My next build - can you tell what it is ?

[Vaughan]

Wow thats one big gun Dave!

[Guest]

Not only a big gun Vaughan.

Look at that "heap" of unmade models on the floor & on the shelves.

Dave you are going to have to put in some overtime to complete those.

Laurie

[Gern]

Alas Laurie, I don't think I got that much time left - especially as that's less than a quarter of my stash!

Gern

[colin m]

So this begs the question - is 1/35 scale Dora the biggest plastic model kit around. Note 'plastic' I know there's bigger remote things around.

And well done to all for keeping it clean when Dave showed us his big......................oops nearly...........

Colin M..

[Guest]

So this begs the question - is 1/35 scale Dora the biggest plastic model kit around. Note 'plastic' I know there's bigger remote things around.And well done to all for keeping it clean when Dave showed us his big......................oops nearly...........

Colin M..

I think the Revell 1/48 B-1B Lancer held the record for the largest aircraft kit, don't know if anything has changed. Derek

[Guest]

Gern,

Thanks for posting the picture I am impressed, I'd not heard of Soar Art before although I see from their Website they produce a 1/144 scale Yamato (another contender for the largest kit? 6ft long) which I seem to remember reading about I think on Modelwarships.com, I guess this must be the same one as their can't be many 1/144 Yamato kits about!

I don't know if the photo does full justice to the size of the Dora as the Leopard,being a large kit,makes the Dora look smaller than it must be, perhaps a 1/35 tank next to them would give a truer picture of their size.

Malcolm

[Guest]

Hasn't young Scott (noble) got the dora

[Guest]

that i have Andy and i can't get into the shed due to the box size. the kit is 7 feet long and when the gun is fully raised i think it stands about 2-3feet high.

Scott

[Gern]

Here you go Malcolm. An M26 and SdKfz234, both in 1/35 for comparison. You can also see the figure on top - he is also 1/35.

Gern

PS Apologies Colin. Your original thread seems to have been hijacked!

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[colin m]

Here you go Malcolm. An M26 and SdKfz234, both in 1/35 for comparison. You can also see the figure on top - he is also 1/35.Gern

PS Apologies Colin. Your original thread seems to have been hijacked!

Not a problem - all very interesting stuff.

[colin m]

You lucky sod Colin, been fancying one of these for a while, will watch with great interest. Derekp.s. some good ref. photos for you Convair B-36 Peacemaker - Propeller engined Aircraft - Britmodeller.com

Cheers Derek, I've now been playing with paints trying to match that interior green of theirs.

Colin M..

[Guest]

Cheers Derek, I've now been playing with paints trying to match that interior green of theirs.Colin M..

Have a look at this Colin for the lighter yellow/green; I have a bottle and it is more green than suggested on my monitor, looks almost spot on.

https://airbrushes.com/product_info.php?products_id=2186&osCsid=37515f83a 93b303c827bad2e748c386e

Zinc Chromate is a common primer for aluminium.

Cheers Derek

p.s. you will find a nice shiny B-36 in this website, go to the cold war section, mouse over until you find the -063 buttom.

http://www.nmusafvirtualtour.com/full/tour-pkg.html

[Dave W]

Colin,are you on Facebook?.By coincidence a friend has posted a 360 degree walk round of a B36 flight deck (two flight engineers on that monster!).If you want I can share it with you.Just give me the name you use on Facebook.