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Looking for 1/144 scale models.

Started by seadude, November 07, 2017, 09:29:18 AM

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seadude

Does anybody know if 1/144 scale models exist of the following:

A-12 with D-21 drone.
YF-12A intercepter
737-600 airliner
737-200 airliner
USAF T-43A aircraft
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PR19_Kit

The 737-200 has been available from Airfix since the dawn of time, It's not really the state of the art these days, but in 1/44 it's passable. It can be improved by fitting Braz Models resin engines though.

Revell do a good, state of the art 737-800 that can be sawn down to a -600 without much difficulty, and DACO do some excellent PE detail stuff for the NG 737s.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Spey_Phantom

for the 737-200, the Airfix offer is pretty decent, you can use the same kit to build a T-43.
as for the -600, afaik there is no kit, but you can always convert a revell or zvezda 737-800.

there is no YF-12 kit in 1/144 i know off, but Kiwi Resin has a conversion set for an Arii 1/144 sr-71 blackbird.
on the bench:

-all kinds of things.

TomZ

Kiwi resin has a F-12 conversion.
They also had a D-21 but that one is sold out.

https://www.kiwimodelsnz.com/1144-resin-kitsets-and-conversions

TomZ
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JayBee

#4
There was an American producer a number of years ago by the name of 12Squared who produced several conversion kits in 1/144 scale.
One was for the Tu-22C Backfire, and the other was for the Lockheed A-12 GTD-21 combo.
At the time I wrote review articles for both of them.
Here is a photo of the A-12 GTD-21 combo based on the old LS kit of the SR-71,
The conversion gave a new nose and tail for the mother a/c, and of course the drone.


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PR19_Kit

Hmmm, I see some interesting stuff in the background there Jim.  ;) ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit