Any air racer models available?

[k5054nz]

31 minutes ago, Ham said:

My personal favorite is "Beguine" (...) It crashed in the Thompson Trophy race killing the pilot, Bill Odom and a mother and child in a house were also killed.  That pretty ended air races in the USA until Reno years later.

15 years later, in fact. And they've been going ever since

 

I thought I'd seen a Beguine kit but I must have confused it with the Hasegawa ramjet Mustang. All that's on Scalemates for her is a Red Pegasus sheet. But I'm sure it wouldn't be too hard to do.

Edited October 18, 2017 by k5054nz

[Ham]

I also have this one in my collection, even though I don't build 1/48.  It's just too nice not to have.   Limited edition Hasegawa P-39Q 1946 Thompson Trophy race winner Cobra II

 

http://www.hasegawausa.com/product-pages/hsgs9974.html

 

You might be able to find this gem on the secondary market.   I found mine on evilBay

[Caerbannog]

The IPMS Air Race is still in existance. Bent Throttles came from there, although I must say the IPMS has become very quiet in the last year:

http://www.ipmsairrace.org/

 

I once build Begunie from a Tamiya kit with conversion set here on BM. But thanks to PB the build seems to be gone. I also posted the build on the IPMS site - but will have to repair the PB links there as well (shift them to Flickr that is):

http://www.ipmsairrace.org/index.php/forum/4-build-reports/75-beguine-p-51-1-48-icm-xs-models-red-pegasus

 

Keith from Red Pegasus (air racer decals and some conversions) passed away this year and his site is down by now - No idea what happened with his artworks and such :-(

 

Many 1:48 air racer kits are out of production but can be found with patience:

JMGT from France does some nice resin kits of French racers.

Pegaso did a simple DGA-3 Pete

Testors did the DGA-4 Mike and DGA 6 Mister Mulligan as well as the Laird Solution, Mystery Ship (cockpit set available from Lone Star Models) and S-6B. All of these need some work.

Karaya did the Crusader - there is a build report here.

Planet Models does the Bugatti 100, Hughes H-1 and others

Wiener Modellbau does an expensive but very good Golden Arrow

ECM Phoenix did the Caudron C561 - avoid it!!! Better get the JMGT one. Or buy mine :-)

XS Modell seems to be closed for many years - they had kits and conversion sets

 

High Planes does some air racers in 1:72 and 1:48

 

Minicraft did the Seversky P-35 in a racer boxing.

 

In 1:32 there is Williams Brothers and others - usually quite expensive kits like Fischer Models Bugatti 100 or Aerotech kits (check for March Models).

 

René

 

 

 

 

 

[spaceshiprepairman]

Brengun has a nice 1/48 model of the Chester Jeep.

 

There is also the Macchi MC72 racer in 1/72, there being a couple kits available, one by SBS and the other by Delta.

 

There is also Supermarine S6 in 1/48 by Testor

[Noel Smith]

Marsh Models, a UK company has a series of racing aeroplanes available I believe.

[OutcastJoel]

If you are ok with float planes then the Schneider Trophy aircraft are fairly easy to find. 

I am currently making the AMP Spitfire S5 in 1/72 which is not bad for a short run kit (but also not great).

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/amp-72009-supermarine-s-5--1271064

 

SBS do a load in (exquisite) resin and although they are pricey, they really are excellent. 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/sbs-model-sbs7032-macchi-m39--1411933

 

[Mu17]

It looks like Civilized Models has stopped trading. No website and elsewhere it was been reported that the phone has been disconnected and at least one order not honoured.

Its a pity, interesting models but I also had a very negative experience with them. More reliable to buy them second hand !

Paul

[Rob de Bie]

I got screwed by Civilized Models too. I pre-ordered the Gee Bee Z from Gary at Civilized Models, December 2018. Nothing happened, until I saw the same model issued by Dekno, mid 2019. Dekno told me that they had sold the 3D master of the Gee Bee Model Z to Civilized Models, but they never received the payment, so issued it themselves. I contacted Civilized Models, and was promised two Formula One racers as compensation. I'm still waiting for them, as you will understand. Bad trader for sure.

Rob

 

 

 

[oz rb fan]

13 hours ago, Rob de Bie said:

I got screwed by Civilized Models too. I pre-ordered the Gee Bee Z from Gary at Civilized Models, December 2018. Nothing happened, until I saw the same model issued by Dekno, mid 2019. Dekno told me that they had sold the 3D master of the Gee Bee Model Z to Civilized Models, but they never received the payment, so issued it themselves. I contacted Civilized Models, and was promised two Formula One racers as compensation. I'm still waiting for them, as you will understand. Bad trader for sure.

Rob

i honestly must be one of the lucky one as i got the 5 models i ordered.......but i do hear it alot.

HPM on the other hand are stand up guys...Civilized could have been a great company with some great products...but they really didn't do a very good job.

 

on the other hand my civilized RB51

 

353652964_2093336844195010_3406016115464685562_n by paul sabin, on Flickr

 

 

 

[Rob de Bie]

23 hours ago, oz rb fan said:

i honestly must be one of the lucky one as i got the 5 models i ordered.......but i do hear it alot.

HPM on the other hand are stand up guys...Civilized could have been a great company with some great products...but they really didn't do a very good job.

 

on the other hand my civilized RB51

 

Great Mustang! High Planes I presume? I have their 'American Jet' Bearcat, but that one has been asleep for more than 20 years I guess - too many projects..

 

Which Civilized Models did you manage to get? I still don't have a feeling for their quality and detail. And after buying Robert Hirsch's 'Goodyear & Formula One air racing 1947-1967 - Volume 1' I got only more enthousiastic about those tiny F1 racers 🙂

Rob

Edited July 20, 2023 by Rob de Bie

[bootneck]

There's this pair, a Mustang and a Harvard/Texan with racing decals, for sale on Kingkit at the mo' for £24.99

 

 

Mike

[oz rb fan]

On 7/20/2023 at 10:59 PM, Rob de Bie said:

 

Great Mustang! High Planes I presume? I have their 'American Jet' Bearcat, but that one has been asleep for more than 20 years I guess - too many projects..

 

Which Civilized Models did you manage to get? I still don't have a feeling for their quality and detail. And after buying Robert Hirsch's 'Goodyear & Formula One air racing 1947-1967 - Volume 1' I got only more enthousiastic about those tiny F1 racers 🙂

Rob

the RB 51i put up is the Civilized one i have also done the Highplanes one ...it's not as nice but still looks great.

 

the Civilized kits i did get are Miss Foxy lady (the black version), something else, the Super Corsair and the RB 51 all in 1/72.......and the Bud Light BD5J in 1/32

 

 

i'm currently building the highplanes seafury Critical Mass.

[Rob de Bie]

3 hours ago, oz rb fan said:

the RB 51i put up is the Civilized one i have also done the Highplanes one ...it's not as nice but still looks great.

 

the Civilized kits i did get are Miss Foxy lady (the black version), something else, the Super Corsair and the RB 51 all in 1/72.......and the Bud Light BD5J in 1/32

 

Nice score! I doubted for a long time whether to order the 1/32 BD-5, since I enjoyed the LS 1/72 version so much.

 

Rob

 

[oz rb fan]

Rob de Bie

nice work...it really is a shame they failed as they had some really cool projects to come,