120-Size Spitfire ARF

[Beavis]

Does anybody know of a good 120-size Spitfire ARF on the market? Would the MKII from GiantScalePlanes qualify? It seems to be a 90-size, though...

Thank you in advance.

[sailr]

Their warbirds are less than 80" wingspan, thus not qualifying them as giant scale. Don't be fooled by their name!

[Goekeli]

The world models has some nice 80" war birds. They just came out with a zero and say a spit is coming by the end of the year.
This is the american distributor http://www.airborne-models.com/

Joe

[sailr]

Where did you see the World Models 80" Zero? I can't find it on their web site.

[Goekeli]

It is on the WM site,
http://www.theworldmodels.com/para/products/airplanedetails.php?airplaneid=37
Airborne must have it but not on the site yet.

HTH

Joe

[Fallen Angel]

Yellow Aircraft...pricey, but worth it.

[Aaron Modlin]

I've seen several of the WM 80" P51's. Looks great and flys good too. The only thing I've noticed is that the factory landing gear is alittle trouble some. The ones I've seen have had the gear swapped out for a pneumatic set up.

[sailr]

How much is the YA Spit with the retracts. I hate their web site. They don't give you any prices. You have to call them! Does anyone else list their pricing?

[sailr]

I totally agree. I just ignore yellow aircraft. I don't want to have to take the time to pick up the phone. That's what web sites are for. If they don't want to sell it to me 'online', then I don't want to do business with them.

[Highflight]

I was at a Rallye of the Giants event probably 15 years ago and Yellow AC had a booth set up and their display aircraft was their Spitfire. It was really cool because the display consisted of their Spit kit as it came and with no additional work done except just putting the parts together as they came right out of the box. Period. With only the kit parts mated up together, it already looked like a complete aircraft.
I fell in love on the spot and brought home one of the two kits they had brought with them to the show to sell. One of my friends who was with me bought the other.

I still have that Spit kit (as I bought it) sitting in my garage because I just can't bring myself to install an engine in it that will hang out all over and screw up it's classic looks. A Q-42 would be the perfect engine for it, power wise, but it wouldn't cowl in well. I'm keeping an eye on the Erickson engine (the big one) but I haven't heard much about it with regard to reliabiltiy etc., but it sure would fit nice in that cowl.
My friend built his that first year and put a G-38 in it. He flew it for 3 years but finally crashed it flying it on an especially windy day and he lost it. He contacted me immediately and tried to buy mine from me. Didn't happen.
But I digress...

You'll have to accept my best recollection about this, but I believe the kit itself was around $430 at the time, the retracts were another $150 and the wheels were around $75. Give me a LOT of "plus or minus" with those numbers because it was a long time ago.

I still think that the Yellow Spit is one of the best out there, and considering how the kit comes (glass fuse, cowl and horizontal stab, wings almost finished), it's argueably one of the first "ARF" kits. The quality of the kit is outstanding.

I'm sure it costs more today, but still a good value when you consider what you will end up with.

Now, anyone have any info on how the big Erickson is doing in the marketplace and on airplanes?
http://www.ericksonmotors.com/fe-200.htm

I apologize for this post; sometimes, I just can't post a note and avoid making a story out of it.

Highflight