New 1/350 aircraft... suggestions?

A Spruce Goose, built by Howard Hughes and one of those Japanese "Emily" float planes. And, even though its not a seaplane, A line of Bombers: B-17,B-29,B-24,B-26,B-25,A-20 would all be awesome.

David

Part Time Models wrote:

and would like to produce a line of 1/350 aircraft appropriate for naval dioramas and the like. I'm planning on starting off with the Martin Seamaster and then probably the PBY Catalina

Hmm, PBM & Mars, & such would be very cool.  But, for maximum ooh & ah factor, including a couple Plane Reamring & Plane Refueling boats would be very cool (if painstaking small to fuss with)

Hmm, 40' rearming boat with LuLu or Alias Betty munitions being mated up for flight testing would fit your "theme" a bit, though.

CapnMac82 wrote:

Part Time Models wrote: and would like to produce a line of 1/350 aircraft appropriate for naval dioramas and the like. I'm planning on starting off with the Martin Seamaster and then probably the PBY Catalina Hmm, PBM & Mars, & such would be very cool.  But, for maximum ooh & ah factor, including a couple Plane Reamring & Plane Refueling boats would be very cool (if painstaking small to fuss with) Hmm, 40' rearming boat with LuLu or Alias Betty munitions being mated up for flight testing would fit your "theme" a bit, though.

Iron Shipwright offers a 1:350 scale PBY and a PBM.   They also do a China Clipper.  All come with PE props, and depending on the boxing, you may also get some decal markings included.

I have some 1":1' drawings of a fueling boat from the Floating Drydock and for the most part the heavy lifting has been done by the Yankee Modelworks 40' personnel boat (white metal).  Add a deck, cockpit, and tank and you are there.  The diorama is easily within the capabilities of most modelers.

White Ensign makes Kingfishers and Seagulls which are excellent.   Trumpeter is supposed to be  packaging 1:350 Kingfishers when they release their Massachusetts/Alabama.

If you want to go into the aftermarket aircraft biz. you need to look for a niche which hasn't been filled already or go better & cheaper

OK, the PBY is out. Hadn't seen that one before.

 

Might I suggest a J2F ? White Ensign discontinued making one in 1/350 a few years ago and it may have some market potential. I know I could use some. Good luck with your venture.

Would there be much of a market for Korean War era Navy planes like the Cougar, Panther, Banshee & Skyraider? Maybe with a readilly available Airwing, people would be interested in modelling one of the Trumpeter Essex Class Carriers in their Korean War fit?

possibly a Kingfisher.

yellow wing Navy.

and how about some "lighter than air"

David Harris wrote:

Would there be much of a market for Korean War era Navy planes like the Cougar, Panther, Banshee & Skyraider? Maybe with a readilly available Airwing, people would be interested in modelling one of the Trumpeter Essex Class Carriers in their Korean War fit?

Once again Iron Shipwright, White Ensign, and L'Arsenal have beaten you to the punch

Panthers, Banshees, Skyraiders & Corsairs.   They also make a set of rotor wing aircraft

WEM has the FAA covered for the period plus extensions into more modern and WWII.

L'Arsenal has the French covered as well as the German Arado.

ps1scw wrote:

possibly a Kingfisher. yellow wing Navy. and how about some "lighter than air"

As I noted above, the White Ensign Kingfisher is excellent, as is their Seagull.   Yankee Modelworks also offers both, and I have heard that Trumpeter WILL be issuing 6-packs of Kingfishers when they release their new battleship kits later this year or early next.

Yellow wings - Trumpeter already offers some from their Saratoga carrier kit (pre-war).

Iron Shipwright offers Vindicators, Buffalos, and Helldivers.

If you intend to enter the aftermarket arena you really need to do a market analysis to see what is there and what is the demand.  Then you need to fill an unfilled niche or out compete one of the established companies in quality and price.

How about Vietnam area carrier warbirds :F8U crusader,Tracker,A4 Skyhawks,A-1 Skyraiders and so on.I got a feeling thatTRUMPTER is going to come out with a angle deck Yorktown.

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How about anything Japanese?  In case Trumpeter moves into the 1/350 IJN area - a move that is long, long overdue!

How about the PBY??? The Navy B24 with the single vertical tail?

I am new to this forum but not new to the world of modeling, I have been building models for over 30 years, and I used to be only interested in 1/72 scale but I also love ships which are not available in that scale, the local hobby store that I used to get all my stuff from turned me onto 1/350 scale plastic models and I have never turned back, I have been working in this scale for 10 years now and have built 50+ ships. I think that 1/350 scale is the best scale available it lets you build anything and gives you the ability to go into as much detail as you patients will let you, I would love to see this scale grow to more than just ships and space models but to armor and what about doing diorama kits like some world war 2 planes and a hangar or the flight tower and some vehicles, the kit could have three planes two buildings and two vehicles, and you can expand to fighters or bombers. Also you can do the same for the ship kits make harbor jetties with cranes, warehouses trains and trucks.
Also I would really be interested in doing what you do.

I see a lot of readers respond with examples from iron shipwrite and white ensign they are all ok but they are resin kits and are hard to work with and you can't modify or add additional detail to, and one very important thing there is nothing like a clear canopy for an aircraft or a clear fuselage when there are multiple windows in an larger aircraft, plastic is the way to go and that is what needs to be expanded on.

Now for something completely left of center, how about some German stuff? Like some carrier based stuka's  or me-262's. ?  Love to have a "Luftwaffe 1946" type scene

A Zombie thread! It is back from the dead!! 2007?

and the original poster is long gone as well....

Bit of a Zombie thread.

But Irish is on to something.

More or less anything Regia would be very welcome, as would be anything USN pre WW2.

Or Suez 1956. Or Korea for that matter- Tigers and Cougars oh my....

The idea of DKM '46 is a little hard as there were no flat tops, and the scale is Naval.

Also, carrier borne jets were QUITE a ways off, mostly due to very short engine lifespans: carrier pilots did a lot of droning around.