thunder1
How about ships THEY SHOULD NEVER OFFER AGAIN!!!
My list...
Iowa Class, any scale
If we ever get a USA based manufacturer, maybe then we will get whatever we (USA) want. How 'bout 9 different New Jerseys in 1/700, 1/500, 1/350 depicting launch, commissioned, going thru Panama canal, repainted for pacific, new bridge, 1944 look, 1945 look, 1951 look, etc... right up to 1991. ( Forgot... as a Museum ship... I guess we need 10 versions.) LOL to the above.
Fletchers
There are a lot of variations in the Fletcher class. Not sure that AM and scratch building could work on all. Round Bridge, Square bridge, AA suite, Post WWII, Cold War conversioins, Other countries versions, right up to the early 1970's.
another carrier (just change the hull number, presto! a NEW release)
Yes, the name change/same mold thing has got to stop. A good Kitty Hawk and a cheaper 1/700 USS Midway Gulf War version that's less than $250.00 MSRP
Bismarcks
I think with the great 1/350 Revell Bismarck and now the Flyhawk 1/700 Bismarck, OEM's can put their fingers in the Bismarck-mold bottle. No more Bismarck molds are needed.
Hoods
There have been many incorrect Hoods. I think the new kits have made up for that deficiency. Done with Hood!
Yamato's in any scale.
Yamato is available in a version to match practically every major event in WW2 and several versions for post 1945! We have enough.
American PT Boats, the most over rated naval craft of all time, you'd think from all the hoopla they sank the Yamato single handed...
PT boats are a bit different . We have the 1/72 and 1/35 versions that are very nice but all are Elco 80 foot. Where are good kits of Elco 77 footers and Higgins 78 foot?
Another Gato class sub
Try searching for a good Gato to represent the Mare island/Portsmouth built boats. There are a multitude of variations in the hulls and Fairwater too. I think we could use a few more Gato's.
THE TITANIC, my goodness the dang thing sunk, make a model of the ice berg instead.
Okay, Too many Titanic's. Minicraft did the definitive one . But Where are the sister ships?
I scan the internet and read how builders are almost breathless in anticipation of a new Akagi (or something similar) in the same scale as the one they built ten years ago by another manufacturer.
Akagi with 3 decks, with one deck, before it was a CV... Done. I think every Japanese WWII ship or Class leader has been molded. Varieties of pre-war thru as-sunk abound. Now all they need is to re-issue them all with Full hull. Gosh, I can hardly wait! And then maybe a few what-if's and then maybe.... The Japanese model companies can make what they want. They know their market. I wish they would put their efforts on new projects though.
Stop encouraging these model companies, next they'll be offering you another PT 109 in 1/1250 scale this time with photo etch included, yikes!
Too late...a tiny PT 109 is available, although in 1/1200 metal. "PE" will be pieces of Cat fur applied using the included microscope.
And for the sake of decency, please Revell, stop turning out models I built a million years ago when I was a kid. Invest in some new molding you skinflints.Big Smile
Okay , there have been a few models from the far past that maybe need to be re-issued-with a few hull corrections! Renwal's Compass island, Revells Norton Sound, and Aurora's Guadalcanal and Atlantis. These classes of ships will not likely ever be molded by anyone as the market for them is small. (edit: Did someone already make a 1/700 Iwo Jima class LPH?... Na, it was a LPD class... close but no cigar.)
And last. Some Thoughts....
Some of these OEM's are listening. If I had the Money I would buy every Flyhawk 1/700 kit available. They are making many ships never represented before and doing it in superb detail.
Now, if we could stop the flood of Trumpeter kits that are molded "Just good enough", then we could have some great model ships with, for example, proper Torpedo Bulge widths ( ie: HobbyBoss Arizona, Trumpeter Texas).
Although not Steel ships, a nice re-issue of the Kearsarge and Alabama WITH CORRECTIONS would be real nice. Even better, nice NEW molds in 1/150. And that brings us back to Proposals for new 1/350 scale ships. Key word: NEW.
For those who are hopeful for new sailing ships, remember that Heller sold many of their sailing ship molds over 40 years ago. Other companies did the same. A nice Heller Occident is now a Zvezda Sirius, An Aurora Viking is now from Smer, and an IMAI Spanish Galleon is now from Modelist. What was that movie? "The Russians are coming"...
Nino