Brand new Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress Bomber Aircraft "World War II" United States Army Air Forces (Challenging Difficulty) Steel Model Kit by Metal Earth. Brand new box. Detailed exterior. Has landing gear. Includes 76 parts. Highly detailed model kit. Officially licensed product. Difficulty level: Challenging. This model does not have any openings. Assembled dimensions approximately L-6.9 W-5.3 H-1.57 inches. No glue or paint is required but tweezers or similar tools are recommended. B-17 Flying Fortress was a World War II heavy bomber. Its turbo-supercharged radial engines gave it the necessary high-altitude performance to fly above the effective range of antiaircraft artillery.