John B (Sc) Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Help please. Does anyone know of a currently available Pitts Special kit? I know Platz recently 'reissued' their old kit, though it only seems to have been in Japan. Any others - or any UK suppliers known of? In fact are there Pittses around in any other scale at all - except at R/C sizes. Thanks John B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousER99 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 Help please. Does anyone know of a currently available Pitts Special kit? I know Platz recently 'reissued' their old kit, though it only seems to have been in Japan.Any others - or any UK suppliers known of? In fact are there Pittses around in any other scale at all - except at R/C sizes. Thanks John B LS Models used to make a 1/72 kit. I built one many many years ago and MAN was it tiny!! Of course its long OOP. Maybe worth a look on ebay?? Cheers Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tornado64 Posted February 17, 2009 Share Posted February 17, 2009 small is not the word micro modelling eh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barneydhc82 Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 These were but a few that I built from the first runs for the construction manuals. Too bad that they are no longer available...1:32 scale Barney http://www.barneysairforce.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darius at Home Posted February 18, 2009 Share Posted February 18, 2009 I think AModel has a 1:72 Pitts in the works and Ian of Heritage Aviation has announced the intention to produce a 1:48 resin Pitts. L.D.M. models produced some very nice 1:48 white metal kits of the Pitts S1 and S2 in the 1980s. These are now OOP but still pop up from time to time on eBay. I built the L.D.M. S2A last year. Darius Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerobat Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 (edited) In 1/72 scale are the previously mentioned Platz and Amodel kits that are the most readily available, I believe. The Platz kits are the LS moldings repackaged in various forms (mostly to the Japanese home market). It's the 2 seat S-2A version with a single canopy and the fwd cockpit covered. Despite the box art, they all seem to be the same LS/Arii plastic. These kits come 2 to a box and look to be a better quality molding than the short run Amodel one. Platz example another Platz The AModel is another S-2 and still available through some mail order houses (though not Hannants it seems) Amodel Pitts The 1/32 scale S-2A resin kits of Airshow models went away with the company. I hope they re-appear someday as there was a real following (excellent kits!). Even further back is an Aeroclub 1/32 S-1 vacuform that you may come across on the rare occasion. HTH Gary Edited February 26, 2009 by Aerobat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rossjools Posted March 3, 2009 Share Posted March 3, 2009 Hello Aerobat, Hannants do have the Amodel Pitts listed on their website. It's in the Amodel catalogue, page 2, 5 up from the bottom of the page. HTH. Cheers, Ross. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 Hannants do have the Amodel Pitts listed on their website. Just a note for those interested, I had the Amodel kit a few years ago and it was noticeably smaller than the LS/Platz one (at least 1 cm...). Don't know who's right but after obtaining a few of the much finer Platz re-releases I got rid of the russian kit. Cheers Fabio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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