Gemini Jets BWIA British West Indian Airways Boeing 727-100 9Y-TCO 1960s Polished Livery Scale 1/400 GJBWA2376

The Gemini Jets BWIA British West Indian Airways Boeing 727-100 9Y-TCO is a highly collectable 1/400 scale diecast model of a classic Caribbean jetliner. This release, product code GJBWA2376, represents Boeing 727-100 9Y-TCO in BWIA’s polished 1960s livery, capturing the early jet-age look of British West Indian Airways. Current model listings identify this release as a Gemini Jets 1/400 BWIA Boeing 727-100 9Y-TCO with polished 1960s livery.

The real aircraft, 9Y-TCO, is recorded as a Boeing 727-78, construction number 18794. PlaneLogger lists the aircraft as delivered to BWIA International Airways on 21 December 1964, later serving with Braniff International Airways as N305BN, then Transbrasil as PT-TYR, and finally Evergreen International Airlines as N728EV, before being scrapped.

The Boeing 727-100 was one of the great early short- and medium-haul jet aircraft, with its distinctive rear-mounted three-engine layout and T-tail profile. In BWIA colours, it represents a particularly interesting subject for collectors of Caribbean airlines, polished metal liveries, early jetliners and classic Boeing tri-jets.