Mikes Diecast Tanks and Armour - Authenticast Airplanes

Authenticast Airplane Box	Dornier DO217	Dornier DO217 underside	Dornier DO217
Focke Wulf	Focke Wulf	Junkers 87B	Junkers 87B
Junkers 87B	Junkers JU88	Junkers JU88	Junkers JU88
Junkers JU88	Messerschmitt ME110	Messerschmitt ME110	Messerschmitt ME110
Messerschmitt ME109E	Messerschmitt ME109E	Messerschmitt ME109E	Messerschmitt ME109E

Authenticast models are heavy cast metal (zinc, lead, tin alloy) models manufactured by Comet Metal Products of Richmond Hills, NY in the 40's, 50's and 60's. Prior to WWII, Comet manufactured a range of metal toy soldiers, including the "Brigadiers" line, as well as other metal products. In the mid to late 1930's Comet pioneered a centrifugal casting process which allowed the maker to dramatically increase the level of detail. This process was named the "Authenticast" process. During WWII, Comet manufactured airplane, ship and land 'recognition' or 'identification' models. These were used as to train the military to recognize various military vehicles and weapons. In the 50's, Comet sold these items to the public, along with a series of toy soldiers and model railroad accessories. Comet also continued to make other products (washing machine counterweights, anchors, etc.).

Authenticast produced a fairly wide variety of Airplane models at a scale of 1" to 36 feet (or 1:432). In 1945, the first offering featured over 90 planes from the USA, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, Russia, Netherlands. The planes were finished in a dark gray color. Some versions featured a hole in the plane at the center of gravity, allowing the plane to be suspended from a string.

A31 Vultee Vengence	A31 VulteeVengence	AD3 skyraider	AD3 skyraider
B17	B17	B29	B29
Comet spitfire	Comet spitfire	F2H banshee	F2Hbanshee
F4U Corsair	F4U Corsair	F8F Bearcat	F8F Bearcat
F9F Panther	F9FPanther	Japanese Kate	Japanese Kate
Mitsubishi T01 Betty	Mitsubishi T01 Betty	Mitsubishi Zeke	Mitsubishi Zeke
P38	P38	P40	P40
	SB2C1 Helldiver	SB2C1 Helldiver