Classic British Flight Sim

I don't know if any of you have heard but the Oxford Diecast Company are bringing out a 1:72 scale die cast metal Dragon Rapide this year, in BEA and King's Flight colours.

Should save me a lot of hassle having to make up my old Heller kit for the model aerodrome at Warmington on Sea (Beach) station!

http://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/ebooks/trade12011/

Ee-Gads Mark.. I knew I was destined to be skint for the rest of my days but this confirms it Any idea of prices??

Received this in the post yesterday.. rarer than hens teeth..


A thousand thanks to Garry for giving me the HU I've had PET (BEAFJ Cargo) on order since last year but I now believe the chances of me getting it are less than winning the lottery. Unbeknown to me when I ordered, it was already out of stock even though the site (boo hiss) Aviation Retail Direct had it advertised as IN STOCK

ATB

DaveB

Loveley Vanguard


Love the Oxford period cataloque

Took a while to find the Rapide but had a very enjoyable time finding it. Lots of goodies in that catalog for sure!

Brian

Love the Oxford period cataloque

Yes.. my original 'placement' had her sitting on a piece of Weybridge runway centreline (pulled up before Mercedes took over) but as PEK is wearing BART.. I put her on a BA '83 World Timetable.. the irony being BA had sold all the Vanguards by that time 1:400 is too small for flash photography as the depth of field is too small which puts a lot out of focus (for something of this size anyway) but it'll do I like 1:400 models over larger scales because whatever inaccuracies there are are generally so small, you can hardly see them so it doesn't matter as much

Agree Garry/Brian.. that Oxford catalogue is SO full of things I'd like to buy, I need a second job. Wish I had time for the first one!

Hope the Rapide doesn't come with sky-blue windows!

ATB

DaveB

The diecast models of the "mechanical horses" caught my attention. I've never seen anything like those before. Very interesting.

Brian

Hattons of Liverpool are advertising it for pre-order at £24, which is pretty reasonable.

Oxford Diecast have some truly wonderful stuff, particularly for railway modellers seeking cars to stick in the scenery. I must admit I'm looking forward to the Lomas-bedford J2 ambulance, I always thought if you are going to have a trip to hopsital, the J2 is a nice looking vehicle to do it in although no doubt it rode like a roller skate, so best not a trip to the spinal injuries unit.

Some of those models look like repops of old models

The ships look like Minic

Cheers Mark

I'm not quite sure what to expect for £24.. especially at 1:72.. that little Vanguard cost £25 (inc P+P) and that's only 1:400. Would love to see a picture of it first

ATB

DaveB

Garry Russell wrote:Some of those models look like repops of old models

The ships look like Minic

I suspect some of the aircraft are of Chinese Chinese origin as Oxford have a deal to market Cararama cars and I think they do a range of aircraft. However I don't recall ever having seen a 1:72 DH89 previously so I suspect it'll be a new casting, and hopefully will be better than some of the existing models which look a bit clunky. I too am curious as to what it will look like, their cars generally are pretty good though and cheaper than Corgi so at the moment I wouldn't base any expectations on price. Hopefully it'll be close enough to become scenery on one of the new model railways planned for this year!

The ships are the original Minic range but extended with new models. There are quite a few collectors of the Minic ships range, and a short-lived relaunch in the late 80s generated a lot of new interest. Apparently the new range of Triang-Minic ships were launched in 2003 by an enthusiast and Oxford are marketing them.