21st Almost made a 1:32 Flying Fortress B-17

BELTxFED · Post by **BELTxFED** » Sat Jun 20, 2009 11:52 pm

I never bought into 1/32 planes, but a box formation and aerial battle diorama in my son's room would have been too much for me to resist.

Lemme see: 4 B-17s, a few 51s, a couple 262's with a few escorting g6's, a few intercepting FWs. So thats 4 x17s plus at least a dozen 1:32 fighters. I would have likely bought all of them at WM.

So, WTH is up with Walmart? Those 1:32 are nice toys for adults and resposible kids. But, no ...some corpoate pencil neck kills 21C and loads up their department with more crappy toys. Up yours WM.

Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 1:49 pm

BELTxFED wrote:I never bought into 1/32 planes, but a box formation and aerial battle diorama in my son's room would have been too much for me to resist.

Lemme see: 4 B-17s, a few 51s, a couple 262's with a few escorting g6's, a few intercepting FWs. So thats 4 x17s plus at least a dozen 1:32 fighters.

That description is of a a diorama made in heaven my friend. Drooling just imagining it.

Rowsdower · Post by **Rowsdower** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 6:12 pm

Next time on life styles of the rich and famous....

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Sun Jun 21, 2009 8:04 pm

I found a piece of a 1:32 B-17

http://www.scalehobbyist.com/catagories ... roduct.php

corpbob · Post by **corpbob** » Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:02 pm

Well if 21st Century HAD made a 1/32 B-17, kept the price down, kept quality-control up, and distributed it effectively they still would have done something brain-dead stupid to screw it up. Perhaps they would have marketed S1 as an orange Post-WWII forest fire-fighting plane, and then S2 as the multi-colored formation form-up plane. :roll:

luftpanzer · Post by **luftpanzer** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 5:43 pm

Nice B17 Alfred. I remember when I was stationed in Germany and I get bored I would go buy all the hobby magazines at the Stars and Stripes book store. I remember in one RC modeler magazine there was an article of a huge RC B29 that used 4 lawn mower engines

That was back in 1989 or 90 I dont remember it was soooo long ago.

ketelone · Post by **ketelone** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:57 pm

It would be great if someone would buy the dies for the 21st planes. There was talk about someone buying the dies for 1/18 craft. If only someone would pick up the 1/32.

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:34 am

I'm wondering if the 21st Century "almost B-17" is similar to the "almost stealth jet" the Nazi's 'almost' built. Both designed to save their respective makers but never got off the board.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 5:52 am

Is sad.

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 6:30 am

Too Bad.

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 8:09 am

Yeah we could've conceivably won the 1:32 vs the 1:18 wars with a Flying Fortress!

They would never have built one in 1:18.

Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas

All hypothetical history now.

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 9:46 am

Dauntless wrote:Yeah we could've conceivably won the 1:32 vs the 1:18 wars with a Flying Fortress!
They would never have built one in 1:18.

Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas

All hypothetical history now.

The 1/18th war would have been won with the 1/18th F-4, and the Mig-21!!!!!

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:30 pm

VMF115 wrote:
Dauntless wrote:Yeah we could've conceivably won the 1:32 vs the 1:18 wars with a Flying Fortress!
They would never have built one in 1:18.

Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas

All hypothetical history now.
The 1/18th war would have been won with the 1/18th F-4, and the Mig-21!!!!!

Close, I dunno, you know us WWII propeller guys.
It would have definitely been over if we'd have gotten a B-25 hands down. A two engine bomber is better than a no engine bomber.

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:36 pm

Dauntless wrote:
Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas

All hypothetical history now.

Who are the they you are talking about?

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 12:40 pm

ltcbj wrote:
Dauntless wrote:
Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas

All hypothetical history now.
Who are the they you are talking about?

Who knows

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:47 pm

Only The Shadow knows.

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Mon Jul 06, 2009 1:54 pm

ltcbj wrote:
Dauntless wrote:
Too much too little too late, alas they ran out of gas

All hypothetical history now.
Who are the they you are talking about?

You know those guys

Metaphorically speaking 21st Century Toys.

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 7:11 am

THEM!

Col.Pickle · Post by **Col.Pickle** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:07 pm

ltcbj wrote:THEM!

US!!

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 1:11 pm

Dauntless · Post by **Dauntless** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:37 pm

ltcbj wrote:WE?

Oui

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:50 pm

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Tue Jul 07, 2009 3:52 pm

SI

WHEEEEEEEE

Bryce · Post by **Bryce** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:05 pm

Heres a 1/28 B-17.

http://www.historicaviation.com/product ... gory=USAAF Bombers

ltcbj · Post by **ltcbj** » Wed Jul 08, 2009 12:44 pm