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[Q] Large starlifter and galaxy?

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Sir Loin of Beef - 26 Sep 2004 12:49 GMT
Does anyone release larger scale kits for these 2 plane? I've only see
the tiny 1/700 pit-road kits.
Ken Duffey - 26 Sep 2004 14:05 GMT
> Does anyone release larger scale kits for these 2 plane? I've only see
> the tiny 1/700 pit-road kits.

IIRC, Entex did a 1:200 scale C-5 - later re-released by Nichimo and
others???

There is (was?) a Combat Models vacform of the C-141 and a vacform of
the C-5 from Delta models.

Ken
C Knowles - 26 Sep 2004 15:14 GMT
1/144  Otaki / Entex C-5
1/200  DML/Dragon C-141A and C-141B
1/125(?)  Aurora C-141A
1/72   ID Models C-5  (vacuform)
1/72   Nova C-141A and C-141B (vacuform)

Unfortunately, none of these are readily available.  I suggest you try eBay.

Curt

> Does anyone release larger scale kits for these 2 plane? I've only see
> the tiny 1/700 pit-road kits.
M Bryant - 26 Sep 2004 23:29 GMT
Revell boxed the otaki kit as well.
Cheers,
Max Bryant

> 1/144  Otaki / Entex C-5
> 1/200  DML/Dragon C-141A and C-141B
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> > Does anyone release larger scale kits for these 2 plane? I've only see
> > the tiny 1/700 pit-road kits.
Mad-Modeller - 27 Sep 2004 02:30 GMT
And Entex even had the C-5A out in a boxing as a civil aircraft.
I spotted one on E-bay last year but it still went for big bucks even
with its identity in stealth mode.

Bill Banaszak, MFE
frank may - 27 Sep 2004 14:48 GMT
The Aurora C-141A is 1/108. Combat Models has the old Nova C-141A & C-141B kits now.

> Revell boxed the otaki kit as well.
> Cheers,
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> > > Does anyone release larger scale kits for these 2 plane? I've only see
> > > the tiny 1/700 pit-road kits.
Martin - 27 Sep 2004 22:05 GMT
> Revell boxed the otaki kit as well.

I concur.  Revell released the 1/144 Otaki kit as a white-gray C-5A in
1982 and as a camouflaged C-5B in 1984(?).

For a long time, the only way to tell a C-5A from a C-5B was to look
at the shape of a small blade antenna located under the fuselage
forward of the nose landing gear.  If it was rectangular, it was an
"A", if it was swept, it was a "B".  Of course, you could also look at
the serial numbers too.

Martin
Drew Hill - 28 Sep 2004 00:38 GMT
Yeah, It's Nova Models that does the 1/72 vac of the Starlifter.  I was able
to pick one up at a swap meet a couple of years ago for about $15.00 (US).
No I'm not going to get rid of it.  And it looks to be a SERIOUS dog!  Even
less detail than normally expected of a vac form.  Of course, it is an OLDER
vac kit, and in some ways represented the state of the art for its time.

Unfortunately, it implies that it's going to be an 'in flight' version
unless'n I feel
like scratchin' together some landing gear!

Hope this helps!

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Keeper - 28 Sep 2004 14:48 GMT
>Unfortunately, it implies that it's going to be an 'in flight' version
>unless'n I feel
>like scratchin' together some landing gear!

Yeah, that'd be the way I went!

The Keeper (of too much crap!)
Nick Pedley - 28 Sep 2004 23:42 GMT
> Does anyone release larger scale kits for these 2 plane? I've only see
> the tiny 1/700 pit-road kits.

A quick Google shows a 1/480 kit from Minicraft still being sold. I came
close to grabbing a 1/144 Otaki kit a few months but missed it by 5 minutes!
:-(

Nick
Martin - 29 Sep 2004 19:44 GMT
Looks like the 1/288 kit by Starfix was left out of this survey so I
thought I'd mention it ;^)  I actually have one and it does kind of
look like a C-5.

Martin
UmTutSut - 30 Sep 2004 12:57 GMT
> Does anyone release larger scale kits for these 2 plane? I've only see
> the tiny 1/700 pit-road kits.

If you're looking for the 1/144 Revell/Otaki C-5A kit, I have one for
sale at a reasonable price. E-Mail me @ ldorr@capaccess.org. I'm in
the USA.

Les (Friendly Airplane Asylum flack)
 
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