1:220 - 1:231 Scale Airplane Models

Exclusively operated by the United States Air Force, the B-36 Peacemaker built by Convair (Consolidated Vultee), was a piston-engine powered aircraft. The B-36 is also the largest mass-produced aircraft with piston engines between the years 1949-1959. The B-36 Bomber Peacemaker holds the largest wingspan of any combat fighter plane in history, even larger to many commercial planes today. Many of the commercial jet-powered airplanes today resemble its wings. As a strategic bomber, the B-36 was...

The Convair B-36J Peacemaker was a strategic bomber designed to fly across continents, unrefueled, and unescorted, to deliver nuclear weapons from the US arsenal. Production of the B-36J Peacemaker suffered immediate delays; the piston-powered engines were already obsolete against mid 1950s supersonic jet technology. President Dwight D. Eisenhower took office in 1953 and proposed a new look at national defense. The US Congress funded the US Air Force B-36J Peacemaker; but mechanical failures,...

This handcrafted model is painted in the same paint scheme as the original and is painstakingly built from Philippine mahogany by our skilled craftsmen. Perfect as a gift for any aviation enthusiast and history buff!