1/18 B-17 nose on Ebay - not mine

Buckyroo · Post by **Buckyroo** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 4:35 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... MyEbayBeta

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 9:15 pm

that's pretty cheap. But for the price of that nose you'll be able to buy this in a few months:

http://www.pw-rc.com/product_info.php/p ... 830u9msqo6

And it will come mostly assembled and painted. Mind you it's 1/16 not 1/18..

fightin · Post by **fightin** » Wed Feb 03, 2010 11:04 pm

I'm still waiting for someone to oroduce it in 1/18

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 7:21 am

aferguson wrote:that's pretty cheap. But for the price of that nose you'll be able to buy this in a few months:

http://www.pw-rc.com/product_info.php/p ... 830u9msqo6

And it will come mostly assembled and painted. Mind you it's 1/16 not 1/18..

Hey Aferg, Im tempted on this one. I didnt see them listed but will it comes with propellers or they have to be bought seperate with motors?
Any idea on price?

Post by **aferguson** » Thu Feb 04, 2010 4:29 pm

no idea on the props....it might and it might not. If it does they may just be 2 bladed, so you'd need to buy some 3 bladed ones.

Price i'm guessing at around $300 for the basic model without retracts...but that's purely a guess.

It will be big.....noticably larger than 1/18. Just like a 1/16 tank looks a lot bigger than the same 1/18 tank. But i'm very tempted too.

Did you ever order the B-2?

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Sat Feb 06, 2010 11:34 am

It will be big...

Yeah...just a little.

A 200cm wingspan, that's what... 6 1/2 feet, more or less...??

YT · Post by YT » Mon Feb 08, 2010 6:58 pm

Thanks for posting this Buckyroo, I ended up buying it. Now I just need to find time to build it!

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 7:59 pm

Wow that was an excellent deal at $175. I got mine from Squadron on clearance for $200 last year. Neat kit, I really like it. These originally retailed for around $400..

YT · Post by YT » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:02 pm

Have you taken a whack at building it? The one build up I found online was not flattering.

Stug45 · Post by **Stug45** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 8:05 pm

YT i posted pics at your Best Crew for 1/18 B-17 post.

vmf214 · Post by **vmf214** » Mon Feb 08, 2010 9:29 pm

YT wrote:Have you taken a whack at building it? The one build up I found online was not flattering.

I collect kits and don't plan to build this one. I intented to get 2 from Squadron at that price as wanted to build at least one but got the last one they had. It is definitely not a kit for the faint of heart.

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 8:10 am

aferguson wrote:no idea on the props....it might and it might not. If it does they may just be 2 bladed, so you'd need to buy some 3 bladed ones.

Price i'm guessing at around $300 for the basic model without retracts...but that's purely a guess.

It will be big.....noticably larger than 1/18. Just like a 1/16 tank looks a lot bigger than the same 1/18 tank. But i'm very tempted too.

Did you ever order the B-2?

Hadnt ordered it due to smaller than 1:18 size. But if 1:18 stays dry for too long, I will have to go ahead and pick it up. If we dont hear anything good from Toy Fair, then I'll order it soon!

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 10:34 am

hm...well there's pretty much zero chance of ever seeing a 1/18 B-2, even in r/c form...in fact i'd be suprised if there's ever one much larger than this one. But i guess what you're saying is that if you can get a 1/18 fix some other way, you'll hold off on the B-2.

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 1:14 pm

aferguson wrote:hm...well there's pretty much zero chance of ever seeing a 1/18 B-2, even in r/c form...in fact i'd be suprised if there's ever one much larger than this one. But i guess what you're saying is that if you can get a 1/18 fix some other way, you'll hold off on the B-2.

Yep, I try to stick to 1:18 scale, but, will give in and get the B2 if there just isnt anything new on the horizon for 1:18 anytime soon.

I did give in a bit and get the 1:32 F-4 from BBI way back when since there isnt any 1:18 one yet

Am also considering an AV8 Harrier in another scale since I dont think that it will be around anytime soon in 1:18 and I fell in love with it again while playing CODMW2!

ostketten · Post by **ostketten** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:24 pm

I did give in a bit and get the 1:32 F-4 from BBI way back when

An outstanding model, I should have gotten two when I had the chance, I don't think there are any available outside of ebay anymore.....

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 2:35 pm

there are a few 1/24 harrier models kits. I've been tempted to get the sea harrier more than once. Not sure if there's an av8b or not in 1/24 yet....i think 1/32 is the biggest.

I'm pretty confident we'll see a 1/18 harrier one day. It's really not that big and has quite a bit of appeal.

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 3:01 pm

aferguson wrote:there are a few 1/24 harrier models kits. I've been tempted to get the sea harrier more than once. Not sure if there's an av8b or not in 1/24 yet....i think 1/32 is the biggest.

I'm pretty confident we'll see a 1/18 harrier one day. It's really not that big and has quite a bit of appeal.

Darn, Was hoping you were going to post a link to a 1:18 R/C version of the Harrier

Post by **aferguson** » Wed Feb 10, 2010 4:37 pm

not yet, sorry. There has been one harrier....a sea harrier but it's pretty big. Nearly 4 feet long. And looks wise it's only so-so.

The problem with harriers is that because they're vtol in real life, they need to be in r/c as well and that's hard to do, pushing costs up and reducing sales. Also, the harrier isn't very big and r/c tends to be good for larger sized aircraft like f-15's, tomcats, phantoms etc for 1/18. Smaller aircraft tend to be overscale. There's lots of mirages, eurofighters, grippens etc but all are about 1/15.