Michou Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 1:144 scale is just too small, 1:72 is too big, but 1:96 scale is right in the Goldilocks Zone. Why did it go away? A couple of old Frog kits which fit comfortably on my shelves. Vulcan Valiant Mike 47 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 They both look great. All you need now is Victor to complete the set. As for 1/96, who knows. It's still around for boats and ships but the only aircraft models I can recall are Lindbergh and Glencoe. Like Frog both are long gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 I have a couple to build and hopefully they will turn out as good as yours. It is a shame this scale has gone into the annals of history, like you said it is perfect for large aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Poultney Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Oh wow! Very rare indeed! These look great. I was lucky enough to get two Frog Vulcans last year. Sadly the Vulcan kit is the only kit made of a standard Vulcan B1, no manufacturer has made a B1 kit since unless you count the Lindberg prototype which is much more basic than this. I find it a little odd that frog chose white for the vulcan given that XA891 was one of the airframes that only ever wore silver. Late 50s standards I guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fifer54 Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Wasn't the original FROG (and indeed Novo) Lancaster 1/96? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 13 minutes ago, Fifer54 said: Wasn't the original FROG (and indeed Novo) Lancaster 1/96? It was. Just finishing a Comet 4 atm. Have a Caravelle too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 Lovley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Navy Bird Posted April 12, 2021 Share Posted April 12, 2021 A quick search on Scalemates for 1:96 aircraft: https://www.scalemates.com/search.php?fkSECTION[]=Kits&q=1%3A96&fkTYPENAME[]="Full kits"&fkCATNAME[]="Propeller"&fkCATNAME[]="Jets" More were produced than I remembered. Many of these are reboxes, of course, but there are quite a few subjects. Cheers, Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 6 hours ago, Michou said: Why did it go away? Never really got established, Tamiya did do a series of 1/100 kits as well. @CliffB specialise in the approx scale. And it's only really big subjects that are too big in 72nd. I'll @Adam Poultney As he's a fan of V bombers and has some these as well. Neat models 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CliffB Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 5 hours ago, Troy Smith said: @CliffB specialise in the approx scale "Approx scale" is quite right. 1/100 does open up the opportunities quite a lot, with Heller and Revell (plus others), having been quite active. You can't rely on the quoted scale though - for example some of Heller's "1/100" kits are actually much smaller, while most of UPC's "HO scale" offerings are in fact 1/100. Generally speaking, 1/96 and 1/100 look fine together - at least to my eyes. Then of course there are the really old "box scale" kits which may by chance give you fresh opportunities. For example here's Monogram's Catalina (which comes out at 1/104), sitting alongside a 1/100 Nitto C-47. The fact remains though, that your options are severely limited (relative to 1/72), and there is a particular dearth of British built subjects. Hunting down suitable kits can, however, be part of the appeal! Cheers. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homer Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Two beautiful models, i for one miss Frog kits ,well done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exdraken Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Nice! There is a Tamiya B-52 in 1/100! It is big.... Or a Il-28. Not that big Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcdonnell Posted April 13, 2021 Share Posted April 13, 2021 Beautiful builds and great nostalgia there!👏😉👍 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michou Posted April 14, 2021 Author Share Posted April 14, 2021 I am surprised at the interest in these old Frog models but Adrian's "Nostalgic Tribute to Frog Model Kits" ran to 40 pages, so, perhaps I should have expected it. Why I did not buy the Victor when it was readily available I shall never understand. Sorry, Adam, I did not know that XA891 was supposed to be silver. The box was labelled "Modelled from Official Plans" and I did not question it. 🙂 Thanks for all your kind remarks. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Lovely job on both of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 The FROG Airliners were to the same scale as well. I have most of them built, but in need of some TLC after all these years. I like them a lot. The box art is beautiful. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michou Posted April 16, 2021 Author Share Posted April 16, 2021 Wow! The finish on that Comet is absolutely amazing! Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David H Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Didn't Revell of Germany re-box the Frog V-Bombers back in the 1980s? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KevinK Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 6 minutes ago, David H said: Didn't Revell of Germany re-box the Frog V-Bombers back in the 1980s? No - those were Lindberg's. The last Frog V-bombers I saw on sale new were in Modeltoys, Portsmouth in about 1978/9 and I believe that they were some that had been held back by Frog as spares sources. The original moulds had gone by then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 They look wonderful, good to see these rare old beauties. Chris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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