China Clipper Model Plane

[ITG]

Check out this Model China Clipper Plane from Restoration Hardware.

This DC-3 Airplane Mobile is pretty cool too.

 

[El Jefe]

Oh man, that is soooo sweet...
"Nice to see you again, Dr. Jones."

 

[macawber]

In the fifties I flew Pan AM from San Francisco to Sydney Australia on the the aircraft that came after the Clipper ships, the Boeing 377. I was a boy only 8 years old, but it was quite an adventure for me as we went from one exotic destination to another. I believe the maximum number of passengers was about 100. Thanks for your message about the Clippers it brought back some great memories.

 

[The Wingnut]

Looks like a cartoon...neat model, not a bad price, but for a Clipper enthusiast like myself, it looks all wrong. 'Faithful' is misleading, 'whimsical' is more appropriate.

 

[Captain Krunch]

Maybe this one would be more to your liking? Alternate Clipper Model

 

[ITG]

CK, that's pretty funny. Looks like it should be flying above Thomas the Train.

 

[Zepp]

HistoricAviation.com has a nice Martin M-130 model if you don't mind parting with $169:

http://www.historicaviation.com/historicaviation/product_info.po?ID=2113&product=models

Warning - if you're as much of an aviation history buff as I am, don't spend too much time looking around the rest of their site. Your wallet is guaranteed to be skinnier by the time you close your browser.

 

[Absinthe_1900]

If you look through some of the hobby shops, you might turn up the Glencoe kit of M-130. (Now out of production)

A few years ago Glencoe Models reissued the old 1950's Strombecker Plastic kit of the Martin-130 Clipper, which was fairly well done for it's day .

I have an original Pan Am Martin M-130 crew pin, as well as an original unbuilt 50's Stombecker M-130, and the recent Glencoe reissue. (The Glencoe kits should be fairly cheap on ebay)

It also goes well with the British Airfix kit of the Boeing 314 China Clipper.

 

[Wild Root]

Ah the classic Clipper ships! I wish there was one of these baby’s still around! I love seaplanes! They have this very cool look about them and they seem to have been able to go to more remote places then other aircraft.

As for the model, I think it's kind of cool. Not an accurate model of the clipper, but a cool 30's looking addition to a home office.

Root.

 

[Vladimir Berkov]

Flying boats are indeed cool. Especially the Dornier Do X.

The Japanese also had a fondness for the things, for obvious reasons.

 

[Wild Root]

Nice. I love those paintings! Very nice!

Any one here like PBY's? They are rather classy looking.

Root.

 

[Absinthe_1900]

PBY's are pretty cool, but another favorite flying boat name that shouldn't be over looked was Sikorsky......before Igor Sikorsky went back to his first love the helicopter, Sikorsky was known for flying boats.

The Sikorsky S-43 at this link: http://www.airliners.net/open.file/218342/L
used to be kept hidden for many years at Hobby airport by it's former owner Howard Hughes, when I was learning to fly back in my High School days, a freind and I used to sneak in Hughes Tool Co.'s hanger to see the other Howard Hughes flying boat. (Quite a bit smaller than the HK-1)

Btw......just to give a hat related spin to Sikorsky:

http://www.sikorskyarchives.com/fedora.html

I've met a few people at the American Helicopter Society that have tried on the hat.

 

[Captain Krunch]

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For those who want to pay a lot less than $100+ for a model, you can get some 3" diecast versions from Corgi. For their 100 Years of Flight series a few years ago, they made two versions of the Boeing B-314: a Pan Am one and a British/BOAC one. They're hard to find, so eBay is your best bet, where I just picked mine up a few days ago. They go for around $5 - $10.

ebay search - corgi clipper

 

[tonyb]

I’m having a heckuva time trying to learn if any Boeing 377 Stratocruisers still exist. There were only 56 built, and I believe there were 13 hull losses.