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Model Forum / General / Models / January 2008Hawk Missile Battery: Scale?
I reckon this one is for Al. I have a Hawk Missile Battery in a Revell History Makers Box. The box says 1/32. On eBay I see Hawk Missile Batteries and the tracked and helicopter missile transporters in Life Like as 1/40 and Renwal as 1/32. Were there two different molds? Which do I really have? PS Al, I think your column in Internet Modeler is the most fun thing I read (model related) on the net each month, I really look forward to it. Also anyone have the tracked and/or the helicopter transports they'd like to sell. This is another one I remember vaguely from childhood that I'd like to have another go at. >I have a Hawk Missile Battery in a Revell >History Makers Box. The box says 1/32. On eBay I see Hawk Missile Batteries >and the tracked and helicopter missile transporters in Life Like as 1/40 and >Renwal as 1/32. Were there two different molds? Yes. The 1/40 scale kit was released by Adams, SNAP, Revell, and Life-Like, and probably others as well. >Which do I really have? The History Makers kits was from the Renwal 1/32 scale tooling. >...I think your column in Internet Modeler is the most fun thing I read >(model related) on the net each month, I really look forward to it. I'm really happy that you like it! Thanks for the kind words. :)  SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." >>I have a Hawk Missile Battery in a Revell >>History Makers Box. The box says 1/32. On eBay I see Hawk Missile [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > I'm really happy that you like it! Thanks for the kind words. :) Absolutely! I've been looking for many of the oldies but goodies stuff with the intent of building them. How about an article on some of the 1/64 kits, Revell B-25, Lindberg Helll, Ju88. Did Renwal do any of the support vehicles or was that LifeLike only? Frank >How about an article on some of the 1/64 kits, Revell B-25, Lindberg Helll, Ju88. I'll see what I can do but I doubt I'll ever cover the German a/c since I don't have any. >Did Renwal do any of the support vehicles or was that LifeLike only? Renwal did a military tow truck but that's it AFAIK - they never even did the humble and ubiquitous Jeep. SignatureAl Superczynski, MFE, IPMS/USA #3795, continuous since 1968 My "From" address is munged - use 'modeleral (at) swbell (dot) net' to respond via email. Check out my want lists and eBay listings at "Al's Place": http://www.network54.com/realm/modeleral/ "Build what YOU like, the way YOU want to, and the critics will flame you every time." Revell or Adams (the molds were cut by the same folks) made a 1/40 scale Hawk battery, which eventually became the Lifelike molds after going through several sets of hands. Adams (later SNAP) made the YH-41 Cessna missile transporter. The other Hawk is 1/32 scale and ex-Renwal. Since Revell also made a 1/40 scale Jeep and M20 armored utility car, plus a not-so-hot M35 2 1/2 ton, if you could find the 1/40 scale ones you could do up a diorama. Cookie Sewell AMPSOne@aol.com wrote in news:1138057425.162432.28130 @g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > Revell or Adams (the molds were cut by the same folks) made a 1/40 > scale Hawk battery, which eventually became the Lifelike molds after [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Cookie Sewell That's the M20 you see in the UPC box once in a while, isn't it? There is an extensive build article on the Renwal Hawk kit (the 1/32nd item later reissued under a Reveall logo) by Dutch modeler Wim Vink on the Mil-Mod website at http://www.mil-mod.nl He's a real perfectionist, so he replaced over half the kit parts, and scratchbuilt the transporter loaders. Even if you aren't that ambitious, the article has lots of useful details. The Adams/Snap/Lifelike kit was in the smaller 1/40th scale, but included more support equipment. Gerald Owens "Gerald Owens" <lafimprov@aol.com> wrote in news:1138159866.079985.251200 @g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: > There is an extensive build article on the Renwal Hawk kit (the 1/32nd > item later reissued under a Reveall logo) by Dutch modeler Wim Vink on [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > more support equipment. > Gerald Owens Yes, I know that site. Thanks. Hey guys, I'm a Hawk Marine from the 60s and 70s. 29 Palms, Danang, Monkey Mountain, and Cherry Point. Also a fair to middlin' modeler for most of my life. I happen to have a three of the Revell History Makers kits, and one of the ADAMS Hawk Missile Carrier. All are original boxed and still sealed in the bags. Sentimental? I just never could bring myself to open them. I built enough of them in the 70s after I got out. LOL Semper Fi Art >"Gerald Owens" <lafimprov@aol.com> wrote in news:1138159866.079985.251200 >@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com: [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > >Yes, I know that site. Thanks. |
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