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STINSON AIRCRAFT MODELS
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Doug Girling
Sept. 1, 2001
Update 3/17/02 by John Baker
S43
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Scale: 1/72
Type: Plastic,
vacuformed
Kit #:
Mfgr: Execuform
Remarks:
L-1 / 0-49
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Scale: 1/72
Type: Plastic,
vacuformed
Kit #: V-74
Mfgr: Execuform
Remarks: Basic early vacuform
kit (formed over male molds) lacking in detail.
This will require a lot of work to make a presentable model.
Pix: L-1_Execuform.JPG
L5 Sentinel
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Scale: 1/72
Type: Plastic,
injection molded, short run
Kit #: SW 72004
Mfgr: Sword
Remarks: Nicely detailed
kit in grey plastic with detailed interior. Can be
built as either an OV-1 ambulance or L-5. Two sets of markings.
Multilingual instructions.
Review: "Scale Aviation
Modeller International", vol.6 no.2, Feb. 2000, p.91.
(See: L-5_Review_SAMI.JPG)
Pix: L-5_Sword.jpg
Scale: 1/72
Type:
Kit #:
Mfgr: Rareplane
Remarks:
10/10A
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Scale: 1/8 (50" wingspan)
Type: Balsa,
free-flight
Kit #: ERC-03
Mfgr: Easy Built
Models, www.easybuiltmodels.com
Remarks: Electric-powered,
stick-and-tissue model
Pix; 10A_Easybuilt.jpg
; http://www.easybuiltmodels.com/erc03.htm
Scale: 1/8 (50" wingspan)
Type: Balsa,
free-flight
Kit #: FF-53
Mfgr: Easy Built
Models, www.easybuiltmodels.com
Remarks: Rubber-powered,
stick-and-tissue model
105
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Scale: 1/20 (20" wingspan)
Type: Balsa,
free-flight
Kit #: FF-16
Mfgr: Easy Built
Models, www.easybuiltmodels.com
Remarks: Rubber-powered,
stick-and-tissue model
108
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Scale: 1/48
Type: Plastic,
injection molded
Kit #: P402
Mfgr: Pegaso/Necomisa
Remarks: Comparable to the
Lindberg/Glenco SeaBee kit with opaque windows, it
nonetheless is an excellent representation of a Stinson 108-3 (in spite
of being mislabeled as a Stinson 105). With the usual amount of cleanup
it could be made into a good desk model, and the more adventurous could
fabricate transparent windows and detail the interior. A plain but
honest kit. (Charmingly, it comes with a 1/100 scale hangar, runway
and control tower printed on heavy paper.)
Pix: 108-3_Pegaso.JPG
Scale: 1/6 (72" wingspan)
Type: Radio
control
Kit #: n/a
Mfgr: Ikon Northwest
Remarks: Makes -1, -2, or
-3
Scale: (48" wingspan)
Type: Balsa,
electric/gas
Kit #: 508EL
Mfgr: Dare Model
Airplanes (mktd by Hobby People)
Remarks: Designed for 3-channel
radio or control line
Reliant
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(variant unknown)
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Scale: 1/72
Type: Resin
Kit #:
Mfgr: Magna
Remarks:
Scale: 1/28
Type: Balsa,
flying
Kit #: FF-23
Mfgr: Easy Built
Models, www.easybuiltmodels.com
Remarks: Rubber-powered,
stick-and-tissue balsa, free-flight model
Scale: 1/42
Type: Balsa,
free-flight
Kit #: FF-35
Mfgr: Easy Built
Models, www.easybuiltmodels.com
Remarks: Rubber-powered,
stick-and-tissue model
SR-7
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Scale: (25" wingspan)
Type: Balsa,
free-flight
Kit #: 3209
Mfgr: Comet
Remarks: Rubber-powered,
stick-and-tissue model
SR-8
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Scale: 1/5 (100" wingspan)
Type: Radio
control
Kit #: n/a
Mfgr: Ikon Northwest
Remarks: Makes -1, -2, or
-3
SR-9
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Scale: 1/48
Type: Plastic,
injection molded
Kit #: T639
Mfgr: AMT/ERTL
Remarks:
Scale: 1/5 (100.5"
wingspan)
Type: Balsa,
4-cycle gas, radio control
Kit #: TOPA0310
Mfgr: Top Flite
Models
Remarks:
SR-10 / AT-19
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Scale: 1/72
Type: Plastic,
vacuformed
Kit #: V-77
Mfgr: Execuform
Remarks: This appears to
be a later offering than their L-1/O-49 kit and
offers ribbing on the wings and longerons. Comes with floats.
Pix:
SR-10_Execuform.JPG
Scale:
Type:
Kit #:
Mfgr:
Remarks:
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Manufacturers
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AMT/ERTL
P.O. Box 500
Dyersville, IA 52040-0500
tel: 800-553-4886
Comet
Comet Industries Corp.
3630 Iron St.
Chicago, IL 60609
Easy Built Models
1851 Dutch Rd.
Fairview, PA 16415
(prev. Grimsby, ON, L3M
1N8, CANADA)
www.easybuiltmodels.com
Execuform
P.O. Box 7853
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
- or -
908 East Bluff Dr.
Lompoc, CA 93435
tel: 805-735-4633
Ikon Northwest
3806 Chase Road
Post Falls, ID 83854
Tel: (208) 773-9001
Tel (orders) 1-800-327-7198
http://www.ikonnwst.com/index.htm
Magna
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Pegaso/Necomisa
Negociadora de Comercio
Internacional S.A.
Av,Chapultec 552 C.P.06700
Mexico, DF
Sword
Milan Lucky Models
Marxova 3/368
736 01 Havirov-mesto
Czech Republic
Top Flite Models
2904 Research Road
Champaign, IL 61822
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Publishers (Reviews)
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Scale Aviation Modeller International
SAM Publications
4 Princeton Court, Pilgrim
Centre
Brickhill Drive, Bedford
MK41 7P7
Tel: +44 (0) 8707 333373
Fax: +44 (0) 1234 261251
email: samkit@globalnet.co.uk
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Notes
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1. Vacuform kits are generally considered "craftsman" kits because they
require more effort than injection molded kits. This is especially
true of the early vacuforms which were formed over male molds and thus
lack surface detail. ("Heroic effort" is sometimes required -- the L-1
kit is such an example.) More recent vacuforms, especially from the
former USSR, rival injection molded kits for detail, though they still
require more care and effort to assemble.
2. Many of the plastic kits listed here are out of production.
Don't despair, however, as the hobby shops which cater to the serious modeller
will often have discontinued kits in stock. With the Baby Boomer
population aging, I've noticed many kits from the 1960s have been reissued,
so again take heart.
Modellers are a good source for discontinued kits, since they all buy
more than they can possibly build in a lifetime and must periodically prune
their collections. (Motto: "A closetfull of unbuilt models is a closetfull
of dreams.") Find your local chapter of the IPMS (International Plastic
Modeller's Society) and find when they're having a show. The shows
usually have a dealer's room where one can buy/sell/trade/haggle, etc.
hard-to-find kits. One can also post a request on the rec.models.scale
newsgroup. Finally, there's always eBay.
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