1/72 B-29A Superfortress

This is a plastic 1/72 B-29A Superfortress Airplane from Academy Plastics. It's for experienced modelers.

The B-29A was the largest allied bomber to serve in WWII and flew mostly on missions in the Pacific due to its long range and large payload. The B-29's also featured remotely operated gun turrets for defense.

Detailed 1/72 scale for static display only.
Markings included for one aircraft: the "Enola Gay".
Appx. 170 parts in light grey and clear with delicate recessed panel lines.
Correct cuffed propellers with detailed engines and cowlings.
Cockpit detail: floor, instrument panels, pilots seats and controls, full rear cockpit with navigator and radio operators positions.
Detailed bomb bay with bomb racks, positionable bomb doors, crew access tube and "Little Boy" atomic bomb with special launching
cradle.
Service History: USAAF; 1944 through the mid 1950's.
Description: Heavily armed, 4-engine daylight heavy bomber.

One 1/72 B-29A Superfortress Airplane

Manufacturer:	Academy Plastics
Product #:	acy2154
Your Price:	$31.79
List Price:	$44.00
Availability:	In Stock

Scale: 1/72
Wingspan: 23-1/2" (58.4cm)
Length: 16" (40.6cm)

Single sheet of decals which contains national insignia, instrument
panel, aircraft ID number and code letters, and nose art for B-29A
Serial Number 44-86292 "Enola Gay" commanded by Col. Paul W.
Tibbets Jr. which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima on
Aug 6, 1945.
Aircraft was overall natural aluminum with black code letters.
Additional Paints Required
Flat: Black, Interior Green, Tan, Metallic Grey, Yellow, Burnt
Metal, Grey, Aluminum, Red, Blue, Orange, Light Grey.
Gloss Colors: Silver, White, Gun Metal.

Assembly
Hobby Knife
Paint: (see MARKING OPTIONS)
Brushes
Sandpaper
Liquid Plastic Cement
White Glue
CA or Tube Type Thick Plastic Cement
Nice-to-have tools: Needle File Set, Sprue Cutter, Airbrush

Keep product safely out of reach of small children.