Question about 1/48 SE5a kits

[KiwiZac]

Hi all,
Now this is going to sound weird, but hear me out: which 1/48(ish) SE5a kit is the closest to actually being 1/55?

I have a reason for this. I'd like to build a New Zealand-based Replica Plans 7/8 scale SE5a which was on the airshow scene in the 1980s and 90s, photo'd by my dad at a local airshow in 1989:
ZK-SET by Zac Yates, on Flickr

Until the advent of TVAL this aircraft, and another, were the only flying representatives of the SE5 in New Zealand. I'd like to build this replica in 1/48 and quick calculations show that 1/55 is very, very close to the measurements of one of these in 1/48.

So. Are there any older "1/48" SE5a kits that are close to 1/55 scale, ie span of around 148mm and length of 115mm?

[KiwiZac]

Any suggestions, folks?

[skeeterbuck]

Any suggestions, folks?

The only one that I can think of that may fit your need is the old Aurora, Merit, Monogram,Smer kit. I can't remember how close that kit is to being 1/48 as some of those out kits were slightly out of scale as to what they were suppose to be. The old Lindberg SE 5 is close to being right at 1/48 so that one is no help for you. Good luck!

Chuck