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The B-36 Peacemaker wood model is a perfect gift, desktop display and collectible for you. The B-36 Peacemaker Wooden Model Aircraft is one of the many model aircraft products of the Air Force Model Airplanes. The B-36 Peacemaker Mahogany Model Plane is made of the highest quality materials to copy the exact replica of the unique aircraft. This B-36 Peacemaker model airplane has a scale of 1/125, a wingspan of 22.1" and fuselage length of 15.6". Each US Air Force B-36 Peacemaker mahogany model aircraft is hand made and crafted by our craftsmen resulting to a museum quality model aircrafts that will bring you back to the beautiful memories of old times.

History:

The B-36s started to be replaced by B-52 8-jet bombers during the mid-1950s. The scrapping of B-36s began in February 1956. They were flown directly to Davis-Monthan AFB in Arizona, where the Mar-Pak Corporation handled their reclamation and destruction. However, defense cutbacks in FY 1958 compelled the B-52 procurement process to be stretched out and the B-36 Peacemaker service life to be extended. The B-36s remaining in service were supported with components scavenged from planes sent to Davis-Monthan for scrapping. Further update work was undertaken by Convair at San Diego (Specialized Aircraft Maintenance, SAM-SAC) until 1957 to extend the life and capabilities of the B-36s. By December of 1958, only 22 B-36s (all of them B-36Js) were still operational. Within two years, all but three B-36s (which had been saved for museum display) had been scrapped at Davis-Monthan AFB. The Air Force accepted a total of 383 B-36s, including prototypes, service test aircraft, and reconnaissance aircraft, but not including the two B-36Gs delivered as YB-60.