neilg Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 I've made a few of the Concorde kits in 1/72, from Airfix, Revell, and Heller. None of these are in production anymore, but it looks like Heller is going to release the 1/72 kit again, in both standard kit and starter set with paints: https://www.heller.fr/en/80469-concorde-af-1000804690 https://www.heller.fr/en/56469-starter-kit-concorde-af-1000564690 No idea if it's new tooling, but judging from the diagrams on the boxart, which are the same as in the instructions of the older kits, I'm guessing it's the same tooling. I definitely want to do another Air France build with gear down this time, so this is welcome news for me. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom3r Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 I wish somebody would produce pepsi decals for it... I know it was not really good for the plane but that sceme was really nice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilg Posted February 26, 2021 Author Share Posted February 26, 2021 22 minutes ago, Doom3r said: I wish somebody would produce pepsi decals for it... I know it was not really good for the plane but that sceme was really nice. I have only seen those decals in 1:144, but I don't know who makes them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doom3r Posted February 26, 2021 Share Posted February 26, 2021 9 minutes ago, neilg said: I have only seen those decals in 1:144, but I don't know who makes them. Ascensio. I was able to get hold of them few month back, however looks like Revell Concorde is twice normal price now in US so I am waiting when I can get model kit for a descent price and dealing with the pile of shame in the meantime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathasatail Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 Oh this is fantastic! I've been after one for a few months now, and the Concorde kits (both Revell and Airfix) on *a popular internet auction site * have been selling for stupid amounts of money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
modelldoc Posted February 27, 2021 Share Posted February 27, 2021 It's not Pepsi, but nice too: http://www.26decals.com/epages/62035508.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/62035508/Products/72-16 modelldoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 On 26/02/2021 at 19:02, neilg said: I've made a few of the Concorde kits in 1/72, from Airfix, Revell, and Heller. None of these are in production anymore, but it looks like Heller is going to release the 1/72 kit again, in both standard kit and starter set with paints: https://www.heller.fr/en/80469-concorde-af-1000804690 https://www.heller.fr/en/56469-starter-kit-concorde-af-1000564690 No idea if it's new tooling, but judging from the diagrams on the boxart, which are the same as in the instructions of the older kits, I'm guessing it's the same tooling. I definitely want to do another Air France build with gear down this time, so this is welcome news for me. I'm looking forward to this kit, I've built two and don't own a single one!! I'm just about to start the new prototype, which will be a keeper. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Alas, this is just a reissue of hugely inaccurate kit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 So it's just the airfix/revell kit rebadged? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 I have two built 1/100 Testors Concordes, was debating selling them and buying one of the Heller/Airfix ones. I saw the threads on here on how to make a nice one, a lot of work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 26 minutes ago, busnproplinerfan said: I have two built 1/100 Testors Concordes, was debating selling them and buying one of the Heller/Airfix ones. I saw the threads on here on how to make a nice one, a lot of work. The 1/144 is straight forward enough, the 1/72, well that's a different beast. I was lucky, I had the help of some great builders here, lots of sanding, and more sanding. But well worth it. I would do one again. Just because I gave mine away. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilg Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 8 minutes ago, Andy350 said: The 1/144 is straight forward enough, the 1/72, well that's a different beast. I was lucky, I had the help of some great builders here, lots of sanding, and more sanding. But well worth it. I would do one again. Just because I gave mine away. F-DCAL has British Airways Negus, Chatham Historic Dockyard, and Landor decals in 1:144, which can be rescaled to 1:72. So even if the Heller Air France kit is the only offering, there are British Airways decals available for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 41 minutes ago, neilg said: F-DCAL has British Airways Negus, Chatham Historic Dockyard, and Landor decals in 1:144, which can be rescaled to 1:72. So even if the Heller Air France kit is the only offering, there are British Airways decals available for it. How do you rescale decals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilg Posted May 4, 2021 Author Share Posted May 4, 2021 1 hour ago, Andy350 said: How do you rescale decals? There is a drop-down menu on the webpage with a scale to select: https://www.f-dcal.fr/decals/index.php?id_product=1499&controller=product&id_lang=1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Many thanks, who's picking up the 1/48 scale decals? 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pin Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 3 minutes ago, Andy350 said: Many thanks, who's picking up the 1/48 scale decals? 😮 There is decent 1/48 scale HPH kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 39 minutes ago, Pin said: There is decent 1/48 scale HPH kit. I wouldn't say it was that great, going by this build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Ranger Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Are there anywhere accurate scale drawings of this beautiful airplane, preferably in 1/72 scale? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busnproplinerfan Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 9 hours ago, Andy350 said: The 1/144 is straight forward enough, the 1/72, well that's a different beast. I was lucky, I had the help of some great builders here, lots of sanding, and more sanding. But well worth it. I would do one again. Just because I gave mine away. I remember you working on it now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 9 hours ago, busnproplinerfan said: I remember you working on it now. Can anyone forget? Mamouth build. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy350 Posted May 5, 2021 Share Posted May 5, 2021 33 minutes ago, Beermonster1958 said: I think the Revell reissue has been discontinued?. I've built a couple of the Airfix kits. Sure, it was a challenging build but, I don't really mind that. As for "inaccuracy", it sure looks pretty much like a Concorde when built and, that does it for me. I gave both away but, I'd like to do one this time in the BA Landor scheme. Surely the smartest BA scheme ever. John Would be nice if they released the 1/72 with the required fixes, but like you say that's part of the joy (maybe) of building these, otherwise it's another form of lego. The only fix I thought that helps this kit was with the shortening of the visor. I agree, the Landor scheme was the best. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caerbannog Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 On 04/05/2021 at 21:25, Space Ranger said: Are there anywhere accurate scale drawings of this beautiful airplane, preferably in 1/72 scale? I had once the same question here and the answer was no. Very strange indeed for such an iconic airplane. I have not found any scale drawing since, so it seems to be the ugly truth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 On 5/4/2021 at 9:33 PM, Andy350 said: So it's just the airfix/revell kit rebadged? The kit was originally an Airfix/Heller collaboration released in 2004, Airfix included BA decals and Heller had AF. More recently (2015) released by Revell and now to be re-released by Heller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 Some of you might find this of interest. In November 2004 I won a test-shot of the 1/72 Airfix/Heller Concorde in an Airfix competition. I received it ready made and to be honest, it put me off buying the production model. I sold it in the end as it took up too much space. As you can see, it was moulded in five colours of plastic and not assembled very well. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex1978 Posted May 19, 2021 Share Posted May 19, 2021 I built one of those about 3 years ago. It was the Revell re-issue with very well made instructions that show some of the most prominent issues on the kit and how to overcome them. I didnt experience any problems with the build,except that the moving nose/visor did not work and I had to install them in a fixed position. Here the link to the RFI Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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