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                        Large Scale Airliners

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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Large Scale Airliners
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 7, 2004 6:24 PM
                        Anyone familiar with any large scale (1/72, 1/48) airliner kits such as 727, 737, 757, etc?
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Saturday, February 7, 2004 9:51 PM
                        I think the largest scale for most airliners is 1/144, although you can get a DC-3 in 1/48th. Most jet airliners today would cost at least $100US for 1/72nd scale, because of all the plastic. I just built a 1/200 747, and it's larger than most of my 1/48 stuff (it's about 14" long, with an 11" wingspan). Can you image how big that thing would be in 1/72nd, or 1/48th? You'd need a gallon of paint for it.Smile [:)]Smile [:)]
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                        oldhooker
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                          July 2003
                        • From: Piedmont Triad, NC (USA)
                        Posted by oldhooker on Saturday, February 7, 2004 11:17 PM
                        You know... I can remember getting one of the old Aurora brand Boeing 727's for Christmas when I was young, and it was fairly large, probably 1/72nd scale... it was 18 or 19 inches long.

                        Hmmm... wonder if any of those are still floating around on EBay?

                        Frank

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                        jetmech
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        Posted by jetmech on Sunday, February 8, 2004 2:57 AM
                        Heller makes the DC-6 and 2 different versions of the Lockheed Constellation. Williams makes the C-46 with Delta decals and the Boeing 247 with UAL decals. If your looking for jet airliners Heller makes a Boeing 707 and a company named ICM made a Boeing 727 in American colors a few years ago. ICM has gone out of business but theres always Ebay. There are also models of the FW.200, JU.86 and JU.52 available in pre war Lufthansa colors. Academy makes a Boeing 377 Stratocruise in PAA colors. As you can see there are a lot of 1/72 airliners out there but the propliners outnumber the jets by quite a bit.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 8, 2004 8:45 AM
                        I know I've run across a vac-form company that advertised a 1/48 727 once, no kidding. Can't remember where/when. It's been a while. Try Google-ing it.
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                        jetmech
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                          February 2003
                        Posted by jetmech on Saturday, February 14, 2004 11:31 PM
                        I forgot about the caravelle that Mach 2 issued in United colors.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:50 AM
                        The company that produced the 1/72 727 that went out of business was KMC (Kendall Model Company), not ICM. There is a workbench review of it in the May 2000 issueof FSM. I happened to see the kit at the IPMS 2000 Nats here in Dallas, & it was impressive. If only I had gotten it when I had the chance...

                        Chris Ish
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                        gregers
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                          February 2003
                        • From: UK
                        Posted by gregers on Sunday, February 15, 2004 7:59 AM
                        there was a boing 737 in 1/72 i think it was by monogram but i could be wrong about that. airfix did a ford trimotor, fokker f27 and a dehavilland herron in 1/72 they and heller are bringing out a 1/72 concorde (see concorde group build). hope this helps.
                        Greg
                        Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
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                        caine
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                          April 2003
                        • From: Littleton,CO
                        Posted by caine on Sunday, February 15, 2004 11:04 AM
                        AMT/Ertl used to make some of those 1/72 KC-135s that could be converted to a 707 with some work. I remember that 1/72 727 and I wish I had picked up one as well. But I was in school at the time and didn't have the money needed to purchase it...what a shame Disapprove [V]
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, February 15, 2004 11:17 AM
                        Here you go:

                        http://www.aim72.co.uk/TW-list.htm

                        James Smile [:)]
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                        philp
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                          December 2002
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by philp on Monday, February 16, 2004 1:41 AM
                        Besides the KMC 727, Hellers 707 and the vacuforms from Aircraft in Miniature (see link above), Aurora made a 737-100 and 727-100 both in 72nd (or very close). They were very basic kits with no interior details. I saw an article in the old Scale Modeler magazine where a guy converted the 737 into a T-43. Always wanted to do that one.
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                        Ray Marotta
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Lyons Colorado, USA
                        Posted by Ray Marotta on Monday, February 16, 2004 12:22 PM
                        I've got the old ENTEX 747 in 1/100. The kit also contains a 1/100 DC-3
                        Ray

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                        Lufbery
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                          December 2002
                        • From: Harrisburg, PA
                        Posted by Lufbery on Monday, February 16, 2004 12:49 PM
                        Didn't Airfix make a 1/72 scale 747 too?

                        -Drew

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                        gregers
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                          February 2003
                        • From: UK
                        Posted by gregers on Monday, February 16, 2004 4:55 PM
                        the airfix 747 was in 1/144th. i have one that i use as my "test rig" for when i try new stuff out. it is basicaly complete exept undercart and engines, its a real mess now but i still have all the rest of its bits in its box so it may get fixed and finished one day. thanks for corecting me on that aurora 737, i wasn,t sure who did it and i was going to look up that artice to make sure.
                        Greg
                        Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
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                        jetmech
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                          February 2003
                        Posted by jetmech on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 3:15 AM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by ch47guy

                        The company that produced the 1/72 727 that went out of business was KMC (Kendall Model Company), not ICM. There is a workbench review of it in the May 2000 issueof FSM. I happened to see the kit at the IPMS 2000 Nats here in Dallas, & it was impressive. If only I had gotten it when I had the chance...

                        Chris Ish
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                        jetmech
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        Posted by jetmech on Tuesday, February 24, 2004 3:19 AM
                        Your right ch47guy. It was KMC not ICM. I picked one up mailorder about 5 years ago for $12.00. They had gone out of business and were trying to get rid of them. I should have gotten a few more. Thanks again for the correction.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 9:23 PM
                        QUOTE: Originally posted by Ray Marotta

                        I've got the old ENTEX 747 in 1/100. The kit also contains a 1/100 DC-3
                        Ray


                        Ray, what are the dimensions of the Entex 747? Are you willing to part with it?

                        Jack
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 9:24 PM
                        Does anyone have an Entex DC-10 or L-1011 that they are willing to part with?

                        Jack
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                        roadkill_275
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: North East Texas
                        Posted by roadkill_275 on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 10:59 PM
                        ch47guy What part of Dallas are you in? I'm in Sulphur Springs which is right down the road from you. rc_man73 and I have been having informal get togethers to work on some kits at his place in Commerce, are you interested?

                        BTW, there was a company a few years ago, the name escapes me, that made a conversion set for the 1/48 Tamiya Lancaster to make it into the Lancastrian airliner. Don't know the status of this one as its outside of my area of interest.
                        Kevin M. Bodkins "Meddle not in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with ketchup" American By Birth, Southern By the Grace of God! www.milavia.com Christian Modelers For McCain
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                        philp
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by philp on Tuesday, March 2, 2004 11:40 PM
                        I was in Douglas Models here in Salt Lake yesterday and they have the Heller 1/72 Boeing 707 in stock. I also saw that Heller (and Airfix) will be releasing a Concorde in 1/72 this year.
                        Phil Peterson IPMS #8739 Join the Map http://www.frappr.com/finescalemodeler
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                        7474
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                          December 2002
                        Posted by 7474 on Thursday, March 4, 2004 2:09 PM
                        I bought a 1/72 747-200 off of ebay. It was HUGE! he's still selling kits. they run about $170. They even have DC-10s, and a conversion kit for the 747 to turn it into a -400 model. It's true. I ended up trading it cause it was so big. I got about 5 747-400 kits in 1/144 out of it. Enough to build my self a small fleet of them, now hanging proudly in my room. You just have to look on ebay for them. they are out there. it's produced by some company in england though. take care. email me if you have more questions. spitpilot40@hotmail.com
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