Looking for more, but where and who?

ModelMadness

I build 1/48 scale and I am looking for more mid-size planes from WWII like a B-26 or a Heinkel.  What model maker has a good selection on the 1/48 side of things?

For jets I have the typical guys; F4, F15, F16, Etc. but what about the stranger looking ones?  Avro Vulcan, SAAB Viggen, F100 Voodoo.  

For the Century Series jets in 1/48, the Monogram kits are hard to beat, especially for the cost. There are some other companies who make some of those types:Hasegawa, Kinetic, Trumpeter, Kitty Hawk... but those tend to cost quite a bit more. In twin engined medium bombers, ICM has a great line up of German types. Dragon and Revellogram made a few as well. Accurate Miniatures made some great B-25s, and AMT made some fine A-20s. Those molds have passed to other companies now. Airfix is coming out with some great stuff that covers a lot of neglected RAF & FAA subjects. Also take a look at Eduard, their weekend edition kits are some to look at for more affordable pricing compared to their other boxings that come with all the PE & resin upgrade bling. Zvezda is another company to check out for WWII Soviet types. 

Look for a particular type, and the better kit offerings can be more easily recommended. 

I had an outright ball building this Viggen. Can get it from hobbylinc.com (at least you used to be able to...) where this link will hopefully send you:

SAAB AJ37 Viggen Attack Version Aircraft -- Plastic Model Airplane Kit -- 1/48 Scale -- #48148 pictures by dswebb1 (hobbylinc.com)

Well thank you all.  Lots of good info.  Love that A380, that was a great job done.

I will start digging around to add to my collection

the Baron

 

 

Aggieman

the Baron

As far as the B-26 Marauder in 1/48th scale goes, apparently ICM is bringing out a new kit of the Marauder this year, a B-26B (short-winged)  Many who aren't happy with the classic Monogram kit are looking forward to that release.  You might be interested in marking that one down for yourself.

I saw that ICM B-26B available for pre-order on Kitlinx yesterday.  Their post says it is released today, but found another forum posting where it appears the kit won't release until the end of this year.  Bummer, I was ready to get that one right now.

 

 

 

Yeah, I saw a post on Hyperscale, that shared a Hannant's page announcing the release, for the fourth quarter of this year:

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ICM48320?result-token=uPGUc

They're taking backorders now.  But I still can't find any mention of this kit on ICM's own website.  If it is released, I'll get one.  I think the -B is appropriate for a Midway B-26.  I've long planned to convert the Monogram kit, but that'll take a lot of work and if I can get the version out of the box, more or less, I'd rather do that.

 

We will have to see what model it is.  Kitlinx shows a photo of 40-1370, an Alaskan B-26-MA-0, not a B model, which the 0 model would be better.  One of the 2 B models for Midway was this one:

https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/b-26/41-17570.html

This one is a B-MA-0 which is like the 1/72 Monogram Snap-tite one.

I personally think Monogram and Tamiya have the best line up of 1/48 WW2 aircraft...  Id go to EBAY and search 1/48 Monogram or 1/48 Tamiya and watch what pops up...

Aggieman

the Baron

As far as the B-26 Marauder in 1/48th scale goes, apparently ICM is bringing out a new kit of the Marauder this year, a B-26B (short-winged)  Many who aren't happy with the classic Monogram kit are looking forward to that release.  You might be interested in marking that one down for yourself.

I saw that ICM B-26B available for pre-order on Kitlinx yesterday.  Their post says it is released today, but found another forum posting where it appears the kit won't release until the end of this year.  Bummer, I was ready to get that one right now.

Yeah, I saw a post on Hyperscale, that shared a Hannant's page announcing the release, for the fourth quarter of this year:

https://www.hannants.co.uk/product/ICM48320?result-token=uPGUc

They're taking backorders now.  But I still can't find any mention of this kit on ICM's own website.  If it is released, I'll get one.  I think the -B is appropriate for a Midway B-26.  I've long planned to convert the Monogram kit, but that'll take a lot of work and if I can get the version out of the box, more or less, I'd rather do that.

I don't know if you would regard these as "mid size", but you can still find them knocking around.

the Baron

As far as the B-26 Marauder in 1/48th scale goes, apparently ICM is bringing out a new kit of the Marauder this year, a B-26B (short-winged)  Many who aren't happy with the classic Monogram kit are looking forward to that release.  You might be interested in marking that one down for yourself.

 

I've built an ICM Luftwaffe subject in the past, the Do215B5.  It's a fine kit, which leads me to an expectation that the Do217Z2, Bristol Beaufort, and A-26 that I have in my stash will also be good kits.  ICM also has several variants of Ju88s and He111s in their catalogue that OP might check out.

HK Models has a new B-25 in 1/48th, but I believe I have enough Mitchells in my stash. If memory serves, they were the first to bring to market a 1/32 Mitchell.  It tooks years, but they finally down-sized that B-25 to 48th.  And now they have a 1/32 A-20 Havoc coming this year.  Really hoping they'll do a 48th Havoc, as the only available kit in that scale is the old AMT/Ertl kit.

As far as the B-26 Marauder in 1/48th scale goes, apparently ICM is bringing out a new kit of the Marauder this year, a B-26B (short-winged)  Many who aren't happy with the classic Monogram kit are looking forward to that release.  You might be interested in marking that one down for yourself.

As others have said, Googling kit reviews and build logs is going to be your best bet.  Every model manufacturer has produced gems...along with a few turkeys here and there...just depends on which one of their teams made the kit, how old the mold is, etc.  For some of the more unusual aircraft, a couple of Ukrainian manufacturers have some really interesting stuff.  Those manufacturers are A Model and ICM.  I have a 1/48 OV-10A from ICM.  Haven't started building it yet, but I've heard really good things about it, and it looks like a really high quality, well-engineered kit.  Saw a really unusual one from A Model the other day...an old Soviet Myasishchev M-50A in 1/72.  I know nothing about the kit, but MAN what a wild looking aircraft!

Not exactly clear on the ask but for 1/48 mid-size/bigger birds I have

Italeri S3 viking

Hobby Boss A6

Kinetic EA-6

Kittyhawk (now defunct) made a couple Voodoo kits, I have the f-101b

Trumpeter F-100

Revell, Minicraft, Hasegawa, Skyline Airfix are nice 1/144 or 1/200 airliners kits

I did the Revell Airbus A380.  Nice kit

Anyhow, check out some of those manufacturers 1/48 offerings - pretty extensive.

Google any individual kit you might me interested in for build blogs and reviews as a blanket statement cannot be made about any one company's kits.

Check out Scalemates.  They have reviews of a large number of kits