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I know this is a long way off but just for discussion at the moment, with 2017 being the Cessna company's 90th birthday would anyone fancy a GB to mark this? Although there is not a massive amount of choice there is still quite a few different Cessna models out there. Airfix's Bird dog and 02 Skymaster, And a reasonable choice of 150/152, 170/172 etc kits out there. I have Monograms 1/40-something Cessna 180 to go at. Aurora did a Cessna 210 (I missed out on one on evilbay recently :evil: . Then there are the jets, The A37/T37 trainer/coin aircraft and the Citation biz-jet.
The inimitable 150/152 has been pilot maker to the world since about the mid 60's and is still going strong and I'm sure quite a few members here have flown in these old unsung workhorses.
So how about it?.

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I'm in.

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Timing dependent.
I have a 152 172 kit and the decals for the one I learned in although sometime between now & then I ought to check if I have started already.
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I'll be in with a 37, need to get it built at somepoint
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Not a bad idea Greg - I always enjoyed working on Cessna aircraft and over the years I worked on:

140, 150/152, 170, 172 (various types), 172RG, 177, 177RG, 180, 182, 185, 206, 210, 303, 310, 337, 421.

I think one of the hardest jobs I ever had was changing the bag fuel tanks in the wings of a 421.

I'll be in - I'll have to see what kit I can find.

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Might be if I can find a kit, don't have one in the stash at the moment. :grin:
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Nice one guys. If this goes ahead it'll certainly make for some lesser seen builds on here.

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If I can find an Airfix Bird Dog or O2 Skymaster I will be interested.

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Same as Lancfan, if I can get one I'm in.
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Good idea Greg. It's certainly worth commemorating a 90th anniversary and it would give us a chance to build something a bit different. I have a Bird Dog and would love to build an O2 or Dragonfly. I would really love to build a Cessna 185 in South African markings. Does anyone make a 1/72 kit of a Cessna 185?
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Cool. With luck we'll have enough for this one to go ahead. This is one I will certainly be looking forward to. It will be nice to see some civil aircraft built too. I would like to get markings for Mathias Rust's Moscow bound Cessna but I doubt anyone does then, especially in 1/72.

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@ Sir T
Now THAT would look more than a bit special. Nice find.

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I have a Cessna hiding in the stash, so I'm in.
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Nice one, what model is it?. Looks like we'll have enough for this to be viable :grin:.

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