Homebee Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 (edited) New 1/72nd Lockheed Electra kit by (Valom) ? To be followed. Source: https://www.facebook.com/208070375871052/photos/a.208144655863624/2080140125330725/?type=3&theater box art V.P. V.P. Edited August 24, 2018 by Homebee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 Maybe Special Hobby/MPM/Azur do re-issue? The original one was with vac canopy, so maybe now with injected? Tally -Ho is doing those decals (for OK-CTB) https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1126603-tally-ho-72011-lockheed-l-10a-b-electra Cheers J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Holden Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 1/72 Valom kit would be surprising. Valom's quality would only be a very small improvement on Special Hobby one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 13 hours ago, JWM said: Maybe Special Hobby/MPM/Azur do re-issue? The original one was with vac canopy, so maybe now with injected? Tally -Ho is doing those decals (for OK-CTB) https://www.scalemates.com/kits/1126603-tally-ho-72011-lockheed-l-10a-b-electra Cheers J-W I think finding Tally-Ho products will be a challenge these days, they went out of business at least five years ago. I'm quite happy to see a kit of OK-CTB being made and I suspect Valom will have done fresh tooling rather than reissue the MPM kit. The only thing that really scares me is looking at the bare metal finish of OK-CTB. I've seen the restored one up close a few times and it's polished to a mirror finish. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 (edited) My initial excitement on seeing this article vanished upon opening it! I thought it was about one of these!! A REAL Electra!! Ah well! Dream on!😭 Allan Edited August 25, 2018 by Albeback52 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWM Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 1 hour ago, upnorth said: I've seen the restored one up close a few times and it's polished to a mirror finish. Restored machimes often are kept polished to mirror, but original one were passivated as naturally in air and becma light gray with only trace o metalic shine... 37 minutes ago, Albeback52 said: My initial excitement on seeing this article vanished upon opening it! I thought it was about one of these!! A REAL Electra!! Ah well! Dream on! It happens in some way to me also, but such mislead is not so rare (Hawker Fury, Lockhhed Orion....) Some 15 years ago I was suddetly really deeply surprised seeing L-188 approaching to landing at Krakow airport... First I recognized it as Viscount (what would be also very unusual) but after a while (chacking photos for details like position of outer engines and dihedral of tail) ) I was aready sure that it was Lockheed Regards J-W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted August 25, 2018 Share Posted August 25, 2018 54 minutes ago, JWM said: .It happens in some way to me also, but such mislead is not so rare (Hawker Fury, Lockhhed Orion....) Some 15 years ago I was suddetly really deeply surprised seeing L-188 approaching to landing at Krakow airport... First I recognized it as Viscount (what would be also very unusual) but after a while (chacking photos for details like position of outer engines and dihedral of tail) ) I was aready sure that it was Lockheed Regards J-W Know what you mean! Incidentally, the photo I used was taken at my local airport - Edinburgh. Electras were quite a common sight doing daily cargo flights! The Viscount was a fairly regular visitor too with at least one Viscount doing nightly Royal Mail flights delivering parcels. Allan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 I'm not at all fussy - I'll be quite happy to settle for one (or maybe a couple) of each, please! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Esposito Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 No Emilia Earhart markings? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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