Homebee Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 (edited) FRROM-Azur is to release a 1/72nd Northrop Delta kit Source: http://www.frrom.com/index.php?page=Accueil-2 Quote We will release two boxes of the Delta (a Us Transport and Passenger plane of the thirties and forties). These are the first three planes in service, with a single pilot and bipale propeller, in service with TWA, Aerovias (Mexico) and Aerotransport (Sweden). The later aircraft was used by the LAPE in Spanish Republic and was reused by the nationalist airlines after the fall of the Republic. Please have a look at the two dedicated pages. Scheduled release date : end of january 2017. - ref. FR0032 - Delta Civilian Version "Swedish, TWA and Mexican Service" Source: http://www.frrom.com/index.php?page=frrom-fr0032-2 - ref. FR0033 - Delta over Spain Source: http://www.frrom.com/index.php?page=frrom-fr0033-2 V.P. Edited May 30, 2019 by Homebee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Hmmm. I recall there was a RCAF version of this... on floats and one version with a triangular looking fin too. Now that would be nice! Some history of the type in RCAF use with pics and colour side views in the very nice book by Terry Higgins and Carl Vincent from Aviaeology Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 Gosh! - another model, which I made out of scratch will be available as kit...Mixed feelings :). My scratch work is below: Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted December 23, 2016 Share Posted December 23, 2016 I do like this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 I need/want an RCAF Delta. Do you hear me FRROM-Azur? Some images: http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/lac-bac/results/images?form=image&lang=eng&FormName=Image+Search&PageNum=1&SortSpec=score+desc&HighLightFields=title%2Cname&Language=eng&QueryParser=lac_mikan&Sources=mikan&Archives=&ShowForm=show&SearchIn_1=&SearchInText_1=Northrop+Delta&Operator_1=AND&SearchIn_2=&SearchInText_2=&Operator_2=AND&SearchIn_3=&SearchInText_3=&Media[]=&Level=&MaterialDateOperator=after&MaterialDate=&MaterialDate=&DigitalImages=1&Source=&cainInd=&ResultCount=50 Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matave Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 ...and of course we need references on the subject: The only(?) book about the Northrop Delta was published last year and may be ordered from here: http://www.europeanairlines.no/product/northrop-delta-ab-aerotransport/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 24, 2016 Share Posted December 24, 2016 Chris, nice set of photos in your link. The difference is mostly in windows. More different is Canadian Delta II with new tail: Still some hope for scratch work Cheers Jerzy-Wojtek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 It is more than the windows. The whole top is different. The kit has the single pilot cockpit so the roof is narrow compared to the twin pilot cockpit of the Canadians wide roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarkoZG Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 I am surprised by Frrom's choice of version - I think Canadian Vickers version would have more appeal. It could be also in float or ski configuration. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 Indeed - they made early Delta with place for one pilot only... However, if you look to other FRROMs they made different variants sooner or later. Perhaps the Canadian Vickers is planned next. Cheers J-W 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogsbody Posted December 27, 2016 Share Posted December 27, 2016 1 hour ago, JWM said: Indeed - they made early Delta with place for one pilot only... However, if you look to other FRROMs they made different variants sooner or later. Perhaps the Canadian Vickers is planned next. Cheers J-W I hope so. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted December 30, 2016 Author Share Posted December 30, 2016 (edited) Source: http://www.frrom.com/index.php?page=Accueil-2 Deltas tests shots, Spues A (wings) et B (fuselage) : V.P. Edited December 30, 2016 by Homebee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted December 30, 2016 Share Posted December 30, 2016 I duid send quite a bit of reference stuff about RCAF Northrop`s to SH when I proposed the idea of building one,.......great to see it on its way and hopefully an RCAF one will be along soon! Cheers Tony 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
172flogger Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 RCAF and US versions with wide canopy are confirmed under Special Hobby brand for late April or May. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted January 3, 2017 Share Posted January 3, 2017 (edited) About wider canopy variant is here: http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=77712&p=1957514#p1957514 If I can get it correctly from Czech (which is a bit different from Polish ) Azur/Fromm will produce Delta in single pilot variant whereas SH will do those with two pilots, wider cockpit. in SH they are considering decals for RAAF, US from Etiopia (rather Erithrea I think, from end of 1940), and US from Coast Guard (so no RCAF yet under consideration). They will apear in April/May, likely Cheers J-W Edited January 3, 2017 by JWM misprint 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 13, 2017 Author Share Posted January 13, 2017 Source: http://z15.invisionfree.com/72nd_Aircraft/index.php?s=3d224612f8ba392a4646e456121ca990&showtopic=8807&st=15 Quote The decals for FR0032 Delta Civilian Version "Swedish, TWA and Mexican Service": - Cam A : Northrop Delta 1C, c/n 7, SE-ADI, named Halland, A.B. Aerotransport airline, Sweden, April 1934 to May 1937. Served on routes Gothenburg-Copenhagen-Malmö and Malmö-Copenhagen-Hanover. - Cam B : Northrop Delta 1A, c/n 3, X12292, TWA – Trans World Airlines, August to November 1933. Used as mail transport between Los Angeles and Kansas City. - Cam C : Delta 1B c/n 4, X-ABED, Aerovias Centrales S.A. airline (a Mexican subsidiary of the PANAM air carrier), Mexico, August 1933 to May 1934. The airplane was used on the Los Angeles – Mexico City route. And for FR0033 Delta Over Spain: - Cam A : Northrop Delta 1C, c/n 7, EC-AGC, L.A.P.E. airline. Spanish Republic, 1937–38. The aircraft was ex SE-ADI (Sweden), named Halland. In Spain, it was used in transport role and for VIP transport, piloted by Pedro Tonda and José Maria Carreras. For example on 9–10 September, 1938, Republican Prime Minister Juan Negrín flew to Zurich and back on board of this plane. - Cam B : Northrop Delta 1C, c/n 7, EC-AGC, L.A.P.E. airline. Spain, 1938/39. Shortly after Zurich, the fuselage registration letters were all painted in black colour and stayed so until the end of the war. The aircraft escaped to the French base of Oran-La Senia in Algeria and was handled to Franco air force.. - Cam C : Delta 1C, c/n 7, 43-18, (ex EC-AGC / SE-ADI), Ejercito del Aire (Spanish Air Force), 1939–45. V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 This is interesting even though I have to convert it to build the Swedish one if I can trust the sprue shots. I looks like it is the TWA machine that has been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrik Posted January 21, 2017 Share Posted January 21, 2017 On 2017-01-03 at 10:47 PM, JWM said: About wider canopy variant is here: http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=77712&p=1957514#p1957514 If I can get it correctly from Czech (which is a bit different from Polish ) Azur/Fromm will produce Delta in single pilot variant whereas SH will do those with two pilots, wider cockpit. in SH they are considering decals for RAAF, US from Etiopia (rather Erithrea I think, from end of 1940), and US from Coast Guard (so no RCAF yet under consideration). They will apear in April/May, likely Cheers J-W http://www.modelforum.cz/viewtopic.php?f=97&t=77712&start=1125#p1957514 I am quite sure I can get it correctly from Czech, so to amend the info by JWM. "Special Hobby na podzim tohoto roku vydá i kanadské verze Delty, které jsou proti americkým dosti odlišné" = SH will issue the RCAF versions(?) of Delta (that are quite different compared to the US ones) in autumn of this year - meaning hopefully 2017. Patrik 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted January 26, 2017 Author Share Posted January 26, 2017 (edited) More sprues pics: http://www.specialhobby.net/2017/01/modely-delta-172-vyroba-na-zakazku.html V.P. Edited January 26, 2017 by Homebee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orso Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 Thanks for the larger sprue shots. So a Delta 1A is what we get. Perhaps a 1B can be built as well. I haven't seen a pic of the right hand side of that plane but as the 1A and 1C look the same there I guess the same goes for the 1B. This means that to build the 1C from ABA and the Spanish versions a window need to be filled and the door moved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 2, 2017 Author Share Posted February 2, 2017 (edited) New boxing from Special Hobby - ref. SH72329 - Northrop Delta 1D/E US Transport Plane "late" - ref. SH72351 - Northrop Delta MK. II/III "RCAF" Source: http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/Ausstellungen/Nuernberg2017/Bilder_VH/Bilder_VH_1.htm V.P. Edited July 17, 2017 by Homebee 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Lingener Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 I couldn´t resist writing a preview of what Gilles Fontaine gave me at Nuremberg Toy Fair: http://www.kitreviewsonline.de/northrop-delta-von-frrom-im-massstab-172/ As soon as the actual boxes are available, I will do another review with decals, instructions and all the rest. Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavingav1 Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 The just fit side windows are hard to fit and even harder to glue without leaving glue marks, i wish they would put an inner lip around the windows to aid placement . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Der Lingener Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Hi Gavin, you are right - and I managed to smear one window; but if you are very careful and use some hypo-cement for jewellers, it will definitely work. Even I managed it and only with Tamiya Extra Thin ... Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 11, 2017 Author Share Posted February 11, 2017 Sprues Source: http://www.kitreviewsonline.de/northrop-delta-von-frrom-im-massstab-172/#more-19040 V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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