NORTHROP YB-49 photograph

 

Designed initially during World War II as the XB-35 in order to bomb mainland Japan from Hawaii before losing out to the absurdly gigantic Convair B-36, the YB-49 was basically the same aircraft but with jet power. Sadly the flying wing design was as far ahead of its' time as it looked, as the design couldn't be made stable enough with the control technology of the period and the programme was finally scrapped in 1950.

Aurora Russian Nuclear Powered Bomber model kit

The Red Scare was an all-ages affair and in 1959 model manufacturers Aurora devised this terrifying Soviet beast capable of obliterating entire cities in mere moments. The kit was modelled on the Myasishchev M-50 prototype. Sleep well, little Timmy...