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mattclements
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #1
What are the biggest airplane and car kits?
I saw a huge B-52 kit one time in the 70's.

What's the biggest car? I've head of a 1/8th Trans Am that's out of production. What's the biggest car still easily available?
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Pseudonym
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #2
Been off the road for ages - wants either a 3.5 Rover V8 or a 5.7 US GM V8
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Kassia Howell
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #3
What size/scale were the produced to order ME-262's that were offered a few years ago? I seem to recall 1/6th, but could be wrong
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HiRider
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #4
Well, that won't go far...or often.
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oneweeknosebleed
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #5
There was a 1/72 747 with Shuttle at the 2003 Q-C show.
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Claire
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #6
The biggest production injected kit of an airplane I can think of (in sheer bulk) would be a toss up between the 1/48 B-1 and 1/48 C-130, though the 1/72 B-36 might be a touch wider in absolute span. The largest kit I have would be a mystery vac'formed Me262B in 1/12 scale.
If you want to cross over into glass/resin kits, there are now HUGE flying models that have enough detail to also work as static models, like a 1/6 scale(?) Su27 (!!!!) and similar subjects.
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oneweeknosebleed
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #7
There are 6:1 models of insects
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Pseudonym
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #8
That makes sense - his Countach has a Renault 30 engine and transaxle, he can't afford a decent engine!
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #9
There is a 1/33rd B-52 from GPM. Also a 1/33rd Gigant (biggest glider?) and a1/33rd B-1 from Fly Models. Fly Models has a 1/33rd Sunderland (biggest flying boat?).

Here is one of the biggest models I know about. One could consider it a
"car" model if you stretch the definition. Check out
http://www.microartwork.com/Products/Crawler/ crawprevindex.htm

.... for a Saturn V Apollo "crawler.
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #10
If you are only talking mainstream injection moulded kits, then the Monogram
B-36 probably beats the B-52.

If you include limited-run resin, vacform or fibreglass, then currently it has to be the Amodel An-22 - see my build at :- http://www.flankerman.fsnet.co.uk/modl_an-22.html

Not yet released, but promised are vacform kits of the Antonov An-124 Condor and An-225 Cossack - and as these are, respectively, the worlds second and first largest a/c, then I guess they would take the prize...check out his website at :- http://www.heavykits.com/

Ken Duffey Flanker Freaks and Russian Aviation enthusiast.
Flankers website at :- www.flankers.co.uk
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The Blue Knight
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #11
... and if you want to go along the same lines for aircraft, look at homebuilts.
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #12
Tamiya makes 1:6 scale injection-molded motorcycle kits.

That is the largest (full) automotive/motocycle kit I've seen.

Years ago, there were plastic 1:1 kits of old guns.
And of course the life size models of human skull...
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Pseudonym
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #13
Biggest car kits are kit cars.

Someone at work has a Lamborghini Countach replica under construction
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eskowitz
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Posted 7 Years, 12 Months ago Link #14
The biggest car model that comes to my tired mind was the renwal Visible V-8, and frame with tranny (which I saw put together once in an automotive shop class). At 1:4 scale, I really can't think of anything much bigger from a model manufacturer. I also heard (but never saw) that someone converted the about combo into a 1:4 scale hot rod. Now ~that~ would have been inspiring!
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Posted 7 Years, 11 Months ago Link #15
go to megahobby.com. they have a section on the home page for giant scale kits. Lots of them.

Revell has released the 1/8 '32 High Boy, there is a Jaguar XKE, etc...
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