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Dragon 1:144 Warbirds 51012 B-29 Superfortress Diecast Model USAAF 509th Composite Group, "Bocks Car", USAF Museum, Dayton, OH 1:144 Scale     Length     Width Boeing B-29 Superfortress     8.25"     11.75" PLEASE NOTE: This item has a planned release date of September 2008 and is only available for PRE-ORDER at this time. Orders are not shipped until complete. If you wish to receive in-stock items prior to pre-ordered items, you must place separate orders. Release dates are subject to change. Consider them to be estimates as manufacturers frequently revise them. Credit Cards are not billed until time of shipment. Check or PayPal payment (not recommended) is required at time of order. The National Museum of the United States Air Force, the largest military aviation museum in the world, is located near Dayton, Ohio. One of its larger exhibits is a B-29 Superfortress 99 feet long and with a wingspan of 141 feet. However, this bomber is not just any ordinary B-29, for it is the very aircraft that dropped the “Fat Man” atomic bomb over Nagasaki on 9 August 1945, the second such attack on Japan. The aircraft bears the name “Bocks Car”, a pun on the commander’s name, Captain Frederick Bock, and “boxcar”. This B-29 was one of 15 specially modified “Silverplate” bombers assigned to the 509th Composite Group. Armor and some MG turrets were removed to allow heavy atomic bombs to be carried over longer distances. Dragon Warbirds has released an impressive 1/144 scale model of “Bocks Car”. The aircraft is cleanly molded and great care has been lavished on the painting and markings to get them precise. However, it’s the model aircraft’s dioramic scene that really makes it stand out from the crowd. The model is presented on a base and backdrop representing the National Museum of the USAF! Even the authentically scaled museum railings are reproduced by a sophisticated new tooling. The scaled-down information board in front of the aircraft is also set up exactly like that in the museum. This is a novel and visually stimulating item, an ideal way to present this historically significant B-29 aircraft. Now you don’t have to travel all the way to Dayton to see “Bocks Car”, for this museum exhibit can be set up right in your own home! Dragon 1:144 Warbirds The Dragon Models "Dragon Wings 1:144 Warbirds Series" presents highly-detailed, ready-made diecast models of military aircaft. Dragon Models "Dragon Wings 1:144 Warbirds Series" diecast airplanes feature: Diecast metal construction with some plastic components. Realistic panel lines, antennas, access panels and surface details. Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals. Optional extended/retracted landing gear. Presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight". Authentic detachable ordnance loads complete with placards. Accurately detailed underside with concealed screwheads. [See more Dragon 1:144 Warbirds products] Boeing B-29 Superfortress Designed to meet a USAAC requirement for a very heavy, very long range bomber, the B29 was first flown on September 21st, 1942. After entering service in the summer of 1944, the B29 was widely used in the Pacific theatre of WWII. Undoubtedly the most famous of all B29s is the "Enola Gay" that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan.[See more Boeing B-29 Superfortress products]