Hello everyone. I hope this post is in the right place or even allowed. If it is not my apologies; moderators feel free to move or delete if needed.
I am looking for a Revell-G Dessault Falcon 10. I have had very little luck finding one.
Not a popular kit, I know. I am asking just in case any of you might know where I can get one. Please PM me if you have any information.
My plan is to convert it into this…
Wow! I hope you find the kit. That would be a great conversion. Looks like engines, fuselage windows, external antenae & radomes, and the wings would need modification, at the very least. Good luck on it!
I have kits of several Dassault products in my stash - this, however, is not among them. Happy hunting!
Just noticed Manny mentioning Amazon - have you checked that route yet?
Vance, yes I have tried multiple places. most of the more popular sites have been looked at.
I think it is going to come down to someone having it stashed in their…uhm… stash, and striking a deal. I remain hopeful that I will find this kit.
Devil Dawg, yes sir it will be a great conversion project. I have seen it done before so I know it is possible. I am looking forward to giving it a go if only i can get my hands on the darn thing.
You’ll need two kits. The CG bird is a Falcon 20, which is, as you can see, longer than the 10.
The Falcon 20 is a wonderful airplane. It’s the first aircraft I experienced a barrel roll in. Never disturbed the vapor in the top of the liquor bottles in the dry bar. 
Correct! It is a longer aircraft.
I know someone who made a conversion of a 10 to a 20. He hooked me up with the piece I need to extend it. So as of right now, I can make the mods without a second one. However, if I can get two of these kits then great. Problem is, I can’t even find one!
I’ve only flown in the USCG version of the aircraft. Not as comfortable as the private jet I imagine.
Ebay is always a good place to hunt.
Here’s a few lisitings.
Hasegawa
Revell
There is no real way to get a Falcon 20 from a 10, they are completely different airplanes. The cabin on the 10 is a smaller diameter and the airplane is smaller overall. Mach 2 did a very crude Falcon 20 in 1/72 and that is the only one I know of. The HU-25 also has different engines than the 20. The Mach 2 kit has 2 sets of engines but I don’t think either are the Lycomings of the HU-25. I surely wish there was a 1/48 Falcon 20.
The Revell Germany kit is a Hasegawa re-release, you might have more luck finding one of the Hasegawa boxings, if you wish to proceed.
On the roll in a Falcon, the factory demo pilots were in the habit of doing that. They tried it at Rancho Murieta near Sacramento and made a smoking hole when the pilot dished out of the roll at low altitude. Not a good way to sell an airplane to the Chief Executive.
you can try here.
Ofcourse you can. most folks that will get to see it have no idea what they are looking at. for all they know its a 20 in uscg colors.
Well, it might be harder for me because I used to fly a 10 and it has a whole different personality that a 20. But this is modeling and you are free to do it anyway you want to. How true it is that most people can’t tell the difference. I feel they are expecting us to tell the truth as best we can. But any 20 is better than none at all, I’m sure of that.
I came a across a solid wood 20 one time. We tried to cut it into pieces so we could make a mold. Yeah… we failed horribly.
Did you like flying the 10/20s? The USCG ones are noisier than I expected.
There was a time where I tried to get a Gulfstream, (C-37A Gulfstream V (G-V) in 1 /48.
The USCG’s VIP aircraft.
I actually did one in 1/48 scale ,based on real prints .this was right at the time that the media announced the aircraft to the public.concerning the U.S.C.G.acquisition. I worked for a company that converted 20s for FED-EX and others -plus-executive versions.I did electronic applications (cockpit panels,radio mounting locations etc.) The 20 was a sweet bird even empty.I got to fly one two years after I worked there.I still like my old warbird better and hope she,s still flying. TANKER-builder
I’ve got a -10 that I built, but never painted.
and why not? [:|]
Better fuel mileage without the extra weight of the paint…
HA! Great minds! I almost made a fuel comment due to it being neked but opted not to. I wanted to keep it legit (model related) in case “someone” was watching. LOL
Apparently I couldn’t not say something… [:$]
I didn’t fly the 20, although I evaluated one for a company I worked for. I thought the 10 was perhaps over-engineered for the job it had to do, but it was a very well made airplane and flew well.