What Major Aircraft Were Not Produced as a Model?

Vacuformed C-17 in 1/72 by Combat Models. Announced by Panda as injecton molded kit in 1/72, yet to be seen.

Tom

Jessie C wrote:

Actually, the Merln Br.14 isn't too bad I've built two and only replaced some small parts. It was one of their very few buildable kits. The Pegasus kit is better by far. There are several excellent vacuform Br.14s from HR, Czech Omega and Czech Master as well as a couple of good vacuforms by Wings 72 and Formaplane. I don't think that MPM/Azur/et al will wait too long, most likely Azur.

Tom

Stephen T> >

Enzo, come on man, the Merlin kit was close to perfect. Of course I don't remember which of a score of Merlin kits meant to be somethng else such as a TSR-2 or a Kaman HOK-1, it was, but then it was to the ever popular 1/54 scale, not 1/72, so I ignored it.

Tom :-)

Enzo Matrix wrote:

No Salmson 2A2 from Merlin, but Pegasus did a pretty fair kit n 1/72. Choroszy Modelbud and Czech both did good cast resn Salmsons. 1/48? What's that?

Tom

Stephen T> >

Kim

Beech Staggerwing injection molded 1/72 from Meikraft, Merlin and Sword, who did one with wheels and one with floats. Rareplane's second incarnation D.17 is quite nce, too.

Tom

kim wrote:

Kim Argosy from Airways in vacuform to 1/72.

Tom

kim wrote:

All three have been done to 1/72 in vacuform. Want a list?

Tom

Richard Brooks wrote:

They better be good Salmsons for the price you pay on them! I keep hoping that Roden will do a 1/72 one, but they slowed down some.

I used to do > No Salmson 2A2 from Merlin, but Pegasus did a pretty fair kit n 1/72.

O scale in North American model railroading. Really too large an aircraft scale if one wants a truly representative cross-section of aircraft models.

Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. ;Þ

I went on board an RAF one a couple of years ago. The cargo deck looked like an ordinary cargo deck, with rails, hooks, stops and all sorts of projections sticking out. The crew needed a flat deck. On a Herc, that would have taken an hour's work to lift everything and stow it all. Not on a C-17 though. The loadmaster simply threw a switch on a control panel and everything sank into the deck and disappeared! It reminded me of the scene in "Batman" where Michael Keaton is running away from the Batmobile and mutters "Shields!" under his breath!

I'd still want a mainstream kit from someone like Hasegawa. The trouble is that Hasegawa would no doubt produce the most Frankensteiny of Frankenstein kits in an attempt to cater for all of the 73 distinct versions. The AEW Mk

not a major aircraft production numbers wise, but it is important in aviation technology: did anyone ever produce a Hughes H-1 in any scale? (esp. 1/72)

Hughes racer:

Thanks, Tom. Like most people here I was thinking in terms of injection moulding from a major manufacturer.

(kim)

I obviously diidn't google too hard, mainly because I'm planning a R/C flying model with a a vintage petrol engine if at all possible.

(kim)

CMR just did a kit that allows you to build both the long wing and short wing variants(2 complete kits in one box). Both versions are also available in 1/48.

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It'd be only the Shorts Belfast for me - then again, a Bristol Britannia would be nice.

Richard.

Kim

Google smoogle. All it takes is a subscription to ESM 72 and maybe ordering a back issue volume or two. :-)

Tom

kim wrote:

Short Belfast in 1/72 cast resin from Magna Models, vacuform from Sanger.

Bristol Britana in 1/72 vacuform from Sanger and Airways.

Good luck, both are big projects with possible breathtaking results in the right hands.

Tom

Richard Brooks wrote: