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All 1/72

Near - Lockheed P38

Vickers Wellington.

Boeing CH 47 Chinook.

Hawker Fury

Mitsubishi A5M Claude

Intermediate - Douglass Dauntless.

Hadley Page Hampden

Boeing F4B/P-12

Fairey Seafox

Long - Savoia- Marchetti SM 79

Avro 621 Tutor

Fieseler Storch F156

Armstrong Whitworth Siskin.

The reason for this choice is simply because I like them.

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Hei,

My suggestions are all for 1:72 unless otherwise stated

Near term:

Avro 504K - WW1 centenary, multiple versions possible (bomber / night fighter / trainer / civilian / foreign)

Junkers Ju 52/3m - we have an original German built one standing next to the He 111P, multiple versions possible both Luftwaffe, other Air Arms and civilian before and after WW2.

C-130J - stretched - in use by RAF and many other nations, available J kits are crude modifications of old H-kits.

Modern Britsh Army vehicles suitable to load into the C-130J.

Westland Lysander - several versions, can start with the agent pick-up.

Medium term:

Blackburn Skua / Roc, the rebuild of a Skua is ongoing in Bodø - Dogfight Double with HE 111P.

F-35A/B/C - new NATO fighter, if they get permission to LIDAR it?

HP Hampden - rebuild in Cosford.

Hawker Fury, Sea Fury and Tempest - among the best looking aircraft ever - also as target tug.

Sikorsky S-92 rescue helicopter - Airfix always likes to come up with something unexpected.

Long Term

Boeing C-17 transport for US, RAF, NATO, Canada and Australia.

Heinkel He 115 - one is being preserved at Stavanger-Sola

Curtiss P-36 - when they are done with the P-40 series.

Westland Lynx Wildcat - the current version.

1:350 HMS Queen Elizabeth and Prince of Wales

MVH

Knut Erik

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Not fussed about the order but I would like Airfix to do the following.

1/72 Vulcan ,Victor, VC-10, Argosy, Beverly, Buccaneer S1/S2, RAF/RN Phantom, Jaguar, Canberra B2, Sea Vixen, Venom, Comet Airliner. Various RAF Vehicles and accessories to display with Aircraft and make dios.

1/24 Harrier GR5/7/9

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I forgot to add.............

A new Jet Provost in 72nd would be nice too (I'll take the Bucc first though).

Someone mentioned vehicles in this post, we've had WW2 airfield vehicles and accessories when do think we might get some more modern stuff (I'm talking late 80's early 90's)?

Would love a Mammoth Major to fill up my Phantoms, or a decent aircraft tractor. How about the old short wheelbase Bedford as a runway control vehicle. I've built white metal kits of all these in 1/144 from PG Models range but my eyes can't cope with that scale anymore!!

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I've participated in a few of these, over the years. Everybody has a suggestion, nobody has a clue. Of what sells, of what number constitutes good sales, of what a model costs to put on the market, of the comparitive cost of big and small models and their profit margins.

Can anyone help with real information?

Why are there no figures for sales when in some markets, records, books for example sales charts are rife? And the top of the charts takes a large percentage of the sales.

Do modern CAD and Lidar change the cost game?

Having said that, I want someone to do in 1/700 what Eaglewall did fifty years ago. Series of all the ships in a sea battle. (Yes, I know Airfix did this in 1/1200 for the Bismarck action.) I think Airfix should be present in all the major scales, possibly excepting 1/35 Armour as all the subjects are done. 1/144 Aircraft. 1/700 ships. 1/144 ships to complement Revell's efforts in that area.

And everything suggested here ought to be a model undone by others in a decent version in that scale.. If I can find it on ebay or in the stash and it's decent, Airfix don't need to do it.

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1/72 Spitfire Vb optimized to ensure a I/II/V/VI a/b/c can evolve from minor variations in the moulds.

1/72 Spey Phantom - nuff said!

1/144 E-3 family but D for starters

1/72 Tempest

1/72 Tornado GR

intermediate

1/72 Lincoln

1/144 Hercules family

1/72 Spitfire XIV high/low back

1/72 Tornado F3

1/48 Hawker Fury family

long term

1/48 Gladiator

1/144 Tristar

1/144 Voyager

1/48 Bristfit

1/72 Firefly

Other than that, i think Airfix should also look at something similar to Joypacks and overtrees packages that other manufacturers distribute.

Arabest,

Geoff.

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Why are there no figures for sales when in some markets, records, books for example sales charts are rife? And the top of the charts takes a large percentage of the sales.

I suppose the immediate answer is sales of model kits aren't worth recording (no pun intended) in the same way as books or music. Sales figures for books and music presumably not only indicates how successful an author or recording artist is but also how much they get paid.

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1. 1/48 Spitfire XIV. The only available kit is the Academy kit, with significant problems in shape.

2. 1/700 HMS Lion battlecruiser. Or 1/350....that seems to be getting popular these days. Play the Jutland centennial for what it's worth.

3. 1/700 HMS Iron Duke. Same scale comment, 1/350 might sell.

4. 1/700 or 1/350 R-class Zeppelin.

5. RQ-4A Global Hawk. It's the only major UAV NOT kitted...and there are some great marking schemes.

6. Combination kit - P-8A and MQ-4C In 1/72. Do this especially if the UK buys.

I could see a Vulcan or Buccaneer, but agree that Airfix needs to go where the competition is NOT.

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Good morning

Well I would like the following in 1/72 scale

Props :

P 47 C and D early

Hurricane Mk 1 Metal Wing

Spitfire MK V B/C

Spitfire Mk XIV High and Low Back

Tempest Mk II , V , VI

Battle

Boston

Grumman Helldiver

Grumman Avenger

Douglas Dauntless

Jets

MIrage III Familly C/E etc ..

Mirage F1 because the Specail Hobby seems to have disapeared since it was announced nearly 2 years ago ..

Phantom Familly Usaf Usn Raf and Rn

F 84 Thunderjet and RF 84

Patrice

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Short Term

Spitfire MkXVI/XVIII in both 72nd scale and 48th scale

Ju-88 1/72

Tempest (172 or possibly 1/48th)

Eurofighter

Medium Term

Wellington 1/72

Hawker Hart family (most likely 1/72 but possibly in 1/48)

P-47 (1/72)

Spitfire MkV (new tool or most likely based on current MkI/II 1/72)

Swift (1/48)

Long Term

B-24 (1/72)

Gladiator (1/24)

Battle (1/72)

Victor (1/72) to round off their V-Bombers

Venom (1/48 hopefully 1/72 as well)

Vampire (1/48)

Meteor 1/72

Based on current toolings

Canberra Mk2/6

Hurricane metal wing

Vampire FB5/9

Various Meteors, I think a MkIII might happen but definitely a MkIV

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Fwiw

Short term:
1/48 Blenheim (all marks)
1/48 Battle
1/48 Hurricane MkII/ Sea Hurricane boxing

Mid Term:

1/48 Airfield vehicles- more fuel tankers etc

1/48 Miles Master (all marks)
1/48 Blackburn Firebrand
1/48 Westland Whirlwind
1/48 British Grumman Avenger
1/48 Fairey Barracuda

Long Term:
More of a move into some 1/48 armour, a Churchill Tank etc.

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stick to my preferred 1/72 Scale, probably missing some stuf

Short

Metal Winged Hurricane

P-47

P-38

Spitfire XIV

Vulcan (simply whilst the XH558 legacy is still fresh but if not in 2017 for obvious reasons),

Hunter

Sea Vixen

Medium

Blenheim IF/IV Bomber

Beaufighter other Marks

Hunter Twin

Lightning Twin

Scimitar

Sea Vixen

Battle

Canberra B2/B6

Firefly

Long

Victor

Whirlwind

B-24

Sea Venon

Mosquito (should be done at some point but not like the tamiya one needs compettion)

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Hmm... What I think they will do:

Near term:

-Blackburn Roc/Skua (1/72)

-Avro Shackleton AEW.2 (1/72)

-Westland Sea King HAR.3 (1/72)

-Supermarine Spitfire Mk.II (1/48)

-Hawker Hurricane Mk.II (1/48)

Medium term:

-Vickers Wellington (1/72)

-de Havilland Vampire FB.5/9 (1/48)

-Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 (1/72)

-HMS Queen Elizabeth (1/350)

-Luftwaffe bomber re-supply set (1/72)

Long term:

-Gloster Gladiator (1/24)

-Hawker Hunter (1/48)

-Blackburn Buccaneer (1/48)

-Hawker Sea Fury (1/72)

-North American B-25 Mitchell (1/72)

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I think we will see some models that have been in their old catalogue, so my prediction in the coming years is

1 Buccaneer

2 Vickers Wellington

3 Short Stirling

4 Short Sunderland

5 Halifax

There will NEVER be a Stirling as there is no extant example and all drawings have been destroyed.

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There will NEVER be a Stirling as there is no extant example and all drawings have been destroyed.

Plus the Italeri kit is still considered new and is easily available online and in the highstreet.

It would take some effort to raise the bar as minor corrections won't make it, and neither would alternate versions as these are already covered.

The only way they could do it was to undercut on price, however I doubt they could shave off more than a few quid, if any.

I believe there are parts and drawings scattered around, but not in the big chunks that would make up for the lack of a complete airframe (or tech drawings of).

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Sorry folks on these grounds sadly I must disqualify it from this thread :(

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short term

1 P51-b/c..1/72

2 Val(either version).new tool...this is very old and bugger all detail....and with the new zero and Kate it seems obvious 1/72

3 CAC boomerang,,new tool....the old one is very old.. any scale

4 KI46-11...same as the Val....plus they are so pretty.

5 westland whirlwind fighter..the old one is showing her age in 1/72..the replica construction is underway and a 1/48 accurate one would really shove it up trumpy

medium term

1 1/72 javelin

2 1/72 seavixen

3 a proper 1/48 DH hornet

4 1/24 whirlwind......the fighter of course

5 1/72 Lincoln

long term

1 a return to airfix trains....00 static "duke of Gloucester"

2 a better TSR 2 any scale

3 1/48 beaufort(if they can get it right)

4 mk1 beaufighter(though looking at the sprues this might be short term)

5 1/48 MB5...i can hope

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