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   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.

FEATURES: 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.

MARKING
OPTIONS:  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.

INCLUDES: One 1/72 B-29A Superfortress Airplane

REQUIRES: 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

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

COMMENTS: Keep product safely out of reach of small children.
                                                                    san 7/19/01
                                                                          ir/jl



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