Testor Gates Learjet 1/72 Scale

The first Model 25 flew on 12th August 1966 and the first delivery was in November 1967.
The Learjet 25 is similar to the Model 24 but is 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in) longer, allowing for three additional passengers. In 1970 the Learjet 25B was produced along with the Learjet 25C in the same year.

The aircraft has two General Electric CJ610-6 (or CJ610-8) turbojet engines. The landing gear is of the retractable, tricycle type with a steerable nosewheel. The aircraft usually comes with a refreshment cabinet and under the seat opposite is sometimes a toilet. Baggage is stowed in a compartment at the rear of the cabin.

In 1974 the Peruvian Air Force purchased two 25B's with a belly pod that contained an aerial survey camera. Since then there have been several civilian versions sold. The cabin interior can be converted to several different configurations to allow for cargo and medevacs. The Model 25C also has an optional two bed sleeping compartment.

Due to the ease of converting the cabin the Learjet 25 has found a niche as a medevac aircraft. This is achieved by removing the starboard seating to allow for a stretcher, mounting oxygen bottles and Intravenous drip equipment. The two flight crew are then supplemented by either a doctor or flight nurse or both. Despite being used at lower altitudes and equipped with small landing gear, the Learjet can land on gravel runways if it is fitted with a special 'gravel kit'. It is possible for gravel from an improperly packed gravel runway to be sucked into the engines causing "Foreign object damage".

Learjet 25 (C-GBFP) registered to Adlair Aviation at Cambridge Bay Airport, Nunavut, Canada. This aircraft is fully equipped for medevac flights.
The Lear 25, like the Learjet 23 and 24, has a single spool turbojet engine - which makes it too loud to meet the globally widespread stage III noise requirements. Because of this, all the 20 series Learjets are relatively inexpensive, priced at around $500,000 (Used) United States dollars or less. The 30 series LearJets - and on - with the Garret 731 two spool engines are much quieter but cost more.

Testor Model Kit Details:
This kit has been sitting on my workbench for about three months begging to be built. I built minor pieces at a time until I finally got some spare time around Christmas, finishing the aircraft Christmas morning in fact. It cost $76 TT, about $10US. Kit no7500. 1/48th Learjet 24D. Contains three sprues of white parts made of soft plastic and one bagged sprue of clear parts. The parts on the sprues are not numbered. The instructions however do have numbers assigned to the parts. So in other words I hope you can recognize parts pretty well. My kit came with two sprues containing the engine and landing gear parts. The clear parts sprue was broken and 4 of the navigation lights were missing. There is only one color scheme offered, with blue and white strips along the fuselage with American flags on fin with registration number N1CGM. The kit has movable cabin doors, rubber wheels and control surfaces. Can be constructed wheels up or down. Engines and avionics bay can be displayed open.