Woodsy,
I was gonna send these photos last week, but Terranova's awesome C-119 post prompted me to get off my keester and get 'er done!
As happens so often, this toy was marketed as one kind of plane when actually it is another kind (in caricature) entirely. Ideal marketed this plane as a Globemaster.
The real Globemaster was made by Douglas Aircraft and designated the C-124 Globemaster II and was produced from 1950-55. Ideal's version came out around 1963-64. Below is a photo of the real Globemaster. I think you'll agree the two are not at all similar.
There were two actual planes made similar in appearance to Ideal's which are more appropriate to the way the toy looks. The first is the Fairchild C-82 Packet Plane shown below. The C-82 was produced from 1945-48 and first flew with the U.S. Army Air Forces and later the U.S. Air Force.
The C-82 is considered an early developmental stage for the more familiar C-119 Flying Boxcar which first flew in 1947 with production ending in 1955. It remained in service with active duty Air Force units until 1962. You'll notice that neither the real C-82 or C-119 had cargo doors in the front of the aircraft. Both of them had their cargo bay doors to the rear of the aircraft.
The toy measures 17 1/4" (40cm) L x 21 3/4" (55.24cm) wingspan x 5 3/8" (13.65cm) H (to tip of rear vertical stabilizer's) and is a hybrid plastic/tin-litho piece. The set included a nice array and some very boring figures.
The airplane in these photos I actually sold off years ago because I still have one in the original box! (which I just haven't gotten around to photographing yet).
From Vegas Air Field
Ed
USA
