[PappyB]

This is the second diecast airplane I owned in my life, I think I got it at a flea market when I was 9 or 10. It survived my childhood, relatively intact -- even with both removable bombs! This is amazing to me as I played hard with this thing.... it, along with my first diecast toy plane (a Dinky phantom, which did not survive), are most likely responsible -- at least in part -- for my current zinc addiction. I probably got it around 1978-1980? It's smaller than 1:72 -- looks close to 1:100. I used to play with it with my 1:72 Airfix soldiers though. I uncovered this model in a box I'd packed years ago (probably when I went to college) and had not looked in since... Interesting to see that even back then they could put a swazi on a child's toy without worrying about the PC issues!