WW1 Power Prop Gliders - Box

I noticed how similar the box from the WW2 Power Prop Gliders looked compared to my box of WW1 Power Prop Gliders, so I decided to post some pictures of this box as well.

WW1 Power Prop Gliders - front of the box

WW1 Power Prop Gliders - left side of the box

WW1 Power Prop Gliders - reverse side of the box

WW1 Power Prop Gliders - right side of the box

WW1 Power Prop Gliders - top of the box

WW1 Power Prop Gliders - inside the box

Power Prop WW1 Glider - Bleriot XI

I saw this glider for sale on E-bay and I just had to have it.  I think it cost me about $5.00 which was pretty reasonable.  I have made earlier posts about the set of 12 WW1 gliders.  Each of them came in paper envelope packages.  This glider is in a cardboard backed package overlaid with plastic, just like the WW2 gliders that I posted about a while back.  This package says the glider is from 1977 and it was made in Japan.  What a find! This was the first time in several years of collecting that I have ever seen a glider like this for sale.  Now if only I can find the other 11....

Power Prop WW1 Glider - Bleriot XI

Power Prop Gliders - WW1 Glider Counterfeits #6 HSS-2B

This is called the HSS-2B.  I could not find a plane named anything similar to the HSS-2B, so I am assuming it is a counterfeit of a fake plane...??

Power Prop Glider - Counterfeit #6 HSS-2B 

Appears to be a P-40 Warhawk (from a different set of gliders) with the wings of a Japanese plane

Appears to be a P-40 Warhawk (from a different set of gliders) with the wings of a Japanese plane

Power Prop Gliders - WW1 Glider Counterfeits #5 Curtiss BF2C Goshawk

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Really funky North American Mustang with Japanese markings on the wings... I seem to have a lot of this kind.

Really funky North American Mustang with Japanese markings on the wings... I seem to have a lot of this kind.

Really funky North American Mustang with Japanese markings on the wings... I seem to have a lot of this kind.

Really funky North American Mustang with Japanese markings on the wings... I seem to have a lot of this kind.

Power Prop Gliders - WW1 Glider Counterfeits #2 Spad S.XIII

I also received many of these, which are supposed to be the Spad 13, or Spad S.XII.  These are pretty brutal as well.

Power Prop Gliders - WW1 Glider Counterfeits #2 Spad S.XIII

Focke Wulf TA 152H with Air Cobra P-39 wings

Focke Wulf TA 152H with Air Cobra P-39 wings

Yes, its a decent North American Mustang, but not a Spad S.XIII

Yes, its a decent North American Mustang, but not a Spad S.XIII

Focke Wulf TA 152H with Air Cobra P-39 wings

Focke Wulf TA 152H with Air Cobra P-39 wings

A mostly red Focke Wulf TA 152H with Air Cobra P-39 wings

A mostly red Focke Wulf TA 152H with Air Cobra P-39 wings

Hawker Hurricane fuselage, Focke Wulf TA 152H wings and 2 tails!

Hawker Hurricane fuselage, Focke Wulf TA 152H wings and 2 tails!

Hawker Hurricane fuselage and wings with Japanese markings

Hawker Hurricane fuselage and wings with Japanese markings

Focke Wulf TA 152H fuselage, Air Cobra P-39 wings and 2 tails!

Focke Wulf TA 152H fuselage, Air Cobra P-39 wings and 2 tails!

Focke Wulf TA 152H fuselage and really really bad Air Cobra P-39 wings

Focke Wulf TA 152H fuselage and really really bad Air Cobra P-39 wings

Power Prop Gliders - WW1 Glider Counterfeits #1 Fokker Dr.1

I received many packages of these.  Here is a sample of what they looked like.

Power Prop Gliders - WW1 Glider Counterfeits #1 Fokker Dr.1

Looks like a P-40 Warhawk crossed with a Kawasaki Hien

Looks like a P-40 Warhawk crossed with a Kawasaki Hien

Looks like a North American Mustang with a P-40 Warhawk's wings with Japanese coloring

Looks like a North American Mustang with a P-40 Warhawk's wings with Japanese coloring

A pink North American Mustang with a P-40 Warhawk's wings with Japanese coloring

A pink North American Mustang with a P-40 Warhawk's wings with Japanese coloring

A cartoon jet fuselage with Focke Wulf wings

A cartoon jet fuselage with Focke Wulf wings

Focke Wult TA 152H fuselage with what appears to be badly colored Air Cobra P-39 wings

Focke Wult TA 152H fuselage with what appears to be badly colored Air Cobra P-39 wings

Power Prop Gliders - WW1 Glider Counterfeits Introduction

I was really excited when I found this collection of gliders on E-Bay.  They appeared to be WW1 bi-plane gliders, similar to the ones that I had displayed on this blog earlier.  I did see the Chinese characters on the packaging, but decided to give them the benefit of the doubt.  Turns out they were extremely poor counterfeits, as you will see.

Power Prop Gliders - WW1 Glider Counterfeits

Power Prop Gliders - WW1 Glider Counterfeits

WWI Power Prop Glider - #13 Bleriot XI

WWI Power Prop Glider - #13 Bleriot XI

WWI Power Prop Glider - #13 Bleriot XI

WWI Power Prop Glider - #13 Bleriot XI

WWI Power Prop Glider - #13 Bleriot XI

WWI Power Prop Glider - #12 Curtiss Sea-Hawk

WWI Power Prop Glider - #12 Curtiss Sea-Hawk

WWI Power Prop Glider - #12 Curtiss Sea-Hawk

WWI Power Prop Glider - #12 Curtiss Sea-Hawk

WWI Power Prop Glider - #12 Curtiss Sea-Hawk