Convair XC-99 in 1/100 scale - Page 2

**murphyaa** · #11 12-19-2012, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ultra

that's one big aircraft

though i think i can squeez it in here somewhere

ultra stone

The retail version will be smaller than what Pericles built. He enlarged it to fit his collection. From 1:121 to 1:100.

**Mauricio** · #12 12-19-2012, 07:02 PM

Parabéns, belíssima construção. Saudações de Belo Horizonte! Congratulations, very nice build. Greetings from Belo Horizonte!

**3Turner** · #13 12-19-2012, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by RyanShort1

I used to see that on the ramp at Kelly AFB. It was fun to see them taking it apart to move it.

Ryan

I remember that....it was back off in the wooded area of Growden Rd.

I bet I have a picture of it somewhere from when I used to live on base there.

**richkat** · #14 12-19-2012, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Cybermac

Very nice model!

I heard about XC-99 that first it had a single wheels as a main landing gear, but the tarmac in only few airports could stand that kind of impact during landing!:-)

The B-36 got the duel wheel gear early in it's development at first there were only a few places it could land because of it's weight. This also started SAC rebuilding a lot of runways, they could see the need for stronger tarmacs because of how fast aircraft were growing in size and weight....Rich