Anton_K55RUS Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Finally! http://hasegawausa.com/product-pages/hsgs7416.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hmm... Haven't heard about this kit before. Does it come with thrust reversers and the correct antennas, or is this just a rebox of their old Lear 35A? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rich in name only Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Also note that it has the correct window placement as decals. Does not have the wire HF antenna. Appears to be a rebox. I don't think the engines are a big problem--don't look that far off to me, not as much as the civil Lears with even bigger engines. Good job on finding it! Rare! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Superheat Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hmm... Haven't heard about this kit before. Does it come with thrust reversers and the correct antennas, or is this just a rebox of their old Lear 35A? Hasegawa has issued the kit as a C-21 before with no mods to the nacelles, just depicting the Dee Howard T/R's with paint. I can't imagine they will do anything different this time, but one can hope. Regardless, it would be nice if some enterprising aftermarket manufacturer would produce both Dee Howard and Aeronca T/R nacelles for the kit. Other than lacking the Area Ruling in the rear fuselage nacelle area and having only T/R-less nacelles, it is a very nice kit, as are their other two BizJets, wish they were better sellers so we could get some new kits. Cheers, Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 I've advocated someone doing resin nacelles with the t/r's and intake tunnels for years! Nobody seems interested. It's such a slick looking jet. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ben Brown Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 31 wing tips and Delta fins would be cool, too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Is that what the Happy Hooligans are flying now? Please excuse my ignorance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
torchf4 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Is that what the Happy Hooligans are flying now? Please excuse my ignorance. 178th RQS flies Predators while 177th AS flies the Lear for OSA. A far cry from the good old days! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Darren Roberts Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 178th RQS flies Predators while 177th AS flies the Lear for OSA. A far cry from the good old days! Isn't that the truth! I grew up in Syracuse, NY and watched the 174th fly A-37's, then A-10's, and finally F-16's, only to see them transition to Reapers. Oh well! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riffraff Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Is that what the Happy Hooligans are flying now? Please excuse my ignorance. That plane was at the Abbotsford Airshow in 2010. I am not sure how long it had those markings. Lee Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Camus272 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Is that what the Happy Hooligans are flying now? Please excuse my ignorance. They got rid of the F-16s in 2007. I was in one of their C-21s a few years, its unbelievable how small that plane is - the cockpit makes my car seem quite luxurious. Unfortunately they didn't have one on display at this year's airshow. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 ...it is a very nice kit, as are their other two BizJets, wish they were better sellers so we could get some new kits. Cheers, Tom They are pretty nice kits and I'd like to see more 1/48 bizjets, too. The Lear and the Falcon can be found at pretty fair prices, but the Citation seems to command some pretty high prices on eBay. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Is the Hasegawa a rebox of the Testor kit? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 (edited) No. The Hawk/Testors kit is a Lear 23. Hasegawa's is a Lear 35/36. Edited August 21, 2015 by Jennings Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majortomski Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Is the Hasegawa a rebox of the Testor kit? No, Hasegawa issued its own Lear along with a Citation and a Dasault Falcon starting in the early 1980's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
I.Martin Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Revell was quite near, not a 35 but looks good too... LINK Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Niels Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Vince Maddux Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Revell was quite near, not a 35 but looks good too... LINK The Revell kit is a reboxed Hasegawa kit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Kevan Vogler Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 (edited) No. The Hawk/Testors kit is a Lear 23. Hasegawa's is a Lear 35/36. The Hawk/Testors Lear is a mutt of a kit and mixes features of two different Lear models. It has its origins in a mid 60s IMC kit that depicted a Lear 23 and the Testors modifications pushed it more towards a Lear 24D in appearances. Edited August 21, 2015 by Kevan Vogler Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Here's some comparisons I did of the IMC and Testors versions: http://www.agapemodels.com/2011/10/07/modeling-nostalgia-imc-148th-gates-learjet/ http://www.agapemodels.com/2011/10/10/modeling-nostalgia-148-gates-learjet-pt-ii-testors-re-release/ Top, Testors; bottom, IMC: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Here's some comparisons I did of the IMC and Testors versions: http://www.agapemodels.com/2011/10/07/modeling-nostalgia-imc-148th-gates-learjet/ http://www.agapemodels.com/2011/10/10/modeling-nostalgia-148-gates-learjet-pt-ii-testors-re-release/ Top, Testors; bottom, IMC: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 Mods: could someone delete my first post containing the Learjet kit pics. I keep getting a 500 Error when I try to modify a post. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jennings Posted August 22, 2015 Share Posted August 22, 2015 I've never owned the ITC/Testors kit. I didn't realize they'd modified the molds. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
majortomski Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 Didn't realize Testors did that either. One thing to note the Testor's N number was and still is totally bogus. The original Haseagawa decals were for a Lear company demo bird. When I saw it in their hangar in the late 1990's it was cammo'd in vietnam era colors. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DonSS3 Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 Wonder what the deal with the SEA camo was? Somebody with a lot of money wanted a warbirds, or was Lear doing a demo for a foreign sales attempt? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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