1:32 Diecast Air Racing beauties

[tor lives]

Hi guys,
My 1:32 diecast Shell Wedell-Williams Racer turned up today, and here she is:





And here she is with her stable mate the diecast 1:32 John Deere Wedell-Wiliams Racer:





I really love the look of the Wedell-Williams Racer, she is such a classically beautiful art-deco design from the golden era of air racing. These aircraft really were the Red Bull racers of their day.

And with the arrival of the Wedell-Williams Racer here is the latest "family portrait" of my combined Shell Air racing team





and the John Deere Air Racing Team for good measure




TOR

[Adam the Akrodude]

Beauties mate!

Love those 30's racers. They would have been a real handful to fly too.

[hrtpaul]

Nice collection there old boy

[Adam the Akrodude]

I love this 1930's period of air racing. Both the aeroplanes and the pilots were legendary and larger than life. One of the most charismatic was "Col" Roscoe Turner. I'd like to build Turner's RT-14 Meteor, but the Lindberg kit looks crap and the engine cowl plain awful - not the beautiful NACA cowl it should be.

His Wedell Williams racer





His RT-14 Meteor





Gilmore

[tor lives]

Some great shots of some simply beautiful aeroplanes....thanks for posting Adam, I would be "lion" (I crack me up ) if I said I wasn't impressed.
If I had a time machine this is the era of aviation I would love to go back and experience first-hand. Air Racing, Commercial aviation, Military aviation.....everything was just so elegant and exciting in this era.
TOR
PS: After the 1930s my next time machine visit would then be to Edwards AFB circa 1950s/60s....hell yeah!!!

[Adam the Akrodude]

As my kids would say "Yeah, same". I think it means, yes I agree with you and feel the same way!

At least we spent a decent portion of our lives back in the 20th Century where many of our fav aeroplanes were still flying. I regret not seeing a 105, 106 or SR-71 actually flying. Only the SR could have been possible, but perhaps only just at a airshow in USA or UK. Got at least to see the French Lady fly here and sat I one once at ARDU (mate worked there way back when). There is just something about delta wings that do it for me.

The only new aircraft program that is of potential interest is the SR-72 and that will be un-manned, so only interesting from a technology perspective to me. I think the best years are behind us from military aircraft point of view. The growth area is civilian aerospace. The opening up and commercialization of space is a growth area with some amazing developments happening. Civilians will soon be able to experience Mach 3 flight on ballistic out of the atmosphere flights very soon - amazing.

We do still have our beloved Reno of course.

[tor lives]

I'd like to build Turner's RT-14 Meteor, but the Lindberg kit looks crap and the engine cowl plain awful - not the beautiful NACA cowl it should be.

His RT-14 Meteor

I know.....but dam you Adam, you tweaked my interest in this aircraft and the Lindberg kit. I have just been online and bought one. YOU sir are solely responsible, (well....Eric as well ), for this expensive and ever-growing stash of 1:32 Air Racers that appear to be breeding in my model room.
TOR

[Adam the Akrodude]

Oh - you got it bad Ray! For gods sake man - do what other people do to control their modelling obsession - get a woman, get married, take out a enormous crippling mortgage, have kids, consider which secondary school fees with cripple your finances even further......... I think this is the only way to deal with your magnificent obsession!

Or, you could just totally give in to this obsession and build up the most impressive kick ass collection of 1/32 racers in the Southern Hemisphere, if not the world! Hmm, what's easier I wonder?

That RT-14 Meteor is one beautiful aeroplane! The cowl just needs to be sorted somehow on this kit I think - machine it down on a lathe to give it that NACA profile perhaps? If I had the time, I'd get into 3D printing and make a new cowl. Why do model companies always stuff this up? I've seen this so often before on Fw-190, Sea Fury and other types - kind of annoys the crap out of me!

[tor lives]

Or, you could just totally give in to this obsession and build up the most impressive kick ass collection of 1/32 racers in the Southern Hemisphere, if not the world! Hmm, what's easier I wonder?

Speaking of which.....look what I just found on my front door step .





Now I wish I could say "shit kit and don't bother"....bit I can't , it is just friggen beautiful and perfectly compliments the Fisher 1:32 Red Baron RB. Adam and all the other Air Racing fanatics on here....you gotta get yourself one of these!!!....no excuses.
TOR

[Adam the Akrodude]

Ordered! Voodoo will be mine! Are you happy now Ray! Damn you all to 1/32 modelling hell! I'm there already. It's where you are surrounded by all these amazing 1/32 models yet totally hamstrung as to which one to start because they're all so cool!

Oh family, it's baked beans on toast this week because Uncle Ray made Daddy spend lots of money on another 1/32 racer - one he'll build (quickly checking build list and calendar) around 2025!

Anyway, it's all worth it. Now I can hold my head up high and not feel totally inadequate at Expo next year (Ray's final "Full Nelson" on this topic, as in I'd feel pretty inadequate as a male when standing nearby others who in fact own this kit and I don't!). OK - that's it! No more model purchases for at least - ah, let me think about this, yep, at least one month!

Now, what can I think of as a 1/32 nuke counter-strike (limited edition, super rare, super expensive, irresistible) on the site owner? Is this a kind of a injected plastic/resin/multi-media Mutually Assured Destruction kind of deal?