MattC Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 Hello all, A new 'bug' has bitten me at the moment but I need to test the water to see if there is any mileage in it. I've got a sort of "wish list" of classic training aircraft which I would like to model but I don't know if any of these exist in any scale (72nd preferably) Avro Tutor G.A. Owlet Arado 96 Breda 28 Caproni 113 S.E.T 10 (Romania) Rogojarsky Sim-XI (Yugoslavia as was) Viima II (finland) "Pyry" (finland) Any thoughts or am I on a highway to nowhere with this lot? Cheers Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
michaelx Posted July 25, 2007 Share Posted July 25, 2007 There is a Kapro AR 96B in 72nd. In 1/48th there are Special Hobbies 96A and 96B. I believe they are all available from Great Models. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattC Posted July 27, 2007 Author Share Posted July 27, 2007 Cheers for the reply, is Great Models a US based company? If so, do they ship out to the UK? Guess I could be less lazy and look it up myself! Cheers Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JasonW Posted July 28, 2007 Share Posted July 28, 2007 Cheers for the reply, is Great Models a US based company? If so, do they ship out to the UK?Guess I could be less lazy and look it up myself! Cheers Matt Great Models is a US company, but they will ship world wide.You can also get kits from Squadron.com who is also a US company, but will ship worldwide. The Ar-96 is available pretty regularly in injection format. Some of the others are found in resin format and can get pretty pricey. http://www.greatmodels.com/ http://www.squadron.com/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattC Posted July 28, 2007 Author Share Posted July 28, 2007 Thankyou Jason, as it happens, I just remembered hannants and had a check on what they have in and found the following; Avro Tutor 1/72 Viima II 1/72 Mind you, I wince at paying £24 for a 1/72 biplane kit And apparently Heller did a 1/72 Arado 96, as hannants sell a Falcon canopy and some Etch kits and decals for use with that kit. Just can't find the kit now! I'd forgotten what a gold mine hannants is Matt Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Don923 Posted August 16, 2007 Share Posted August 16, 2007 Great Models is as slow as Christmas with their shipping, so be ready for a wait. Don923(flylo) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 I bought my Special Hobby Ar 96A from Andy Pack at the Gloucester show this year, it is available this side of the pond. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 BTW, you say "Classic Training Aircraft" yet fail to mention the Tiger Moth. (We really need a "puzzled" emoticon here unless I've missed it) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattC Posted September 20, 2007 Author Share Posted September 20, 2007 BTW, you say "Classic Training Aircraft" yet fail to mention the Tiger Moth. (We really need a "puzzled" emoticon here unless I've missed it) Well, I know that I can at least get a TM in 1:72, so I didn't include it my list, what I was looking for were some of the more esoteric types that I haven't been able to dig up anywhere. There are about 150 WW2 era types which I would like a kit of, but haven't found, but there's not a great deal of point in me writing an enormous exhaustive list Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 (edited) Ah yes, now I've re-read your original, that'll teach me to look too late at night. :) Edited September 21, 2007 by MikeC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattC Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 No worries, although I have to say I can't actually FIND a 1:72 TM for a decent price at the moment, the Pavla one is too expensive and I can't find an AF one in my LHS! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC Posted September 21, 2007 Share Posted September 21, 2007 (edited) Cor blast bor, you're not far from Hannants if you're at Cromer, get you down there. (I may live near Bristol, but I'm an expat Suffolk bor) Edited September 21, 2007 by MikeC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattC Posted September 21, 2007 Author Share Posted September 21, 2007 :blink: Problem is my only form of transport is ye olde Anglian Water Van... I'll most likely order something from Hannants, I don't think I dare venture in through the door, I think I would come out bankrupt :blink: I've only been here in Crummer for aboot a yar, but the accent be rubben orf... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MikeC Posted September 22, 2007 Share Posted September 22, 2007 :D ... I'll most likely order something from Hannants, I don't think I dare venture in through the door, I think I would come out bankrupt :o ... Yup, been there, done that. :blink: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MattC Posted September 22, 2007 Author Share Posted September 22, 2007 It's quite scary really, a couple of years back I wandered into a small model shop with no intention of buying anything. Little did I know that hidden behind all the model railway stuff and rc car bits, was a pile of dusty plastic kits. Walked out a lot poorer and had to explain to my darling wife where the cash in my pocket (meant for paying the rent) was and why I was smuggling boxes into the house behind my back Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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