Boeing 747 in 1/48scale? a possability?

[redzed]

I think though you could make the model out of balsa and skin it ( for the fuselage ) and then sculpt the wings from foam or basswood.

I was thinking of making it out of fibreglass.

Carve and sand the main fuselage out of blue/pink foam, then cover with epoxy filler and sand to get a nice smooth shape. Mould it using plaster moulds, then use fibreglass matting on the two halves. At this point you will need a garage, which is why I stopped thinking about it as I don't have a garage. Materials wise it's less than a £200 for the fuselage and the wings, also as it's fibreglass you could cut into it after for removable access panels etc to make it game worthy. You could have entire removable sections, just by strengthening the stress points with 2mm steel covered with fibreglass on the internal.

[Johnnytodd]

Redzed, your problem is scale....in 1/56th the 747 is only 1.3M long !    I suggest you take the time, make it beautiful and even if you only use it once it will still be awesome... maybe a cutaway fuselage.  Look at gamermac's zeppelin for a little inspiration:  http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=19481.0

[Doomsdave]

Toys 'r' us has this monster on their website.  With a little work to the windows it might be serviceable. 


http://www.toysrus.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11537933

[Ulu Elsomalien]

Galoob Battle Squads (A)C-130

They sat on a ping pong table (to help imagine how big they are)


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With Tactical Strike Abrams (1/64) and rebased battlefield Evolution miniatures (little 28mm)


Both C-130 were found on ebay (each for much less than the 49$ Toys'R'Us plane).

[Patrick R]

What about the display models for airlines and travel agencies, they often have a cut out version.

http://aviationmodels-online.com/photo_gallery/cutaway/page2/P2.htm

[FramFramson]

What about the display models for airlines and travel agencies, they often have a cut out version.

http://aviationmodels-online.com/photo_gallery/cutaway/page2/P2.htm

Beautiful, but almost certain to be redonkulously expensive.

[Patrick R]

Beautiful, but almost certain to be redonkulously expensive.

You could check with some travel agencies, maybe they have models lying around they don't use any more.

[redzed]

thanks but I'm going the 1/48 route with these..

[alexgrunt]

Rather stragnely (as 1:50 models cost about £300+) there's this one : http://www.warplanes.com/model-airplanes/air-force-1-747-200-150-model-plane. As for now, Im failing to see the catch ...

[zizi666]

Rather stragnely (as 1:50 models cost about £300+) there's this one : http://www.warplanes.com/model-airplanes/air-force-1-747-200-150-model-plane. As for now, Im failing to see the catch ...

It's a wooden model. so I guess without interior...

[dampfpanzerwagon]

I see that others have suggested travel agents and maybe even airline head offices. This is the route I would have gone.

I can remember that in years gone by there were always some huge models in the windows of stores and offices in London.

I am sure there are still some around - somewhere?

Try salvage yards.

Tony

[redzed]

Rather stragnely (as 1:50 models cost about £300+) there's this one : http://www.warplanes.com/model-airplanes/air-force-1-747-200-150-model-plane. As for now, Im failing to see the catch ...

uhhmm, looks interesting, as it's wood it could be used to make moulds for a fibreglass version

luckily/unluckily my paypal account is empty.

[FramFramson]

uhhmm, looks interesting, as it's wood it could be used to make moulds for a fibreglass version

luckily/unluckily my paypal account is empty.

If it's solid wood, than yes that's bad. Hollow, well that can be made to work (if it's cheap hollow plastic - even better!). After all, the hard part is the fuselage shape. Furnishing an interior would be relatively easy.

[OSHIROmodels]

Rather stragnely (as 1:50 models cost about £300+) there's this one : http://www.warplanes.com/model-airplanes/air-force-1-747-200-150-model-plane. As for now, Im failing to see the catch ...

Scale typo probably 

cheers

James

[sandsmodels]

i got this for £10 at a toy fair:-

it is an ex travel agent 1/72 scale a300 airbus, (same as the entebbe plane).
it needed an engine so i moulded the other one ands some minor damage so you can see how big it is in 1/72 scale.

i have posed it with a 1/76 olifant 1a
you can get 1/50th scale travel agent models of big planes but you are looking at £250.00+
i would get some tubing or maybe even some plastic 'U' shaped drain pipe and have it split horizontaly so you can easily get indside.
i may be able to supply 4 of these engines for it