Slartibartfast Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Nothing larger? If we can have 1:48 BOnes and 1:72 BUFFs and Starlifters, why not a 1:72 Galaxy? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
UKPonchoMan Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 There's always the Delta? (Delvac?) vacform in 1/72nd scale! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cloggy Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Who does the 1/72 Starlifter then? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Slartibartfast Posted November 17, 2005 Author Share Posted November 17, 2005 It was thirty years ago in my teens that I built the C-141. I could very well be wrong as to scale. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Josh1971 Posted November 17, 2005 Share Posted November 17, 2005 Well, I know that there's been a 1/144 mold of the C-5A for a while, because there was a Testors kit of it for a long time. I just recently got one by a different company- same mold. It's made by Otaki, and I can't complain because it's the same mold as the Testors kit, and I got it for free :D I can't imagine that bird in 1/72, but at some point, Minicraft had a series of larger planes (B-1, B-52, C-5, XB-70) that were in strange scales, like 1:480, 1:320. I have the C-5 kit from that series, but it's very plain, very simple. And very small, too. JB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lancer512 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Well, I know that there's been a 1/144 mold of the C-5A for a while, because there was a Testors kit of it for a long time. I just recently got one by a different company- same mold. It's made by Otaki, and I can't complain because it's the same mold as the Testors kit, and I got it for free :D Lucky you! Last time I saw this kit on Ebay it went for something like $US 104.00. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
john53 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 On E-bay now--Otaki C5A 1/144 going for 78.96------C5A 1/480 Entex going for 9.99-----Entex looks simplistic with in flight stand Quote Link to post Share on other sites
habu2 Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 Wow, I have the Testors kit - I bought it years ago from Squadron as a bagged kit (no box)..... $5 :D Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rodney Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 You're lucky. I've been trying to find one for years now!!! And only $5... Rodney Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted November 18, 2005 Share Posted November 18, 2005 All the 1/144 C-5 kits are the same mold, originating with Otaki. This includes the Entex, Testors and Revell boxings. I have the Entex L-500 civilian version and I have to do my own decals to do it as a military bird. Unfortunately, I lost the walkaround pics I shot of a bird from Altus at the last airshow. Only big scale C-141 I ever saw was from Aurora and it scaled out to about 1/125 or so. It was a C-141A. Only other C-141 kits I have seen are the DML kits in 1/200 scale. Its not likely that the Otaki kit for the C-5 will be reissued since word is that the molds got used up from all the years of casting on them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Philp Posted November 19, 2005 Share Posted November 19, 2005 Novo did a vacuform of the C-141 both A and B versions. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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