"Holy Grail" model kits

[Mossie]

Aoshima have re-done Blue Thunder recently in 1/48, around the same time they did Airwolf.

[Mossie]

Aoshima have re-done Blue Thunder recently in 1/48, around the same time they did Airwolf.

But it's tall, VERY tall! Especially for an aircraft that first flew in the 50s!

I can certainly agree with that. I visited the drivers seat of the Beverley at the Museum of Army Transport in Beverley before it shut down. It was a considerable hike from cargo deck to flight deck!!

Definitely.  Here's a pic from a visit to Fort Paull a few weeks ago with a couple of 1/2 scale humans for reference!

[NARSES2]

Sure they are not 1/72 Mossie 

[PR19_Kit]

Those two could JUST walk under the Bev without banging their heads. 

[Librarian]

I can still remember being about that age and being taken by my Grandparents to Hendon....the Beverley was HUGE, positively loomed.

SH/MPM Ki-83....disappeared off the radar completely, but one's just turned up:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262057507254?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

[Mossie]

Sure they are not 1/72 Mossie 

They might be if I could afford/have the skills to build the Magna kit!!!

Those two could JUST walk under the Bev without banging their heads. 

Charlotte (blonde on the left) is the tallest in her class too!  Charlotte and her twin sister (really!) Chloe started primary school a few weeks ago.

I can still remember being about that age and being taken by my Grandparents to Hendon....the Beverley was HUGE, positively loomed.

SH/MPM Ki-83....disappeared off the radar completely, but one's just turned up:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262057507254?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

My grandparents did the same for me, but with XB259 when she was at the Beverley Museum of Army Transport (sadly long gone).  I remember her being erected and being told we'd visit when she was ready, which we did and several times after.  Now I get to take my girls to see the same Beverley, even closer now!

[NARSES2]

SH/MPM Ki-83....disappeared off the radar completely, but one's just turned up:

Built that kit and enjoyed it. Still got one in the stash

[The Chaos]

Holly Grail Kits for my are the Bandai Star wars kits since the license agreement  from Disny. 

[Captain Canada]

Great pic of the Beverly with the kiddos as reference.....wow, is it ever tall !

[Mr.Creak]

Definitely.  Here's a pic from a visit to Fort Paull a few weeks ago with a couple of 1/2 scale humans for reference!

Ooh! I can see MY rivet on that photo!

(Obscure reference - when the Beverley was AT Beverley, in the Transport Museum, they funded part of its upkeep by "selling" rivets: but they stayed on the aircraft. I still have my Beverley Rivet Owners' Certificate somewhere. I used to live less than a ten minute walk from the museum).

[Mossie]

You've got cracking eyesight!

[PR19_Kit]

They should have crowd-funded some masking tape! That's a TERRIBLE paint job around the drop-master's panel.

[Austanker]

*1/24 scale Mad Max Interceptor kits - Aoshima , Cavalier if anyone has one or sees them message me
*Alien APC 1/35 scale - same deal
*MPC Millenium Falcon + Darth Vaders Tie Fighter

[Dizzyfugu]

I can still remember being about that age and being taken by my Grandparents to Hendon....the Beverley was HUGE, positively loomed.

SH/MPM Ki-83....disappeared off the radar completely, but one's just turned up:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/262057507254?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

I have one in the stash, but would not part with it... so hard to hunt down, and a beautiful aircraft.

[Dizzyfugu]

They should have crowd-funded some masking tape! That's a TERRIBLE paint job around the drop-master's panel.

On the othe side another real life proof that many model kits just look too "clean" and accurate - not only concerning the paint finish, but also the surface structure and the way this channels dirt/rain.