TMAC Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 Anyone know of a kit, any scale, of a Cessna 177B (or A, even an RG) Cardinal that may be out there? I'm looking to build one for my brother who owns such a bird. Plenty of 172's, 182's and 150's out there but I've yet to find a 177 of any model. Thanks in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rwright142 Posted April 24, 2011 Share Posted April 24, 2011 (edited) A quick Google found this Cessna 177 Cardinal but it is not in the US: http://www.throttlestore.com/cessna_177_cardinal.aspx?lang=EN It comes in red or blue decals. Features Wingspan: 1700 mm (66.98 inches) Wingsarea: 44 dm2 (2.84 sq. inches) Fuselage Length: 1250 mm (49.25 inches) Flying Weight: 3000 - 3400 g (105.9 - 120.02 ounces) Radio (Channels): 4 - 6 Glowengine: .53 - .91 2 takt - .63 - .110 4 takt cu.in. Edited April 24, 2011 by rwright142 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DDC Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 No scale plastic kits ever. :( Your only hope is to scratchbuild one. As you'd know, they're a 'clean sheet' design, so kit bashing could be done, but it's just be faster and easier to start from scratch. That being said, if you've not done any scratchbuilding before, it's be a fairly straight forward first subject, and with the 1-1 reference to hand, you could really go to town on it :D Keep us posted, Denzil Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majortomski Posted April 25, 2011 Share Posted April 25, 2011 Much easier, order from this guy. I've gotten GREAT service out of him for under $200.00 you can't go wrong, esp. if it's your brother's airplane. In my civilian flightline days we used to own the 1977 Cessna brochure cardinal. I LOVED flying that plane Don's Stuff: http://www.airmodels.com/tier1/civilian.html HTH Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
skidbuggy Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 (edited) Crazy thing is I have a 1/48th maybe 1/50th scale Cardinal that was an old resin desk display model. There were no details what-so-ever on the model. I have to dig it out. Alex Edited April 28, 2011 by skidbuggy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
RB211 Posted April 28, 2011 Share Posted April 28, 2011 Best Cessna trike gear plane ever.Cessna put out some promo models that went out to their flight instruction & dealership centers.When I was much younger I worked for a place that had a bunch of these things 310,340 ,421,425,177,etc Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majortomski Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Best Cessna trike gear plane ever.Cessna put out some promo models that went out to their flight instruction & dealership centers.When I was much younger I worked for a place that had a bunch of these things 310,340 ,421,425,177,etc The dealer I worked for up in Akron (Medina actually) had the 1977 "brochure" Cardinal. If you got one of the pamphlets for the plane there was our plane on the cover and out on the ramp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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