The Ford Tri-Motor, affectionately known as the "Tin Goose" for its aluminum corrugated skin, was built by the Ford Motor Company and unveiled for the first time in Detroit in 1926.  The Ford Tri-Motor incorporated many leading design improvements including brakes, an enclosed pilot cabin, doughnut tires, full cantilever wings and heaters.  Most of the United States airlines bought the 11 passenger Ford Tri-Motors and they were flown on many of the leading air routes.  Aside from being used as a civilian passenger airliner, Admiral Richard E. Byrd used a Ford Tri-Motor equipped with skis in 1929 on one of his Antarctic expeditions.  It was this Ford aircraft that Admiral Bryd became the first aviator to fly over the South Pole.  This historic aircraft is currently housed in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn Michigan.  The Ford Tri-Motor was powered by three Wright J-6 900 horsepower radial engines, which gave it a cruising speed of 110 mph and a top speed of 110 mph.  As was the case of many aircraft of the late 1920s, control horns and control wires were mounted outside the aircraft along with the outer engine instruments.  In the interior, passenger seats were made out of woven reed.  As a tribute to the durability of the rugged Ford Tri-Motor, many were still in operation around the world in the mid 1960s.  During the mid 1970s, Island Airlines flying Ford Tri-Motors and touted as "The Shortest Airlines In The World" provided a vital service to the people of a number of small islands just offshore in Lake Erie about halfway between Toledo and Cleveland Ohio.  Island Airlines had its home base at Port Clinton, Ohio and from it provided daily scheduled flights to the islands.  This older, Ford Tri-Motor (Island Airlines) scaled model includes the following features: 1) Authentic markings for a Ford Tri-Motor flown by Island Airlines during the 1970s; 2) Clear plastic cockpit and cabin "glass" areas; 3) Detailed radial engines; 4) Molded in white colored plastic; 5) Simulated corrugated metal finish; 6) Spinning propellers; 7) Painting guide and 8) Illustrated assembly instructions.  The box is in very good condition.  Never started and 100% complete with all parts, decals and instructions inventoried.