USAAF B-29A “Old Battler” ACADEMY 12517 Scale Model 1/72

Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of World War II and the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments. Although designed to fight in the European theater, the B-29 found its niche on the other side of the globe. In the Pacific, B-29s delivered a variety of aerial weapons: conventional bombs, incendiary bombs, mines, and two nuclear weapons.

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ACADEMY PLASTIC MODEL ’s B29A Bomber

Notable features and options:

-Nicely detailed flight deck and bombardier’s station
-Nicely detailed rear compartment (though you can’t really see this after assembly)
-Nice bomb bays with interconnecting crew pressure tunnel
-Movable dorsal and ventral turrets
-32 bombs for optional bomb load
-Positionable landing flaps
-Positionable bomb bay doors
-Positionable landing gear

The kit provides markings for the following five aircraft:

-B-29-1-BA, 42-6251, 478 BS/444 BG/58 BW, India, 1944, ‘Old Battler’
-B-29A-1-BN, 42-93828, 794 BS/468 BG/58 BW, India, 1944, ‘Monsoon Goon’
-B-29-1-BW, 42-6242, 794 BS/468 BG/58 BW, India, 1944, ‘Esso Express’ (converted to fuel hauler over the ‘Hump’)
-B-29-1-BW, 42-6223, 770 BS/462 BG, 58 BW, India, 1944, ‘Lady Boomerang’
-B-29-1-BW, 42-6254, 45 BS/40 BG/58 BW, India, 1944, ‘Hump Happy Pappy’ (converted to fuel hauler over the ‘Hump’)