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Price: $169.95
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B-26 Marauder Model Airplane: A True Work of
Art
Unbeatable museum quality best describes our handcrafted model
airplanes just like Marauder. After passing through the hands of
master craftsmen, the parts are sanded and primed many times.
Talented artists then paint on the intricate details with great
accuracy. A final coat of clear lacquer protects the aircraft and
gives it a glossy finish. Our B-26 airplane model exhibits an
unmatched quality and intricate design to obtain the exact look of
the actual Martin B-26 Marauder.
The Marauder model aircraft comes with a handsome mahogany-based
chrome pedestal, and undergoes various stages of quality control
before being placed in its box. The model airplane is perfect
as an addition to a growing collection or as an exquisite gift to a
loved one. Each B-26 Marauder replica will surely mesmerize aviation
enthusiasts and hobbyists for it is truly a work of art that relives
their memory of the actual Marauder.
B-26 Marauder "Flak Bait" History:
In response to an Army Corps issued on January 1939, B-25
Marauder, also know as the Flak Bait, was designed
by Project engineer Peyton M. Marauder under the Glenn L Martin's
company. Due to the consistent war during that time, the Air Corps
underwent prototype test stage and both bombers went from the
drawing board to production. As a result, many pilots who flew the
Martin airplane were in danger.
The B-26 Marauder was the first aircraft in World War II
that used four bladed propellers. It is also the very first aircraft
that embodied the first horizontal tail plane with marked dihedral.
The Flak Bait carried a power operated gun turret. These turrets
were also used later on by the B25, B17 and B24 bombers. The tail
gunner could sit in an upright position. The original armament
included a flexible .30 caliber gun in the tail position but it was
later replaced with .50s, and in March 1943 it was again replaced by
an electric hydraulic Martin Bell turret.
The B-26 Marauder used weapons pods. In addition to this, it was
the first aircraft which incorporated all-plexiglass bombardier's
nose. The designers of Flak Bait used butted seams for the
skin covering as opposed to the conventional seams. Thus, this
enhanced the flow of air over the streamed lined torpedo like
fuselage of the B-26 Marauder. This combat also employs all
electrical bomb mechanism.
As its regular equipment, it has a rubber self sealing fuel tanks
installed in it. To transfer ammunition from the bomb bay storage
back to the tail gun position, the Flak Bait employed the first
flexible tracks. Moreover, the B26 Marauder was the first combat
aircraft that used plastic materials as metal substitutes on grand
scale. Another of its wonders is it's the very first and last bomber
to use torpedoes in war conflicts. This is made possible by the
external rack installed along the kneel that carries a standard 2000
pounds Naval aerial torpedo.
The Flak Bait was the first Allied bomber which
was amazingly used over 200 operational missions in the European
Theater of War. One of the most popular nicknames of the B-26
Marauder is the "Flying Torpedo" as it is also the first
aircraft that had an aerodynamically perfect fuselage. It was used
to test the bicycle type landing gear which was later adopted by the
Air Force on B-47 and B-52 jet bombers.
The B-26 Marauder or Flak Bait is perhaps the most dominant and
famed Marauder of all. In history, it is said to have absorbed over
1000 enemy hits. Undoubtedly, no other aircraft in World War II can
compare to its reputation.
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