Vintage Boeing B-17 BOMBER 'Fuddy Duddy' Diecast Metal Airplane Mint Condition/Factory Sealed! Road Champs Toys - Perfect Gift for Collector

Vintage Boeing B-17 BOMBER Diecast Metal Airplane Mint Condition/Factory Sealed! Road Champs Toys - Perfect Gift for Collectors! Fantastic looking BOEING B-17 BOMBER (see bio below). Made by Road Champs. Constructed of die cast metal. Highly sought-after, hard to find vintage model! Nice size...measures 5 1/2'L x 4 'W x 1 1/2 'H. Beautiful/mint condition. Never removed from its factory-sealed card. Perfect gift for Road Champs, aircraft, and vintage toy collectors! We ship fast & safe worldwide every day! See the actual B-17 'Fuddy-Duddy' (photo 5), Also, read Aircraft bio below: ***FOR A LIMITED TIME***Purchases totaling $35 and above qualify for FREE shipping to USA! Add more items to your shopping cart to save $$$. NOTE: My dad owned a Diecast toy store for 30 years. I inherited the store inventory when he passed away many years ago. I am just now, beginning to sell the mint condition vintage models. All are store-inventory is new-old-stock, models have never been 'played with'. Please visit often-as I adding more cool stuff every day! AIRCRAFT BIO: Pictured model is B-17 'Fuddy-Duddy' Painted in the colors of the 447th Bomb Group, 708th Squadron, Based in Rattlesden England. It is currently in the National Warplane Museum, in Genesco, NY. The B-17 Flying Fortress, ??Fuddy Duddy,? was used as a VIP transport in the Pacific at the end of World War II. It once carried General Dwight D. Eisenhower who later became the 34th President of the United States. In civilian life, it worked as a fire bomber and was occasionally used for motion picture filming, flying on screen in movies such as the 1962 Steve McQueen movie, ??The War Lover? and the 1970 blockbuster, ??Tora Tora Tora.? Designed By: Boeing Company Model: B-17G Flying Fortress Army Air Corps Serial Number: 44-83563 Built Under License By: Douglas Aircraft Company Prototype First Flight: July 28, 1935 Crew: Ten??Pilot, Co-pilot, Navigator, Bombardier, Flight Engineer / Top Turret Gunner, Radio Operator, 2 Waist Gunners, Tail Gunner and Ball Turret Gunner Delivery Date: April 7, 1945 Power: Four 1,200-horsepower Wright Cyclone R-1820, 9-cylinder radial piston engines driving 11 feet, 7 inches in diameter Hamilton Standard propellers Weight: Basic Empty Weight ?? 34,000 pounds, Gross Weight (Wartime) ?? 65,500 pounds Fuel Capacity: 1,700 gallons Range: 1,850 miles. Range could be extended when equipped with ??Tokyo Tanks? which provided a total capacity of 3,630 gallons. Wing Span: 103 feet, 9 inches Length: 74 feet, 4 inches Height: 19 feet, 1 inches Service Ceiling: 35,600 feet Typical Armament: Thirteen Browning M-2 .50 caliber machine guns. Fire rate approximately 13 rounds per second, per gun Typical Bomb Load: Maximum normal load ?? 8,000 pounds With special external racks, maximum normal short-range bomb load ?? 17,600 pounds Number Built: 12,731, with production of the ??G? Model by Boeing, Douglas and Lockheed reaching 8,680 Speed: Maximum ?? 300 miles per hour at 30,000 feet Colors: 447th Bomb Group