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                        1/72 Target Drones?

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                        lazyfortress
                        • Member since
                          May 2016
                        1/72 Target Drones?
                        Posted by lazyfortress on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 3:25 PM

                        I've always been interested in target drones.  I know there's a few in 1/72, but none for sale nowadays.  I'm considering hand-crafting one out of metal and balsa.  

                        But, if any of you have a 1/72 Ryan Firebee/Firebee II that is not put together (still in the sprue),  I'll be glad to purchase it from you.

                        How many of you hand-crafted an item that you could not get?  I'm considering hand-crafting a MQM-33.  How long (in inches or centimeters) would 10 feet be in 1/72 scale?

                        Visit my site at www.lazyfortress.info !

                        My avatar is Nemo A534, a military war dog that served in Vietnam.  He was WIA while defending his handler.

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                        seasick
                        • Member since
                          June 2004
                        • From: 29° 58' N 95° 21' W
                        Posted by seasick on Wednesday, May 11, 2016 10:28 PM

                        A 1/72 target drone. These days you should by a 1/72 kit of a F-16A in blocks 1 to 15. Turn it to a QF-16A.

                        Get a recent satellite photo of Davis Monthan AFB pick a plane sitting around and its your drone.

                        Chasing the ultimate build.

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                        Pawel
                        • Member since
                          May 2009
                        • From: Poland
                        Posted by Pawel on Thursday, May 12, 2016 6:40 AM

                        Hello!

                        The German Airmodel company has some vacuum-formed firebees:

                        http://www.airmodel.de/index.php?language=en&cat=c17_Flugzeuge-USA-Flugzeuge-USA.html

                        I even started building one of them, and that could be a perfect first vacu model for you, if you didn't try that before - and if you want to try it now. Luckily they aren't too expensive!

                        I hope it helps, good luck with your builds and have a nice day

                        Paweł

                        All comments and critique welcomed. Thanks for your honest opinions!

                        www.vietnam.net.pl

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                        Don Stauffer
                        • Member since
                          November 2009
                        • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
                        Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, May 12, 2016 8:58 AM

                        I have three-views of a WW2 drone, pre-firebee, somewhere.  I have been thinking of scratching it, though in a larger scale than 1:72.  Those early drones were pretty small.  Can't put my hands on those drawings now, will look for them.  The stuff I had was on the drone powered by the Twin McCullough 2-cycle, which a lot of folks used in homebuilt autogyros.

                        Don Stauffer in Minnesota

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