Pulp transports

[Nowfel]

Just a heads up on some 1930s transports I've picked up recently and which might interest some people. All have yet to be repainted.

Delta Airlines 1934 Lockheed L-10 Electra by New Ray picked up from Toys R'Us for less than 10 euros. This is slightly underscale at 1/60 which is not too bad since you can have a transport plane on the tabletop without taking up too much space.



A P17 Citroën-Kégresse 1931 autochenille of Croisière Jaune fame by Editions Atlas. Way overscale at 1/43, it doesn't look that bad with 28mm since most people are used to the oversize German half-tracks of WW2 (the steering wheel is a dead giveaway though).

This was released in France as part of a series of magazine-cum-model. Easily found on eBay (just search for "autochenille"), best prices on eBay France (original magazine price was 10.95 euros to give an idea). In the same series, there is also a 1922 B2 K1 Citroën-Kégresse used in the first crossing of the Sahara but this one will look more out of scale.



Some more pics here :
http://picasaweb.google.com/risaldar.singh/

[Prof.Witchheimer]

Wow! Must-have pieces, will get them

[fatgoblin]

nice find there!  esp the aircraft

[Operator5]

I have to find that plane!

I have a 1/48 scale model of a DC-3 that I still have not assembled.

[Nowfel]

The beauty of it is that it is a sturdy click together kit with only couple of screws so it takes about five minutes to put together. I plan to repaint it in fictional "Air Levant" colours one day but it is useable out of the box in squint mode.

It says (c) 2000 on the lower wing so I don't know how easy it is to find (I picked it up in Bangkok of all places). the only problem with it is that my 3 year old likes it so much that I have to find a similar one for him or I'll have to make do with a crashed version of the plane pretty soon. ;-)

[dominic]

Wow!  I want that plane!!

[TadPortly]

More cheap Lockheeds here:

http://www.ashevillediecast.com/cart.php?target=category&category_id=458

Cheap card airliner and airship (latter will need mod-ing to fit scale):

http://www.marcle.co.uk/

[dominic]

Useful link.  Too bad it is in the US and postage rates are really high from US to Europe.

Nowfel - how much did your Lockheed cost?  I'll try to make a trip to Toys R Us soon!

[revford]

The aircraft is great, I'll have to go hunting at Toys R Us next time I'm up that way.

1:60 sounds fine to me, most of my vehicles are 1:56 at the mo.

[Chien Sauvage]

The plane is really a good idea, i try to find one.

Thanks for the information.

Chien sauvage

[bandit86]

If you dont buy that plane  you'll regret it. Maybe not today. Maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life.
 

[Gundamentalist 5.56]

Useful link.  Too bad it is in the US and postage rates are really high from US to Europe.

Nowfel - how much did your Lockheed cost?  I'll try to make a trip to Toys R Us soon!

Not actually that bad... $17 postage for $23 worth of purchases. With the current exchange that worked out at £20 plus change. The Electra was £6+£5 - a little high but not too bad.

[pnweerar]

Ahoy,

So Marcle Models lists the Hindenburg kit as 1:500.

Does anyone off hand know how big that is?

Wondering if it can be used as a vehicle or as a terrain piece .

...

Just figured it out. 49cm.