dpm1did1 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) As a side topic to the 'what should Airfix be making' and the inevitable 'why?' and 'why not' posts that follow can you list your personal wishlists in 3 categories: Near term - those you feel are likely to come to fruition in a year or two, even if you won't be buying it Medium term - within say 5 years, and can include those models You want to see that are a faintly realistic proposition. Long term - when you will be planning a release from your cryogenic chamber. (note: whilst the long term plans may include unlikely makes or marks, or even a corrected version of a current bestseller please try keep them fairly realistic - I doubt Airfix will be making a Tibetan homemade glider at any point despite the clamouring for one) .... Ok I'll start off (and I'll try to keep it as new kits only not rereleases) Near: Single seat Vamps P-47 (razor and bubble) D3A Val (extending the pacific WW2 niche) Buccaneer (a big UK seller and the old one is aged) Meteors (including at least 1 each T & NF) 2 seat Lightning (so many fighters, needs a matching trainer) Medium: Whirlwind (the forgotten WW2 fighter) DH106 Comet (4s please, RAF & Dan Air schemes) Victor (much demanded to replace the aging Matchbox) F-4 Phantoms (a European sized hole will persist unless FujiGawa get cheaper, or Revell add to their F) Panther/Cougar - (expanding the USN theme in to post war) Long: Vulcan (old mould is creaking) Wellesley (Forgotten type, fits with a WW2 desert theme) Gazelle (hard to find, simply needs updating to modern standards) Wasp/Scout (a missing link so long oop) Viggan (actually pretry much any Saab as the reborn Heller seen reluctant to mass market, and non-Gripens aren't commonplace) *I reserve the right to change my mind if I think of new options (and given time I could extend to top 100s!) Edited October 8, 2015 by dpm1did1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smuts Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Like your choice, May I add new tool P38 both scales, Corsair both prop & jet.72nd B24 Stirling. B25 Baufort Victor Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cathasatail Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Vulcan Jaguar (maybe 1:72) (not the car! ) Victor Gannet Did I mention Vulcan already?! Sam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) All in 1/48th: Near - Supermarine Scimitar F.1 - Hawker Hunter family - Gloster Meteor NF. variants - Percival Provost T.Mk.1 - de Havilland DH.89 Dominie/Dragon Rapide - de Havilland DH.82 Tiger Moth Intermediate - de Havilland Vampire/(Sea)Venom - Fairey Gannet AS.4/COD.4/T.5 & AEW.3 - Blackburn Firebrand TF.IV/.5 - de Havilland DH.104 Dove/(Sea)Devon - Supermarine Swift F.2/FR.5 - DHC.1 Chipmunk T.10 Far - Avro Vulcan B.2 - Beech (200 &350) C-12 (Super) King Air, Huron, Guardtrail, Shadow R.1 - Britten Norman BN2B/T Islander/Defender - Avro Shackleton MR.2 & AEW.2 - HP Victor K.2 - Bristol Brigand B.1/T.4 - Lockheed P2V-7 Neptune V.P. Edited October 18, 2015 by Homebee 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimHead23 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Very Dull and predictable but I would like in 1/72 Fairey Battle, Bristol Beaufort, Westland Lysander, Westland Whirlwind, Spitfire Vc and a Handley Page Hampden please. The only justification in these wants are that they are what I would like in my collection and they pretty much have all been done by Airfix in the past with the exception of the Beaufort which does go with the current Bristol theme and I would love to see a mainstream kit of it. I live in hope! Regards Jim 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckb1 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 All new molds please of the following Near 1. 1/72 Beaufort 4. 1/48 Blenheim 3. 1/72 Spitfire VB 4. 1/72 Hampden 5. 1/72 New Douglas Havoc Far 1/72 Wellington 1/72 Battle 1/72 Vulcan 1/48 Buccaneer repalce the aged one. 1/72 C130 Hercules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomphan92 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Yes - time to area again! Near, very near, very very near choices Buccaneer Victor I've said before on another thread that these would be big sellers in the UK, they fit into the Airfix remit of classic British jets and with their self admitted success with anniversary releases we could well see both in Jamuary being 25 years of the Golf War and all!! Longer term, They can't go on forever avoiding a Vulcan retool VC-10 if they dare British Phantoms have got to be done surely HS Andover in plastic as I'm too scared to pay the money for a resin one only to mess it up. C-130 (yawn, yawn) Canberra T17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazinio Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Near term P47 both types 1/72 P38 1/72 Chipmunk 1/48 Wessex 1/72 Sea Vixen 1/72 Intermediate Venom 1/48 Challenger 1/48 Hunter 1/72 Meteor NF 1/48 Gazelle 1/48 Long Buccaneer 1/48 Vc-10 1/72 Winston Churchill 1/12 Jfk 1/12 Puma 1/48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phantomphan92 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Good shout on the Chipmunk I forgot about that, how about a new Bulldog and Tucano to go with it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Mear.Far/long? dont care but can I have these please? 1/48 Scout & Wasp 1/48 Puma. 1/48 NF Meteor Family. 1/48 Venom & Sea Venom. 1/48 Piston Provost. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlie_c67 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) All 1:72 unless noted otherwise! It would be good to see Airfix shrink some things as well as the bigger scales. Near term - Fairey Battle Handley Page Hampden (both previously produced by Airfix and follow the WWII trend for mid-sized planes) Meteors (shrunk from 1:48 scale) P-40E or later (They've done the A-C, E plus is natural progression) 1/144 Boeing 707 (again, update plus plenty of schemes and also the option of E-3, E-8, KC-135) Medium term - Westland Whirlwind Plane not Chopper! (Previous model, plus a replica is being built!) Westland Wessex (Would depend on how well the Sea King does I'd imagine) Westland Lynx (Plenty around, soon to be retired, Lots of British interest) ®F-5 A-E (Lots of options, plenty of schemes, previous model) 1:144 or 1:72 B-24 (Previous model, lots of options, Revell show that you can duplicate on size!)Long term - Vulcan (Maybe earlier? Take advantage at the loss of XH588) Buccaneer (Though Tanmodel? are apparently making one) Hunter (Revell seem to be unwilling to do any more but there's plenty of options!) F-4 (options for UK, US, German version) Mirage family (The RV ones apparently have a few shape issues but the options are immense, III, 5, Kfir, Nesher, Cheetah...) Edited October 6, 2015 by charlie_c67 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) For me... Near 1/72nd Hunter T.7 1/72nd Canberra B.2/6 1/72nd Meteor F.8 1/72nd Vampire FB.5/9 1/72nd Lightning F.1/3 Intermediate 1/72nd Javelin 1/72nd Sea Vixen 1/72nd Venom FB.1/4 1/48th Hunter T.7 1/48th Tempest Distant 1/48th Hart series 1/48th Hunter F.4 1/72nd Fairey Firefly 1/72nd Hawker Seahawk 1/72nd Mosquito Twin-Stage Those are just the British options, I could start another list for other nationalities... Edited October 6, 2015 by Wez Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjw Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Ahhh, let me see. I think mine are as follows:- 1/48 Buccaneer, Nope. That's it. Cheers, Tom. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dambuster Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Yawn...... This thread belongs in the what-if section...... Does anyone have any actual rumours? Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis_C Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Near - boring but unfortunately well-selling: new Ju-88, new metal wing Hurricane, new Bf-109 G/K, new Spitfires V/IX new B-24? Medium - will definitely be out, maybe in 2-4 years and I really want those: !!!!! - Venom Buccaneer Canberra B.2 Javelin (should downsize at least something) Battle/Hampden/Wellington/Lysander - definitely more early WWII types are going to appear soon!!!!!! Long - will never get issued but I still hope: new F-86 in different versions and with correct shape and wings Scout/Wasp and any other unique British helicopter designs NEW-NEW TOOLING early Spitfire Mk.I with Wildcat-style panel lines Meteor NF - Airfix will downsize their F.8 and forget about NF version... as usual... Mirage III - so important aircraft and ignored by key manufacturers... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhaselden Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I really don't care on timing as my build rate is so slow that I probably won't ever get to them...but, I would like: 1/48 Battle 1/72 Hampden 1/48 Chipmunk 1/48 Blenheim 1/48 Spit XIV 1/48 S6B 1/48 Comet Racer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) Near term: -Improve what's there now - improve quality of product and improve quality control before focusing on development. More marking options as a standard. Medium term: JETS! -1/72 Buccaneer - Because interesting for UK and European market -Buccs were stationed in Germany after all, and used by SAAF. Furthermore easy to tie in a social media campaign with the release showing cool Bucc takeoffs etc. Maybe two boxings, one FAA and one RAF/ SAAF. -1/72 Mirage IIIE/ IIIO/ 5, because interesting for European market (French, Belgian, Spanish and Swiss decals), and for Aussie, South East Asia and UK markets (RAAF decals, including RAAF Butterworth examples). If Airfix wants to attract US market, introduce Latin American boxing (ie. Brazil, Venezuela etc) -1/72 and 1/48 Hawker Hunter T.7 - strong UK and European interest - introduce lots of markings options to appeal to as many as possible regions. -1/72 Canberra series, including updated version of the previously done B(I)8 and PR9, but most important is B.2 and T.17. Long term: -Work together with media more - introduce tie-ins. Jay Edited October 6, 2015 by Mountain goat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F4u Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 (edited) 1/48 Buccaneer Gannet Puma Vulcan will take a 1/72 Firefly 1/72 Comet as above Dan Air / RAF Bac-1-11 British Caledonian / RAF Constellation Hastings. All new tool of coarse !!! Edited October 6, 2015 by F4u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver66 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 1/72 - in order Javelin Buccaneer Sea Venom Dehavilland Hornet Barracuda Well you can dream can't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 When upto Airfix Wasp Scout Puma belvedere skeeter Gnome Whirlwind (Navy/RAF) Alouette 2 A109 Explorer 600 I'm happy with any of these Rodders 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Flyer Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Probably a wishlist really: Beaufort Firefly Battle Hampden Mirage IIIC Varsity Belvedere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAG058 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 1. Buccaneer 2. Buccaneer 3. Buccaneer 4. Buccaneer 5. Buccaneer I'd also take a 1/72 Javelin and Sea Vixen. Gannet in any scale. FAA Phantom in any scale. And maybe something off the wall like a Fairey Rotodyne or Delta 2. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upnorth Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 I imagine we'll be seeing 1/72 Venoms and Sea Venoms in the next few years. They've dropped hints every now and again of intent to downscale their 1/48 Sea Vixen. If that comes to pass, a Venom would be appropriate to fill out the "family tree" of DeHavilland twin boomers. Being as how Airfix saw fit to give us a 1/72 Swift, a Venom would look good alongside it. I finished reading Nigel Walpole's "Swift Justice" not that long ago and the Venom gets some mention asa type that could often be found sharing the ramp with the Swift. Some quite distinguished units have used it over the years, so it really would be one of those "must have" items for anyone making a historical line up of a particular unit. Most importantly, Venom kits are quite thin on the ground. Outside of expensive resin kits and hard to find Aeroclub kits, there is nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cardiff guy Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 all in 1/72 1. Bucaneer 2. Venom 3. Mirage III 4. Supermarine Scimitar 5. HP Victor Regards Glenn . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supertom Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Rather than in terms of near, mid and long term, here's my wishlist of stuff I'd love to have Airfix do and I would most certainly buy, (all in 1/72), in a list I call: "Yes Airfix, it would be lovely if you'd do these, if your bean counters would agree with me..." Most likely: 1) Blackburn Buccanneer 2) Hawker Hunter 3) Gloster Javelin 4) Dassault Mirage III/V series 5) Westland Lynx Somewhat likely: 1) BAC Strikemaster 2) Scottish Aviation Provost (just because my dad flew one) 3) Britten-Norman Defender 4) deHavilland Sea Vixen 5) Supermarine Scimitar Not bloody likely, and the bean counters are laughing themselves silly: 1) Avro Vulcan 2) Handley Page Victor 3) Vickers VC.10 4) Boeing C-17 Globemaster 5) Raytheon Sentinel You'll notice that the "not bloody likely" category consists or larger, or one-off aircraft, and I'm just being realistic here. While I would love to see a kit with Airfix's superb engineering and price point, these five are a much larger financial gamble for them. I would be certainly grateful if they kitted them, but realistically I'd probably be able to justify getting one, maybe two at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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