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Offline Johnno

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WWI Biplane
« on: April 13, 2010, 06:11:20 PM »
Can anyone give me some leads on companies that make 1/43 biplanes.

Preferably, a Sopwith Camel of some sort.
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Re: WWI Biplane
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2010, 06:24:34 PM »
I'm not too familiar with planes coming in that scale, in fact I'm not sure I ever heard of such a thing. 1/48th is the standard for planes of roughly that size. There are millions in that scale, more than you could ever want.
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Offline Poliorketes

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Re: WWI Biplane
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2010, 06:27:22 PM »
I have several cheap toy planes from a chinese company called new ray. They are declared as 1/48 but are at least 1/43.
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Re: WWI Biplane
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2010, 09:39:09 PM »
Indeedy. On spec I bought a New Ray Spad some time ago as it was going cheap. It's diecast and probably 1/43- 1/40 scale. It has never come out of the box as the bloody thing would dwarf my Camel, Pfalz, Fokker DVII, Brisfit etc which are all in 1/48. If you really want one yes they do make Camels, along with Fokker Triplanes.

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Offline Johnno

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Re: WWI Biplane
« Reply #4 on: April 14, 2010, 06:47:29 PM »
Yeah, sorry I meant 1/48 for the biplane....must have had 1/43 on the brain.

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Re: WWI Biplane
« Reply #5 on: April 14, 2010, 07:05:07 PM »
With 1/48 Eduard is a good choice

Offline archangel1

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Re: WWI Biplane
« Reply #6 on: April 14, 2010, 07:31:52 PM »
With 1/48 Eduard is a good choice

Particularly since their Weekend Editions are usually less than $20CDN.  Same quality kit as the higher grade Profipacks but no photoetch.
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Re: WWI Biplane
« Reply #7 on: April 14, 2010, 07:55:03 PM »
Hard to beat SMER for price. Kits are simple and robust, which for wargaming I consider a good thing.

They do a Camel, SE5,  DH2, Albatros, and others.

Special Hobby and Eduard (as already mentioned) do some very nice kits too. More expensive but also much more detailed. An almost unlimited choice of planes out there. Boggles the mind just what you can get these days.  :)
« Last Edit: April 14, 2010, 07:57:12 PM by Plynkes »

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Re: WWI Biplane
« Reply #8 on: April 14, 2010, 09:39:13 PM »
Corgi makes a variety of 1:50 biplanes. They are pricey, but sometimes you can find some cheaper ones on that "bay" on the net.

Offline Johnno

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Re: WWI Biplane
« Reply #9 on: April 15, 2010, 12:35:23 AM »
Thanks.
Just checked Ebay. The Corgi planes are almost twice the price of some of the others including shipping...

 

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