More modern warbirds (1 Viewer)

[King & Country]

Hi Guys,

My friend Jason (Panzer Ace) was asking if K&C had ever produced any “modern” warbirds.
Actually we have….but not recently….Several years back we did all kinds of F14 “Tomcats”….F18’s….British and USMC AV8 Harriers…Hawker Hunters….Panavia Tornadoes….F4 Phantoms….English Electric Lightnings….North American F86 Sabres….Vulcan “V” Bombers….Grumman Trackers….F16’s… A6 Prowlers and Intruders….to name but a few.
Here’s a very small reminder.
Best wishes and happy flying!

Andy C.

 

[Cody]

Hey I like that Grumman Although not so modern, makes me daydream of a Grumman Goose in a WWII era scheme.

 

[Panzer ace]

Andy:

As always, thanks for the reply. Obviously my warbirds knowledge is pretty limited so I figured the forum was the best place to inquire about the modern ones. Like all things K&C, these planes are simply spectacular.

Best,
Jason

 

[TomB]

Hey I like that Grumman Although not so modern, makes me daydream of a Grumman Goose in a WWII era scheme.

A Grumman Goose..Duck and Albatross float aircraft would be great...get away from the land based aircraft...nothing more beautiful for an aircraft nut to watch than a float plane taking off and landing .....I would even save my pennies for one...cheers TomB

 

[TomNT]

Do a Spruce Goose in 1:30 scale Andy, then you can ship them to customers in there own shipping containers!!!{sm2}{eek3}{sm4}

Tom

 

[Louis Badolato]

Andy:

As always, thanks for the reply. Obviously my warbirds knowledge is pretty limited so I figured the forum was the best place to inquire about the modern ones. Like all things K&C, these planes are simply spectacular.

Best,
Jason

Jason,

One of the volumes of the book done by Kevin Elliott and myself about King & Country specifically focuses on the warbirds and related buildings, vehicles, pilots and groundcrew. If you go to www.blurb.com and search "Toy Soldiers" or "Kevin Elliott" you can preview the Warbird Volume (you can see about 15 pages of the volume), and see many photos of K&C airwar production from the collections of myself, Lawrence Lo, Chuck Karen and Brad Lewin, beautifully staged and photographed by Kevin.

 

[Louis Badolato]

Hi Guys,

My friend Jason (Panzer Ace) was asking if K&C had ever produced any “modern” warbirds.
Actually we have….but not recently….Several years back we did all kinds of F14 “Tomcats”….F18’s….British and USMC AV8 Harriers…Hawker Hunters….Panavia Tornadoes….F4 Phantoms….English Electric Lightnings….North American F86 Sabres….Vulcan “V” Bombers….Grumman Trackers….F16’s… A6 Prowlers and Intruders….to name but a few.
Here’s a very small reminder.
Best wishes and happy flying!

Andy C.

Andy,

I've never seen that Desert Storm aircraft flyer before. Great stuff!^&cool^&cool I have the Grumman Tracker and the F14 Tomcat, along with a couple of the Jet Fighter pilots you did, and Larry Lo has the A6 Intruder, but it is great to see the F15, F16 and the F18, which I have never even seen photos of before!:smile2:

 

[TomB]

Do a Spruce Goose in 1:30 scale Andy, then you can ship them to customers in there own shipping containers!!!{sm2}{eek3}{sm4}

Tom

Funny.......Spuce Goose...that goes back a fair bit........cheers TomB

 

[Panzer ace]

Jason,

One of the volumes of the book done by Kevin Elliott and myself about King & Country specifically focuses on the warbirds and related buildings, vehicles, pilots and groundcrew. If you go to www.blurb.com and search "Toy Soldiers" or "Kevin Elliott" you can preview the Warbird Volume (you can see about 15 pages of the volume), and see many photos of K&C airwar production from the collections of myself, Lawrence Lo, Chuck Karen and Brad Lewin, beautifully staged and photographed by Kevin.

Louis:

Great stuff! Thanks for the link.

Best,
Jason

 

[jazzeum]

Andy,

I've never seen that Desert Storm aircraft flyer before. Great stuff!^&cool^&cool I have the Grumman Tracker and the F14 Tomcat, along with a couple of the Jet Fighter pilots you did, and Larry Lo has the A6 Intruder, but it is great to see the F15, F16 and the F18, which I have never even seen photos of before!:smile2:

I thought I had missed that. Wonder if it was ever issued. Will have to print it out.

 

[4th Hussar]

Funny.......Spuce Goose...that goes back a fair bit........cheers TomB

It is parked in McMinnville Oregon if you need to get measurements..............................

 

[Lawrence Lo]

Here is the Intruder - scale is not 1/32, but 1/48

 

[Lawrence Lo]

Another photo of the Intruder

 

[TomB]

It is parked in McMinnville Oregon if you need to get measurements..............................

Thanks for that but I dont have a big enough tape measure...one big float airplane....have to take your hat off to HH...cheers TomB Ps,,was'nt it made of wood ?

 

[Warbuff26]

Here is the Intruder - scale is not 1/32, but 1/48

Show off!

 

[TomB]

Not a modern aircraft..but,,an unique aircraft....only 10 ever produce..superior to the Dc3 but did not go into production as everything was geared up for the C47,,,, No model have ever been made of this aircraft.....to air buffs the world over I reckon this would be a hit,,,you could even flogg a few models to McDonald-Douglas...cheers TomB

 

[villagehorse]

View attachment 121032 Not a modern aircraft..but,,an unique aircraft....only 10 ever produce..superior to the Dc3 but did not go into production as everything was geared up for the C47,,,, No model have ever been made of this aircraft.....to air buffs the world over I reckon this would be a hit,,,you could even flogg a few models to McDonald-Douglas...cheers TomB

Tom you would have no trouble building this yourself with your talent and icing sugar, {sm4}, cheers, Robin.

 

[TomB]

Tom you would have no trouble building this yourself with your talent and icing sugar, {sm4}, cheers, Robin.

Thank you for your kind words... but I would love to see this aircraft ..the Dc5...forgot to mention that before...made available to everyone....I have a passion for the old Dc3/47 and I am sure I am not alone........cheers TomB

 

[Lawrence Lo]

Show off!

Brian,
That is not showing off :smile2:
This is ^&grin
1:1 Scale

 

[Phantom Warrior]

View attachment 121032 Not a modern aircraft..but,,an unique aircraft....only 10 ever produce..superior to the Dc3 but did not go into production as everything was geared up for the C47,,,, No model have ever been made of this aircraft.....to air buffs the world over I reckon this would be a hit,,,you could even flogg a few models to McDonald-Douglas...cheers TomB

It was a smaller, shorter range version of the DC-3. But how much would you want a model of one if you knew that 2 of them were operated during WWII out of Australia by Aussies to ferry supplies to troops in New Guinea and for supply/relief missions inside of Australia. {eek3}

Terry