'48 Scale P-3 Orion????

[Whitey]

Alright, so now that we finally have a 1/48 Hawkeye to round out any NavAir CVW...who says it's time to do a P-3 Orion in '48??!!
C'mon, Italeri has done a C-130 in '48, we can do this!
Wishful thinking.

[Harv]

...We'll need an injected C-2A COD first- it's a Tailhook thing, don'cha know?

[jefropas]

Hell, its not like the 72nd scale P-3 is small. that sucker and the 48th B-1 take up half my shelves on their own....

Jeff

[Boman]

So, you guys live in Castles in order to fit these big models? :P

[Dan Teker]

Hey
I have a 1/48 Vaicuform P-3 up for trade
Dan

[prowler4]

Originally Posted by Dan Teker

Hey
I have a 1/48 Vaicuform P-3 up for trade
Dan

Saw that.
Still wonder who the manufacturer is.
(What markings did it come with BTW?)

[titan8251]

what are you asking for trade?

Andy

[Aggressor]

Originally Posted by Dan Teker

Hey
I have a 1/48 Vaicuform P-3 up for trade
Dan

Do you have pictures?

[John B]

Okay, sort of a tangent, but still on-topic.
Let's say you have a 1/48 P-3 vac-u-form kit - what injection-molded parts could you use to spruce it up?
I was thinking -
- props from the Italeri C-130 or Kinetic E-2
- exhausts from Italeri C-130
- wheels from Monogram F-8 or Italeri C-130?
- Mavs from the Hasegawa Weapons Set
- Torps from the ESCI S-3

Any ideas? (I've never built any vacuform kits. The most I've ever done with vacuform is aftermarket canopies.)

[LemonJello]

I'd love a 48th P-3, if for no other reason than to build it for my dad. I got him a 72nd one while I was living in Oki, but I really wanted to build it with his squadron's markings as a surprise, but 72nd makes my eyes hurt and fingers twitch.

One can always hold out hope...

I had been mulling over that vac kit, but having never worked with 'em, I'm not sure its something I want to tackle.

[Skyhawk174]

Originally Posted by prowler4

Saw that.
Still wonder who the manufacturer is.
(What markings did it come with BTW?)

From what I recall the only 1/48 vacuform P-3 kit would have been the one produced by ID Models. I have seen it advertised many moons ago.

On a side note, my friend has the 1/48 ID Models vacuform Connie. Now that is big kit. Unfortunately he first had to first make it into a Connie. I have seen it assembled with a ton of putty and not finished. Hope he gets up the resolve to finally beat that thing into submission.

Chris

[A Reluctant Wanderer]

I have a hard time with vacuform, but hopefully an injection kit will be released. I would like to get the rotodome and the supports from the E-2 to make the prototype P-3C AEW.

[Dan Teker]

Yes its the ID one 2 sheets L,R, a smoke cockpit glass no metal parts. Trade for a Hasegawa F/A-18F. I will try to get some pics. Kind of hard right now have 2 disks out now.I will ask my wife to do it. 3 weeks in bed stink.
Dan