Concept Systems (www.con-sys.com) is offering a flat car model that carries 737-800 fuselages simular to the prototypes that BNSF uses. However they do not offer the airliner body to fit on the car. Does anyone know of a company that offers HO scale or even 1/100 scall 737 airliner plastic models? Concept Systems recommends a 1/100 model, but I cannot seem to find them.
Have you tried contacting Boeing. If anyone knows where you might find one, they should.
Chuck (Modeling Central Japan in September, 1964 - with no aircraft of any description)
Great Models has a 737-800 in 1/100 scale by Model Craft Canada listed on their site. It is Not IN STOCK. No 737’s are currently listed on the ModelCraft website.
Found Executive Desktop Models 737’s in 1/100 scale on on Ebay for around $170.
I don’t know of any that are produced. However, I do have a friend (who worked for Boeing) that had a couple of HO scale fuselages made and the difference between them and the 1/100 is remarkable.
You may want to keep your eyes open at swap meets and out of the way hobby shops that may still have the 1/100 scale planes.
Ricky
Why would a 1:100 scale be reccomennded? That is 20-25% undersize forHO.
Traditionally Airplane models scales are not the same as Railroad model scales.
Airplane scales from smallest to largest:
1/200
1/144 often used with N Scale
1/100 mainly expensive porfesionally built desktop display models
1/72 often used with HO Scale
1/48 O Scale
1/32
A 1/72 model 737 would be closer to HO scale, less expensive and easier to find than a 1/100 model, but also would probably be too large to fit on the car. So 1/100 scale was suggested.
There have been very few HO scale 1/87 airplanes offered. I believe the largest is a DC3 from Walthers.