Beyond The Sprues
General Category => Market Place => Looking for Kits, Parts, and Decals => Topic started by: elmayerle on November 12, 2014, 02:11:58 PM
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Some 30+ years ago, I put a lot of professional effort into the certification (both US and European) and development of this one (the auxiliary tank on the 55SR is mine) and I'd love to find a model. Does anyone know of a kit (injection, resin, vac-form, or what-have-you) of this aircraft?
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A company called 'Just Plane Madness' was going to do one but it never came about before they folded.
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the Revell 1/48th Learjet kit (has interior) is a good start - nothing much changed externally other than winglets & an extra ventral fin ?
I have one half-built & it goes together very nicely. it has tip-tanks molded on but they are easy to remove.
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Lear 55 is a good bit taller, and possibly wider, than a Lear 35/36 that the Hasegawa/Revell kit represents (note, for those inclined to do lots of cutting, trimming, and PSR, the 35/36 fuselage can be shortened, if sectioned in the right place, and combined with the wings and engines of the IMC/Testors 23/24 to allow a Lear 25 to be modelled - more info and details if requested).
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Yep, larger fuselage in all dimensions.
Internal Dimensions (ft):
Learjet 35A, LR-35A
Internal Length (Overall/Net Height) 12.9
Internal Height 4.3
Internal Width (Max/Floor) 4.9/3.0
Learjet 55, LR-55
Internal Length (Overall/Net Height) 13.7
Internal Height 5.7
Internal Width (Max/Floor) 5.9
From this site:
http://jetav.com/aircraft-resource-directory/ (http://jetav.com/aircraft-resource-directory/)
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I believe Mach 2 has just released a Lear in 1/72. I'm unsure as to which version it is. Apparently it's quite nice according to MartinH over at Whiff forum.
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I believe Mach 2 has just released a Lear in 1/72. I'm unsure as to which version it is. Apparently it's quite nice according to MartinH over at Whiff forum.
I believe it's a 1/72 30-Series Learjet, but I can hope a Model 55 will be out subsequently.
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A couple of 55's
(https://d26qn1y84zs32g.cloudfront.net/pics/AMU72337.jpg)
(http://hobbyterra.com/images/products/amodel/amo72348.jpg)
plus a 60XR:
(http://www.aviationmegastore.com/img/prod/full/f/9/131967_0.jpg)
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Lead me not into temptation!! I can see I'm definitely going to be buying some. Now, if they'd do a 25G...
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Not knowing what specifically differentiates the 25G model, isn't the old Testors kit supposedly a Learjet 25?
(https://s1.scalemates.com/products/img/3/6/5/163365-12207.jpg)(http://www.oldmodelkits.com/jpegs/Testors%20401%20Learjet25.JPG)(https://s1.scalemates.com/products/img/7/8/4/157784-11991.jpg)
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Only it's in an odd scale Greg :P
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The old Testors/IMC kit was originally produced as a Model 23 by IMC. Testors updated the molds (revised vertical tail contours and rectangular "high altitude" windows (in place of the Model 23's ovals) of a late Model 24. The Model 25 has a longer fuselage than the Model 24 and it is not a constant diameter extension. In addition to the turbofan engines, the Model 35/36 (originally Model 26) feature a constant diameter 1 foot long extension just behind the cockpit wonders (so a Model 35/36 fuselage could be cut down to use as a late Model 25 fuselage). The Model 25G incorporated a drag reduction package developed by one of the after-market modifiers in an attempt to keep the 20 series in production. The Model 28/29 combine the basic Model 25 fuselage with the "Longhorn" wing developed for the Model 55.
Thus ends a quick primer on the main Learjet models. If anyone is interested, I can give quick thumbnail descriptions of some of their unique testbed aircraft.