707 model: help!

[Typhoon1244]

When I was but a wee lad, my aunt brought me a model from overseas somewhere. It was a diecast metal Pan Am 707, with (in retrospect) the most incredible level of detail I've ever encountered. The landing gear were super-detailed and retractable. In fact, the main gear doors opened and closed independantly from the gear themselves; you could open the doors, pull the gear down, then close the doors behind them, just like the real thing!

Now this wes twenty years ago or more. That model has long since disappeared into the netherworld of childhood. Numerous internet searches for a model like this have scored a perfect zero. My parents don't remember anything about it, and my aunt died about five years ago.

Has anyone out there ever heard of a model like this? I'd love to find one again!

 

[Vik]

What was the size/scale of the model? Was it small like those Schbark 1:600 models? Larger?

Was it purchased in the U.S. ?

How was it packaged?

Got any other info?

 

[ILLINI]

I posted a thread about a pilot shop I visited in Lancaster, PA that had TONS of models... die cast, wood, and plastic. Check their website at www.flyairways.com. I don't remember if I saw a 707 like the one you described, but I would contact them if I were you. They may be able to get one for you.

 

[SelectZoneFive]

More, more, more!!!

Yes,

More details please.

Select, Zone, and I will go look on ebay for you.

We have no life...

Light a candle for us....



Seriously though, give me a better idea about said object and I'll keep my eyes open. I am interested in old models as well.

 

[Draginass]

Look on ebay and see if there's anything like what you used to have.

 

[Typhoon1244]

What was the size/scale of the model? Was it small like those Schbark 1:600 models? Larger?

Was it purchased in the U.S. ?

How was it packaged?

Got any other info?

This model was about ten or eleven inches long. (1/200 scale?)

I'm not certain where it was purchased...might have been Germany.

Don't remember how it was packaged. Remember, this was twenty years ago when I was ten!

 

[Chickenhawk]

I've personally never seen anything that long.....Hugh?

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

Well, I have one of those funny mirrors you see at the carnival, so it looks about 3 feet long if it catches the mirror in the right place. Otherwise... only in the movies....

 

[Bataan]

I know exactly what your talking about. My dad bought my brothers and I the same kind of models back in the early seventies. I believe he bought them in-flight on the plane, on an international flight. We had Pan-Am, Northwest and Japan Airlines models. I have looked for them as well. I saw some planes on E-Bay that looked similiar, but I don't know if they are the same. Look on E-Bay under Die-cast metal planes.

I used to drop those planes in the swimming pool. They would "fly" under the water, complete with turns and all. Then they would land perfectly. I doubt they were designed to do this, but they were balanced well. Very cool planes. If you find one, let me know.

 

[Typhoon1244]

I know exactly what your talking about. My dad bought my brothers and I the same kind of models back in the early seventies. I believe he bought them in-flight on the plane, on an international flight.

THAT'S IT!!! iI remember now, she bought it from Pan Am!!!

 

[Bataan]

Glad I could help jog your memory. Pan Am would make sense.Now that I think of it, I may even remember seeing them in the in-flight catalogue myself. we flew Pan Am alot in those days, internationaly. Again, if you find one, let me know.