats. Thin lacquer before using.
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Contributor (Dublin Core)
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Johnnie Casburn (article writer)
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Language (Dublin Core)
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eng
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Date Issued (Dublin Core)
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1945-06
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pages (Bibliographic Ontology)
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167-168
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Rights (Dublin Core)
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Public domain
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Archived by (Dublin Core)
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Sami Akbiyik
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Marco Bortolami (editor)
Popular Science Monthly, v. 146, n. 6, 1945
