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what Movies show our favorite aircraft of the 1:18 scale ?
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 11:57 am
by sdcc73
I'll start with real easy examples.
Top Gun = F-14
Tora Tora Tora = Zeros, P40s
Flying Tigers = P40s
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 2:40 pm
by Folkwulfe
633 Squadron.....Mosquitos
Jet Pilot....F-86 Saber
Flying Leathernecks.....F6F Hellcats and F4U Corsairs
Midway.....SBD Dauntless and the TBF/TBM Avenger
Battle of Britain........Me-109 and Spitfire
Iron Eagle......F-16 Viper
.....and I could go on and on and on......
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:04 pm
by batmex1
The Hunters - F-86 Sabres
Hamburger Hill - UH-1 Hueys
We were Soldiers - ditto
Final Countdown - F-14 Tomcats AND Zeros!!
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 4:54 pm
by popeye357
Rescue Dawn - A-1 Skyraider, hueys
Final countdown - 14's and Zero's!!!!!!!!!
Tuskegee Airmen - Stangs & 17's
Memphis Belle - Stangs & 17's and plenty of enemy
Man, I have to learn to post quicker!!!
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:16 pm
by dragon53
Assuming this is limited to released 1/18 models only:
SUM OF ALL FEARS---F-16 Fighting Falcon
THE RIGHT STUFF--F-104 Starfighter
WAR OF THE WORLDS (Tom Cruise)---AH-1 SuperCobra, M1 Abrams, Humvee, F-16 Fighting Falcon?
WAR OF THE WORLDS (Gene Barry)---M4 Sherman
VON RYAN'S EXPRESS---P-38 Lightning
KELLY'S HEROES---M4 Sherman, Tiger I (facsimile)
BLACK HAWK DOWN---MH-6 Little Bird, Humvee
RODAN---F-86 Sabre
HART'S WAR--P-51 Mustang, BF-109
PATTON---M48 Patton (as German Panzers)
A BRIDGE TOO FAR---M4 Sherman, Panther (facsimile), Spitfire
THE LONGEST DAY---M4 Sherman, FW-190 (facsimile)
BEHIND ENEMY LINES---F/A-18 Hornet
INDEPENDENCE DAY---F/A-18 Hornet, F-16 Fighting Falcon
BATTLE OF BRITAIN---Spitfire, Hurricane, BF-109, Stuka
GODZILLA (Matthew Broderick)---AH-64 Apache, M1 Abrams
CLOVERFIELD--M1 Abrams
DRAGON WARS---M1 Abrams
TEARS OF THE SUN---F/A-18 Hornet
CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER---F/A-18 Hornet
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND---TBM Avenger, UH-1 Iroquois
THE GUNS OF NAVARONE---Stuka
WINDTALKERS---F6F Hellcat, M4 Sherman
THE GREAT RAID---M4 Sherman
EMPIRE OF THE SUN---P-51 Mustang, Zero
SINK THE BISMARCK---Spitfire
PREDATOR---UH-1 Huey
DIE HARD---UH-1 Huey
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 5:25 pm
by immeww2
Battle of the Bulge - Shermans and Tigers (Pattons painted to resemble Tigers).
Full Metal Jacket - M-41 Bulldogs
12' O' Clock High - B-17's
B-17?
Posted: Thu Jun 04, 2009 7:21 pm
by PanzerArm
popeye357 wrote:Memphis Belle - Stangs & 17's and plenty of enemy
immeww2 wrote:12' O' Clock High - B-17's
There's a 1/18 B-17? I've seen that cockpit model, but never a full size 1/18 aircraft?
-Kevin
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 6:43 am
by tkjaer21
TANK! starring James Garner. Awesome movie. It had a M4 Sherman.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 8:06 am
by popeye357
Yes, I meant the cockpit model of the 17.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 9:42 am
by Pa Deuce
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:02 am
by Bryce
Does anybody watch the Mythbusters? On the back wall they have the props for Top Gun, a Tomcat and Mig(f-5), they look like 1/18.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:29 am
by Dauntless
I think that was a Fairey Swordfish in Sink the Bismark
Didn't they also have a PBY Catalina flying boat in there? I think there was one in Midway too spotting the ships.
Lots of inaccuracies in Midway. There were no Hellcats then, and the few Avengers that partook were from the island squadron not carrier based. But what you going to do when there's not enough Wildcats, SBD's, and no TBD Devastators?
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:47 am
by Pa Deuce
Bryce wrote:Does anybody watch the Mythbusters? On the back wall they have the props for Top Gun, a Tomcat and Mig(f-5), they look like 1/18.
I think Jamie was the one who came up with the vibrating rig for the cameras and the rockets on wires to simulate the missles. Through the tinted lenses, the effects looked so real the Navy was peeved, thinking more than the agreed number of missle shots were done...
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 11:47 am
by dragon53
DAUNTLESS:
I watched the SINK THE BISMARCK dvd a few weeks ago----there was a PBY and Swordfish---but I didn't list them because I thought the original poster had only 1/18 models in mind.
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:03 pm
by Dauntless
Yeah kind of a vague thing. How can anyone even tell if a model prop is 1:18 scale?
Whatever huh?
1:18 movie props
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:28 pm
by PanzerArm
I think what he was going for was which movies have the same aircraft as those that are available in 1:18 scale. What Bryce said about the f-14 and f-5 on the wall of the mythbusters set was just a comment on some movie props that might be 1:18. IMO they were bigger than 1:18, but no one can know for sure (unless you know Jaime and Adam personally lol).
-Kevin
Re: 1:18 movie props
Posted: Fri Jun 05, 2009 12:43 pm
by sdcc73
PanzerArm wrote:I think what he was going for was which movies have the same aircraft as those that are available in 1:18 scale.
Yeah, that's what I meant. Sorry for the confusion.