1/18 bombers

[jimmy321]

I am looking for a b-25 and a b-17 that are close to 1/18 or 1/16. Does anybody know of any rc planes that will match these sizes.

[YT]

My FSK B-25 hung up in the garage along with 2 P51s.

[tmanthegreat]

The FSK B-25 is probably your best bet - if you can find one. Its a foam kit with vacuform pieces to make the window/turret framing and interior details. It came with a super-detail option that had the parts to detail the cockpit and nose section interiors. I think the plane is actually 1:17 scale, but as you can see from YT's pictures, it works perfectly with 1:18. I recall that there was also an RC B-17 that was close to 1:18 scale, but it looked a little wonky... Check out the RC plane thread at the top of this forum.

[Jesse James]

What do those typically run?

My friend's father flew a B25 in the Pacific, and I was bestowed with the manual from the plane, a swatch of parachute silk which they all (the crew) took some from and had a note sewn onto them as a memento of their time together, and most important to me, I got his "black cat" patch from the back of his jacket... I love the thing, and would love to have a 1/18-ish B-25 on the ceiling in his plane's deco.

I also have a ton of pictures from his plane's gun cameras and such. Cool stuff.

His son didn't know what to do with it, so most of his things went to a local museum, but he gave me some pieces I'll cherish forever.

[Jnewboy]

My FSK B-25 hung up in the garage along with 2 P51s.

Looks great hung up!! Looks like its getting some wing droop- maybe try inserting a small wooden dowel in the wings.

[pickelhaube]

What do those typically run?

My friend's father flew a B25 in the Pacific, and I was bestowed with the manual from the plane, a swatch of parachute silk which they all (the crew) took some from and had a note sewn onto them as a memento of their time together, and most important to me, I got his "black cat" patch from the back of his jacket... I love the thing, and would love to have a 1/18-ish B-25 on the ceiling in his plane's deco.

I also have a ton of pictures from his plane's gun cameras and such. Cool stuff.

His son didn't know what to do with it, so most of his things went to a local museum, but he gave me some pieces I'll cherish forever.

Most stuff donated to museums get stuffed into a box never to be seen again. Or sold off to finance other things that the museum wants.

Or traded with other museums.

Unless it is put on display.

I know this to be a fact first hand.

[YT]

Looks great hung up!! Looks like its getting some wing droop- maybe try inserting a small wooden dowel in the wings.

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It's the way the kit is designed, that pic was taken the day I hung it up. There are balsa bulkheads in the model.

[Jesse James]

It's a small local museum, not the Carnegie, haha. They display local military vets stuff if the families don't know what to do with it, have local stuff about the flood of '36, or settlers and native americans from the area, etc. It's in an old school.

His other choice was the Soldier's and Sailors memorial museum in Pittsburgh which offered to take the items actually and they're all local Pittsburgh military vet stuff. They'll always take and display items. They have things that date back to F&I War... There also is the Heinz History Center which I told him would probably take it but they rotate displays more so I wasn't sure how they'd operate.

[CessnaDriver]

I googled about and see there is an "FMS" B-25.
Any idea what scale it is?

[big_mike]

The 1875mm EPO B-17 is approximately 1/17 scale. I think the only scheme available is Memphis Belle. I have one I bought second hand and have hung it with a pair of fighters and I don't notice any huge discrepancies.