show your Topping' s

[solumis]

There are not many posts about the good ol' Toppings here. The are still nice and great for the people who are not addicted to detail into the smallest level

So show please post some of your strange or rare Topping models!

In Europe they are not often seen.
Start with my McDonnell F2H-3 Banshee (later version with the longer nose)

[grwebster]

good idea. These are wonderful models and many unusual ones were made. I need to photograph and catalog those I have from my father's time as a naval aviator and others such as these two seaplanes

I will post more of them when I get some new photos done.

I later started getting some of the helicopters i flew in the Army and others from the period. Topping helicopters are hard to collect. there were not produced in great quantities, perhaps, but the main problem is the fragility of the tail and main rotors, along with the hubs and balance bars, which are often missing or broken. Same with the fin and post type antennae and pitot tubes which are easily snapped off. Usually the landing gear or skids, which are metal, are normally found intact. One nice thing Topping did with their choppers was to do the inside areas, both the cockpits and the passenger areas.
This is the H-34


This is the Hiller OH-23 which was my primary trainer in Flight school. Never issued with a stand


The early UH-1B Huey in Arctic colors. Never issued with a stand


The first long body Huey, the UH-1D, Never issued with a stand

[solumis]

two models that you do not see often

[dasimperator]

Here's a nice piccy of LBJ's presidential Jetstar mum took on a tour of his ranch...

[grwebster]

Elvis had one, no? but which President?

[dasimperator]

Elvis had one, no? but which President?

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Yes 'The King' did - but which president? LBJ apparently had one during his administration.

[fliegerii]

I found a nice website about the Jetstar.
I recommend you to take a look especially into the Kelly Johnson photo album.
You'll find many pictured models there.

http://rbogash.com/jetstar.html

[grwebster]

Great site, Chris. Das-thanks for the photo. a while back i think Tone posted some photos of the only toy of this aircraft
I especially like the nick name Air Force One Half.
I wonder what the Air Force nick name is for the plane Nancy Pelosi flies aback and forth from Washington DC to California every weekend and holiday? Air Farce Zero?
Hopefully all that and a whole lot more will end soon.

[dasimperator]

Great site, Chris. Das-thanks for the photo. a while back i think Tone posted some photos of the only toy of this aircraft...

This li'l beauty?

http://www.miniatureaircraftcollectors.com/viewtopic.php?t=544

I wonder what the Air Force nick name is for the plane Nancy Pelosi flies aback and forth from Washington DC to California every weekend and holiday?

I dunno... Botox One? The Witches Broom?

[Aeronaut]

Hopefully all that and a whole lot more will end soon.

Lets not get into politics.... Don't get me going about the Dynamic Duo with Darth Vader, and Dubya his sidekick