Noch
Plastic Models
I aquired the Noch Boelkow Phoebus
and the Boelkow Junior shown right in
April 2008. For the glider in fact I thought
I would get an ASK-13 but the seller sent me
the wrong one which belonged to another
auction. At his request I sent it back
(after taking photoraphs ,naturally).
These models are ready-built and sell in
blister packs as shown in the pictures
right. Scale is HO that corresponds to 1:87.
NOCH
is a German company based in Wangen and
manufactures and distributes scenic and landscaping
materials for model railways.
(Website and History
here)
The origin of the mould is from
Fischer,
as well a German Company. According to
[1] kits were marketed by Fischer in the mid 1960´s.
In a recent phone call to NOCH company in
Germany , I was referred to a gentleman
who alledgedly was longest in the business.
But he does not remember much and told me
that there is no company archive.
He confimed that Fischer supplied
parts for aircraft kits to NOCH, which
assembled and packed them.
He remembered that selling these kits
started about 20 years ago and was ended
about 10 years ago. Fischer is no more
existing. NOCH thought about it, but in the
end did not buy the moulds. He does not know
where to find Mr. Fischer and supposed he
even may have passed away.
These kits are confirmed by hardware
and by announcements in catalogs;
No
Nr. |
Designation |
Type |
Cata
log |
Cata
logl |
Cata
log |
Cata
log |
Cata
log |
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| 1145 |
Motorflugzeug
Powered aircraft |
Boelkow Jr. |
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| 1145 |
Motorflugzeug
Powered aircraft |
Boelkow Jr. |
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| 1146 |
Hangleiter
1)
"Slope" Glider |
SG38 |
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| 1147 |
Segelflugzeug
Glider |
Boelkow Phoebus |
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| 1147 |
Segelflugzeug
Glider |
Schleicher ASK-13 |
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? |
Schleicher Ka-10 |
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1) The SG-38 was first flown in
1938 and one way to get airborne is to
launch it via the bungees conveniently from
a slope. Hang is German for
slope, so
Hanggleiter should not wrongly be translated
to Hang Glider, which is the
contemporary expression for a gliding
aircraft, where the pilot hangs on the
aiframe. Real life SG 38 :
http://www.airliners.net/photo/1403659/
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Boelkow Phoebus © cjk
Picture of unpacked model
here
Boelkow Junior © cjk
Schleicher ASK-13 © cjk
Picture of unpacked model
here
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