Most wanted airliner kit..?

upnorth

Member since
December 2002
From: Canada / Czech Republic

Posted by upnorth on Sunday, April 13, 2003 3:46 PM

Did anybody ever make a 1/144 kit of the Antonov AN-225 Mryia?

Even better, did anyone make it with the Buran space shuttle riding on it?

I had made the comment earlier that I'd like to see some of the short haul aircraft brought up to 1/72 from 1/144 as they are small enough to be practical in that scale in injection form kits. If that were ever done, my wish list would go something like this:

BAC 1-11
Bae Jetstream 31 (new tool, not revamped old Airfix moldings)
Dornier 225 (Revell Germany had a military one a few years back, civil would be nice)
Bae 146
Yakovlev YAK-40 "Codling"
Fokker 100
Boeing 737
DeHavilland Canada Dash 7

I'd also like to see the old Esci 1/72 Fokker 27 given an upgrade and reissue,
I could say the same for Hobbycraft Canada's 1/72 DeHaviland Dash 8

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 13, 2003 4:34 PM

Upnorth, I do not believe that there is ANY kit of an An-225 much less the Buran.

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upnorth

Member since
December 2002
From: Canada / Czech Republic

Posted by upnorth on Sunday, April 13, 2003 5:25 PM

Didn't think so, but there's never any telling if there might be some obscure Russian or Ukrainian made kit of it.

Did anybody ever make a decent Tupolev 134 or 154 in 1/144?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, April 13, 2003 7:33 PM

I do have a An-225/Buran display model that I got at the Antonov factory in Kiev...
Two Tu-154's that I know of... There's a Welsh models kit. Has vacuform fuselage and the rest is injection molded or white metal. The other is a Russian kit, by OKB-144. I have the OKB-144 Tu-104 and it's crude. No Tu-134's that I know of. There's also a Welsh Models Tu-114 that I have. I always thought that was a beautiful airplane in the old Aeroflot colors.

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Monday, April 14, 2003 12:49 AM

There's a 1/200 Tu-154 by .. Tupolev... It's quite accurate but has no landing gear.

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JGUIGNARD

Member since
March 2003
From: USA

Posted by JGUIGNARD on Monday, April 14, 2003 10:20 AM

Per some of the earlier posts, would also love to see both Ford Tri-motor and Boeing 247 in 1.48th.

Jim

Most of us are acquainted with at least one "know-it-all". He may be as close as the mirror. [}:)]

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Antonio Lopez Oliver

Member since
March 2003
From: Mexico

Posted by Antonio Lopez Oliver on Monday, April 14, 2003 5:09 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by Nelson Ott

In the Centennial Year of the Ford Motor Company, it would be nice to have a decent 1/48 Ford Tri-Motor. It is as important as the DC-3. How about that Revell/Monogram ?

Im Agree after build the Ju-52, just be patient its matter of time to see the Ford Trimotor boxed somewhere and thats it R.M.!Happy Modeling from San Luis Potosí , México...

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7474

Member since
December 2002

Posted by 7474 on Tuesday, April 15, 2003 1:21 PM

I'd like to see an A380, and an A340 in 1/200. All there is out there is these snap fit, pre painted airliners in 1/200 scale. Hasegawa needs to step up to the plate. I know I can strip the titles off, and repaint, but that's not as much fun as when you assemble every thing.

I bought the 1/200 A380 from Sky Marks in the Virgin Atlantic livery. It's a nice airliner. I painted the engines. Painted the lips of the nacele, the exhaust cones, the fan blades, and a lot more to the engines, then painted and detailed the landing gear.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 1:06 AM

I sure would like to see a Convair 580 injection molded kit in any scale. The bigger the better. It's always been my altime favorite.

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:15 AM

Upnorth, there's a 1/288 kit of Buran (with Energya booster)...

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 2:53 AM

Are there any 767 1/144 scale kits out there?

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 4:33 AM

Revell/Monogram has a 1/144 767 kit that currently is not in production. Nice kit. Rumour has it that it will be reissued by Revell/Germany sometime soon.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 12:35 PM

May sound crazy, but...
...how about a 1/48 747? Yes, you heard me right, a 1/48 scale 747. (burn him, he's a heretic! :)

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Wednesday, April 16, 2003 3:05 PM

bubbamoosecat: I've heard on the airlinermodelling list on Yahoo Groups that Revell AG will rerelease the 1/144 767 sometime in 2004 due to heavy demand.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Thursday, April 17, 2003 5:24 AM

Thanks for the Revell AG 767 news. It would be nice to convert to the KC767 tanker. Aussie Air Force is considering purchasing it along with the US. I kit based a 737-300 to make the new Aussie "Wedge Tail" early warning as seen on boeing.com.
Cheers, thanks again.

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, April 28, 2003 12:44 AM

This is probably old information, but the new DC-8 from Minicraft is a DC-8-60. Just released along with the 727-200.

~Brian

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 13, 2003 6:00 AM

It should be the Lockheed Constallation, Super Constellation and the Starliner.

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 13, 2003 6:01 AM

And in 1:72 scale forgot to mention that

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djmodels1999

Member since
December 2002
From: United Kingdom / Belgium

Posted by djmodels1999 on Sunday, July 13, 2003 6:05 AM

Don't you like the Heller kits, Sinjin?

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 13, 2003 8:48 AM

Here comes a little panic thought I had looking through the latest Hasegawa Catalogue, noticing the 1:200 airliner section has become very limited, compared with earlier years. No new molds as well...
LHS, our famous Dutch aircraft model shop also seem to get fewer and fewer Hasegawa 1:200 kits, and loads of them come as special offers (they seem to want to get rid of 747-400's and MD-11's).
Am I just paranoid or will Hasegawa close their 1:200-line???

Gertjan

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 13, 2003 9:01 AM

Excuse me, forgot to actually reply to the topic: I agree with 7474 and would love to see the A330 and the A340 (-300 and -600 please) in 1:200-scale.
And while Hasegawa spools up their production-line engines Wink [;)]

: how about a 1:200 757-300?
Regional Jets and a (new) 717 would be nice as well, won't mind if it's in 1:200 or 1:144.

Thank you,

Gertjan

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, July 13, 2003 3:57 PM

Hi all...

How bout a 1/144 L-1011 TriStar family, all based on the Otaki Kit??
Seen this kit only once, and it's bang-on in most respects... Just need to
put the shorter, more recent engine nacelles in there... Minicraft or Trumpeter are you listening??? <G>

Brian
SJAFB

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stinger

Member since
January 2003
From: Everywhere

Posted by stinger on Sunday, July 13, 2003 4:31 PM

I think the DC - 8 is hands down the most beautiful, graceful design ever produced. Then again, that can be said for a lot of other aircraft. (The 767 is a close second). Just look at the dash eight from any angle and you can see that it was meant to do one thing only -FLY There is just something about those cheek cowl inlets that gives it a character all of its' own. How about the whole series, from the original design thru the 'stretch'. Would like to hear from pilots who have flown her to know what she's really like in the air.

May an Angel be your wingman, and the Sun be always at your six

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