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What are you building for Expo 2026?

PostPosted: Mon Jul 28, 2025 4:19 pm
by BradG
10 months to go, so you know, it's finger removal time.

What will you have finished for Airliners and Non Military Aircraft categories? I have no decided what airliner to build but I'm doing one of these in 1/48 for Non Military.

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Re: What are you building for Expo 2026?

PostPosted: Tue Jul 29, 2025 9:13 pm
by tor lives
BradG wrote:10 months to go, so you know, it's finger removal time.

What will you have finished for Airliners and Non Military Aircraft categories? I have no decided what airliner to build but I'm doing one of these in 1/48 for Non Military.

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I have a U.S.Navy Convair 880 Tanker underway....but if it decided that airliners with military markings are no longer eligible for the Airliner category, then I won't be entering it.
TOR

Re: What are you building for Expo 2026?

PostPosted: Wed Jul 30, 2025 4:17 pm
by RayS
tor lives wrote:
I have a U.S.Navy Convair 880 Tanker underway....but if it decided that airliners with military markings are no longer eligible for the Airliner category, then I won't be entering it.
TOR


I'll be looking forward to it Ray, some thing different and VERY eligible according to the EXPO Handbook

ME18 - Civil Airliners - Open Not limited by scale.

Civil Airliner - Aircraft in an operating Airliner or Commercial Livery.

Airliner Derivatives – May pertain to civil airliners in military or government service.

An OPEN category and not subject to Out of Box rules.



I am not sure at this stage, I just finished the Falcon 20 but it will have to go in the Small jets category.

My recently almost finished B747-8i needs replacement decals and right wing repaint.

Re: What are you building for Expo 2026?

PostPosted: Thu Jul 31, 2025 10:55 pm
by BradG
A Falcon 20 would fit into Non-Military Aircraft if it has a civilian registration on it.

Re: What are you building for Expo 2026?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2025 11:56 am
by RayS
BradG wrote:A Falcon 20 would fit into Non-Military Aircraft if it has a civilian registration on it.


Probably not....

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Re: What are you building for Expo 2026?

PostPosted: Fri Aug 01, 2025 11:18 pm
by BradG
Considering they missed the helo in Civil aircraft despite it even placing, I think you could enter it in AFV's and no one would notice.

Re: What are you building for Expo 2026?

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2025 6:55 am
by erussell
Only 6 months to go.
It would be nice to see some more entries in this category for Expo 26.
There has been a bit of confusion about eligibility. It's not my field of interest but looking at the handbook shows that the airliner category includes derivatives of airliners, which may have military markings and still be okay in this category.

Re: What are you building for Expo 2026?

PostPosted: Sun Dec 07, 2025 7:58 am
by RayS
I have a few shelf queens that need finishing if I wasn't distracted by other new builds.

If I attend I am sure to enter something in airliners and civil categories.