Mentalguru Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 Well a Hunter has to be easy to break down for moulding innit- also surely a smash hit in 1/48 scale- none of that namby 72nd malarkey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Homebee Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 1/48th? Vulcan - originated as the Avro Vulcan. Hawker Siddeley built the Vulcan during the early 1960s. The last Vulcan was delivered to the RAF in 1965. V.P. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaw Posted February 15, 2011 Share Posted February 15, 2011 The thought of a 1:48 Hunter series (or Tempest) - or both - makes me go all weak at the knees! Ever hopeful John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oggy4624 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Hopefully 48th hunters including T birds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Jim Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Apart from Tea, cake, biccies and a nice chat Maybe they want Airfix to do like a lot of James May kits so they can replace gate guardians and strip the hurricanes and Spits down.... Thinking of that, maybe Hawker have come up with the ingenious idea of working with Airfix to make a fleet of plastic real flyable aircraft for pocket money prices for any little MOD general or use to be trainee pilot to buy and fly! I'm sorry I'll grab my , TAXI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 New Hurricanes? A new Tempest? Please a new Tempest... A new tool 1st-gen Harrier family would be nice... Let me see... yes please yes please and yes please Though the Academy is none too bad in 1/72 so assume you mean 1/48 Modeller. New tool P1127 and Kestral would be welcomed but not likely. Do we need a Tiffie? Again Academy's is not too bad and there is the Hase 1/48 Have the revamped Airfix done a biplane yet? Hawk/Fury family would be nice. or maybe they just met for a pie and a pint. Please please please early Harrier T-birds!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speckled Jim Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Have the revamped Airfix done a biplane yet?Hawk/Fury family would be nice. Yes to my knowledge they are brining out a 1:72 Swordfish this year... Sure they have reboxed some WWI fighters recently and are going to do so again for their whole IWM contract to cover WWI Dunno about bout any other scales though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehnz Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) 1/24 Hurricane, but I'd happily settle for a new tool ACCURATE Hurri Mk I in 1/72. Steve. Edited February 16, 2011 by stevehnz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) To get the plans for a 1/24th scale Hedgehog of course... (But my money would be on Hunters..) Edited February 16, 2011 by dylan the rabbit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zero Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Why's everyone jumping on the 1/24 th wagon..... the biggest hole in the market with the most scope has to be a decent 1/48 Hunter? Specially if you include the twin seaters.... Just a thought Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col. Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Damned near anything done by Hawker will be welcome in my stash but a Tempest or tin-wing Harrier particularly so. The Hunter has been well served by Revel in every other scale than 48th so a few of those will also be popular I'm sure. As the Hurricane and Fury tools already exist I'm not sure if they would invest in a new set or upgrade what they have. Perhaps a Sopwith Camel in 24th? Not too big or expensive and quite iconic. Any of these sound like good prospects to me, then again I don't know what I'm talking about, although it could turn out to be a special boxing of existing kits - any important Hawker anniversaries coming up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnonymousFO98 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Given the need for an accurate 1/72 Hurricane, that Airfix seem to be updating old kits with new, that 1/48 Hase Hurris are much sought after, wouldn't rule out the Hurri. AZ Models have done the Fury family in 1/72 but relatively expensively and are they still available? Nor are there any new kits in 1/48 afaik. Other than the discredited Academy kit and Aeroclub(?) if you can find one, the 1/48 Hunter has a big gap in the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Velociweiler Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 It's possible that it was just Airfix people arranging politely and diplomatically that after years of research, Airfix have discovered that each and every aircraft that Hawker ever designed and built were inaccurate in dimensions and outline? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dylan the rabbit Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 It's possible that it was just Airfix people arranging politely and diplomatically that after years of research, Airfix have discovered that each and every aircraft that Hawker ever designed and built were inaccurate in dimensions and outline? Don't let Trevor Snowden hear you speak such blasphemy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 (edited) Of course it could be a 1/24 Hawk...... Robert Edited February 16, 2011 by Robert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T0M4ever Posted February 17, 2011 Share Posted February 17, 2011 P.1154? Or a Meteor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Radpoe Spitfire Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 The hunter would make sense, given the numbers of worldwide operators of the type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 I imagine as this is 9 years old the meeting led to the 1/24 typhoon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troy Smith Posted March 19, 2020 Share Posted March 19, 2020 On 16/02/2011 at 09:56, The Velociweiler said: It's possible that it was just Airfix people arranging politely and diplomatically that after years of research, Airfix have discovered that each and every aircraft that Hawker ever designed and built were inaccurate in dimensions and outline? while this is meant as a joke, in the case of the Hurricane, it isn't. This was published with the drawings by the author in 1980 HurricaneBentleynotescrop_zpsc6a2675f by losethekibble, on Flickr and that information got forgotten about. So, if you go and ask the owners of the hawker archive for drawings...... in 2009 Airfix tooled up a 1/72nd Hurricane IIc, using plans most likely in The Hawker Hurricane by Francis K Mason, the 1990 edition has some very detailed plans with his name on them. The Airfix kit is an excellent match for these, problem is the plans are awful. Even a brief comparison with photos in the book should have shown this. compare fin, spine angle, and place of transition from flat behind cockpit to slope, as well as the side panels being wrong, as is the rudder (too small) There are many more faults in the kit.. I know I should get out more. Oh dear I can't as we a virus pandemic... Fortunately there is now the Arma IIc kit. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scooby Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 No one suggested the Hawker Fury biplane.....?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 1/24 Hawker Fury (biplane) please. That would be lush. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 Am I missing something? What's the point in dragging up this old thread? 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 (edited) 19 hours ago, Radpoe Spitfire said: The hunter would make sense, given the numbers of worldwide operators of the type. I half suspect you've actually posted this in 2011 and accidentally scheduled to appear in the future of 2020. (Much in the way e-mails or social media posts can be scheduled to be sent at a later time - was this possible back then?) In which case you were spot on! The Airfix Hunter has been available for a while now. Even if wrong I really love the idea of time travelling threads... Jay Edited March 20, 2020 by Mountain goat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welkin Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 1 hour ago, Mountain goat said: Even if wrong I really love the idea of time travelling threads... Or maybe it moved into a parallel universe and has just moved back again? 🥴 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mountain goat Posted March 20, 2020 Share Posted March 20, 2020 6 minutes ago, Welkin said: Or maybe it moved into a parallel universe and has just moved back again? 🥴 Indeed which scenario was it? Rick & Morty or Doctor Who? Jay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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