ixo – MODELS

Series: Junior

PXIJ000033 – DOUGLAS SBD-3 “Dauntiess”

USA

Die Cast

Scale: 1/72

Released: For the US market July 2007

Condition: Stock as issued

Models quality can be described as very good to excellent.  Packaging is a blister pack inside of the series standard outer carton box (white color with an orange stripes) it has an insert with a background picture of an aerial panorama.  Presentation is good. Each model comes with two sets of landing gears (for landing and flying display position) and a stand.  Though the company doesn’t officially announced the livery all planes presented in the accurate livery of real planes that participated in the WW II, with exception of absence of the swastika on tails of German planes.  The company has an excellent variety of plane models which includes models of “celebrities” but also of many subjects that can’t be find at any other 1:72 scale die cast plane models manufacturers collections.

Models from this series originally release as a part of collection of the Spanish Publishing Company “Altaya” that also sales collectibles via subscription.  Models of planes, tanks, cars and motorbikes from Altaya list are made by ixo-Models.   There are speculations regarding relationship between these two companies.  The fact is plane models released originally under Altaya name became available under ixo-Junior badge after some time.  As of October 2006 Altaya’s list consists of fifty plane models with approximately half of this number is available under ixo-Junior badge.