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I've assembled two Heller models, a 1/72 Vought Corsair and a 1/48 Piper L-4.  Both seem small for their age...the Corsair engine is smaller in diameter by a whole lot compared to a Matchbox Hellcat with the same Pratt & Whitney radial, and the Piper sure seems smaller than it should be when sitting next to a 1/48 Cessna Bird dog.  Am I missing something, or did Heller run to 1/75 and 1/50 scales? Or so?

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The Heller L-4 was originally listed as 1/50 scale.  I think late boxings may have said 1/48.

 

The actual airplane has a wingspan of 35 ft 3 inches or 423 inches.

 

1/48 scale would be 8.8125 inches.

1/50 would be 8.46 inches.

 

What does your finished model measure?

 

C2j

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