News — 15 September 2020

New Releases of September 2020:

Scale 1:72
#737
Type B WWI Bus «Pigeon Loft»

Type B WW1 Bus "Pigeon Loft" – a British bus from the First World War, specially modified to transport communication birds (primarily pigeons) in order to deliver important messages from military units in combat areas directly to command headquarters.
A small number of Type B buses, all of which were requisitioned from the streets of London for military service on the Western Front, performed a little-known but very important service from 1914 to 1918, which, given the imperfections of the new means of communication at the time, such as the telegraph, helped save the lives of many soldiers of the Entente. Each of the buses could transport from 60 to 75 birds at the same time in specially installed cages on both floors of the vehicle. The birds were released into flight through specially fabricated cutouts on the second floor of the bus. Such an exotic means of transmitting information was used almost until the final days of the war, and Type B buses played a very important role in this rather interesting episode of the conflict.

Scale 1:144
#347
Convair B-36 Peacemaker

The Convair B-36 Peacemaker did not take part in any of the military conflicts of its time and never dropped its bomb load in actual conflict conditions, but its service was incredibly important in the early years of the Cold War, since it had the lead role in preserving the balance of forces during great changes in the world's geopolitical situation. In subsequent years, all B-36Bs were modified to the B-36D standard, and their operational use continued until the late 1950s, and only with the advent of another well-known bomber, the B-52, were they allowed to depart to a well-deserved retirement.