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Showing posts with label Eldon No. 850:98 U.S. Navy Cargo Plane. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Eldon No. 850:98 U.S. Navy Cargo Plane. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Eldon No. 850:98 U.S. Navy Cargo Plane Vehicles: Ramp and Tank - Red SP

After finally doing the posts for both of Eldon's cargo planes, it's time to post the vehicles for each. These would've have fit in quite nicely with the "It's A Small World" series I did earlier in the year. The smaller of the two cargo planes would have come with the ramp, tank, truck, and Jeep however, I'm missing the Jeep. Enjoy! 






The ramp measures: 3" (7.62cm) L x 1.125" (2.85cm) W




The tank measures: 2.25" (5.71cm) L x 1" (2.54cm) W x .75" (1.90cm) H













Monday, July 22, 2024

Eldon No. 902 Cargo Plane vs. No. 850:98 U.S. Navy Cargo Plane

Back in January I made a few posts regarding the Eldon Cargo plane. At the time I was - to be frank - confused as hell! This small, all blue plane was bought years ago BUT, the seller included the vehicles for the larger plane! The correct smaller vehicles came in a separate job lot I bought much later (I'm still missing the Jeep). I thought that was the only cargo seaplane Eldon made until over the years some catalogs and catalog images came my way which made me realize Eldon made two similar aircraft: one small and one large. I had already posted photo essays on the smaller plane when a larger version became available on fleaBay and I was able to snatch it up! Enjoy! Opa Fritz

No. 850:98 U.S. Navy Cargo Plane

1961 Supplee-Biddle-Steltz Co.  catalog extract showing the smaller U.S. Navy Cargo Plane

The smaller plane measures: 11.25" (28.57cm) L x 12.75" (32.38cm) wingspan x 3.5" (8.89cm) H

The correct vehicles would be a tank, truck, and Jeep along with the small loading ramp (I'm missing the Jeep)

No. 902 Cargo Plane

This Eldon fold-out catalog came with the smaller plane shown above when I bought it. While the smaller plane is not shown in the catalog, the large plane is! This confused me - why would they include a catalog showing the larger plane and stuff it into the smaller plane?

The larger plane was available in a red-white-&-blue scheme with red-white-&-blue vehicles as well as...

...an all-silver version with OD vehicles
Worthpoint photo

The larger version measures: 19" (48.26cm) L x 21.375" (54.29cm)  wingspan x 6" (15.24cm) H




















My vehicles were bought in several separate purchase years ago and are correct for the all-silver version plane but not for the red-white-&-blue version I have. The missile launcher is missing its missile.

The vehicles shown here actually came with the smaller plane when I bought it off fleaBay many years ago. This set is complete except for the missing missile.

A couple of side-by-side comparison photos of the two aircraft