Too big ? F-117,F-22, Hi-24 Hind

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:04 am

Is a F-117 too big for 1/18 scale ? How about the F-22 ? My favorite helicopter the Hind?

The F-117

WS- 28 3/4"
L - 46 1/2 "
H - 8 1/2 "

The F-22

WS - 29 9/16 "
L - 41 7/16 "
H - 11 1/8 "

Hind Hi-24

Rotor - 37 3/4 "
WS - 14 1/18 "
L - 36 1/4 "
H - 14 1/8

olifant · Post by **olifant** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 10:34 am

Size is of no concern. I am waiting to figure out how to gladly shoehorn a B-25 into my collection.

FieroDude · Post by **FieroDude** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:22 am

F-117 might be a stretch, simply from a packaging standpoint, but not out of the realm of possibility (although I'd hate to see the shipping costs). The F-22 is very doable--in-line with the F-4 and only slightly larger than the F/A-18.

Plane Nuts · Post by **Plane Nuts** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:16 pm

pickel, I don't believe your math. The F-117 is no way that long. In real terms it is about the same length as the F-16.

I've always thought it would be the ideal size in this market. For boxes, the ways it could come apart would let it fit in anything.

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 12:34 pm

dimensions for f117 are correct.. It's over 65 feet long, close to 50% longer than the F-16.

It's a big bird and an akward shape to package but would be certainly a nice one to have. Raptor's big too, like an F-15 and we haven't seen that one yet. Mind you we haven't seen much of anything, have we...

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:19 pm

I would love to see a Hind in 1/18 scale. The F-117 would be an easy plane to build but it so big. The wings are slab triangle fuse. No curves just flat with saw toothed edges. Did I say it would be big. It would drawf anything in 1/18 scale.

The B-25 is :
WS- 45"
L- 35 1/4 "
About the size of the F-117 kinda.

Birddog · Post by **Birddog** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:42 pm

I know something else that isn't too big by comparison and easier to build than some of those you've listed......

a 1/18 A-10!!!!

In 1/18:

WS= 36" (Roughly)
L= 36" (Roughly)

(Similar if not smaller in size to and way less to detail than a B-25)

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 4:49 pm

BBI was going to release a 1/18 Hind back in 2004 but sadly it wasn't to be..

grunt1 · Post by **grunt1** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:01 pm

aferg, did you see (or happen to have) a photo of the 1:18 hind prototype?

That would be an awesome bird and if they threw in some crew and some spetznatz.. mm... fun!

Post by **aferguson** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 5:38 pm

no i never saw it, just heard of it. It would have been very awesome i'm sure. Seems to be a great deal of interest in it so maybe one day we'll get lucky and bbi will issue it...

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 6:23 pm

Nothing is to big for 1/18th bring on the B-52....

I would love to see a Hind,

F-117,F-22, and every thing else in between

GooglyDoogly · Post by **GooglyDoogly** » Sun Jul 06, 2008 11:09 pm

pickelhaube wrote:I would love to see a Hind in 1/18 scale. The F-117 would be an easy plane to build but it so big. The wings are slab triangle fuse. No curves just flat with saw toothed edges. Did I say it would be big. It would drawf anything in 1/18 scale.

The B-25 is :
WS- 45"
L- 35 1/4 "
About the size of the F-117 kinda.

Would the shape of the F-117 be really *that* easy? I mean, the general shape of that plane may look easy, but if you really try to replicate each and every angle of that plane...that would be difficult to replicate. I mean, it took years for Skunkworks to perfect that design.

AlloySkull · Post by **AlloySkull** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 12:46 am

Trust me, angles are HARD. They may look like just lines on one side, but getting them to match perfectly on an X, Y and Z axis is actually harder than some curves. It's because there's so many angles you can't see, it tricks you. You think you have it one way, but ah! You look down and you're wrong. But if it's a little off, noone cares, right?

But I want to see a Eurocopter Tiger... or a Ka-50...

BBI? That Ka-50 is mean buggin' ya!

dcway · Post by **dcway** » Mon Jul 07, 2008 2:11 pm

Hi All
Lets not get are hopes up !!!! We can't even get repaints out of other
modern stuff ( F-16 & F-18 ) .. Better still the A-10

how many years have we been beating a dead horse over that one !!!!
That hunger strike killed thousands of us

.. And i'm still waiting for an A-10 thats my ultimate wish .....
Dana Way (dcway)