Large collection 1/72 scale aircraft

[zman280]

I picked up a large collection of 1/72 scale models donated to our museum from the eastae of the late Willam F Dean today. They have made a small stop over in my shed for some TLC and to give me a chance to set up the cabinets for them. All up there are about 130 aircrft most of them are WWII. I thourgth you guys would like to see them.

[Dave Homewood]

Nice collection. The museum must be chuffed.

[oggie2620]

I am having a 1/72 Wellington in 75 (NZ) Sqn markings made. I dont have any room on the window sill in my block and I think shes going to be too huge to go on it anyway. Will have to hang her from the ceiling when shes done!
Dee

[ams888]

Which museum? I am half way through doing my will, and was wondering what would happen to my model aircraft collection when i die (in 80 years of course :-P) Donating it all to a museum or Motat seems like a good idea.

[Dave Homewood]

Isn't MOTAT a museum??

zman is with the Gisborne Aviation Preservation Society

[ams888]

Yea MOTAT is a museum, and the most logical choice for a collection of model aircraft, in Auckland anyway. I wonder how many people do donate their collections of model aeroplanes to museums, societies, etc? If they do, how come we don't see that many of them on display?

[ams888]

I see the Hampden, aka, the flying suitcase, in the second to last, and last photo's. Thats a rare model now. I used to have one as a kid, didn't realise how rare and valuable it was. I think my brother has it now minus a few bits... Apparently the moulds for it were lost somewhere between NZ, and their next destination...

[Dave Homewood]

I know the RNZAF Museum used to get given lots of models - made and unmade, and they were in storage. I had a look one day when volunteer Bill Fitzharding-Jones was cataloguing them in the early 1990's and weeding out double ups, etc. I got the impression they were pretty much useless for the museum's purposes. Most of them were non-RNZAF types.

[ams888]

I wonder what they did with them? Probably sold on trademe, and at model x, etc?