Length: 12.75 inches
Width: 11.75 inches
True 1/72 scale
Professionally painted
Great attention to detail
All markings are Tampoed (pad applied)
Option to display the model on a stand that is provided
Model can be shown with the landing gear in the down or up positions
Canopy can be displayed open or closed
Extremely heavy metal with a minimum of plastic
Highly collectable
The General Dynamics F-111 entered service in 1967 as a medium-range aircraft designed
for interdiction and tactical strikes. The F-111 was used as an all-weather attack aircraft
capable of low-level penetration of enemy territory. It also could be used for reconnaissance
and electronic warfare. Some unique features are variable geometry wings, the 2 crew
members sat side by side in an escape capsule, internal weapons bay; terrain following radar
and afterburning turbofans. The USAF retired their last F-111 in 1998 but the RAAF
continued to use theirs.
The use of the name “Ruptured Duck” was first used on B-25B 40-2261 and was one of
Jimmy Doolittle’s Raiders. The next aircraft to use the name was the B-24H 42-95354 of the
389th Bomb Group (H) and then with the 564th Bomb Squadron at RAF Hethel between
June 13, 1943 to May 20, 1945. The latest user of the name “Ruptured Duck” is FB-111A
constructed in 1967 as c/n 10 serial 67-7196 and in 1989 was assigned to the 393rd BS,
509th BW, Pease AFB. The aircraft was later converted to an F-111G.