rob Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 (edited) Airfix? i've just had a thought............ English Electric Lightning of any Mark Edited January 11, 2011 by rob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtd350 Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 Corsair would be interesting as would the beau but deffo buy a 1/24 Tornado. Jag and Buccaneer could be contenders as well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnT Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 From a purely sales perspective what about a Phantom? Probably F4J to cover UK and US interest. Don't think there is an F4 in 1/24? Iain could do the conversion set to the FGR version after finishing his Trumpy Lightning corrections !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derwentsider Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 A nice post-war 81 Sqn Mosquito PR.34.You know,the one with the grey/PRU blue scheme,royal blue spinners and 'D' type roundels Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I could see an F4 corsair selling well here and in the US Julien Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magwitch Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I think a 1/24 Typhoon F.2/FGR.4 would be the obvious move for Airfix. It could also then be remixed as a T.1/T.3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted January 11, 2011 Share Posted January 11, 2011 I would think that 1:24 would be ideal for a carefully chosen biplane ie single bay and with at least one wing positivly attached to the fuselage. The rigging at this scale would be engineered into the kit from the start, even getting RAF wires correct. So it has to be a Gladiator, or a Fury, or a Hart, or a Heinkel 51....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brewerjerry Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi my vote a whirlwind fighter, a nice size in 1:24 and not to big, and not much competition out there,as the subject has had little coverage apart from airfix and limited run kits. cheers Jerry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) Obviously, it's going to be the Fairey Firefly! Edited January 12, 2011 by Paul Bradley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynicaljohnny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Tempest V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynicaljohnny Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 (edited) My money's on a two-stage Mossie. As Graham says, it wouldn't be a completely new tool, which must put it high up the list - the development cost would be so much lower. The "cheap" option would be simply to provide the new nacelles, but they might think about including the new canopy and other bits for a pure bomber version, which would significantly add to the mix-and-match options available from the two kits. Two stage PR/Bomber Mosquito would virtually be a new kit - I'm not a Mossie expert but I would have thought the changes would be at least - both engines, both nacelles, canopy,cockpit, nose, and bomb bay.... that's pretty much everything apart from the undercarriage, tail, and wings, though possibly the bulk of the engines could be modifed and re-used...... Edited January 12, 2011 by cynicaljohnny Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
487 Squadron Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I think its likely Airfix have a bomber version of the Mosquito in the pipeline - there are parts in the existing kit that suggest it, and even the pricetags at my LMS describe the kit as 'version 1', so the retailers must know something. Some sort of update / repackage is inevitable given the investment they've made and their history of chucking an extra sprue into an old kit to breathe a bit more life into it, but given the pricetag I'm not sure I'd buy one (the FB kit is the more interesting aircraft to me). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggy4624 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 A meatbox would be very nice, or perhaps a vampire - or both! A late meteor would definitely get my vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Sea Hawk?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Bunker Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Lancaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 IIRC, when the Mossie was being worked up, Airfix said it was designed to facilitate future versions (including bomber and two-stage), but they were only actually tooling the version that was released. If sales were good, other versions would follow in due course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 I think a 1/24 Typhoon F.2/FGR.4 would be the obvious move for Airfix. It could also then be remixed as a T.1/T.3. I to agree the WW2 Typhoon would be a good 1/24 scale subject, if Airfix were to produce a kit this would be it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob P Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 A meatbox would be very nice, or perhaps a vampire - or both!A late meteor would definitely get my vote. Vintage pair... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark M Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 id still go for the BAe Hawk (ok im bias but), so many variants, conversions for t2's swiss, finish, all the foreign options Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 TSR2! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pielstick Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Spitfire XIV..... or Typhoon IB or Tempest V Or a Lightning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_m Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 There are a couple of Griffin Spitfires coming from Vintage fighter series, and there have been rumours that Trumpeter's Typhoon is either going to be 1/32 or 1/24 (as well as Vintage Fighter Series Typhoon rumours a year or so back), so I'd go for a 1/24 Tempest V. Oh, a PR Spitfire (Merlin, very early preferably- not too hard to convert from the existing Mk.I, but would save all the scribing, and vac-forming a blistered canopy) or Mosquito PR.I would be nice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.D. Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Fw190 please. Not that I'll be building it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Devilfish Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Fw190 please.Not that I'll be building it... They've already done that..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 A nice P-40 RAF sharkmouth in 1/24 would look pretty spiffing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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