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Doyusha 1/100 Concorde

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  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Doyusha 1/100 Concorde
Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, October 26, 2003 8:09 AM
Hi, folks!Smile [:)]
Although I never was very interested in this amazing aircraft, watching the live broadcast of the final landings at Heathrow of the Concorde stirred something within me, so today I went out and bought the only kit I could find: Doyusha's 1/100 offering.
I've built their kits before, so I knew what to expect quality and detail-wise, but I was surprised by one thing: The box features photos of Air France and British Airways aircraft, all with the droop-nosed take-off and landing configuration. Even in this configuration, it's still easy to see that the windscreen is of the current variety (i.e., the one I'm familiar with, the only one I've ever seen!). I'm not an expert on Concordes, by any means, but the windscreen that is included in the kit appears to be that of the early prototypes, or maybe the intitial production aircraft (this deduction based solely on the documentaries I saw yesterday!). In the "up" position, the kit's front windscreen is simply two small, squarish windows, making the Concorde look like some kinda giant X-15. Also, the nose and rear taper of the fuselage appear to be much shorter than photos of current aircraft would indicate.

Can anybody shed any light on these differences? Is this kit just way wrong, or is it a replica of one of the prototypes?

Just as an aside, included in the box was the Doyusha catalogue, which shows a photo of their 1/144 Concorde, which appears to be the modern version that I'm familiar with.

Also, any other good kits of this aircraft out there?

Any info on this topic will be greatly appreciated!
~Brian
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: UK
Posted by gregers on Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:29 AM
i also am no expert but it does look like that they have based the kit on a prototype. sounds like that you'll have quite a bit of work to do to bring it up to production standards. or you could model one of the prototypes. Greg
Why torture yourself when life will do it for you?
  • Member since
    February 2003
  • From: Tochigi, Japan
Posted by J-Hulk on Sunday, October 26, 2003 9:38 AM
True...I'll give the conversion some thought. Nice, big kit it is, though!
~Brian
  • Member since
    December 2002
  • From: A secret workshop somewhere in England
Posted by TANGO 1 on Sunday, October 26, 2003 12:18 PM
Just seen this post after writing my own concorde questions! Airfix and Revell have kits in 1/144 scale on sale in the UK at present.

Regards, Darren. C.A.G. FAA/USNFAW GB
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