Wings of The Great War WW19902
Zeppelin Hindenburg-class Airship Display Model
DZR, D-LZ129 Hindenburg, Germany, 1936 | |
| 1:1000 Scale | | Length | | Width |
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| Zeppelin Hindenburg-class Airship | | 9.75" | | 1.5" |
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LZ 129 Hindenburg was a German commercial passenger-carrying rigid airship, designed and built by the Zeppelin Company as was the lead ship of her class. She was operated by the Deutsche Zeppelin-Reederi (German Zeppelin Airline Company), offering 4-6 day transatlantic flights from Germany to the United States and Brazil. After completing 18 successuful round-trips across the Atlantic, disaster struck on May 6, 1937. While attempting to dock in New Jersey, the hydrogen-filled Zeppelin caught fire and crashed, killing 36 people. This catastrophic event, captured on film, shocked the world and marked the end of the airship era as hydrogen-filled aircraft were deemed too dangerous. The exact cause of the fire remains uncertain, though theories include static electricity or a gas leak. The Hindenburg disaster is often cited as a turning point in aviation history.
The Hindenburg-class airships were hydrogen-filled, passenger-carrying rigid airships built in Germany in the 1930s and named in honor of Paul von Hindenburg. They were the last such aircraft to be constructed, and in terms of their length, height, and volume, the largest aircraft ever built. During the 1930s, airships like the Hindenburg class were widely considered the future of air travel. © Copyright 2003-2025 The Flying Mule, Inc.
The Wings of The Great War range presents affordable, ready-made resin models of WWI aircraft. Each model is crafted and painted by hand and features a unique pivoting stand that allows the model to be displayed at a variety of different attitudes.
Wings of The Great War display airplanes feature:
- Molded resin construction with no assembly required.
- Fixed, non-rotating propellers and wheels.
- Poseable presention stand to display the aircraft "in flight".
Why Resin?
It's very expensive to produce die-casting molds, and manufacturers must sell a large number of models from each mold in order to recoup development costs. Some subjects are so obscure that it's difficult to sell large quantities of them. Resin-casting is a much simpler and less expensive process, and manufacturers can use it to make limited runs of models that can't be cost effectively manufactured in diecast metal. With resin-cast models, collectors can add fascinating and unusual subjects to their collections without the time and difficulty of assembling and painting a model kit.
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