We know the Revell kit is over scale; Mighty Wings do a better one but still to thick in the fuselage and the cowling is wrong. Has anyone bought the Furuta version?
We know the Revell kit is over scale; Mighty Wings do a better one but still to thick in the fuselage and the cowling is wrong. Has anyone bought the Furuta version?
I didn't even know the first one existed and you tell me there are *two* others?
Nice! Thanks!
Yes, the Revell kit is out of production but still crops up on ebay and Amazon some times.
There is an excellent guide to fixing the scale issue and converting it here http://www.wingsofwar.org/content.php?60-Wolframs-Dr1
A bunch of Revell DrI's here
http://cgi.ebay.com/Revell-Germany-0...72668501096995
Amazon UK also were selling tthe Revell kits at around £1.50, google Revell minikits and you may find a local hobby shop who has some.
Stuart do have a pic or a link for the furuta one ?
Chris
this is the only link i could find in the UK
http://www.tankzone.co.uk/category/cat_aircraft.htm
They are in the middle of the page
Mike
Or the pics on this link from the far east are better
http://www.alibaba.com/productshowim...motherproduct1
Stuart!
I have some of the WW2 Furuta planes they wee sold as egg kits original. Meaning they came in a plastic egg with a piece of chewing gun! The scale is fit the egg scale! Which means they very from 1:200 to almost 1:100. The photos show size comparisons!
Hey Richard
I saw a sopwith tripe and a dr1 do you know their scale?
Cheers
Linz
Lindsay!
My connection to the psychic hot line is down today! I just saw this by way an over priced DV and thought i would add it they show it against a US penny! I measured a penny as 19mm or 3/4 of an inch!
Rich
http://cgi.ebay.com/62-v1-Furuta-War...item519461dce3
Cheers that DVII must be pretty lose to 144th scale I reckon. But way over priced.
Must hunt these out on the net.
Cheers
Linz
Lindsay!
They are about the correct size but they can keep them. There is a ME-109 listed i have one that was supposed to be 1:144 it is 1:100 scale. They are sold and advertised as not scaled!
Rich
Here is a link to Furuta scale questions. I found it by searching the message boards at The Miniatures Page for Furuta.http://translate.google.com/translat...hl=en&ie=UTF-8
Tony
Stuart!
He also tells you it is close to 144 scale! Plus cheaper even with S&H!
Rich
They don't show up on the website but Model Zone has stacks of 'em.
Are you only interested in exclusively plastic kits or would you be interested in a resin one as well?
If so, check this: http://www.modelimex.com/1-144-fokker-dri
Great link Jan thanks
Didn't realize how many aircraft in 144scale you could get.
Linz
I've been wondering about the Revell triplane. Does anybody every use it as-is in the game? It seems to me, since The Red Baron was larger than life, wouldn't it be okay to have a slightly oversized triplane? Of course, you could only do that with his red one - the rest of them would have to be proper scale.
I did a couple of times - until I managed to get a Nexus one and realized how badly off scale it is. I followed the guide here to making it more acceptable and painted it as Voss's jasta 10 machine so any scale difference won't stand out so much among the Albatrosses and Pfalz DIII's
They say it should be availabe within 3 weeks from order, they just do not have them in stock as far as I know.
I am going to order from them soon and I will keep you informed.
EDIT: I placed an order for 2 Aviatik Berg D.I's and in addition to the order confirmation e-mail I got this:
Oh well, I can wait. I hope, I can, that is. *bites his nails*This is an automated reply. We are moving to a new location from, so we are closed from 16.7. until 31.7. Therefore we will reply to your e-mail as soon as we can. Thank you for understanding.
Last edited by Watchdog; 07-26-2011 at 12:58.
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