Spruce Goose

[PR19_Kit]

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. 

I was going by the heading on the linked web site, it doesn't say anything about the scale on the box.

[Captain Canada]

Oh yeah she's huge Robert ! That's something I'd sure like to see someday....

As for the TWA kit, wonder if it has the transfers to make the fake windows etc ?

[sandiego89]

Looking forward to the bow door- no going back now! 

-Dave

[NARSES2]

I saw the Goose when she was in LA and strangely she didn't look that big. I think that was simply because he setting back then had nothing to compare her to

[Captain Canada]

Thanks Dave ! Part of the fun doing up the bulk heads etc. And I can imagine Chris, seeing a full size DC-3 under one wing sure brings her scale to life !

[kitnut617]

Oh yeah she's huge Robert ! That's something I'd sure like to see someday....

As for the TWA kit, wonder if it has the transfers to make the fake windows etc ?

Yes it does, so does the one fantasy boxing I have

[kitnut617]

Here's a pic of the inside of her looking towards the nose



and I think the side window decals idea must have come from what is actually there -- which isn't how it was when it flew

[sandiego89]

I saw the Goose when she was in LA and strangely she didn't look that big. I think that was simply because he setting back then had nothing to compare her to

I had the exact feeling while seeing her in the dome (Long Beach). For me I think it was a sense of anticiaption and agree the scale of the building threw me off.  Huge dome with no frame of reference.  She was also up a small plynth then.  I think if she had been in a normal hanger or outside, or had other airplanes under her like now, I would have appreciated the size more.   I had also been inside jumbos and C-5's by then so the inside was not as huge as I perhaps imagined.

Now the wing is quite impressive by any standard....

   

[Captain Canada]

Nice pic from the inside Robert, thanks. I can use that as a reference, although mine will be hinged and also have a cargo set of doors somewhere along the fuselage side.

[NARSES2]

 I had also been inside jumbos and C-5's by then so the inside was not as huge as I perhaps imagined.

Now the wing is quite impressive by any standard....

   

I had the same feeling the first time I went into the Sunderland fuselage at Hendon.

Agree re the wing. Even in LA that looked long enough to please even Kit PR19

[Captain Canada]

Agree re the wing. Even in LA that looked long enough to please even Kit PR19

Hahaha...thanks for the laugh Chris !

I'm working at hacking out the flaps today. I was also wondering about adding some spoilers or vents or whatever they are called, to add some interest and make the wing more efficient. I think I saw some on a Mars or the Tradewind. I still have research to do but would rather just get on with it than quibble with myself over details.... 

[PR19_Kit]

Agree re the wing. Even in LA that looked long enough to please even Kit PR19

It's the longest wing ever IIRC, 320 ft. 

[Captain Canada]

I think the big wing floats are the perfect place to store the 'ships boats' don't you ? I'm currently on the hunt for 200 scale stuff. I see that Freetime Hobbies have quite a bit ( not a lot in stock tho ) I may drop by my LHS tomorrow and see what they have, but I'm also open to suggestions.

[Captain Canada]

Hacking away.....cut out the flaps and sorted the wings



And cut the rest of the doors. I actually cut one more man sized door in front of the big cargo door. Also got most of the floor sorted.

[jcf]

Mark me as another who was underwhelmed by the beast in person, of course I'd spent a few years walking around 747's on the assembly
line in Everett by the time I actually saw the Hercules in McMinnville.