MarkYoungCrewChief Posted February 23, 2012 Report Posted February 23, 2012 The National Museum of the United States Air Force, Dayton, Ohio, USA, is in need of a model of the Fairchild C-82 Packet in 1/72nd scale. We have tried finding a kit, but apparently none are available. If you have a built up model completed, would you be willing to donate it to the NMUSAF? I will put any responders in direct contact with the Curator, as I do not wish to be involved in the actual transaction. I am posting this appeal only due to my knowledge of the modeling community. I will gain nothing personally from this, other than the satisfaction of setting up the transfer. That, and I won't have to build the model myself, as I have a long list of other models they want done yesterday! Thank you for your consideration.
Mark Deliduka Posted February 23, 2012 Report Posted February 23, 2012 Well you answered that question about whether a kit is available or not, so that precludes my offer to build one. If someone else does have an unbuilt kit in their stash they are willing to donate, they can send it to me and I'll build it for the museum. Also Mark, if you'd like help in getitng some of those other models they want 'done yesterday' built for them. let me know. I'm fairly quick and efficient in my work. However, I'm no good at resin or vacuform planes; I'm better with injection molded kits. Something to think about.
VonL Posted February 24, 2012 Report Posted February 24, 2012 There is such an animal out there: http://www.freewebs.com/aeroscale/jimww2.htm tagged as a vac kit by "O'Neill". This sort of grail-search might be a job for Jeff at RarePlanes. Otherwise, you may want one of those "custom built" wood models from the Phillipines. Some of those are very good, given enough detail pix and scale drawings. Just sayin'...
MarkYoungCrewChief Posted February 24, 2012 Author Report Posted February 24, 2012 Mark, Thanks for your offer, and we may take you up on it some time, but right now almost all of the kits are resin or vac form. Bob Jeff Garity at RarePlanes has already told us that finding the O'Neil kit will be virtually impossible. He gave us that verdict a couple of days ago and that is when the Curator asked me to try to find an already built model. Thanks again guys for your interest. We know this is a long shot, but stranger things have happened.
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