New from Revell/Monogram!!!

http://www.hobbylinc.com/htm/rmx/rmx855244.htm

Am I right? I do not believe that this kit is an old release and the only U.S. Spirit of St. Louis kit that I can remember is much smaller?

You know ,Troy I'm not sure if this is a new mold or not. I remember a Spirit of St. Louis from years ago. Not sure who made it or the scale but I know there was one. I still have the old AHM Spirit in HO scale. I plan on picking up this kit, would be nice to have that plane in 1/48th scale.

The local Wal-Marts have had an "aviation history" mix of Revell model kits these past few months. They have included the Wright Flyer, Spirit of St. Louis (I think), DC-3, P-40B (bloody hard to find in this mix), P-51 (I think), and the F-105. If I'm right about a Spirit being in that mix, I'm sure it's 1/48 (the others are).

I have a tiny Spirit that came in a 2-pack with a Wright Flyer (they're probably about 1/144, but the decals on the Spirit peeled badly, even using decal setting solution. I need to find some new ones for it, it's a cute little bugger.

It could also be the HAWK kit repackaged like the Gee-Bee, Mr. Mulligan etc.

Nope! NEW KIT!! :)

The Hawk Spirit of St. Louis, which was re-released by Testors in the 1970s as part of their "Golden Age of Aviation" series, was in 1/72 scale.

"I hope you won't get sore, but those sand dabs of yours — they're just terrible. The way you weld them with that acetylene flavor. . ."

Did Glencoe have a 1/48 Spirit?

Cheers,
Max Bryant

So did any of you guys build this yet? Just got it, could use some good color reference pics.


Edit: Found an excellent source today at the local library: "Charles Lindbergh and the Spirit of St. Louis" by Dominic A. Pisano and Robert Van Der Linden. Got another book in transit that might be good, too.

I bought it the minute it came out, but I haven't gotten to it yet. Wondering if I'm even gonna bother TRYING to fix the seam under the trailing edge of the wing. What a stupid place for a seam!

I built mine a few months ago. It is a really nice model,lots of interior detail. It even comes with Charles Linberg and a couple of options to display him with the Ryan..It also has 2 sets of decals for the nose section the Atlantic crossing version and the world tour version.. I bought it as soon I saw it in the store..It is one of my all time favorite airplanes ...Jeff

I'm missing part #45, the compass. No problem, easily replaced - but could someone tell me it's dimensions?

Another book that's a good reference is "The Untold Story of the Spirit of St. Louis: From the Drawing Board to the Smithsonian" by Ev Cassagneres. No color shots but good clear details and diagrams.

JEFF!!!! Whats up!? :wave:

I have not looked at mine in a while...thought about doing it as a quick build just for fun last weekend then looked at the kit and thought NO WAY...its just too cool of a subject to be taken so lightly.

Right now I'm adding lighting to MR's 31" Disney Nautilus to (hopefully) be displayed at the EMP Sci-Fi museum or Ebay for Wonderfest fundage this year.

But my BIG on going project is Lunars 1/32 Flying sub and then Wilco's Proteus ( what a cool kit! )

Good to see ya again Jeff!

Troy, the thought of you doing the Spirit justice is mouth-watering! I might be able to add a little to it...those interior details need embellishement, but are so tiny. Either way, I'll be taking a long time on it and doing it slow. The books I mentioned above have good shots of the instrument panel and piping to go by, if you need it. Maybe your local library has 'em.

Hope I can see your Proteus & FS builds in October...your work should be ina museum, I hate the thought of that Nautilus going on e-Bay. Should be good money, thoguh.

Good to be back, should be staying a while this time! :) (finally got over the stab of seeing the PL forum closed...)

I saw this kit at wal mart here in Nevada the price, $7.97 Revelle. they also had the Wright flyer for the same price.

Thank you Jeff! :)

Why is it that some of the most important aircraft in aviation history have not been done in decent scales or recently produced in good quality?

Like the:

1. Ford TriMortor in 1/48

2. Amelia Earhart's Lockheed L-10 in 1/48 or 1/32

3. A better and updated Wrights Flyer

4. Spirit of St. Louis in a larger scale ( 1/48 is such a small scale for that aircraft )

To name a few.

Thank you Jeff! :)

Why is it that some of the most important aircraft in aviation history have not been done in decent scales or recently produced in good quality?

Like the:

1. Ford TriMortor in 1/48

2. Amelia Earhart's Lockheed L-10 in 1/48 or 1/32

3. A better and updated Wrights Flyer

4. Spirit of St. Louis in a larger scale ( 1/48 is such a small scale for that aircraft )

To name a few.

Ah! More products for my non-existant model company!