Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star Military Model Airplane

 

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Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star Military Model Airplane

Item#: FDM-0012

MSRP Price: $299.95

Factory Direct Price: $199.95




Manufacturer: Lockheed

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Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star Military Model Airplane

Testimonial

Mike,

I can not tell you how happy I am with this model and your service. The model arrived in only a few days and in perfect condition. It was well packed in custom cut foam.

Now to the model itself, this is no ordinary mass produced product. It is a very high quality and detailed model with accuracy only a carefully researched custom model builder could have produced.

During 1967-1969 I was assigned to the 552nd Wing at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand. We flew these aircraft for MIG hunting, surveillance etc. I know this aircraft. This particular model bears the tail number 53-0555. I actually maintained that aircraft. Not just one like it, BUT IT. The detail is astounding. The paint color is perfect, as if you had a bucket of govt. paint. The de-icer boots are correctly placed and painted black where they should be. The tail number is correct. This one is actually a historically significant one. The aircraft displays the Air Force "Outstanding Unit Citation" ribbon. The model also has the correct windows/doors and front wheel well markings.

Please use my comments anywhere you like. I am very fortunate to have found this model, through Providence, over the others available.

A Proud owner, Bill Donovan

This Made to Order Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star Military Model Airplane was crafted with absolute precision. Working from our extensive collection of blueprints and their photographs, our master artisans created this airplane into an incredibly detailed desktop replica. This model was hand crafted from the finest Philippine Mahogany and sealed to last for generations.

This Made to Order Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star Military Model Airplane has a detachable display stand with a logo and a inscription plaque added the finishing touch to this masterpiece.

Lockheed EC-121D Warning Star History

The Lockheed EC-121 Warning Star was a US Air Force/US Navy airborne early warning radar surveillance aircraft. A military version of the Lockheed Constellation, it was designed to serve as an airborne early warning system to supplement the Distant Early Warning Line, using two large radomes, a vertical dome above and a horizontal one below the fuselage. EC-121's were also used for intelligence gathering (SIGINT).

One of the two PO-1W (WV-1) prototypes in 1950.

It was introduced in 1955 and retired from service in 1978, although a single specially-modified EW aircraft remained in service with the U.S. Navy until 1982. The US Navy versions when initially procured were designated WV-2 and WV-3. Warning Stars of the U.S. Air Force served during the Vietnam War as both electronic sensor monitors and as a forerunner to the E-3 Sentry AWACS. U.S. Air Force aircrews adopted the civil nickname, "Connie" (diminutive of Constellation) as reference, while naval aircrews used the term "Willie Victor".