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13.50" |
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10.75" |
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Price: $149.95
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Warplanes brings and introduces you a finely handcrafted B-52D
Stratofortress Vietnam airplane model made of the finest grade
materials which underwent stages of meticulous and careful sanding,
carving and modeling to its original form. Our highly skilled master
craftsmen painstakingly and passionately worked on the B-52D
Stratofortress Vietnam scale model airplane's details, ensuring
exactness and precision based on the original airplane. The B-52D
Stratofortress Vietnam model airplane's paint scheme and markings
are extremely accurate and precise, depicting the true original
B-52D Stratofortress Vietnam model airplane. Like all other airplane
models, the B-52D Stratofortress Vietnam replica comes complete with
fuselage, wings and glass cockpit and other intricate parts. It also
comes with a sturdy, durable base with a chrome steel support
mounting rod or you can have our variable pitch wall mount
accessory, allowing your B-52D Stratofortress Vietnam scale model
aircraft to be displayed either hanging on the wall or the ceiling
for an added effect. This top-quality B-52D Stratofortress Vietnam
model plane will surely mesmerize anyone who receives this elegant
desktop display as a gift.
B-52D Stratofortress
Vietnam History:The first large-scale production version
of the Stratofortress was the B-52D (Model 464-201-7), of which 170
were built between June 1956 and November 1957. The B-52D was
externally indistinguishable from the B-52C which preceded it. The
only significant internal difference was the adoption of the MD-9
fire control system as fitted to the final B-52C. The powerplants
were the J57-P-19W or -29W. In contrast to the B-52C, which was
readily convertible to the reconnaissance configuration, the B-52D
was built exclusively for the long-range bombing role.
The B-52D was the first Stratofortress to be built at two
different locations. 69 examples were built at Boeing's Wichita,
Kansas facility, with the remainders being built in the main Boeing
plant in Seattle. The Wichita plant had originally been owned by the
Stearman Aircraft Company but had been acquired by Boeing in 1934
and became a Boeing division in 1939. It had been used during World
War 2 as an inland site for B-29 manufacture. The decision to shift
B-52 production from Seattle to Wichita was a result of several
factors. The commercial business at Seattle was picking up and
Boeing needed more plant space to handle the orders. It so happened
that there was a large, well-qualified work force already at hand in
Wichita which was working on the B-47, the production of which was
winding down.
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