Spruce Goose

[nighthunter]

No, gentlemen, Howard would never let Trip buy them, he'd use them exclusively for TWA, lol!

[KiwiZac]

Good point! Did we learn nothing from The Aviator?!

The 1/72 model.....you must a) be crazy and 2) have a MASSIVE work area!

[kitnut617]

Good point! Did we learn nothing from The Aviator?!

The 1/72 model.....you must a) be crazy and 2) have a MASSIVE work area!

Um! if I said I had two Lockheed C-5's, two Boeing 747's and umpteen B-52's and B-36's  --- all in 1/72 scale plus a couple of A310's and 767's

[Old Wombat]

Good point! Did we learn nothing from The Aviator?!

The 1/72 model.....you must a) be crazy and 2) have a MASSIVE work area!

Um! if I said I had two Lockheed C-5's, two Boeing 747's and umpteen B-52's and B-36's  --- all in 1/72 scale plus a couple of A310's and 767's

You're really the Sultan of Brunei slumming with the masses? .... Oh! .... Wait! .... He'd have them in 1/1 scale! .... You're his heir-apparent?

[Tophe]

Just starting on this one, and looking for help/ ideas/ knowledge.

I had knowledge about the Hughes giant twin-hull projects before the final Spruce Goose, but I gave my books on Hughes to a cousin, it is not easy to require them back. Maybe these projects are illustrated on Secretprojects.

[Captain Canada]

Interesting Tophe.....I'll have to look into that !

[Tophe]

One of the twin-hull Hughes is there http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,5537.msg243874.html#msg243874 but there were many other ones.

EDIT: this one disappeared from the Web but Google kept a little trace of it:

[Captain Canada]

That`s a big one for sure ! Needs more engines tho.

I did some work on mine yesterday, cut one of the noses off and cleaned up the fuselage...hope to show some pics later.

[Captain Canada]

The engine intakes or what have you were pretty plain



So I started drilling and opening them up, mostly to kill time as my head was swirling away trying to make heads or tails of itself....



I also have started removing the nose

[wagnersm]

Minicraft makes a version of their Spruce Goose model in TWA markings, kit no 15005.  http://store.kingshobbyshop.com/mi151twah4he.html

I have a copy of it in my stash, keep meaning to build it.

Steve

[PR19_Kit]

Minicraft makes a version of their Spruce Goose model in TWA markings, kit no 15005.  http://store.kingshobbyshop.com/mi151twah4he.html

I have a copy of it in my stash, keep meaning to build it.

Steve

A 1/144 Spruce Goose? That's got to be pretty darn BIG!

Actually, looking  at the 1/144 747-400 on my shelf across the room, the 1/144 Goose has got be HUGE!

[kitnut617]

Minicraft makes a version of their Spruce Goose model in TWA markings, kit no 15005.  http://store.kingshobbyshop.com/mi151twah4he.html

I have a copy of it in my stash, keep meaning to build it.

Steve

A 1/144 Spruce Goose? That's got to be pretty darn BIG!

Actually, looking  at the 1/144 747-400 on my shelf across the room, the 1/144 Goose has got be HUGE!

It's not 1/144 scale -- it's 1/200 as it's the same model as the one I have but with fantasy decals. 

But here you can see the difference between the ""big"" aircraft, it's not much bigger than a 747

[Captain Canada]

I think if it ever flew over you, with that big plank of a wing and 8 engines, it would look pretty darn big !

[kitnut617]

I think if it ever flew over you, with that big plank of a wing and 8 engines, it would look pretty darn big !

Well it didn't matter how hard I tried I just couldn't fit it all into one photo

[kitnut617]

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