Nazz Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 This is my Bleriot XI I built many years ago . It is a 1/72nd scale kit. I think I built it for the 100th anniversary of flight. Thanks for looking. Jerry 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Neet. Nice clean build there. I remember trying to build that kit and a few others in the series when I was in grade school. Failed miserably. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DonW Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 Beautiful. Louis would have approved, je croire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted July 1, 2020 Share Posted July 1, 2020 Looks great Jerry! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazz Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 Thanks guys, I appreciate the compliments. Steve, as I remember , I found this kit is a bit difficult also. Although I did manage to add a fuel tank in the fuselage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 2, 2020 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Very nice! Is this a Frog kit? I have a very vague recollection of this airplane being offered in the Renwal "Aero-Skin" line, too. Just googled it and I rememered it correctly: https://www.oldmodelkits.com/index.php?detail=19565 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nazz Posted July 2, 2020 Author Share Posted July 2, 2020 I believe this is the kit. As I remember, it is a reproduction of the Frog kit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 Very cool! I love these replicas from the dawn of aviation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snake45 Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 (edited) 20 hours ago, Nazz said: I believe this is the kit. As I remember, it is a reproduction of the Frog kit. I know that many if not all of the original Frog molds ended up in Russia--I forget the brand name they were sold under then. These might in fact be the same molds! ETA: Did the homework and apparently this IS the Frog kit! https://www.scalemates.com/kits/frog-f173f-bleriot-xi--162356 Edited July 3, 2020 by Snake45 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Can-Con Posted July 3, 2020 Share Posted July 3, 2020 36 minutes ago, Snake45 said: I know that many if not all of the original Frog molds ended up in Russia--I forget the brand name they were sold under then. These might in fact be the same molds! ETA: Did the homework and apparently this IS the Frog kit! https://www.scalemates.com/kits/frog-f173f-bleriot-xi--162356 I wouldn't put much stock in those Scalemates timelines. They're often very wrong. For example they show the old tool and newer tool AMT '57 Chevy as all being the same kit and at least one instance where they're out of correct order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gord55 Posted January 1 Share Posted January 1 Nice clean build. The Bleriot is an aircraft I am fairly obsessed with, ever since I built the Frog and InPact kits when I was a boy. I became especially interested when I discovered that there was actually two of these flow in Canada by Count Jacques de Lessups. Count deLessups later founded an airmail service along the Gaspe and included Shrek FBA 17 flying boats! Cool stuff!. Waiting in my stash are two Frog, 1 Novo, two Renwall Aeroskin, a Blue rider Bleriot X! Artelerie (sp?) and an amazing Chorozy Modelbud kit. I will be building one of the Frog or Novo kits this year as a warmup for a Renwall Aeroskin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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