Includes : This scale balsa flying model can be flown with one of three different power sources
-.09 U-Control
-.049 Free Flight
-Rubber Power

Makes a magnificent display piece if built as a non-flying model!
Retractable landing gear.
Formed propeller blades.
Detailed interior with pilot figure.
Hinged canopy.
Supercharges and boarding ladder.
Droppable bombs.
Movable control surfaces.
Formed rocket trees with rockets.
Formed wheel well doors.
Full color decals.
Die-cut balsa parts and a generous amount of balsa stock.
Perfectly formed plastic parts.
Very detailed formed bubble canopy.
Plastic wheels.
Covering tissue.
Clay for balancing the model.
Accurate scale plan and illustrated assembly instructions.

Series 2000 - Giant Scale WWII Models

P-38 Lightning - This WWII fighter plane is truly a beautiful replica of one of the most famous of the war. ¾" scale with a 40" wing span makes for a large flying or display model. For .049 to .09 engines - control line, free flight rubber powered. Many operational features such as movable control surfaces, retractable landing gear and drop-able bombs. Gorgeous decals, a beautifully formed plastic parts- truly a scale model to be proud of.

The Lockheed P-38 Lightning was a revolutionary fighter for the time with its tricycle landing gear, twin boom and turbo-superchargers. The first models were accepted by the Army Air Force in October 1941 and, by the end of the war, nearly 10,000 had rolled from the production lines. From introduction until 1945, many modifications were made in the original design to comply with the needs of the air services. On April 18, 1943, a flight of P-38’s downed Japan’s great naval strategist, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, while he was flying on an inspection tour of the Solomon Islands. Due to its unusual configuration, the Lightning was dubbed the “fork-tailed Devil” by the Luftwaffe and “two airplanes with one pilot” by the Japanese-grudging respect earned by its formidable appearance and reputation.

Wing Span: 45¾"
Scale: 1/28
Min. Age: 14

Can be flown with twin .049 engines (not included) as a U-Control or build it for exhibit and show purposes.

Rugged landing gear.
Sturdy wing/fuselage interlock.
Build it with either movable or unmovable flying surfaces.
Retractable tailwheel.
Removable wing panels.
Full color decals to decorate the mode like the dramatic B-17G "Thunderbird" depicted in the giant mural at the National Air and Space Museum.
Movable ailerons, elevators, and rudder.
New style reference and frame assembly plans.
Over 300 die-cut balsa parts.
65 vacuum formed plastic parts including chin and belly turrets, tail, cheek and waist gun ports, nacelle cowls and covers, dummy engines, and wing fillets.
Plastic wheels.
Formed main gear struts.
Cheyenne and regular tail gun.
Silkspan covering tissue.
A generous amount of balsa strip stock.
Clay for balancing the model.
Accurate scale plan and illustrated assembly instructions.

Series 2000 - Giant Scale WWII Models

B-17G Flying Fortress - The B-17G Flying Fortress was the most famous bomber during WWII. Guillow's magnificent scale model of this aircraft is a replica of the B-17G mural on the wall at the Smithsonian Institution. The balsa scale model is designed for .049 U/C flight or as a Build 'n Show display. Finely detailed plastic gun turrets and dummy engines, rugged landing gear and a sturdy wing/fuselage interlock. Build it with either movable or unmovable flying surfaces.

The B-17 lived up to its “flying fortress” nickname during World War 2 when it penetrated deep into the Third Reich to blast German war production facilities. Bristling with machine guns, the “G” version of the B-17 was a formidable opponent for enemy fighters being able to absorb extensive battle damage and still survive to deliver its bomb cargo on designated targets. Flown by the Eighth Air Force, the B-17G proved the feasibility of strategic daytime bombing at a time when the concept was questioned because of losses suffered from enemy defenses during the early war years. The superior combat record of the B-17 won it a deserved reputation as one of aviation’s most successful bomber designs.

Wing Span: 48½"
Scale: 1/28
Min. Age: 14

Series 2000 - Giant Scale WWII Models

B-24D Liberator - A great "Build 'n Show" display model of the U.S. bomber that was made in greater quantity than any other during WWII. The kit contains parts and decals for a "J" model B-24.

The B-24 Liberator was built in greater quantities than any other U.S. bomber of World War 2. The prototype model was produced by the Consolidated Aircraft Corp. with the first XB-24 taking to the air on Dec. 29, 1939. It featured the revolutionary Davis wing design that enabled the B-24 to carry the same payload as its rival the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress but at a much greater speed and range. Over 18,000 Liberators were built during the war. Of all the European operations in which B-24s were involved, the initial raid on the Ploesti oil refinery in southern Rumania on Aug. 1, 1943 was by far the most dramatic because it was heavily defended by anti-aircraft guns as well as squadrons of German Luftwaffe and Royal Rumanian Air Force Fighters. Of the 164 B-24s engaged, 53 were shot down or lost enroute, 23 were forced down and only 88 returned to base. “Jerk’s Natural”, the subject of this kit, was a Ploesti bomb group survivor.

Scale: 1/28
Wing Span: 45½"

Series 2000 - Giant Scale WWII Models.

An impressive scale "Build 'n Show" display model of the most successful flying boat ever produced. This kit can be built as either a PBY-5 flying boat or a PBY-5a amphibious flying boat with floats and wheels retracted or in the landing position.

Flown by most Allied Forces in World War 2, the PBY Catalina became the most successful wartime flying boat because of its flight range, carrying capacity and ability to land on any reasonable body of calm water. From the attack on Pearl Harbor thru war’s end, the PBY saw service in nearly every combat theater around the globe-from icy Greenland and Alaska to the steaming tropics of the South Pacific where many personnel of downed bombers owed their lives to at-sea rescues by PBY’s. When the war terminated in 1945, many surviving Catalina’s began new careers as cargo transports, forest fire water bombers and members of geophysical survey teams. In these and other civilian roles, a number of PBY’s continued to successfully operate until the early 1980’s.