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AFAIK, and quick check on wiki seems to confirm, a B.VII is a B.VI with new engines, and the B.VI is B.III with some new bits

B.Mk III was actually followed by the "B Mark VI", which featured Hercules 100 radials providing 1,250 kW (1,675 HP) takeoff power, plus engine intake filters and a pressurized fuel system -- the changes being mostly intended to support tropical operations in the Far East. They were otherwise similar to the B.Mk III in airframe configuration and equipment fit. Late production machines had a Boulton-Paul D.Mk II tail turret with twin 12.7 millimeter (0.50 caliber) Browning machine guns and "Village Inn" aiming radar.

The "B Mark VII" was effectively the same as B.Mk VI, except that it reverted to Hercules XVI engines due to a shortfall in Hercules 100 production. A total of 643 B.Mk.VI and 160 B.Mk VII machines was built.

So, depending on base kit you might need to add some intake filters, and some extended round wing tips. In 1/48 the FM kit has these, the old Airfix doesn't, the new Revell does.

This is the sort of question you want to ask on Britmodeller though.

eg - http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234975582-172-handley-page-halifax-bmkiii-new-variant-by-revell-released/

and an 11 page one here

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234973611-172-halifax-bmkiii-from-revell-in-2015/page-10

note

The Mk.VII should have one of the exhausts moved to the other side of the cowling - the starboard outer. There are part-drilled positions for this one each cowling set, so there's no difficulty.

the thread has a lot of info, and some construction points, the link is to page 10

useful build here

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234990192-new-172nd-revell-halifax-mkiii/

You might want a different tail turret for example, depending on what plane you wish to model.

HTH

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