The Playmobil B-17 Flying Fortress: How is it?

The playmo b17 is our Playmobil version of the iconic Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress WWII aircraft. 

It is not an original Playmobil ® toy.

The playmo b17 is a 1:24 scale playable diorama made from scratch to enjoy and play with the Playmobil figures. 

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playmo b17: Bow access hatch.

Playmo b17 features.

playmo b17: Top view

playmo b17: Side view.

Dimensions:

• Length: 86 cms (33.8")

• Wingspan: 117 cms (46.1")

• Height: 26 cms (10.2")

• Airfoil: NACA 0018/NACA 0010. (Really, no joke)

• Empty weight: 4.5 kgs (9.9 lbs.)

playmo b17: Front view.

playmo b17: Rear view

Materials: 

• Rigid polyurethane plastic.

• Aluminum reinforcements in front landing gear.

playmo b17: Detail of aluminum in landing gear.

Mechanisms and moving parts:

• Upper turret: Horizontal movement

• Ball turret in belly: Horizontal and vertical movements

• Ball turret hatch: Opening & closing

• Front landing gear: Hand deployment / automatic folding by push button.

• Rear landing gear: Folding and deployment by lever action.

• Bow access hatch: Opening & closing

• Bomb bay doors: Opening & closing

• Bomb release mechanism.

• Machine gun mountings: Horizontal and vertical movements.

• Propellers: 4 rotating three-bladed propellers.

playmo b17: Landing gear mechanisms.

playmo b17: Bomb bay doors & bomb release device.

Accessible aircraft compartments:

• Bombardier & navigator room

• Command cockpit

• Bomb bay

• Radio room

• Rear section

playmo b17: Open view of 4 out of 5 compartments.

Playmo b17: Open compartments along front aircraft section.

playmo b17: Open compartments along rear aircraft section.

Armament:

• 11 Browning M2 machine guns.

• 6 bombs

Crew positions.

The playmo b17 is equiped with the standard number of B17 crew positions: 10.

• Pilot.

• Co-pilot.

• Navigator.

• Bombardier / forward gunner.

• Flight engineer / top turret gunner.

• Radio operator / Gunner.

• Right waist gunner.

• Left waist gunner.

• Ball turret gunner.

• Tail gunner.

Playmo b17: Tail gunner / Top turret gunner positions.

playmo b17: Cockpit / Navigation room views

playmo b17: Cockpit views

Playmo b17: Bomb bay (left) / Outside cockpit view (right)

Playmobil B-17: Waist gunner positions

Playmo b17 components.

More than 194 components has been manufactured and assembled to give birth to the playmo b17.

If you are interested in the design & manufacturing process of this beast, visit the "making of" series of this blog.