Model Forum / General / Models / August 2007

anyone know about this ?  several threads on their kits in the Yahoo
Box-Art group (a great group to join to find all that cardboard we
tossed away)  some rumour about a Hawk/Lindberg label with updated
graphics of their kits.

Craig

True, the Graf didn't carry any planes. I believe the good doctor
was referring to the Hawk kit, which DID come with 20 P-26 Peashooter
fighters, 10 in yellow and 10 in green, IIRC.

Rick
exact!

Concerning the Hawk Lindberg Zeppelin re issue
a) When issued, the Hawk kit said proudly it was the biggest
injection kit either. I have not made the measurements of the Gato
and U Boats hull from Revell, Trumpeter 1/350 Nimitz class vessels,
but it was indeed for a long time. The kit came with 2 hulls
enveloppe whatever you might want to name the Airship ballon
structure, in grey plastic, plus in black gondolas, engines, mooring
mast, and cardboard to prepart internal struts. believe it or notn
the fir was VERY good, compared to the awful vac form reissue ....
b) when it was issued (originally) it came with a separate sprue, in
yellow orange plastic (mine had no green sprue) , of Boeing pursuit
escort planes. They were rather crude, by now standards, (the
"wheels" were struts) but they went nicely with the airship. It is of
course those ones I refer as "as it should be "in the reissue kit,
not parasite fighters with the Graf and Hindenburg. As I said, there
are several photos of such planes, and in some cases undefined
biplanes, escorting welcoming the airships just as tugs can escort
big liners..... (except, of course, we have not the water cascades in
such a case...). I stillhave the planes, and a damaged initial kit,
plus the W/O planes vac form reissue. The new reissue is said to have
batteries to light the gondola/cabin. ...it might be a challeng to
fit
those nano motors we have in some labs now in the motors....
c) beware, however, there were attempts to have parasite planes with
early zeppelins, and the British did try too (may be with the R20. I
am not sure)...It is not only a "captain sky and the worlkd of
tomorrow", etc... concept..