Mixing in Military Aircraft at 1/72 with HO layout

[Tony_D1]

Great pictures, thanks for sharing! I saw someone else post the Osborn Model Kits link they have some nice kits there.

Yes I had initially though about the Military model kits that came in 1/76 because of the awesome selection.

I appreciate the hints about other scales and then the links to alternate suppliers of 1/87 sized models too.

[yankee_flyer]

Trains and planes, whats not to like?

I made a stab at putting a grass strip on my layout , but after I scaled a 2000’ runway and it took up so much room. I switched to this little Cub float plane. I built it from scratch with styrene at “N” scale, for my “HO” layout. The mountains are supposed to be at distance anyway.
In reality there is not enough lake for it to take off on, so If you look at it with a forgiving eye, well, [:-^]
Just had to have an airplane on there someplace.

Had some fun doing it.

Lee

[Burlington_Northern1]

If the modeler chooses to add a little more realism to aircraft or helicopters in flight, you can use clear sheet plastic (or even better, save the clear top found on many store bought cakes…cheap) to make “spinning” propellers and rotors. SNIP

Don,

Something like this.

weird thing is, is that it almost looks that way from inside the conckpit, except you catch the prop blades for a couple seconds before they vanish again.

[last_mountain_easter]

Trains and planes, whats not to like?

I made a stab at putting a grass strip on my layout , but after I scaled a 2000’ runway and it took up so much room. I switched to this little Cub float plane. I built it from scratch with styrene at “N” scale, for my “HO” layout. The mountains are supposed to be at distance anyway.
In reality there is not enough lake for it to take off on, so If you look at it with a forgiving eye, well,
Just had to have an airplane on there someplace.

Had some fun doing it.

Lee

[:-^][:-^]

Hey Lee,

That reminds me of a story my Father used to tell me. After he returned from the Yukon and Alaska after WW2 as he was up there hauling American Troops. He told of a lake ( I believe it was Summit Lake) , possibly it was in northern British Columbia, where the lake wasn’t long enough to take off on, so what they did was to build a very substantial dock and they would tie the plane to it and then rev the engines up until the plane was virtually bouncing on the water, then some big burly fellow would swing an axe cutting the rope and as soon as the plane was moving it gained speed so fast that it was air borne very quickly.

That is a solution for your small lake and plane. What do you think ???

Johnboy out.

[yankee_flyer]

Johnboy out.

Yes that’s the trouble with float planes, you can’t stand on the brakes and run the power up for take off.
I do have a dock, but take off from that direction puts you in conflict with the mountain. [|(] I guess I could tie the tail to the culvert.

Happy trails

Lee

[hon30critter]

Model a Dehavilland Beaver turbo prop and your plane can take off in 800 ft. or so (I’m guessing at that so please be nice). The variable pitch prop allows the engine to rev up before the prop is set for take off, and when the prop pitch is kicked in things happen very quickly indeed. I have flown in them several times and each time I thought I was going to mess my pants because of the seemingly impossible places they took off from or landed in.

Dave

[hon30critter]

Tony D:

Sorry, my post about the Dehavilland Beaver doesn’t meet your need for military aircraft. I apologize for getting off topic.

My thoughts regarding the use of 1:72 aircraft is that they are too big to fit in. The only way I could see them working is if they are flying in the immediate foreground, i.e. right above the layout fascia with an airfield in the distance.

I did a search on eBay and found lots of 1:144 planes. I think they might be more effective when used as background items hung in front of and close to the sky backdrop. After all, when we look up at an aircraft flying overhead it is really small in comparison to the foreground.

Just my [2c] worth. Dang, now I’m broke![swg][(-D]

Dave