Do they make??????????

[Zed one]

Do they make a Cessna or a Piper you know the sort of plane you see flying all over the place,its the one with the wing over the top of the pilot?????????

[AnonymousA667]

Academy do a range of light aircraft in 1/48, don't know if they are on the current catalogue. Airfix used to do a 1/72 Warrior. They're the only ones I can think of at the moment but there are some others.

peebeep

Edited December 2, 2007 by peebeep

[AnonymousA667]

Quite right Daz, they only go down in my log book as 'PA-28'.

peebeep

[Ian @ KitsforCash]

Do they make a Cessna or a Piper you know the sort of plane you see flying all over the place,its the one with the wing over the top of the pilot?????????

cessna 150 in 1:72 coming soon from heritage

ian

[AnonymousA667]

cessna 150 in 1:72 coming soon from heritage

Then I'll be having one. Then I'll be looking for some letters/numerals to do it as G-BOHJ (wonder if she's still flying?).

peebeep

[GreenDragon]

The ones I can remember are;

Esci 1/48th Cessna 172 Skyhawk (also issued as Seaplane with floats)

Minicraft 1/48th Cessna 172, also issued with floats. Also have Cessna 150, PA-18 Super Cub, PA-28 Cherokee & Beech Bonanza(prob ex Revell/Bandai)

Modelcraft 1/48th Cessna 172 Wheels & Seaplane (poss ex Esci?)

Monogram Piper tri-pacer & Cessna 180 tail dragger (not sure of scale)

Revell 1/48th Cessna 150, Piper PA-18 Super Cub, PA-28 Cherokee 140 & Beech V-35A Bonanza Vee-tail (ex Bandai)

Eidai 1/72nd Cessna 172

There was a really big (1/24th scale?) Japanese kit too from (I think) Bandai.

I think Academy released the Ex Bandai kits too.

The only one I've got is the Revell Cherokee, it has fine raised detail a reasonable interior and a detailed engine.

This bits for Peebeep. According to Civil Aircraft Markings 2006 G-BOHJ is registered to Airlaunch at Old Buckenham.

HTH

Paul Harrison

Edited December 3, 2007 by GreenDragon

[baclightning]

Arii do an inexpensive series ($7 each in the US) of civil light planes in 1/72nd scale. These are re-issues of kits originally produced by L&S, and as such are nice little models, considering they were done in the 1970s:

Cessna 172 (wheels)

Cessna 172 (on floats)

Beechcraft V-35 Bonanza

Cessna 337 Skymaster

AeroSubaru Fuji FA200

Edited December 4, 2007 by baclightning

[Caleb]

The Arii 172 isn't that accurate but can be corrected, its a bit of a mix of Series I and Series II Skyhawks. With SI fin and SII wingtips. You can make an S2 or Reims F172 from it quite easily though. It has a one piece wing as well which needs definate thinning out and a bit of rescribing around the tank panels.

Funny reference to G-BOHJ, G-BOHI is a C152 based at Clacton that I used to fly so must have been registered at the same time as I understand back then it was all sequential issue.

And how come no one has mentioned the new Revell Super Cub?

[AnonymousA667]

G-BOHI is a C152 based at Clacton that I used to fly so must have been registered at the same time as I understand back then it was all sequential issue.

'HJ was based at Andrewsfield in the late eighties-early nineties.

peebeep

[TonyT]

Then I'll be having one. Then I'll be looking for some letters/numerals to do it as G-BOHJ (wonder if she's still flying?).

peebeep

For what it is worth for all of you go to http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?cati...=65&appid=1 type in the reg of any aircraft you are looking for and it will give you current details, also if they exist on the site there will be pictures of them too at the bottom of the page..

As said the one in question still exists, details below.

http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?cati...ullregmark=BOHJ

Edited September 3, 2008 by TonyT

[AnonymousA667]

Thanks for that, I'd missed the bit in Greendragon's post where he also pointed it out, thanks to you both. I might travel up to Old Buckenham some time to see if the old girl is there - something about first solos that makes you go all misty eyed over the machine that you were flying.

peebeep

[upnorth]

The Esci 1/48 Cessna 172 was reissued by Modelcraft back in the 90s. It builds up respectably enough but the back window of the cabin is too bulbous in profile when compared to the real thing.

I though I heard somwhere that Academy recently did, or had in the pipeline, a new tooled 1/48 Cessna 172. Anyone know anything about that?

[TonyT]

Thanks for that, I'd missed the bit in Greendragon's post where he also pointed it out, thanks to you both. I might travel up to Old Buckenham some time to see if the old girl is there - something about first solos that makes you go all misty eyed over the machine that you were flying.

peebeep

Well if you do and while you are there, if you can take a photo and submit it to the CAA they will post it on that page I gave you

[Test Graham]

KP did the Cub in 1/72, wheels or floats; Heller in 1/48

Airfix did the O-2, which was a military 337 variant, and an L-19 Birddog, which I don't think translates into any direct civil equivalent but might serve as a starting point for a conversion.

[Deanflyer]

Minicraft do or did a 1/48 Cessna 150:

but be aware that even a cowling full of depleted Uranium won't persuade this to sit on its nosewheel...

Cheers,

Dean

[Nick Belbin]

Revell have recently released a Piper PA-18 Super Cub in 1/32 . . .

Nick

[GreenDragon]

The Esci 1/48 Cessna 172 was reissued by Modelcraft back in the 90s. It builds up respectably enough but the back window of the cabin is too bulbous in profile when compared to the real thing.

I though I heard somwhere that Academy recently did, or had in the pipeline, a new tooled 1/48 Cessna 172. Anyone know anything about that?

The new tool is from Minicraft and the float version is £17.99 from Hannants. http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=MC11634

They've sold out of the wheeled version http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=MC11635 and the T-41 Mescalero http://www.hannants.co.uk/search/?FULL=MC11646 hasn't arrived yet.

Paul Harrison

[TonyT]

There is a rare as rocking horse poo 1/20th scale 172 out there............. nice model too, if you were going to convert it to a new 172R i could provide piccy's

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal6...Mustafa/00.shtm

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/nic...nic_c-172.shtml

[Jennings Heilig]

I though I heard somwhere that Academy recently did, or had in the pipeline, a new tooled 1/48 Cessna 172. Anyone know anything about that?

Minicraft, not Academy. The two were bitterly divorced well over 10 years ago, but people still equate them. Minicraft's kit is a totally new tool.

Nichimo did an absolutely *gorgeous* 1/24 scale C-172 that really can't be beat.

J

Edited October 6, 2008 by Jennings Heilig

[tornado64]

Then I'll be having one. Then I'll be looking for some letters/numerals to do it as G-BOHJ (wonder if she's still flying?).

peebeep

check on registration site g-info type the registration in and it will give you details even if exported it tells you to where

[tornado64]

check on registration site g-info type the registration in and it will give you details even if exported it tells you to where

it is still owned in uk and it's c of a runs out on the 22/3/2009

[Mike]

Is it too late to say that this is a really crap, uninformative topic title?

[bentwaters81tfw]

There is a rare as rocking horse poo 1/20th scale 172 out there............. nice model too, if you were going to convert it to a new 172R i could provide piccy's

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/Gal6...Mustafa/00.shtm

http://www.cybermodeler.com/hobby/kits/nic...nic_c-172.shtml

Nichimo do it, One sitting part built in my loft.

[AnonymousA667]

Nichimo do it, One sitting part built in my loft.

KUTA my man, KUTA!

peebeep

[Zed one]

Is it too late to say that this is a really crap, uninformative topic title?

Very sorry mike sir I must try harder I will limit my posts untill I can think of better titles