The Corgi "Aviation Archive" presents highly detailed, ready-made diecast models of military and civilian aircraft. The vast Aviation Archive range has become the standard by which all other diecast airplane ranges are judged. Each Corgi Wellington Mk I model is based on a specific aircraft from an important historical or modern era of flight and has been authentically detailed from original documents and archival library material. Famous airplanes and aviators from both military and commercial airline aviation are all honored.
Scale: 1:72
Wingspan: 14.25”
Model Length: 10.25”
Item #: CGAA34809
This Wellington Mk I Diecast Model Airplane is a Limited Edition model.
Corgi Aviation Archive 1:72 diecast airplanes feature:
- Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
- Realistic panel lines antennas access panels and surface details.
- Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
- Selected interchangeable features such as airbrakes, opened canopies and access panels.
- Selected moving parts such as gun turrets, control surfaces and swing-wings.
- Optional extended/retracted landing gear with rotating wheels.
- Presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight".
- Detailed removable pilot and crew figures.
- Authentic detachable ordnance loads complete with placards.
- Limited edition model with numbered certificate of authenticity.
- Poseable presentation stand to display the aircraft "in flight".
Vickers Wellington Mk.1A ‘R’ for Robert – restored at the Brooklands Museum, Surrey. The Vickers Wellington was a British twin-engine, medium bomber designed in the mid-1930s at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey by Vickers-Armstrong’s Chief Designer, R. K. Pierson. It was widely used as a night-time bomber in the early years of World War II, before being displaced as a bomber by the larger four-engined “heavies” such as the Avro Lancaster. Wellington Makita Serial Number N2980 R – for Robert – is one of only two complete survivors in the UK and is on display at the Brooklands Museum of Motor Sport and Aviation at Brooklands, Surrey. This aircraft lost power on a training flight in 1940 and ditched in to Loch Ness. All the crew survived, and the aircraft was recovered from the bottom of Loch Ness in September 1985.
