What's that material around the bomb? Rest of the shipping container? (Fragile! Do NOT drop! )
"The weathering on almost all of the above is SO overdone. Totally UNREALISTIC. REAL paint didn't fade that much. REAL paints didn't chip that way. Panel lines are NEVER visible. Ordnance didn't have TIME to weather. Exhaust plumes are NEVER this dark. POL spills are NEVER that big. I wish modellers wouldn't exaggerate so much. Just because some people want to push their OVERPRICED paints and potions. It's just a fad these days. Anyway, no self-respecting crew chief would EVER...."Yada yada yada.
<...> I interpret the weapons to be cluster munitions dispensers. Most likely an incendiary bomb cluster from the looks of it. <...>
I believe it is a Cluster Projectile 500lb No.17 Mk II - see below: <...> Contained 26 x 20-lb anti-personnel bombs - see here
Here's one that I saw yesterday in a Bovington Tank Museum video. Somebody really screwed up the stars when they put the decals on this one. <...>
Don't think I've ever heard of these before.