Length: 7"
Width: 7.5"
1/200 scale die-cast metal with minimal use of plastic.
All markings are tampo (pad) applied, no decals to discolor or flake.
Free-spinning propellers.
Most models have rolling wheels.
Landing gear can be removed or added.
Model comes with a display stand.
A brief history of the aircraft type and the airline is supplied with each model.
In 1954 the Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star was introduced and operated until 1978. These aircraft were used as airborne early warning radar surveillance to work in conjunction with the DEW Line (Distant Early Warning) Line. The USAF used these aircraft in Vietnam as electronic sensor monitors and to detect enemy aircraft activity as well as a few other operations. These aircraft were the forerunners to today’s E-3 Sentry AWACS. The USAF aircrews used the nickname “Connies”, a play on the word Constellation.
Originally ordered as a PO-2W Warning Star it was re-designated WV-2-1049A-55-137 c/n 5506 BuNo. 145925 and delivered to the USN January 28, 1958. It was first assigned to VW-3, NAS Agana, Guam as PM-4 but in 1960 transferred to VW-1 still at Agana but now as TE-11. In 1961 the aircraft was stored until September 1962 and converted to an NC-121K named Paisano Dos (Friend Two) and assigned to OASU, NAS Patuxent River, MD to map the earth’s magnet field. It was retired in 1973 and scrapped in 1976.