"Flight of the Phoenix" scene
From the 1964 film "Flight of the Phoenix"

David Culp Autor
This is the scene from the movie showing the Phoenix built from parts scavenged from the crashed C-82. 3D printed skids, ladder, oil drums, tool boxes.

wilky
Cool project

Markus Antonius
one of my all time favorite movies! Great job on that Dio!

David Culp Autor
I wanted to add a 1/72 scale Jimmy Stewart, but I'm not that artistic 🙁

Alex K
Iconic! 👍 👍

wilky
You would think that with a novel and a movie there'd be a manufacturer that would do a kit for the Tallmantz Phoenix P-1.

Alex K
Well, despite the novel and two movies (original and atrocious remake), I'm afraid one has to have recourse to scratch-building: wingsofintent.blogsp..atchbuilt-172nd.html . On the plus side, it's good to see this topic gathering momentum in the modelling community - see also: SCM Newsfeed

David Culp Autor
Great links, Alex. One thing I always wondered about is where did the glass panes for the crew stations on top of the wing come from? One would think the panes were scavenged from the C-82 cockpit, but I suppose they could have had some extra glass on board. Hollywood magic 🙂

One thing I noticed while studying the film is that the condition of the right prop changes during the film. In one scene it's bent back, and in others it's intact and feathered.