...rich uncle dies leaving you $$$

I don,t know about RIO .Anyway,if,n that happened to me I would have to work fast, BUT, Even with the naysayers I would do highly improved kits of anything that floated, Be it civilian or military and at that a whole lot more U.S.N support types.( they for the most part always get ignored)

No where are those drawings of that 25'BASS PRO  ?OH,I would go to AUSTRALIA,always did like partying with those folks.They know how to do it right !    TANKER-builder

If I would be the owner of a model company I would like the excisting molds to be good seller (cash is king, according to my accountancy proffesor) My picks would be Tamiya P-51, Hasegawa BF-109 and a DML 1/35 Tiger (eventough I am not an armor modeller, but I believe that 50% of the armor models build is german)

The kit that I would like to develop is a 1/48 Lockheed AH-56 Cheyenne.

include all the Grumman aircraft in 1:48 and then go on to all the different flying boats & seaplanes in 1:48

Ahhh, grumman and seaplanes.  I feel that combo is the most underrepresented genre in modeling. Signifer had a pretty good selection at one point, but man do i hate resin.  

OK,

Since I work for a model train company, when I win the lottery, I'm going to see if the owner's will sell to me, and expand our current N & Z gauge line to include all the Grumman aircraft in 1:48 and then go on to all the different flying boats & seaplanes in 1:48.

Reid

Centerdeck2

Wow, a 1/48 mariner...that would be rather large.  ...

Yeah, and it would look great sitting next to my 1:48 PBY ... ... (no, really, it would ... ).

Buy: 1/48 Eduard Mig-21SMT, 1/32 Tamiya Spitfire, 1/48 Hasegawa F-18. Develop: 1/48 SR-71 Blackbird.

I'd probably buy the 1/32 Su-27 series molds from Trumpeter and retool them to be accurate, the 1/32 F-15 molds from Revell to make them more complicated (just for HvH!), and the 1/32 109 molds from Eduard to get rid of the seam in the oil cooler cowling (and because the world needs yet another 109).

My first released project would be a 1/32 EA-6  with PE and resin bits.

1/48 HB Demon, 1/32 Revell Ar 196A-3, 1/48 Tamiya Do 335. My first mold would be 1/48 super detailed Banshee . 

Wow, a 1/48 mariner...that would be rather large.  I would be happy with a 1/350 to put next to a ship if I ever got around to building a diaroma.  Old Ordie is right  about not having to run the company, the intent of the question was more of what you like and what you would make if you had the resources to produce the mold ( and not have to worry about it turning a profit).  I was kind of saddened to see the comment about the b-36... Have one that i have been meaning to build for about 15 years, but i am not a big fan of fit challenged kits.

Revellogram 1/72 B-36...........  then destroy it, so as to never frustrate another modeler ever again.

Echo139er

I say this now but if it actually happened it might be a different story...

I would pass.  To be forced (even for a short time) to do something you do not want to do (in this case open and run a company) would be torture. I rather that money go else where than to me in a place I cannot enjoy it to my satisfaction.

Okay, I understand not wanting to be forced to do a thing, I do.  But - - he said all I had to do was start a model company, and I would receive a "... vast fortune ...", so I took for granted that I'd be hiring an experienced executive to carry through on my creative vision while I flew my luxury jet aircraft down to Rio for the season ...

interesting question.... need thinking time!

Agree I would not buy a company at all...would hate to have anybody hate on me for anything.

But if I did I would buy the Tamiya 1/72 Mustang, Revell HO 229, And maybe a good Fitter mold.

I say this now but if it actually happened it might be a different story...

I would pass.  To be forced (even for a short time) to do something you do not want to do (in this case open and run a company) would be torture. I rather that money go else where than to me in a place I cannot enjoy it to my satisfaction.

Buy:  Hasegawa 1:48 F-4J, Hasegawa 1:48 F-4B, AM 1:48 SBD-3 (or the AM 1:48 B-25 ...)

Develop:  a 1:48 Martin Mariner ...

Your new-tool Grumman Goose is a tasty pick, BTW.