What are the noticeable omissions in 1/72?

[Heraldcoupe]

My best guess may be a Blenheim will be the first up as a mainstream kit.

It would ba another logical release for Airfix, their old tooling being just about worn out, yet seemingly popular enough to be a regular enough re-release. The MPM kit looks very nice in general on the sprues, but I thought the same of their Hudson and Wellington.....

Cheers,

Bill.

[Nick Millman]

It would ba another logical release for Airfix, their old tooling being just about worn out, yet seemingly popular enough to be a regular enough re-release. The MPM kit looks very nice in general on the sprues, but I thought the same of their Hudson and Wellington.....

Cheers,

Bill.

I'd go along with that. The thought of an updated Blenheim, Boston and Hudson from Airfix is a nice one, but also tinged with trepidation. How would they manage to spoil them and would the flaws be annoying or fatal?

Nick

[3DStewart]

The Boomerang was last done as a mainstream injection kit by Airfix in the 60s. This must be a candidate for a new tool, especially as it seems to stand continual re-release by Airfix.

The Do-217 hasn't seen any new steel recently either.

The Battle and Walrus are also due modern tools.

For the Japanese, the Tojo, Frank and Oscar depend on Hasegawa tooling going back to the 70s.

[Nick Millman]

"For the Japanese, the Tojo, Frank and Oscar depend on Hasegawa tooling going back to the 70s."

Not quite. The Frank and Oscar, although first announced in the 1978 catalogue, were not released until 1982! Tojo was issued in 1972. There were 10 years between them.

[Pin]

Ilyushin Il-4

[Heraldcoupe]

I'd go along with that. The thought of an updated Blenheim, Boston and Hudson from Airfix is a nice one, but also tinged with trepidation. How would they manage to spoil them and would the flaws be annoying or fatal?

Indeed. I've been rooting for Airfix the past few years, but I've been very disappointed with so much of what's come from them of late. I hope they get their research together and apply a little finesse in their surface detail, and then tackle the subjects I really want to see,

Cheers,

Bill.

[Nigel Bunker]

Not strictly WW2, but Spitfire 21/22/24 and Seafire 45/46/47. At a reasonable price so I can afford to buy several, so that means from a mainstream manufacturer (are you listening Airfix?).

[Master Zen]

Bf 109F.

Yeah, I know there are really good 109F kits from Super out there but none of them are at an acceptable price. On the lower end we have the Italeri which is far from ideal. I would very much like it if Academy or Revell had a go at one and sold it at a good price - or even Tamiya since I do not find their 109s to be prohibitively expensive.

[Stuart Wilson]

Hi,

Halifax, Blenheim and Stirling seem to be obvious choices as I'm sure a company like Airfix could do kits to a reasonable standard and make money on them, without the risk of a Hasegawa one coming along and taking all their sales away.

My money would be on the first two as they could do multiple variants and paint schemes. I can't see most people wanting more than one Stirling.

Having said that the lack of a Lancaster II or Manchester in styrene is bordering on the criminal.

Ooh! I seem to be on a Bomber Command vibe right now.

Stuart Wilson

[feddawg]

P-47N, Yak-1B, and a P-39 that doesn't have it's heritage based on the old Heller kit. Also the rest of the Sturmovik series from Academy, we know the tooling exists but when will it be released? Makes me wonder if tooling for the early P-38's has been done and just not released.

[ben_m]

I've just remembered the plane that I cannot find anywhere in 1/72: the Harvard Mk.I.

[Phil W]

There is quite a few airliners that have not been done in 1/72 the Bae146 and the Britania for example. And what about ground equipment, a Saro crash tender would I think be very welcome as would some ground handling equipment such as aircraft tugs.

Edited April 18, 2010 by Phil W

[Miggers]

Not strictly WW2, but Spitfire 21/22/24 and Seafire 45/46/47. At a reasonable price so I can afford to buy several, so that means from a mainstream manufacturer (are you listening Airfix?).

Hear,hear.

My 46/47's are CMK,Pegasus and Rareplane.

A decent IM one for under a tenner would be well nice.

Mark

[Max Headroom]

Not sure that many of these were around in WWII.....

Peter

Rats! I only read the thread title and waded right in............

so still in 1/72

Pe-2

Amiot 350 series

P-36

Anson

Oxford

Tiger Moth (also in 1/48)

MH

[John]

Actually I wouldn't mind a state-of-the-art Dakota/DC-3 in 1/72. The Italeri and ESCI moulds, which are about the same age, are getting on a bit and each has its problems. A new kit designed to cater for single and double row engines and the various passenger and freight door combinations would suit me just fine - and I'm sure the world's decal producers would sit up and take note!

Apart from that:

• A decent Swordfish that isn't a FROG rebox
  
• Miles Master in any of its engine configurations - in fact any of the British trainers
  
• Definitely the early A-20s
  
• Blenheim I and IV
  
• Ju88A-1
  

John