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                        Biggest Model Aircraft?

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Biggest Model Aircraft?
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 1, 2003 9:09 AM
                        What is the biggest model aircraft you've ever seen/built? Personally, I have a 1/48 scale Revell Rockell B-1B Lancer, which is just over 90cm long and currently hangs from my bedroom ceiling, bomb bay doors open and wings fully spread (i.e. not in supersonic position). So, what's the biggest you've ever done?
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                        Butz
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Niagara Falls NY
                        Posted by Butz on Sunday, June 1, 2003 10:01 AM
                        Lets see here,
                        Monograms ol but good B-58(1/48th),AMT's B-52(1/72) and soon to be Monograms B-36 also in 72dTongue [:P].
                        For 72d the B-36 is a BIG..!!!!!!Big Smile [:D]
                        Flaps up,Mike

                        If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 1, 2003 10:16 AM
                        Done:1/48 Monogram B-29
                        Seen: Would have to be one of the ships at The Museum of Scinece and Industry(Chicago).


                        Didn't we do this already?
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                        Butz
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Niagara Falls NY
                        Posted by Butz on Sunday, June 1, 2003 10:19 AM
                        Who knows but the Shadow do......Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]Tongue [:P]
                        Flaps up,Mike

                        If you would listen to everybody about the inaccuracies, most of the kits on your shelf would not have been built Too Close For Guns, Switching To Finger

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                        gregers
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: UK
                        Posted by gregers on Sunday, June 1, 2003 12:58 PM
                        Thats easy the Monogram B36 wing span of 3ft problem of where to put it now cured when my nephew decided to see how well it flew. Needless to say it didn't and he nearly did. It still sits in my loft looking very sorry for itself but i can't throw it away, i dont know why i just can't so there it sits......Gregers
                        Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
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                        upnorth
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Canada / Czech Republic
                        Posted by upnorth on Sunday, June 1, 2003 1:50 PM
                        So far, the biggest model I've seen is Aeroclub's 1/48 Avro Vulcan
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 1, 2003 2:16 PM
                        Monogram B-58 Hustler.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 1, 2003 2:32 PM
                        Completed : 1/72 E3 Awacs, B1 and B52.
                        Big models are fun to build but when it's time to store them, it's less funny !!!!
                        Smile [:)]
                        http://perso.wanadoo.fr/toms-website/

                        Have a nice day !
                        TomCool [8D]
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, June 1, 2003 5:02 PM
                        I've got my Heller 1/72 E-3 AWACS sitting on my kitchen table. Why did I ever buy anything that big? The only thing it's good for is the cats use it as a scratching post...

                        demono69
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 2, 2003 12:25 AM
                        If you include vacuform and multi-media kits, it'd have to be ID Models C-5 Galaxy (over 40"/102cm) long or Amodel's Antonov An-22 (wingspan 38"/97cm). I have both. I've got a small start on the Antonov, and the C-5 is a "someday" project.
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                        karlwb
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                          May 2003
                        Posted by karlwb on Monday, June 2, 2003 6:38 AM
                        1:72 scale Monogram B52-D
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 2, 2003 7:15 PM
                        Yeah I've got the Monogram 1/72 B-52 Stratofortress as well, but it really pales in comparison with my Lancer, as does my B-29.

                        I've got a really beautiful V-formation on my ceiling now - the 1/48 B-1B Lancer at the front, the 1/72 B-52 Stratofortress on the left (looking up), and the 1/72 B-29 Superfortress on the right. All symbolising the 3 main nuclear bombers from WW2, Cold War, and modern times. It looks stunning, needless to say.
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                        Anonymous
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                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 2, 2003 7:17 PM
                        Also, I have an Airfix AWACS sitting on my modelling table, just waiting to be built at the moment. I've had it for a year and a half, and still haven't made any progress at all :(
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                        rangerj
                        • Member since
                          March 2003
                        Posted by rangerj on Monday, June 2, 2003 8:10 PM
                        What about the Italieri 1/48 C130? It was also distributed by Testors. I do not remember the dementions, but If I remember right the wingspan is 33 inches.
                        I don't know what it weighs but it is heavy.

                        The 1/48 scale Herc has to be in the top ten for injection molded styreen! rangerj
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Monday, June 2, 2003 8:32 PM
                        I am working on one of my dad's old models--a 1/48 B-24J. Pretty big, and with the silver paint, it looks even better.

                        SilverGhost
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 3, 2003 9:57 PM
                        I.D. Models 1/32 B-29 vac-u-form kit. Now that was a monster.
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Tuesday, June 3, 2003 11:54 PM
                        How about the new Trumpeter Bear?

                        Or for that matter, how big will the 1/35th scale (?) Mi-24 be? The rotor span will be fairly large, no?
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                        Anonymous
                        • Member since
                          November 2005
                        Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, June 4, 2003 7:40 PM
                        bernndye - are you serious about that 1/32 B-29? That must have been HUGE! Any idea exactly how big it was?
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