Boeing XPBB-1 Sea Ranger flying boat

XPBB Sea Ranger flying boat airplane model. Distinguished as the largest twin-engine flying boat to be built by any combatant during World War II, the Boeing model 344 was originally ordered by the Navy in June 1940 as the XPBB-1. At the time, the United States saw itself threatened on both oceans by German and Japanese submarines and surface raiders, leading BuAer to issue a specification for a very long-range, heavily armed patrol boat that could loiter for a long period of time over large distances. Even before the prototype flew, Boeing received a provisional order for fifty-seven production models and proceeded with construction of a new plant at Renton, Washington that would be dedicated to manufacturing the PBB-1. Full production was eventually cancelled.

Scale 1/100. Wingspan 1.5 inches, Length 11.5 inches.