I just saw a box for the 1/72 Monogram B-36 Peacemaker on Yardbird78’s thread that said “The largest plastic scale model aircraft kit ever produced!” and I wondered if it still holds that title. If not who/what does?
It would have to be broken down by vehicle type as I don’t know how you could compare an aircraft with a tank, ship or auto.
Could start by giggling for photos of people standing next to kit boxes…
https://www.emodels.co.uk/soar-art-1-35-dora-railway-gun-9511.html
apparently still available at a mere .£499.99…
the Soar Art 1/35 Dora Railway Gun
would probably also qualify as an entry in the thread:
Your Most Expensive Kit ? or What’s your Limit
I had the B-36 model, and yes, it is ginormus! However, I believe there is a model of the German artillery gun Dora that is even bigger in 1/35 scale. An armor guy probably has the details!
Model Maniac posted up pics of his big Dora here a month or so ago.
I would think one of the 1/200 battlewagons would get up there pretty close too. Thinking BB-63
The first thing I thought of was the 1/72 subs from Revell. Skinny but long.
How big was the “visible V-8” model, back in the day?
The Renwal version of the Visible V-8 I saw at a hobby shop a few years ago was much, much smaller than what I remembered as a child.
No where near large enough to qualify as largest.
I would think the Hong Kong 1/32scale B-17 ----airfixs tempest–tamiyas mosquito just to name a few. .all in beautiful plastic [
5-high
On the bench
Trumpeter 1/32 mustang mk.lll
In the hanger revell 1/32 spitfire mk.1
Trumpeter 1/32 p38-L
Yeah, that figures I guess. I think of the yards and empty lots where we played ball as kids. We didn’t need a lot of room back then…they seem so small now.[:D]
While the 1/32 WW2 bombers are pretty big, the Revell 1/48 B-1 is probably still the largest widely produced, injection molded, aircraft kit. It had to be sectioned into 3 parts just to be molded at the time. The fuselage is 3 feet long when done, about the wingspan of one of the 1/32 bomber kits. And the wings when spread are just under 3 feet.
Yes, I have the Missouri in my stash right now. It is almost 5 feet long, and the bow is a separate section. I literally am waiting to get a bigger workspace so I can start on it. Then I have to figure out where I will display it!
[:D]Hmmm, I have never giggled pics, how does it work?
Oh, that.
That’s a technique I picked up from GM in one of his threads[whstl]
The B-1 in 48th scale is 36" long and 35" wingspan. The B-36 in 72nd scale has a 38" wingspan and is 27" long. Paul Boyer did a vacform C-5 in 72nd had a 37" wingspan and was 41" long
We have to specify what we mean by biggest- weight, a single dimension, or total volume. There were some ship kits that were pretty big, especially those made for RC. Even just for static scale, however, the Heller 1:100 ships were huge.
I guess it depends… The HK B-17 takes up a huge square of real estate, the big Trumpeter 1/200 battleships and Revell 1/72 Gato are gonna eat up 5 feet of shelf space but are still reasonably narrow and the Heller or Revell 1/96 Victory and Constitution/Cutty Sark are gonna need 3-4 feet of vertical and horizontal space as well as a fairly wide shelf.
For “biggest” as in most complicated, I would give the award to the 1/200 Missouri/Iowa/HMS Nelson/Bismarck kits (in that order) and the 1/96 HMS Victory, Le Soleil Royal, Constitution, Cutty Sark… but of course even that measurement is thrown out the window once you add aftermarket superdetailing and scratchbuilding into the fray. It’s possible to to make even a simple kit into something insanely complicated after all.
Back in the 70s, I had 3 big kits. They were the old Monogram 1/48 scale B-52 Stratofortress, Monogram or Revell 1/48 scale B-17 Flying Fortress and the PT-109 kit. I can’t remember the scale (perhaps 1/32 scale?) and maker but it was huge and included a motor for the propellers.
I was just looking at dbusack’s Nuremberg Toy Fair thread and saw a photo of Trumpeter’s 1/48 U-552 sub. That may take the prize. I’d have to keep that thing in the garage!
I think you meant the B-29 Superfortress? To the best of my knowlege, no one ever made a B-52 kit in 1/48 scale (1/72 only)?
A B-52 in 1/48 would be a huge model!
Nope. It was a 1/48 scale B-52 kit. I also had the Peacemaker bomber kit as well. I know because I had it stored in my dad’s attic for years.