And 80 years less 3 days it was the end for Japan's fight against the Allies. Why Brumm chose to make these replicas in 1:43 a few years ago remains a mystery to me, they are way out of their normal diecast car world. But they form a bit of hometown Oak Ridge history in my collection.
I've been through Oak Ridge's American Museum of Science & Energy a few times. The Manhattan Project and the Secret City history is alive and enthralling! I also viewed both the Enola Gay and Boks Car in their home bases - interesting!
Sorry, sort of breaking the rules of a forum on motor vehicles with these aircraft but the B-29 Enola Gay is related to this post. Shown here with the post war related Boeing Stratocruiser commercial airliner that United and PanAm and others flew with mixed results with the Pratt & Whitney R-4360 engines. Four rows of 7 for 28 cylinders per engine and there were four of them, imagine the maintenance!
These are part of my 39 item 1:200 scale commercial airliner collection from the DC2 to B787 with some obscure items line a Bristol Britannia, Caraville, BAE146 and others included.
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@perrone1 The old museum was torn down and a smaller replacement set up several years ago. The items not to be moved were put up garage sale-fashion. I got a large print on posterboard of the Enola Gay, and a 5-shot mylar sequence of the July 1945 test of the Gadget (1st atomic bomb) in New Mexico. BTW, several years ago there was a reunion of the 509th Composites Group in Oak Ridge, and that's where I got the signed photo of the Enola Gay with Bock's Car in the background, as they were parked at Tinian. The photo was pre-signed by pilot Paul Tibbetts, but Dutch Van Kirk, the navigator, was on hand to sign in person. Charles Sweeney, pilot of Bock's Car, also had pre-signed.
Tony, did you see the peace bell in Oak Ridge? Details on this symbol of friendship between Oak Ridge and Japan are here:
I do not think you are breaking any rules. When they are taxing on the ground, they are motor vehicles. Several times I have included airplanes, but usually with a model car present.
Small world y'all. I too was in Dayton at the museum several years ago. Enola Gay:
When I saw the Enola Gay, it was in the National Air and Space Museum, in Chantilly, Virginia. Love your pic, I have some somewhere, HA! The Bocks Car was in Daytona, Ohio when I saw it.
@perrone1 The old museum was torn down and a smaller replacement set up several years ago. The items not to be moved were put up garage sale-fashion. I got a large print on posterboard of the Enola Gay, and a 5-shot mylar sequence of the July 1945 test of the Gadget (1st atomic bomb) in New Mexico. BTW, several years ago there was a reunion of the 509th Composites Group in Oak Ridge, and that's where I got the signed photo of the Enola Gay with Bock's Car in the background, as they were parked at Tinian. The photo was pre-signed by pilot Paul Tibbetts, but Dutch Van Kirk, the navigator, was on hand to sign in person. Charles Sweeney, pilot of Bock's Car, also had pre-signed.
Tony, did you see the peace bell in Oak Ridge? Details on this symbol of friendship between Oak Ridge and Japan are here:
Yeah Harv, it's been several years ago that I last visited; it was the old museum, I'm sure. I was still working back then so it was about 2012 at the latest. I did not see the bell of Friendship! Thanks for this, it is fascinating to me!
"Small world y'all. I too was in Dayton at the museum several years ago."
Me too.... probably there sometime between 1994- 1996. As I recall, they had decent astronaut-space displays as well. Not necessarily being a "plane guy," I nonetheless appreciated all the history, and the museum was spectacular.
