TheyJammedKenny! Posted January 12 Posted January 12 @Avro730: that Scimitar box art was much too cruel. You should refrain from getting people's heart rate up! LOL! 1 3 1
Wez Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Another thing I've thought of is an Allison engined Mustang in 1/72nd 3 1
JFM148 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 My wishlist: New in 1/48 Sepecat Jaguar New EE Lightning family British Phantoms 1/72 Vintage Classics Skyvan Banshee Now going back to my cage. 4
Adam Poultney Posted January 12 Posted January 12 38 minutes ago, Nocoolname said: I’d be really surprised if they didn’t announce a HAR.3 version of their sea king kit. The yellow scheme especially if they go for the SAR 25th anniversary marking would be really fetching. I neither build helicopters nor in 1/48. This however i think I would buy 1
AstroCanary Posted January 12 Posted January 12 (edited) Some less likely than others but, well, it doesn't harm to 'wish'... 1/48 SEPECAT Jaguar 1/48 Phantom FG1/FGR2 1/48 Venom 1/48 Two-seater Hunter 1/48 Sea Vixen 1/48 TSR2 1/72 Boeing P-8 (MRA1) Poseidon 1/72 Airbus Voyager 1/72 Rivet Joint 1/72 Nimrod (with correct intakes) Edited January 12 by AstroCanary 5
Ralph Posted January 12 Posted January 12 One suggestion that's not really come up is a modern family of 1/72 Tornadoes. The real thing available to scan, fits in with established Airfix themes,, strong RAF connection, lots of markings, relatively easy to do in a modular form...I in particular would love a up to date and accurate Tornado F3 in 1/72... ...and while I'm dreaming, 172 two seat hunter and two seat lightnings... 4 1
Bjorn Posted January 12 Posted January 12 (edited) Since I just finished the horrible Kittyhawk 1/48 Jaguar, this will almost certainly be one of the new Airfix releases. What about a 1/24 Bf 109? Not so much for me, but a pretty likely next release in that scale. And maybe a 1/48 Gladiator to follow the Bulldog? Or a 1/48 Hawker Typhoon. And surely a new Spifire, maybe a 1/72 one this time. Maybe a XIV? And 1/72 Hunter or Javelin or another down-scaled jet? Not as likely, but very welcome would be a 1/48 Venom (two-seater), a 1/48 Puma and a 1/48 Supermarine Swift. Edited January 12 by Bjorn 3
Skeg Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Just my wish list. All 1/48. Hawker P.1127/Kestrel Harrier GR5/7/9 Eurofighter Typhoon Gripen Rebox of Merlin in Navy scheme I realise these are all highly unlikely as they don’t really seem to fit Airfix’s themes. 1
rayprit Posted January 12 Posted January 12 1/48 Scammell Scarab with different Trailers, flatbed, box, swan neck, glass carrier with various BRS/NCL/ BR Transfers 1
LBKitBasher Posted January 12 Posted January 12 First post here! In no particular order and these are what I think is missing from the airfix range and they could get multiple issues from as well as being popular. 1/72 Catalina Halifax Stirling JU88 Short Sunderland 1/48 Jaguar Phantom 1/24 Hurricane ME109 Vintage Classics BN Islander Short skyvan SRN4 Hovercraft Re issue Victor K2 6
Acinonyx Jubatus Posted January 12 Posted January 12 My wish list is 1/48 Piston Provost 1/48 Shorts Tucano 1/48 MD 450 Ouragan 1/48 Fairey Firefly 1/72 EE Lightning F1 1/72 Javelin 1/72 F4U 4, F4U 5 Corsair, we really do need a good quality kit of this in this scale 4
IT_Man Posted January 12 Posted January 12 I'd hope for a couple of additions to the armour range - probably one from FV101 Scorpion, FV107 Scimitar or FV103 Spartan. Would love to see a Daimler Dingo. Would like to see the old JB Models Bedfords etc back, but unsure if they would bring them back into the range, as not vintage but not up to recent post-Hornby standards perhaps. I feel there will be a good selection of the Vintage kits - could see the 1/72 Anson back (test the waters for a new tool?), Walrus and some of the WWI aircraft. Hard to predict anything aircraft-wise - I suspect there won't be too many new tooling - Jag and Tornado would be at the forefront for me - could see arguments in 1/72 and 1/48. Could possibly see the Fairey Battle in 1/48. 3
Paul J Posted January 12 Posted January 12 1/72 DH89 Dragon Rapide one of the WW2 USN types to replace previous older kits Halifax. Hercules engined and then a Merlin engined version as they did with the Lancaster Hudson and whatever they have chosen . 4
Dennis_C Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Now speaking realistically - one thing Airfix could have done - 1/72 of course - that is PBY Catalina. Academy is totally empty inside and nothing else on the market + Airfix is not afraid of really large kits. Another potentially strong theme - Texan/Harvard to supplement its series of 1/72 trainers. Of course possibilities are several WWII single engined machines with RAF footprint - P-47, Avenger, Hellcat. In post-war theme there are two really big gaps in Airfix catalogue - Hunter and Jaguar. Also some helicopters like Whirlwing, Gazelle, Puma, Apache, Lynx in different versions are also strong possibilities. Airfix is not avoiding helicopters theme so why not? 4
janneman36 Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Maybe a correct 1/72 Fokker Friendship and 1/48 Hampden 😜 4 1
Whofan Posted January 12 Posted January 12 (edited) This may be heretical, but every post bar one is all aircraft, and one does mention an AFV. Surely Airfix won't restrict themselves to aircraft alone, because in their vintage classic range are ships, cars, AFVs, figures, even birds. and Some Sci Fi I believe. So wouldn't their range announcement be more likely to include new toolings of perhaps a car or AFV - or both - and maybe re releases of some ships, figures, possibly a sci fi kit? I'll be honest here, there are very few aircraft kits I'd be interested in, probably the one I'd be most interested in would be a sepecat Jaguar single seater, 1/48 would do but 1/72 would be fine, while I might be quite interested in something like a QE or PoW carrier, or even one of the later and bigger hovercraft. Here's an outlandish thought; perhaps a partial flight deck like the Border models Akagi bridge and flight deck in 1/72 or 1/32 of QE or PoW? Edited January 13 by Whofan 4
Admiral Puff Posted January 12 Posted January 12 5 hours ago, Max Headroom said: I’ve seen suggestions of a 1/48 Hudson gain traction out in the wild. If using the Hendon example (the only one in Europe) there are several bear traps…. I’d buy one though. Trevor have I ever mentioned a Balliol? Think about it, Airfix is running out of postwar RAF trainers to do. I'm still scratch-building the interior for a Classic Airframes one, so that it's got an interior that fits - Airfix won't move on a new Hudson in 1:48 until I'm finished that. And yes, the Hendon one still has all the mods made to it by Adastra for photo-survey use, so it's well away from original. There is, however, a pristine one at Temora ... 2 1
Flintstone Posted January 12 Posted January 12 I got the impression the RNLI Shannon was a big seller, so perhaps a new Lifeboat? If we are wish listing, it really is about time we saw a British submarine in 1/72. I very much doubt Airfix would do it, but the WW2 HMS Upholder would be fab! If we must have a new aircraft, beyond the much wished for 1/48 Jaguar, perhaps a 1/24 Messerschmitt Komet, It would be a great option for the 1/24 range and would even fit on a shelf! Finally for a classic reboot, how about the SRN4? 2
Corsairfoxfouruncle Posted January 12 Posted January 12 Welp … going to throw my proverbial hat in the ring. 1/24th: Hawker series of bi-planes (Fury, Hart) Bristol Bulldog (Using the 1/48 information) F4U series of RN/USN/Kiwi Corsairs 1/48: Spey phantoms Lockheed Hudson Scimitar 1/72: Avro Lincoln/Manchester Boeing Washington (B-29) new tool PBY Catalina Scimitar classic 1/72: FMA IA 58 Pucará O-1 Birddog O-2 Skymaster 6 1 1
Sprue Picker Posted January 12 Posted January 12 I Second the 1/24 EE Lightning F.6 and the 1/72 Britannia! 4
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