Think this guy spent a few bucks?

[Robert Zambelli]

WOW!!!!!
 

[wwwarbird]

 Well done, but still not as cool as Paul's B-17. 

[Dave Hull]

Beautiful airplane.

Hmmm.  Didn't spend enough on the nose gear--yet.

Now imagine keeping it below 250 feet and inside a smaller flying field....

Dave

[Alexey Gorbunov]

[Dan Berry]

What a bad idea.

[Gerald Arana]

What a bad idea.

If he didn't build it himself.............I'm not impressed. 

Jerry

[Doug Moon]

Very cool.  I wonder why there are random words on the fuse?

[Doug Moon]

If he didn't build it himself.............I'm not impressed. 

Jerry

Someone built it.  And why does it matter? 

[john e. holliday]

Fantastic what can be done when you have the cash.  Watched both videos and those pilots were great.  Even if a team effort it is still an achievement to have them flying.  Thanks for the videos.

[Elwyn Aud]

Some of those giant scale aircraft in Europe are amazing. I saw a Bucker Jungmeister biplane the other day and the top wing must have been around 6+ foot high. It looked close to being the size of a Pitts Special. 

[Will Hinton]

You could just strap my old saddle on the thing and ride!

[Steve Dwyer]

Bob,

Thanks for posting. What an incredible accomplishment, clearly the builder must be an Aero Design Engineer. I wonder thou, now that he has made the first flight if he feels all that money was really worth it, after all he can only fly it in what appears a 1/4 mile radius.  And what about the no doubt lengthy assembly time when he wants to fly it, unless he hangers it. There also appears to be homes in the distant, how long will it be before the Government Aviation Adminstration (our FAA) will start chasing him down? Not sure if I'd be happy if my pesky neighbor that fly's his toy drone flew a model that size around my house?

Wouldn't he have been better served spending probably less money on a home built experimental such as an RV kit plane instead? He'd have to meet with the FAA once for his Air Worthiness Certificate but then he'd be free to go everywhere and have a lot more fun. I really suspect he's been down the "kit plane" route already and just got caught up in "bigger"

Thanks,
Steve

[Chuck_Smith]

I suspect his disposable income is such that he can do whatever he wants to. 

[pmackenzie]

Very cool.  I wonder why there are random words on the fuse?

Model is not done yet:

"many scale details like cockpit, canards, flaps of reverse thrust,windows,doors,decals and more things will be done in the next winter time"

[Steve Dwyer]

Chuck,

Sort of friend we all need, hey buddy got a few buck I can borrow???

Steve

[Gerald Arana]

Someone built it.  And why does it matter?

Hi Doug, Yes, its a cool plane, but........  almost anybody can buy an ARF (which that probably is) and as you know with the (expensive) Sharks, so what?! Is it a contest of who can spend the most money?

I'm more impress by models like Paul Walkers P-47 that he wins contests with than I am with a ship like that.

To each his own, Jerry

[john e. holliday]

The Bi-plane does look big enough that putting in the control system a man/woman could fly it even with the power plant it has.   Also I would dare the morons at the FAA to interfere with these gentlemen and their planes.  The giu with the Bi-plane needs more practice landing though.

[SteveMoon]

ARF!?!?! Are you serious? Where in the F is anybody going to buy a 33 ft long ARF?
That Concorde is a beautiful plane. So is the Tu-144 and the Bucker. I seriously doubt
if any of these are ARFs. And, as my brother said, who cares! If the owner wanted
to spend the money and he can afford it, then good for him.

Geez, I swear some of you guys would poopoo Carroll Shelby's accomplishments
with the Cobra saying it was an ARR, Almost Ready to Race, since the chassis and body
of the AC Ace served as the basis for the Cobra.

Steve

[Steve Dwyer]

Steve,

Stretching the ARF idea a bit possibly Jerry is thinking about the "Quick Build" option similar to what many of the experimental kit manufacturers now offer to help builders get into the air faster. The kit ships almost completely built. Who knows what the European model business offers the builder? I do recall a good friend that originated in Germany saying it was a complicated issue owning and flying a plane in Europe especially with the many nearby borders and different airspace restrictions. It's my take many of these want to be full-size pilots in Europe opt for these large models instead. Stick time is stick time no matter what or how you are flying I guess.

Let me know when you want to talk Cobra, thank goodness Everett Morrison Cobra kits spun out of Carroll's efforts.

Steve

[wwwarbird]

 OMG really? I can't believe anyone would think that any of the above models are ARF's. I also very highly doubt they were kits of any sort.

 I'd like to see the reactions if someone went up and asked them, "Hey, sweet Concorde man, whered'ja score the kit?" 

[Chris McMillin]

It looked like advertising for a distributorship or a hobby company, kind of neat how it looks like windows from afar. For a model like this I’m sure sponsorship is welcome!
Chris...

Very cool.  I wonder why there are random words on the fuse?

[pmackenzie]

It looked like advertising for a distributorship or a hobby company, kind of neat how it looks like windows from afar. For a model like this I’m sure sponsorship is welcome!
Chris...

You guys must be watching on small screens, I posted earlier exactly what the text said

"many scale details like cockpit, canards, flaps of reverse thrust,windows,doors,decals and more things will be done in the next winter time"

[Chris McMillin]

I am on my phone usually, thanks.
Chris...

[Avaiojet]

Many guys, across the Pond, form "teams," sometimes as many as 5 or 6 modelers and more dedicated to building a single model. This is an easy way to get an accomplishment like this and others completed. Each team member having expert abilities in certain areas. The effort is spread out among the team, including the "financial expenses." Makes building large, complicated and incredible models like this a bit easier. Yes, getting along and camaraderie is extremely important, I would imagine.

The Warbird teams are really interesting to watch and experience. Really large scale model Warbirds with fine scale detailing. There is competition offered for those teams that elect to build these large Warbirds strictly for contest participation.

And the teams are plentiful. 

Makes me think about model train enthusiasts. Many guys getting together building extremely complicated and highly detailed layouts. In many cases using large buildings for their modeling endeavors. Constantly adding and adding more detail. Amazing.

[Skip Chernoff]

It's an incredible accomplishment regardless of who built it. I applauded at my computer monitor when he touched down on landing. Very very cool!

[Mike Scholtes]

Indeed, these Euro mega-models are mind boggling accomplishments. If I saw that "model" Jungmeister on the ramp at an airport I probably would not notice it is not 1:1 scale. I used to see one regularly at a country airport and they are small to begin with. The Concorde, and somewhat smaller TU-144 are just off the charts. I would love to know more about how these planes are constructed, what materials are used, what sort of engineering goes into them, what kind of testing is done before committing to fly it, and so on. We have a lot of super-size scale models in the USA of course, but these truly huge planes seem to all be in Germany and Switzerland judging from the German being spoken on the videos. And the views of the Alps in the background. WOW!! hardly says it.

[John Rist]

Indeed, these Euro mega-models are mind boggling accomplishments. If I saw that "model" Jungmeister on the ramp at an airport I probably would not notice it is not 1:1 scale. I used to see one regularly at a country airport and they are small to begin with. The Concorde, and somewhat smaller TU-144 are just off the charts. I would love to know more about how these planes are constructed, what materials are used, what sort of engineering goes into them, what kind of testing is done before committing to fly it, and so on. We have a lot of super-size scale models in the USA of course, but these truly huge planes seem to all be in Germany and Switzerland judging from the German being spoken on the videos. And the views of the Alps in the background. WOW!! hardly says it.

You don't see the really big ones in the USA because of AMA insurance limits.   

[Doug Moon]

Why is it is automatically thought of as if that guy didn't build the plane?  Do you know him?  Did he tell you he didn't build it?

Why do people do that to others?  It is meant as an insult. Why?