727 worth a hoot?

Here's a Hasegawa 727 I did a year or two ago.  I thought it was a descent kit.

Thanks Fly.

What the wingspan come up for that 1/200 scale?

Steve

Its about 6.25 in or 16mm...depending on where you live.

Fly-n-hi

Its about 6.25 in or 16mm...depending on where you live.

I'll get the Hasegawa kit. Its a little on the small size but it will do.  

I really wish someone would make this beautiful bird with an extended flap and slot option. I remember flying on them as a kid and setting at the wing window just to watch those gorgeous flaps extend. Man I love that plane.

Yeah going up and down the back stair was cool too.

Noisy and smoky!

I think Zvezda's new A320 has optional flaps.  Hopefully, this will start a new trend with all the new airliner kits.

That would be nice.  Something other than parked or flying configuration.

Sorry G;

Going up and down that back stair was cool .BUT , the take-off was way better ! Can anybody say Rotate ! T.B.

When I was going through Aircraft Mechanics school back in 1980 in Waco TX, I watch the A&M 727 take off from our runway.  That thing stood on it's tail. It was amazing to watch,  and loud.

Welsh models makes a 1/72 vac formed/resin -100 kit.

www.welshmodels.co.uk/CLS72-18.html

It's not cheap, but it's big!

I was an engineer on '27s for a short while. It was a nice machine, but messy.

They were always leaking something!

A very nice aircraft!

There is always the paper route. There are any number of liveries and can be built into very nice models with practice and patience.

Yikes!

$180 (approx.). That's a little rich for my blood. Try to explain that one to my wife. And I bet you can't even display it with the flaps down.

Thanks Mach, it does look like a nice kit, but I'll stick to the 1/200 Hasegawa. I just bought one for $10.

$180 - $10 = Hey, I just saved $170. Now what can I buy?

"$180 - $10 = Hey, I just saved $170. Now what can I buy?"

Some sheet styrene and lots of xacto blades so you can scratch

build the flaps! And still have enough money left over to take your

wife out to dinner.

I realized it was VERY pricy, but figured I'd throw it out there. It's really

a lot worse than $180, I'm guessing you need to add at least another $30

for shipping.

Mach,

Thank you for the link, I do appreciate it. I'm not quite at the vacu form ability yet. Once I am (and win the lottery) I'll give it a try.

Steve

...and the Welsh kit has a solid resin wing which makes dropping the flaps a chore.

Good move on the Hasegawa kit, it is about the best in shape out there.

I have the old KMC 1/72 kit and it will need a lot of TLC to get looking right.

Thanks Aussie,

I'm going to start the Hase kit soon. It does look like a nice kit. I also bought some Braniff decals for it which may be a trial. The metallic blue scheme seems challenging.