Pulp Plane Library

[FramFramson]

Also, does anyone own a Fiat CR 42 or Gloster Gladiator in 1:72nd scale that they could take a picture of next to a mini?

A long shot, I guess, but it seems like those were really large biplanes and if any 1:72 planes might work as a fake small 1:56 Biplane (with an enlarged cockpit) it'd be those, especially the Fiat - it seems massive (by biplane standards) next to people in photos.

[FramFramson]

My mistake on the Havoc - it wasn't a Havoc after all, it was a B-26 Liberator.

Still, either model in 1:48 might be easily modified as an imagined competitor to the DC-3. The biggest trouble is probably having to lower the shoulder-mounted wings (and probably raise the engines as well).

[PortCharmers]

Well, the B-26 was named Marauder. The Liberator was the B-24 and not an airplane at all, but the box that the B-17 Flying Fortress was delivered in. These two and the A-20 Havoc are all available in 1/48, or at least have been sometime in the past. I remeber the B-24 to be an enormous brute of 64cm wingspan, so I guess you refer to the Marauder.

Your idea of moving the shoulder-mounted wing downwards, modifying the engine nacelles accordingly to put her in a more early-thirties trim reminded me of another plane that, as far as I remember, has not yet been mentioned: (drum roll): the Lockheed Ventura. A smallish bomber based on the civilian Electra, in which Amelia Earhart vanished. Is that pulpy enough?

[FramFramson]

Sorry, screwed up yet again. It was indeed the Marauder.

As for the Lockheed Ventura, it's also a candidate of similar note (very heavy fighter/light-medium bomber), and yes, similar to an Electra. Though there's a 1:53 Electra kit out there (of dubious quality, but cheap). So that's one of the few planes which is covered.

[Freelancer]

Just added an Autogyro to my pulp plane collection.

[FramFramson]

Sweet as! Don't get much more pulp than that!

[YPU]

Sweet as! Don't get much more pulp than that!

My thoughts exactly!

[ErikB]

That autogiro is perfect!  From that photo, the size looks good, too.  Nice find!

[mysteriousbill]

Nice

[dampfpanzerwagon]

I just saw this build over on ARC.



The model is a 1/50th scale Grumman Duck from classic airframes.

Here is the link;
http://www.arcair.com/Gal15/14101-14200/gal14160-Duck-Rey/00.shtm

Check out ARC for Dec 22 2016;
http://www.arcair.com/

Tony

[Wolf Girl]

Dad just finished a model of a "Stearman". I think it sizes really good next to our minis.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing-Stearman_Model_75

[FramFramson]

I just got my 1/64th He 111 kit in the mail (old Lindberg kit, mentioned earlier in the thread). I dry fitted a couple parts just to get a sense of the size and scale, and it fits minis PERFECTLY.

[Valerik]

I just got my 1/64th He 111 kit in the mail (old Lindberg kit, mentioned earlier in the thread). I dry fitted a couple parts just to get a sense of the size and scale, and it fits minis PERFECTLY.

See page 3 of this very thread, or all of this one:
[url]http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=17011.0[/url

Wrongish scale, however... tis awfully Pulpish...



die cast, not plastic, but...

Heap Cheap too!!

Just sharin'...

Valerik
Professor of Preposterous Physics
Adjunct Accredited Aerodynamatician
Dayton Institute of Applied Aeronautical Absurdity

[FramFramson]

Looks like just the right scale, if you ask me!

[Michi]

Wrongish scale, however... tis awfully Pulpish...



die cast, not plastic, but...

Heap Cheap too!!

Just sharin'...

Valerik
Professor of Preposterous Physics
Adjunct Accredited Aerodynamatician
Dayton Institute of Applied Aeronautical Absurdity

I got that long ago...