anyone ever made a diecast whirlwind fighter ?

Oh, so you’ve discovered the model makers curse as well? The little woman doing the dusting is fatal, even managed to break the prop on my Corgi Mustang (not by dusting it, but by knocking it off its stand dusting the shelf underneath it):mad:

The secret to aviod model-makers curse is to offer to do the dusting:D ,you get to keep ‘er indoors happy:D 😀 & if any damage is caused it is down to you:mad: :diablo:

Oh, so you’ve discovered the model makers curse as well? The little woman doing the dusting is fatal, even managed to break the prop on my Corgi Mustang (not by dusting it, but by knocking it off its stand dusting the shelf underneath it):mad:

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Hi All,
Sadly I have almost as many plastic kits as the RAF had real whirlwinds
at least one of every type/scale manufactured.
except for :-
the RCM one above
an ‘SK’ ? kit ( box cover shows HE-V)
and an italian cereal manufacturer issue.

my personal like is the cooper kit, but the ID models is nice, as is the second airfix.
I Just fancied a nice diecast that would survive the kids/dog/cat and the mrs dusting..:D
cheers
Jerry

Hi Jerry,

You could always try one of the ones here.

www.card-models.com/

Both 1/72 and 1/32 scales are available and they are quite good. You do though need quite a bit of patience.

I have looked for the Classic Airframes kit here in Aus with no success so I may have to get one from the net. A Corgi one would of course be excellent as long as they got the dihedral on the wings right. In my opinion this is the biggest downfall with the Corgi models.

All the best

Steve

£1000 to have one made!
The best kit available is this 1:48 Classic Airframes one, the Airfix 1:72example isn’t bad neither.
More accurate and detailed than any diecast could hope to get, build one. Or have one built for you.

I reckon a Corgi die-cast of a Beaufighter would outsell a Whirlwind by a very large ratio, can’t imagine why they haven’t already made one…….

Hi
quite possibly, maybe even a beaufort if they did one.

time for some new subjects by corgi etc ?

this is on the antics link
http://www.aircraftmodels.co.uk/682_1_2625694.html

404Sq maybe even when they were at davidstow moor, must check the serial.

cheers
Jerry

Hi
Just wondered…
have corgi ( or anyone similar) ever made a diecast whirlwind ?
cheers
Jerry

I reckon a Corgi die-cast of a Beaufighter would outsell a Whirlwind by a very large ratio, can’t imagine why they haven’t already made one…….

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Hi All,
thanks for the replies,
So it’s two options.

petition corgi / bombard corgi with e mails

or use the airfix as a mould and find all this gold in canada, and burn a
few fingers…

looks like it’s only this for my santa list this year ?

http://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=4887&searchtext=whirlwind

cheers
Jerry

Get the Airfix model, build it and make a mould, melt down your best silver and burn a hole in your… :rolleyes:

C’mon Corgi, you know you want to. We’re waiting.

Believe it or not the OLD Airfix 1/72 scale model was quite good and detailed.

This is the one…

http://www.silveraircraft.com/

Hurricane example…

http://www.silveraircraft.com/silver%20aircraft/SA%20pages/HURRICANE/SILVER-HURRICANE-5.jpg

Prices starting from £1000 depending on the current price of Silver…

Wooden:

http://www.customairmodels.com

http://www.allwoodwings.com/

http://www.warplanes.com/ Obese looking models though…

http://www.scalecraft.com Again, chunky looking…

http://www.bravodeltamodels.co.uk/Section.php?ID=38

Mainly Diecast:

http://www.aircraftmodels.co.uk/

Forget all that, found one… Not the most accurate but beggers can’t be choosers… 😉

http://www.pewteraircraft.com/RAF/WHIRLWIND/Whirlwind.htm

Hi Jerry…

I’ve always had a hankering to get a one off wooden Whirly made, but as yet have not actually got around to enquire how much it would cost.

There are a few who say they will make you a museum quality model starting from £300… I would be willing to spend around the £1000 mark to have a scale 1/48 – 1/24 Whirlwind made – After all, I have alot of material to make sure its accurate… 😉

I’ll post some of the sites…

Hi
Just wondered…
have corgi ( or anyone similar) ever made a diecast whirlwind ?
cheers
Jerry

not yet sadly….