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Brengun/Hauler models - Mk.IV tank airship tug

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jcf

#60
August 28, 2022, 10:14:37 AM
Wings are too short to be a Kit plane.  :angel:

PR19_Kit

#61
August 28, 2022, 10:17:15 AM
Quote from: jcf on August 28, 2022, 10:14:37 AMWings are too short to be a Kit plane.  :angel:


By a factor of at least 2.5!  :o
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

NARSES2

#62
August 29, 2022, 05:29:57 AM
Quote from: jcf on August 28, 2022, 10:14:37 AMWings are too short to be a Kit plane.  :angel:

 ;D  ;D

I must admit I hadn't looked into the type at all, but my assumption was that is was a late 20/30's design. Thanks for putting me right Nick  :thumbsup:

I may still build it as a 30's aircraft serving in Manchuria or Korea.
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Weaver

#63
April 02, 2023, 08:36:41 PM
Brengun 1/144th Mark IV airship tug  :wub:  :wub:  :wub: :
https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/BRS144058?result-token=fEfZt





I'm sure we could think of other things for it to tow, like a steampunk flying saucer or an Ian McQue-style anti-gravity work boat:

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NARSES2

#64
April 03, 2023, 02:01:46 AM
What a fascinating subject  :thumbsup:
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Old Wombat

#65
April 03, 2023, 07:30:31 AM
Exceptionally well detailed for such a tiny kit! :blink:  :bow:

Could be a mobile airship/anti-grav ship docking station, rather than a tug. :thumbsup:
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jcf

#66
April 03, 2023, 10:28:14 AM Last Edit: April 03, 2023, 02:19:07 PM by jcf
Norman Bel Geddes designed Texaco Doodlebug streamlined tanker in 1/72nd:
Doodlebug

History of the vehicle (evidently despite regularly being depicted in red they were actually painted black):
Doodlebug history

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PR19_Kit

#67
April 03, 2023, 12:29:51 PM
The linked article says they were red, in a later note added in 2019.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

jcf

#68
April 03, 2023, 02:17:56 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 03, 2023, 12:29:51 PMThe linked article says they were red, in a later note added in 2019.
Ah, I see that now. Black would look cool - 1930s Phillips but orange text on black rather than the usual black
text on orange. BP, Sinclair with the dinosaur etc.

Lots of options.  ;D ;)

Weaver

#69
April 03, 2023, 04:31:40 PM
Quote from: jcf on April 03, 2023, 10:28:14 AMNorman Bel Geddes designed Texaco Doodlebug streamlined tanker in 1/72nd:
Doodlebug

They do it in 1/144th scale too: http://www.hauler.cz/e-shop/1-144-construction-kits-18/doodlebug-texaco-1874

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jcf

#70
April 04, 2023, 01:33:19 PM
Interestingly they also do the Doodlebug in 1/120th(TT) scale in their Hauler line:
1/120 Doodlebug

killnoizer

#71
April 04, 2023, 03:47:40 PM
The TEXACO Truck is very sweet ...

Just like the giant snow cruiser from 1939 .

https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2015/06/the-antarctic-snow-cruiser/396617/








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Charlie_c67

#72
January 21, 2026, 05:19:19 PM
Are apparently reissuing their Alouette II (Sorry, full article behind a paywall)

Seems a patience tester with all that thin styrene!
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jcf

#73
January 22, 2026, 12:42:49 AM
Quote from: Charlie_c67 on January 21, 2026, 05:19:19 PMAre apparently reissuing their Alouette II (Sorry, full article behind a paywall)

Seems a patience tester with all that thin styrene!
It's photoetch, resin, vacuform canopies and injection moulded rotor blades.
The kit dates to 1998 and most of the structure is PE that has to be folded
to form the tailboom etc..
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