Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

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Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by RJDMcCarthy » Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:25 pm

So i was Thinking the other day about the B-25 From 21st and i was wondering was there ever a mold and is there any pictures some where?
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by B-29 » Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:30 pm

RJDMcCarthy wrote:So i was Thinking the other day about the B-25 From 21st and i was wondering was there ever a mold and is there any pictures some where?
There was never a mold for the B-25, or even a completed prototype.
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by RJDMcCarthy » Thu Dec 29, 2011 1:46 pm

Thats a shame it would have been amazing in 1/18.
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by flayrah » Thu Dec 29, 2011 4:12 pm

I don't think there was ever a B25 prototype, just concepts and it never made it to the mold stage. But there were prototypes of other products - the PBR, Vietnam hut, bridge, two story house, RTO etc. and I always wonder what happened to those, both as prototypes and samples if any molds were made. 21st and prototypes was a lot like the Seinfeld bit - 'they know how to take the reservations, they just don't know how to keep the reservations.

Speaking of prototypes and molds, I wonder if bbi still has that P47 prototype/sample that was at a toy show years ago.

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Post by supersonicfifi » Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:07 pm

it's a shame for the B25 & the phantom+mig21 ! but i was not aware of the BBI P47 ! does somebody 's got a picture of the show and BBI booth ?

By the way I've heard some rumors about a B 52 in 1/18 for 2012 but i am not sure :lol:
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by aferguson » Thu Dec 29, 2011 5:53 pm

no, the b-25 was never more than a twinkle in 21c's eye...
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by AJWW2 » Thu Dec 29, 2011 7:04 pm

supersonicfifi wrote:it's a shame for the B25 & the phantom+mig21 ! but i was not aware of the BBI P47 ! does somebody 's got a picture of the show and BBI booth ?

By the way I've heard some rumors about a B 52 in 1/18 for 2012 but i am not sure :lol:
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by Threetoughtrucks » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:21 pm

The really big planes serve no purpose other than to gather dust in 1/18.

A 1/18 B-25 was a dream and then 21C woke up.

The big multi engine planes, like the Mossie, B-25, B-26, P-61, Me-110 etc, etc, as well as the 4 engine real big planes would be very sizable in 1/32.

I say save 1/18 for fighters and vehicles.

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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by Dauntless » Thu Dec 29, 2011 9:56 pm

A B-25 in 1:18 would be awesome, but really big.

The wingspan on a 1:32 B-25 would be close to what a 1:18 fighter is.

We can't even get that with some unscrupulous Chinese manufacturer pulling the rug out from under Wingscale's 1:32 B-25 and B-17, which were ready to be finalized, the deal went sour and they lost them to someone else. The details still murky, but a lot of very upset modelers.
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by ram04 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 1:58 am

Not to keep beating a dead horse, but what would the dimensions of a 1:18 B-25 be, I remember when they started advsrtising this, I kept thinking how would I hide that from the wife :lol:

If built it sure would have been the focus point of alot of collections 8)

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Post by chunks » Fri Jan 20, 2012 3:03 am

ram04 wrote:Not to keep beating a dead horse, but what would the dimensions of a 1:18 B-25 be, I remember when they started advsrtising this, I kept thinking how would I hide that from the wife :lol:

If built it sure would have been the focus point of alot of collections 8)
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by derek_001 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 7:49 am

Well theres always these...
http://www.nitroplanes.com/93a325-1400- ... f-24g.html
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by MUDHEN336 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 12:10 pm

Wow! What scale are those? Are they the same scale as the Apache Princess B-25?
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by derek_001 » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:05 pm

their eather 1/16th or 1/18th all i know is thay look good with 1/18th pilots and a P-51 sitting next to them if some one can find the post of this that some one custommed into a 1/18th display please post it here....
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by flyboy_fx » Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:18 pm

YOu can always cover the foam planes in liquid sheeting II.
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by CW4USARMY » Sat Jan 21, 2012 8:49 am

Hey RJDMcCarthy,

This B-25 is foam but you cant tell when it is finished. It really looks like a model when it is completed. Its the best thing out there for a B-25 in our scale.

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Post by derek_001 » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:58 am

HEY! Those are the pics i was talking about thanks CW4USARMY...
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Re: Was there ever a mold for the b-25 from 21st?

Post by aferguson » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:57 am

CW's b-25 is made by Flying Styro and is the closest to 1/18 available. It's about 1/17. All others available are larger in scale, most around 1/15 or bigger. They all look great and require very little skill to build them as they come prepainted. The foamy texture is really not a big deal. You quickly get used to it and from 5 feet away or more, it's invisible.

There's also a beautiful b-17 available by Freewing which is about 1/19 scale:

http://www.hobbyking.com/hobbyking/stor ... duct=18599

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