While We Wait for the Fokker F27

**StormILM** · March 3rd, 2015, 19:02

Today I was going through my rather vast collection of unbuilt models kits(over 400 of them) and found this somewhat rare kit. This ESCI/ERTL kit was a reproduction version around 1990/91 and those familiar with this particular mold know that it was revised and repackaged many times over 2 plus decades. I was given this kit about 15 years ago and boxed it up and forgot about it till I found it today. It's still very intact and the decals in perfect shape. I bought a different version of this kit when I was in high school in the early 80's(I think it was $15 back then) and kept that built model until I gave it away in the 1990's. Nowadays the going price of this kit varies around the $40 mark give or take. Anyhow, going to continue to keep this one a good while & needless to say, it will remain unbuilt. Seeing this model today has fueled my fire for the release of the Just Flight version!

***ColoKent*** · March 3rd, 2015, 19:18

Nice, 'Storm! You're not the only one waiting for the JF Friendship with excitement....

nice model!

Kent

**DaveSHQ** · March 3rd, 2015, 23:16

I remember walking past the Golden Knights F-27 on my way to the chow hall at Ft Bragg

looking forward to the JF bird also.

**jymp** · March 7th, 2015, 04:43

Hopefully even though Piedmont flew Fairchilds, someone will make good use of the paint kit to do a Piedmont F-27 scheme, would look awesome on this Just Flight bird.

**StormILM** · March 7th, 2015, 12:32

Originally Posted by jymp

Hopefully even though Piedmont flew Fairchilds, someone will make good use of the paint kit to do a Piedmont F-27 scheme, would look awesome on this Just Flight bird.

I agree, I hope we see the Piedmont paints as well. jymp, I think you and I talked a lot about seeing/hearing those old Piedmont FH-227's operating way back when(Piedmont's F-27's were operated from 1958-1967 but the FH-227's flew from 1968-1982). There's little difference between the early Fokker & Fairchild F.27's so a Piedmont paint won't at all be a stretch.