Dairy Queen Diecast Mystery R Airplane Red by Racing Champions In Box 2001 RARE

Description

This DQ Mystery "R" Airplane is indeed a mystery! Please read on...
A Google search shows no pictures of this specific item. On the box it shows a pilot and a banner. The cockpit is covered so the illustration on the cover must be for looks. As for the banner, we have no way to find out if that is for looks as well or if it missing. There is a compartment on the bottom which we show in our pictures and it is not in there but we guess it might have been originally.
The "Mystery "R" Airplane" is a legit aircraft from the 20's-30's. Named as such due to the first three models (out of a total of 5) being built in private. It is a wire braced, racing airplane way back in the day developed by a company called Travel Air. It even won a race at a top speed of 194.9 mph.
As for this model - it is a beauty. It measures 8.5" from tip to tail with a wingspan of 12.5". She stands 3 3/8" tall. Heavy too at 1.6 lbs. We took plenty of pictures so please zoom in on each. As you'll find there isn't much to see of concern. Super clean. The cockpit is a three piece plastic cover. The middle piece is loose but wedged in nicely. We chose not to glue it back in to be honest to the piece. Easy enough to do if one so wishes.
We did have to make extensive repairs to the box with tape and there are random discoloration issues. Again please zoom in on pictures to get an idea of what we mean. It comes with the original plastic inner packaging which shows light discoloration.
The box shows this is from 2001 with a stock number of 20440P.
Please let us know if we can help with anything further. Offer includes free shipping and next day handling. We are not offering returns on this item so we are looking for serious collectors only. We will be cautious in packaging this item to ensure safe shipment.