Does anyone knows if there’s available the Ford Trimotor in 1/48 scale?
There’s 2 planes I wanted to build in 1/48 since long time, the Fw200 Condor, which fortunately Trumpeter relased not long ago, and the Ford Trimotor, a classic!
I’ve been looking for it but without success, even for blueprints in 1/48!
Alfredo.
I think I have seen one at hobby Lobby. It may have been 1/72 not sure.
Revell makes a 1/77 scale weird scale.
Yep I think thats the one I have seen at hobby lobby.
I’m not aware of a 1/48 Trimotor, but Airfix do one in 1/72. Most recently available as part of their Civil Aircraft Collection set. Not in the current Catalogue, but not too difficult to find. IN the UK, Antics, among others, have it in stock:
http://www.anticsonline.co.uk/1863_1_2162124.html
You also get the 1/72 DHC Beaver (nice kit) and the DH Heron (has potential but needs work. Includes stewardess [:)] )
Alternatively, they can be found fairly frequently n eBay, where they tend to go for £5 or less.
I built one as a demo build on the UAMF in summer 2006 - check out my notes here:
http://gregers.7.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=1598
and remaining pictures here:
http://www.picturetrail.com/gallery/view?p=999&gid=12309317&uid=4189935&members=1
With effort, and a little aftermarket, it can be made into a very nice model.
Cheers,
Chris.
The Revell Trimotor was origionally a 60s Monogram “box scale” kit.
As for the Tri-motor, I think those are the only games in town. I have the FW-200 kit and it appeasr to be a real gem! The detail is what one expects from Trumpy, and if you watch EvilBay, you can get a deal on it (I only paid $29 + shipping).
Brian [C):-)]
Your notes are great! The in-progress pictures do not show up any more. Do you still have them?
Chris. Your Tri-Motor turned out looking fantastic. Which PE set did you use?
I’ve got an interest in this plane now. About two years ago I took a ride in the EAA plane and pretty much fell in love. [
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Thanks,
Thanks for the info and links guys, I guess I gonna need to scratch this bird in 1/48, now I need to find some drawings and blueprints
Thanks, Drew,
sadly, I don’t have the ‘in progress’ piccies any more. I had to dump them from my Pictrail site to make room for other stuff, and then lost the originals about 18 months ago, when my hadr disc crashed and got wiped, and I hadn’t bothered to back them up. [#oops]
I didn’t use a specific PE set - I don’t think one exists, becaue the base kits are farily old and basic, and, in the case of the Revellogram kit, in a non-standard scale. Most of what I added came from the spares box, or was scratchbuilt. However, this is a list of the ‘bought-in’ add-ons I did use:
Aeroclub 1/72 white metal Pratt & Whitney Wasps * 3 (these come with the front shields included)
Bachmann and Hornby OO-scale railway passenger figures
Presier HO-scale nude artist’s model [:O] for the stewardess (from spares box) Dress was made from Tamiya tape.
Trim wheels from a generic 1/72 trim wheel and cockpit lever set (Reheat, of fond memory, I think)
Aeroclub 1/72 white metal ‘hedgehog’-style exhaust pipes 9for Bristol Hercules radials, IIRC)
Suitable decal lining and lettering from the decal bank
Lycra rigging thread (Aeroclub)
Cheers,
Chris.
Chris,
It’s a shame you no longer have the photos, but thanks for the list of after-market parts you used. Again, you did a great job on that kit!
Regards,
I’d love to see a 1/48th Trimoter, as I also built the 1/77th Revell kit long ago – and saw a real one at a local airport where, it took off in as little as 200-feet!
Hey All;
Just an FYI did anybody know that the Ford Tri-Motor had a USAAC designation?
She was called the C-3, C-4 & C-9
I’m currently building a collection for the Lackland AFB H & T Museum and I’m currently looking for all (or any) 1/72 USAAC, USAAF & USAF Aircraft from 1920 to Present. So if you see anything that’s out of the ordinary drop me a line. Right now I’m looking for a Ford Tri-Motor!
The USN used them as JR & RR.
[oX)]
The 1/72 Airfix trimotor is easy to find on eBay. It’s a good model, too. Don’t forget the reverse lend lease USAAF aircraft- the Beaufighter and Mosquito.
I’d say a Trimotor in 1/48 is ambitious. The classics are mostly all available in 1/72, with the exception of the JU-52 in 1/48.
I thought it would be cool to post some very interesting schemes of this classic bird.
So here’s some of them.
Canadian specially fitted with skis in 1929, it was used for forest patrol and dusting. It is pictured with only the last two letters of it’s full civil registration.
Tested as XJR-1 by the Navy in 1928 and then used as cargo and personnel aircraft. The Navy then bought 8 more (JR-1).
During Spanish civil war this aircraft was operated by Republicans as bomber, then it was captured and served in Nationalists AF as transport until 1948.
One of four aircraft supplied to Cia Mexicana de Aviacion (an affiliate of Pan American) in 1930.
Used by American Airways… sorry no more info.
Possible the last Tri-Motor on the US active register, it was used for local pleasure flying till beginning of 1980s with Grand Canyon in colours of its previous owner Scenic Airways where this it served since 1929.
This aircraft was flow by Chile’s Linea Aerea Nacional (LAN) in its route to the north part of the country, during the early 1930’s.
Thanks to Wings Palette for info and schemes! 
Thanks for the paint shemes, Von Alfalfa (can you SING like Alfalfa too [(-D]?). I especially like the Navy JR-1 and the Scenic Airways versions.
Does anyone have comments on the Revell Tri-Motor kit?
Of course I can… ahem!.. You are so beauuuutiful… to meeeeeeeee…
Not you!.. that’s how’s the song goes… .anyways… Does anyone know’s if theres available some blueprints to download of this trimotor? Im planing to scartch it in 1/48… not now but in a near future,… I hope…
Cheers!
Some Trimotor sites:
Great links aardvark!
Thanks!
