A-Model to release a 1/72 Beech Starship.

[Tony P]

About time there was an injected kit of one of my favourite aircraft.



I'll probably do paint masks as well for this kit.

Now if only they can do another of Burt Rutan's fantastic design, the boomerang:

[Knotty]

Ripper Tony , about time they did some GA aircraft in a decent scale .

[davecana]

Agree about the plane. A good plane killed by bureaucracy. Might have to buy a kit or 2.

[Knotty]

There is a Starship at the Sunshine Coast Airport , not sure if it is a goer or not . Ray and I saw about 7 of these at Avra Vally airport in Arizona parked in a very neat line . They looked like they had been there a while

[davecana]

There is a Starship at the Sunshine Coast Airport , not sure if it is a goer or not . Ray and I saw about 7 of these at Avra Vally airport in Arizona parked in a very neat line . They looked like they had been there a while

It's owned by Queensland Institute for Aviation Engineering. I don't think it's airworthy though, only used for training, but I'm not sure about that.

[VH-WAL]

I thought Beech bought them all back and grounded them so they no longer have to support the airframe? I could be wrong (often am)

[davecana]

I thought Beech bought them all back and grounded them so they no longer have to support the airframe? I could be wrong (often am)

Correct for the most part. Beech bought most of them back, but they couldn't force private owners to sell back, so some are still around. Beech stopped supporting the airframe at the same time, don't know whether it was because they bought most of them back, or to force the sale of them.

[Tony P]

Not cheap. $50 at the Big H.