Hallmark has built a reputation for doing big things in a small way and their B-17D is no exception. At this scale I'm not going to even try to check dimensions - the miniature's only 15mm long by 25mm in span - but it does capture the look of a B-17D with a ventral gondola and upright tail without dorsal fillet. The model's very cleanly cast with just about no flash. It's just big enough to paint nicely (I'd hesitate to try a pursuit plane in this scale) and will likely serve well in somebody's WW II naval game. Priced at two for $3.00, they're not altogether inexpensive, but if you need B-17s, this is where to get them. They're available from Hallmark Figures at 30 Haigh Wood Road, Cookridge, Leeds, UK, LS16 6PB. More Reviews Guernsey Foundry 25mm Pony Wars US Cavalry (figures) Guernsey Foundry 25mm 7YW Russians (figures) Two Dragons Productions 15mm Colonials (figures) Jacobite 15mm Feudal Sung Chinese (figures) Tumbling Dice 1/72 Wars of the Roses (figures) Merrimac Miniatures 15mm Paddle Steamer SHQ 20mm British Vickers MMG and Bren LMG Teams (figures) Military Miniatures 15mm WWII Marder I (vehicle) Hallmark Figures 1/1200 WWII B-17D (aircraft) FAA 20mm 1939 Polish Command (figures) FAA 20mm 1939 German Dismounted Tankers (figures) Outpost Wargame 20mm British Korean War Comand (figures) Quad Scale Productions 15mm WWII JU-87D1 Stuka (aircraft) Peter Pig 15mm WWII Gaz 4x4 Heavy Truck (vehicle) Pass of the North 15mm Ancients (figures) Old North State 10mm ACW (figures) Crossfire WWII Rules: WWII Infantry Simtac Red Star/Blue Sky Rules: WWII Air Combat Easy Eight Battleground WWII Rules: Skirmish Red Devils in the Night: Battleground WWII Supplement Rules Killer Katana Rules: Samurai Army Warfare Ge Koku Jo Rules: Samurai Skirmish Castles, Cogs, and Chevauchees Rules: Medieval Supplement Legion Rules: Ancient Warfare Back to Table of Contents -- Courier #74 To Courier List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1998 by The Courier Publishing Company. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com