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747 in 1/72?

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747 in 1/72?
Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:09 PM
Anyone make such a critter? I've always had a bizzare urge to build a NASA shuttle/747 combo in 1/72 scale. I know of the old Mono (or was it Revell?) 1/144 but that's just too small for my tastes. 747-200, isn't it?

Any ideas?
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:08 PM
Only one on the market, by Model Transport I think, and it's a very basic vacform... Lots of work to turn it into something looking half-way decent. Made in the UK, and shipping costs are quite expensive!
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Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:41 PM
I could swear that a friend of mine had an injection-molded kit, but I could be wrong...
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Posted by gregers on Thursday, February 12, 2004 1:55 PM
you could try to get hold of a travel agency model, some of them are 1/72nd. i'll have a looksee to see if i can find some on the net.
Greg

found this but its a bit pricey, not sure about the scale but it looks about right
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2224036134&category=419
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Posted by eagle334 on Thursday, February 12, 2004 10:08 PM
Entex made a 1/100th 747 which was listed at the time as the biggest plastic airplane model made. I have one along with the Tamiya 1/100th shuttle that are on my "yeah right, i'm gonna build that" list.
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Posted by philp on Friday, February 13, 2004 1:04 AM
Never has been an injection molded kit in 1/72. Aircraft in Miniature Limited makes this plane in a precut vacuform kit under their Transport Wings Kits.
http://www.aim72.co.uk/TW05-001.htm
They also make a conversion set for a Shuttle Carrier
http://www.aim72.co.uk/TWC-006.htm
Cost for these two will set you back 100LBs British plus shipping.
You will need skill with vacuform, resin, white metal and photoetch but I have heard they are pretty detailed (for that price, they should be)
I have been temped to do this option myself. Only thing holding me back is the cost, and the skill level (OK, that's 2 things).
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Posted by djmodels1999 on Friday, February 13, 2004 1:13 AM
Thanks Philp, that's the one I was talking about!
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