This F7 A-unit locomotive olive drab with gold stenciling and blue, red, white and gold U.S. Army Air Corps logo.It features WWII nose art called “Sentimental Journey” with a rendering of the iconic Betty Grable. The road number 1945 was the year “The Big One” ended.

New Z Scale WWII Nose Art Series!...

BEGINS JULY 2013

This summer Micro-Trains will begin its newest Z scale series; the WWII Nose Art Series! This series will feature a variety of WWII nose art on 40’ Containers carried on 60’ Flat Cars. Each container will be marked with the plane’s squadron number, group number, Air Force Division, number of  issions and the division patch art. The container colors will be Oliver Drab or Aluminum depending on the color of the plane the nose art came from.

This 12 month series will also include a F7 A-unit and a caboose.

Aviation nose art got its start early in the First World War when Italian and German pilots began personalizing their aircraft. Soon after, Allied Pilots began using a variety of symbols and illustrations on their aircraft as well and the practice continued to flourish into the Second World War. Everything from the smallest utility aircraft to the largest multi engine bomber was fair game.

*Renderings for representational purposes only.