More Golden Age civilian victims, I mean builds.

[Clunkmeister]

I’m always looking for cool kits of important milestone aircraft, and here’s two more for the bench.  Yes, I have a soft spot for civilian transports, and both these kits need plenty of kitbashing and scratching... just my thing.

The big Farman has been on my list for a long time, and was a potential scratch build candidate. But then I find this Azur kit. Looking at it, it appears accurate enough in shape, but seriously rough moldings in the box. A scratchbuild might still be in the offing.

And the little 247... a real bridge between Fokker, Stinson, and Ford airliners to the modern day.

Sometimes I wonder if Hubert and I are the only ones who love this kind of stuff...

[GazzaS]

" Sometimes I wonder if Hubert and I are the only ones who love this kind of stuff... "

 

I think you guys might be the standard bearers for that minor fraternity.

 

Gaz

[HubertB]

Nice catch, Ernie, just in the wrong scale  ....

Here are some of my finds, that arrived yesterday, all in an (almost) correct scale :

The PZL - H, in which Zulawski was unfortunately killed, comes with laser-cut cardboard frames:

Then there was also this small almost-military addition  

And, don’t tell anyone, but I also got in the same parcel a 1/200 USS Brooklyn, with its laser-cut frames as well. I just love these pre-dreadnought battleships

Hubert

[Clunkmeister]

Nice finds!

Those early battleships are cool. Back when naval designers still thought in terms of broadsides, etc. the fully swiveling main battery was still an idea yet to be hatched.

[Martinnfb]

And again, when I see that paper Arrow, I am thinking about getting a plotter  and cope the paper into a thin sheet of plastic, It should work. But then what about 3 D printing. So much to think of for my retirement at the age 80

[Clunkmeister]

Only 80?  I should be ready to retire at 117 or so.  

[BlrwestSiR]

On 6/1/2019 at 2:01 PM, Martinnfb said:

And again, when I see that paper Arrow, I am thinking about getting a plotter  and cope the paper into a thin sheet of plastic, It should work. But then what about 3 D printing. So much to think of for my retirement at the age 80

I keep thinking of doing the same thing with the Arrow. 

As for retirement, that'll happen when the boys are done school. Especially looking at the cost for tuition these days, nevermind in 10 years.