Hi everyone. Not quite an airplane but very related. If it is the wrong place for posting, please accept my apologies. It is a 1/32 resin scale model of the turbine sled made by Romanian inventor Henri Coanda for Grand Duke Kiril Romanov (the cousin of the tsar Nicholas II). The sled was made after the construction of the first jet airplane, the Coanda 1910 airplane, exhibited at Paris AIrshow in October 1910. The Sled was exhibited in December 1910 at Salon de l'automobile Paris. The sled was designed for motor sled races, popular on that times. The kit is made from resin, had PE parts and brass wires. Is made by Eddie Models.

Hi Paul

Really nice! And not the wrong place to post it at all. A beautiful build of fascinating subject.

Here's looking forward to seeing more of your work.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan! Thank you for your post! The kit was 3d designed by me and resin casting was made by a professional in that field. In the future, we want to take into consideration other subjects, especially related to Romanian aviation history (not very good represented by the kit manufacturers).
All the best!

Paul, is this kit commercially available? If so, how much is it?

Yes, the kit is available for purchasing. The price is 27 EUR, (not included the postal fees). Please find below a link with more details.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eddie-Models/1390600597933043

What would be the postal fee to the US, or more specifically, zip code 42129? If I can, I'd like to order a kit around the 1st of next month.

Do you take paypal?

The postal fee for US is 17 EUR. We accept also Paypal. For further details, please see PM.

These are the final photos of the sled. We added a base for the model and completed the sled with some small details.

Hi Paul

That really is beautiful! I hope it sells well - it deserves to.

All the best

Rowan

Hi Rowan! Many thanks!
The selling of the kit is not so good, but it is a situation that I've somehow predicted before. There is a small number of people interested for this machine even from Romanian modelers or aviation fans. The model is not of an airplane and the sled has not seen any combat .
This kit was not quite a good idea for starting a small business in production of kits models , but I am happy with my work, I made the name and works of Henri Coanda a little bit more known. At least, I know that this model will be never produced by companies such as Eduard, Hasegawa, Trumpeter, etc.
All the best!
Paul

I disagree a bit with this statement. It is a rare unique subject, small enough not to require huge investment, and raising a lot of eyebrows and attention.

This looks splendid, and i look forward to seeing more of such unique pieces

Thank you Drabslab! I want to make in the future another models.