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1:200 Scale Diecast Metal Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” Length: 6″ Wingspan: 8.25

This B-29 model is made to be displayed in the inflight configuration. It is mostly made of metal and very heavy/dense. It is certainly not a toy and will not survive been played with or a fall.

Although it is a small scale, the details are very impressive. From the photos one can see and appreciate the transparent cockpit windshield, as well as the other transparent parts in the different gun positions and view ports. Even the belly and tail gun positions look accurate and have gun barrels sticking out, in fact, all gun positions have their respective gun barrels showing. The propellers are free to rotate and very smooth. If one blows onto the front of the plane, all four propellers start spinning. All four engines are part of the wing assembly, which in turn is one single piece; likewise, the vertical fin is also a single piece with the fuselage, so there are really very few gaps visible in the model.

Since there is no option for a landing gear, a stand where the model can beattached for display is included and the model’s info (type of airplane and scale).

The maker of the model really did a good job with the model, the panel lines and details are very clear and crisp.What really caught my attention, however, is the way the markings and coloring. Look at the photos and you will see very clear and crisp nose art and markings.

TheBoeing B-29 Superfortressis a four-enginepropeller-drivenheavy bomberdesigned byBoeingthat was flown primarily by theUnited Statestoward the end ofWorld War IIand during theKorean War. It was one of the largest aircraft to have seen service during World War II and a very advanced bomber for its time, with features such as apressurized cabin, an electronicfire-control system, and a quartet of remote-controlled machine-gun turrets operated by the fire-control system in addition to its defensive tail gun installation. The name “Superfortress” was derived from that of its well-known predecessor, theB-17 Flying Fortress. Although designed as a high-altitudestrategic bomber, and initially used in this role against theEmpire of Japan, these attacks proved to be disappointing; as a result the B-29 became the primary aircraft used in the Americanfirebombing campaign, and was used extensively in low-altitude night-timeincendiary bombingmissions. One of the B-29’s final roles during World War II was carrying out theatomic bomb attacks on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Due to the B-29’s highly advanced design for its time, unlike many other World War II-era bombers, the Superfortress remained in service long after the war ended, with a few even being employed as flying television transmitters for theStratovisioncompany. The B-29 served in various roles throughout the 1950s. TheRoyal Air Forceflew the B-29 and used the nameWashingtonfor the type, replacing them in 1953 with theCanberra jet bomber, and the Soviet Union produced an unlicensedreverse-engineeredcopy as theTupolev Tu-4. The B-29 was the progenitor of a series of Boeing-built bombers, transports, tankers, reconnaissance aircraft and trainers including theB-50 Superfortress(the first aircraft to fly around the world non-stop) which was essentially a re-engined B-29. The type was finally retired in the early 1960s, with 3,970 aircraft in all built. While dozens of B-29s have survived through today as static displays, only one,Fifi, remains on active flying status.