Convair B-36 Identification???

[craviola990]

Hi Guys-

Can anyone ID this B-36 toy at 15:21???
http://imageevent.com/okbueno/mopic;jse ... =4&s=0&z=2

Looks about 1/100 scale, and quite realistic!

Best,

Christian

[grwebster]

It sure looks like Yonezawa's {Yone, ETCO} B-36 but the date stamp blocks most of it out.
There were 2 versions I know of with this toy, each one having slightly different lithography/graphics.

The auction photo below shows the one I sold last year. It is huge- probably the largest tin toy ever made- 26 inch wingspan and the 6 propellers turned.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/113 ... iction-toy

There was another tin B-36s made by Bandai at half the size of the Yone version- 13.5 inch wingspan.
Very nice and just as hard to find.
http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/8100788

[MichaelB]

I've only seen one in my life, and it had a $1k price tag on it! I passed but had to admire it. Because of it's size it had to have been the Yonezawa. I love all things B-36 and am surprised that there aren't any in the current die casat lines, or any of the common 1/400 series.
It's tough to think that the ancient Mercury plane is the last one...
No Postage Stamp, no Bachmann Miniplane, no Gemini, no Aeroclassic, no nothin' ...

[Epap]

Of course, there's always the 1:200th scale B-36 made by Western Models some time ago.

[craviola990]

Thanks guys, for all the responses!

Best, Christian

[grwebster]

There is another one but not die cast It was made in machine turned aluminum sections and alu castings by John Alcott, one of the founders of Veteran and Vintage Models. Long out of business. The models, and rightly so, were very expensive, but certainly didn't cover the costs in labor.
Alcott, I had heard, made at the most 20 of all the different variants.
A master piece IMO.
Western's model, though made in the same 1/200 scale, is different and was produced in heavy metal and in greater quantity. Alcott's model in aluminum weighs almost a pound, wonder what Western's weighs?

here is the forum post I made showing one version
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=851

[MichaelB]

Rare birds. I'm just surprised that a 1/400 producer hasn't clued up and made on yet. It would be ideal in the scale...or Postage Stamp Models...or...