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The most striking (for me) was that Mirage IV and F 106 are so similar in size! I though that M.IV is closer to Hustler, not Delta Dart.

Second was Mi-4 and S 55 - for me till now they were comparable and they are not!

A nice lessons! Good idea.

Cheers

 

J-W

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What a great idea, love this! Most surprising for me was how small France's strategic bomber was. I always thought the Mirage IV was almost Vulcan sized.

 

Here's a few of my RAF comparisons. 

 

Halcyon days; when we had a fast jet fleet. I wish all these were still in service.

 

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Canberra with little buddies ...

 

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Three generations of air defenders:

 

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Spitfire F22 and Hawk T1A.

 

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On 26/03/2009 at 15:31, AnonymousFO98 said:

nice collection AV O

the one that surprised me the most was the Demon - i assumed it to be smaller

unless the CorsairII is a lot smaller than i imagined!

Mig29 seems smaller than i thought too

Together with her followers :

F-4D (Monogram) / Demon (Emhar) / Tomcat

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Other contemporaries :

F-4 (Monogram)  / T Hunter (Matchbox) / Su-15 Flagon (PM)

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On 07/12/2019 at 10:19, JWM said:

The most striking (for me) was that Mirage IV and F 106 are so similar in size! I though that M.IV is closer to Hustler, not Delta Dart.

Sencond was Mi-4 and S 55 - for me till now they were camparable and the are not!

A nice lessons! Good idea.

Cheers

 

J-W

On 02/04/2009 at 20:29, AV O said:

Your wish has been granted !

Here they are : (Hasegawa 1/72nd)

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Together with smaller ones, not to say tiny :

Alouette (Skylark) lll (Heller) Gazelle (Airfix)

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You may appreciate the Mil-4 Hound's size. (Toga)

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Looking like a Whirlwind (Airfix),

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but as big as an S-58 or a Wessex (Italeri)

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Next to a Puma (Airfix-Heller)

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Bye now !!!

 

 

Wessex / Hound

 

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On 15/02/2014 at 13:14, MPaul said:

Some interesting comparisons there.

Does anyone have a Lightning vs Tornado Gr4?

 

Not a Gr4 but ADV (Italeri) / Mk3 (Airfix) :

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Some airliners :

 

Here's a Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) close to a B-767-300 and DC-8-63 and a B-787 engine

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DC-8-73 / B-787-8 / B-767-300 :

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An overview of a bunch of those we may call Classic now :

 

B-737-200 / B-727-200 /  A300 /  B-737-300 / L-1011 Tristar / B-747-400 / DC-10

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A "small" colourful one next to a big white one :

MD-90 (JAS) /  B-747-400

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Viewed stand alone, the Mirage IVA has always seemed to me to be a very large airplane. Sitting next to the F-106, it's clear it's really not that big an airplane at all. It is, on the other hand, a most attractive machine.

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On 2/19/2020 at 8:01 PM, AV O said:

An overview of a bunch of those we may call Classic now :

 

B-737-200 / B-727-200 /  A300 /  B-737-300 / L-1011 Tristar / B-747-400 / DC-10

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Amazing! Collection AND a fact that all have opened flaps and slats! A lot of additional work!

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The one that surprised me was the MiG25 and the Tomcat! I had no idea the F-14 was as big as that whale!

Here's my interesting comparison, just how big the DO-335 really was!

 

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I especially appreciate the photo of the F-106 and the Mirage IVA. Looking at it standing along on its tall landing gear, the Mirage IVA looks quite large. In fact, lengthwise, it's not much bigger than the F-106 but you have to see them together to fully appreciate that. Your models allow an appropriate comparison. Your builds are wonderful!

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Thank you.


Indeed, the Mirage IV has long legs but only her nose is higher.

You notice that their back part is similar, and that the F-106 is even taller.

Their overall size is very similar.

 

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On 07/04/2020 at 16:22, MacW said:

It is a real fun to observe so many men comparing sizes!

After all, aren't we confined, all of us here, in the same model(ler)'s locker room ?

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Excellent thread and comparisons here. For me helicopters comparisons are always very eye-opening. For instance Huey is in fact a very sizeable helicopter, while many European machines are actually tiny.

Also US engineering school is very different to e.g. French with huge sizes of many american types. F-106 to Mirage IV comparison is characteristic.

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Great thread and really opens the eyes to just how big (and small) some aircraft are.

 

The F-100 and F-4 are diecast and the A-37 is the Academy kit.  All 1/72

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Corgi TSR2 and Heller Mirage IV: 1/72

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Mirage again with a Corgi Vulcan:

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Corgi B-52 and Academy B-47. 1/144

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On 13/02/2014 at 15:49, AV O said:

More differences down here :

 

B-727-200 / B-737-300 / B-747-400

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B-747-400 / MD-90

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A300 / B-737-200

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On 19/02/2020 at 20:01, AV O said:

Some airliners :

 

Here's a Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) close to a B-767-300 and DC-8-63 and a B-787 engine

P1000341.jpgP1000343.jpg

P1000344.jpgP1000345.jpg

 

DC-8-73 / B-787-8 / B-767-300 :

Above-x3-mail.png

 

An overview of a bunch of those we may call Classic now :

 

B-737-200 / B-727-200 /  A300 /  B-737-300 / L-1011 Tristar / B-747-400 / DC-10

Full-Flap-family.jpg

 

A "small" colourful one next to a big white one :

MD-90 (JAS) /  B-747-400

B-747-400-MD-90.jpg

 

A few more :

 

B-52 / A300 / B-767-200

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Interesting pictures and topic .... and a shock at how big/small some are against another. 

Great work on all that you've built! 

 

Keith 😁 

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On 16/03/2023 at 22:22, Graham Boak said:

Re M.IV.  It was small because it relied upon in-flight refuelling over Eastern Germany.


Interesting. If they’d ever been needed for real I can’t imagine they’d find many tankers over East Germany. 

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On 16/03/2023 at 23:22, Graham Boak said:

Re M.IV.  It was small because it relied upon in-flight refuelling over Eastern Germany.

 

48 minutes ago, Lord Riot said:


Interesting. If they’d ever been needed for real I can’t imagine they’d find many tankers over East Germany. 

 

Yes, indeed !

Was it really the safest airspace ?

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