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Help! I need to find a plastic (glue together) model of a cessna 182.
My grandson, age 5, wants one "just like grandad's".
I can only find wooden models or real flying models.
Someone point me in the right direction.
thanks
 
You may be out of luck trying to find a plastic 182, but for a five year old, you may be able to pass off a 172 as a 182.

Here's a list of GA model kits, compiled on one of the scale model forums:

1/72 - 1/60
Aero Commander 680 (Aurora)
Aero Commander 1121 Jet Commander (Aurora)
Aero Sabaru FA.200 (Arii, Eidai)
Avro Anson (Airfix, Special Hobby)
BAe 125 (Airfix, Matchbox )
Bede BD-5/BD-5J (LS/Arii)
Beech 17 Staggerwing (AZ Models, Sword)
Beech 18 (Encore)
Beech 35 Bonanza (Arii)
Beech KingAir (RVHP, Rareplane)
Beech Starship (Execuform, Sanger)
Bellanca CH-400 Skyrocket (Khee-Kha)
Bellanca CH-300 Pacemaker (Khee-Kha)
Britten-Norman Islander (Airfix)
Cessna 172 (Arii, Bandai, Eidai)
Cessna 180/185 (Khee-Kha)
Cessna T-50 (Pavla)
Cessna 310 (Aurora)
Cessna 335 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 337 (Aurora, Airfix, Arii, Eidai)
Cessna 340 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 401 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 402 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 402B (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 404 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 406 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 411 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 414 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 421 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna 441 (Gremlin Models)
Cessna Citation V (Sanger)
Dassault Falcon 10 (Mach 2)
De Havilland Beaver (Hobbycraft)
De Havilland Otter (Hobbycraft)
De Havilland Twin Otter (Matchbox)
Dornier Do 27 (Huma)
Dornier Do 28 (Matchbox)
Fairchild 71 (Khee-Kha)
Grob Tutor (Heritage Aviation Models Ltd.)
Grob Vigilant (Heritage Aviation Models Ltd.)
Gulfstream IV (RVHP)
Learjet 35 (Rareplanes, RVHP)
Lokheed Jetstar (Anigrand)
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun (Heller)
Mitsubishi Mu2 (Hasegawa, Otaki)
North American Sabreliner (Airmodel)
Piaggio Avanti (Sanger)
Pilatus PC-12 (Heritage Aviation Models Ltd.)
Piper L-4/Cub (Eduard, Hobbycraft, Kopro)
Piper Arrow (Airfix)
Piper Cheyenne (Gremlin Models)
Piper Cheyenne II (Gremlin Models)
Piper Cheyenne IIXL (Gremlin Models)
Robin DR.100/105 (Dujin)
Robin DR.1050M1/105.M1 Sicile Record (Dujin)
Robin DR.150 Mascaret (Dujin)
Robin DR.221 Dauphin (Dujin)
Robin DR.253 Regent (Dujin)
Robin DR.315 Petit Prince (Dujin)
Slingsby T-67 (Heritage Aviation Models Ltd.)
Socata TBM 850 (Dujin)
Sommers Kendall SK1 (Heritage Aviation Models Ltd.)
Swearingen Merlin (RVHP)
Waco YKS (Khee-Kha)

1/48 - 1/40 - 1/50
Aero Subaru FA.200 (Nichimo)
Avro Anson (Classic Airframes)
Beech 17 Staggerwing (AMT)
Beech 18 (Battle Axe)
Beech 35 Bonanza (Minicraft, Bandai, Entex, Lindberg, Pegaso)
Cessna 150 (Minicraft, Topping)
Cessna 172 (Minicraft, Modelcraft)
Cessna 177 (Topping)
Cessna 180 (Monogram)
Cessna 337 (Testors/Hawk, Heller)
Cessna T-50 (Czech Model)
Cessna Citation (Hasegawa)
Dassault Falcon 10 (Hasegawa)
De Havilland Beaver (Hobbycraft)
De Havilland Otter (Hobbycraft)
Erco Ercoupe (Lindberg)
Grob Tutor (Heritage Aviation Models Ltd.)
Grob Vigilant 109B (Heritage Aviation Models Ltd.)
Howard DGA (Testors/Hawk)
Learjet 24 (IMC, Testors/Hawk)
Learjet 35 (Hasegawa)
Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun (Eduard)
Mooney M20 (Bandai)
Mustang Aeronautics Midget Mustang(Lone Star Models)
Pilatus PC-6C Turbo Porter (Roden)
Piper Cub (Hobbycraft, Lindberg)
Piper Super Cub (Minicraft, Bandai, Entex, Lindberg)
Piper Cherokee 140 (Minicraft, Entex)
Piper Arrow (Topping)
Piper Cherokee 235 (Topping)
Piper Pawnee (Heritage Aviation Models Ltd.)
Ryan Navion (Lindberg, O-Lin, Pegaso)
Siat 223 Flamingo (PM Models)
Stinson Reliant (AMT)

1/32 - 1/35
Beech 17 Staggerwing (ITC)
Beech 35 Bonanza (ITC)
Beech 90 King Air (Just Plane Madness)
Cessna 140 (unknown vacuform)
Cessna 172 (Marui)
Dornier Do 27 (Revell)
Globe Swift (unknown vacuform)
Piper Tri-Pacer (Monogram)
Piper Super Cub (Revell)
Piper L-4/Cub (Bronco, NKR)
Piper Cherokee 140 (Marui)

1/24 - 1/20
Aero Subaru FA.200 (Nichimo)
Bede BD-5J (Collectaire)
Cessna 172 (Nichimo)
De Havilland Beaver (unknown)
 
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If you'd rather not put one together, here's a nice ready-built, die-cast metal C-172: http://modelpower.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2849

1/87 is the same scale as HO model trains. I have one of these at home and one at the office, and they are a surprisingly accurate model.

I've never seen a C-182 scale model on the market. For a pre-1960 straight-tail 182, the Monogram Cessna 180 model listed above would be a decent substitute.
 
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I had so many airplane kits and parts from old kits as a kid that I ended up creating my own! Making them was half the fun of seeing if they'll fly or not! I never did figure out how to make an airplane with 4 rubber band props run at the same time on one of those huge gliders. Although, that was about the same time I got an r/c lite stick for xmas anyways.
 
Wow!
Thanks for all the ideas.
Yellowbird, thanks for the "over the top" help.
 
Pilawt said:
If you'd rather not put one together, here's a nice ready-built, die-cast metal C-172: http://modelpower.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2849

1/87 is the same scale as HO model trains. I have one of these at home and one at the office, and they are a surprisingly accurate model.

I've never seen a C-182 scale model on the market. For a pre-1960 straight-tail 182, the Monogram Cessna 180 model listed above would be a decent substitute.
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And that (based on my experience building the kit back "in the day") was one that you could build as a tail dragger or on amphibious floats.
 
Ghery said:
And that (based on my experience building the kit back "in the day") was one that you could build as a tail dragger or on amphibious floats.
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They were two separate kits. One had the amphibs and the other (much harder to find in the stores) the landplane gear with the funky early-'50s MLG fairings.
 
Pilawt said:
They were two separate kits. One had the amphibs and the other (much harder to find in the stores) the landplane gear with the funky early-'50s MLG fairings.
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OK. Then I built both of them when I was much younger. :D
 
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