Scale: 1/100
Span: 20.5"
Length: 8"
A perfect desktop display and gift for your love ones and friends and indeed a great collection to make! This is what Aviation Modelworks offers you. The B-2 Spirit model is just one of the many aircraft replica models that we offer. The B-2 model aircraft is fully handcrafted and made of the finest composite materials. Colors and other designs of the original model were cautiously painted on the B2 replica. It passes through several stages of priming and sanding. And for the B2 Spirit model airplane’s protection and glossy finish, it is coated with a clear lacquer.
History:
The B-2 was built in California at Air Force Plant 42. When it was moved out from that plant, the first B-2 Spirit was shown in public in November 22, 1988. The first open flight of the aircraft was in July 17, 1989. The Edwards Air Force Base and the Air Force Flight Test Center was the one who was in charge for the manufacturing, testing and development of the aircraft.
In the late 1980s, the 135 aircrafts were decreased to 75. President George Bush stated in his State of the Nation Address in 1992 that the manufacturing of the B-2 Spirit would be limited to 20. This decrease in number was mostly a result of the breakdown of the Soviet Union, which efficiently canceled the aircraft’s main operation.
It was considered the most expensive aircraft that was ever built. The estimated cost spent is said to be in the range of 1.157 billion dollars to 2.2 billion dollars. By assessment, a Nimitz aircraft carrier rate was 4.5 billion dollars. Though, the cost statistics were twisted by aircraft’s huge development cost. By this defective logic, the first B-1 aircraft would cost above 20 billion dollars to build. Available estimates have revealed the production cost was just about 150.6 million dollars per aircraft.
*Alteration on the design such as change of paint schemes and markings or embodied features on our models occurs at any time. Detachable stand is included with the model which may vary from the photo.
