The Colombo Express class ships were the largest for a while, and even in 1/700 scale, the model is about 18" long. The largest commercial ship in the world now is a beast that was created by connecting two supertankers together in a catamaran configuration. It will be used to remove obsolescent oil platforms. I saw a picture of it in the United States Naval Institute's Proceedings a few months ago and was totally amazed!

Hmmm.  

I think a better answer is , I would like to see Affordable models and supplies , for fixed income seniors who love to model , But now find it way to expensive !

stikpusher

modelcrazy

More Japanese WW 2 armor.

Fine Molds makes pretty much all WWII Japanese armor family in 1/35 injection molded kits. With Tamiya and Dragon covering most of the rest of the family in 1/35 that Fine Molds has yet to cover.

You have a point on tanks SP but I'd love to see some other stuff in 1/35th in resin or better yet plastic.

Type 1 Ho-Ki tracked APC 

Type 1 Ho-Ha Halftrack, the Japanese had a whole series of vehicles based off this chassis and I don't think anything is out there but a 1/72nd scale APC.

I'd like to see the old LS firearm kits re-issued as original plastic model kits of any firearm now cost more than Airsoft versions.

A real shame as I do not wish to buy either the real firearm or an Airsoft versions.

The LS models were very good learning tools for anyone who was interested in how the real mechanisms function.

Perhaps the kits are now obsolete for that purpose as CAD e-Drawings of modern firearms allow for a similar functional view.

A 48th and 32nd scale F-86A or E / Canadair Sabre 2 (same jet).

A 48th and 72nd scale Avro CF-100 and Canadair Tutor.  Hobbycraft Canada did these years back but they are rare and they require a lot of work to get right when building.

Have you guys seen the Revell "Share your Dream" site?  It was posted here a few months ago.

I've been posting my "wishes" there (under my forum name).

Take a look.  The site isn't great, but at least there is a model company asking what people want.

Yup !

I've been posting my requests over at the Revell "Share your Dream" site.

Some interesting suggestions have been posted and are worth a look.

Just posted my votes. Tons of interesting subjects and quite a few wishes for kits for them to release them. Thanks for the link!

I'd like to see more WWII US prototypes, there's a lot of Luft '46 stuff out there and some of the American planes in development were pretty cool too.  A modern 1/48 F-82 would be nice, I know there's a conversion kit out there, but I've heard it's a beast.  I'd also like to see Bandai do as much of the Star Wars line as they can to be improvements over the old AMT kits.

silentbob33

I'd like to see more WWII US prototypes, there's a lot of Luft '46 stuff out there and some of the American planes in development were pretty cool too.  A modern 1/48 F-82 would be nice, I know there's a conversion kit out there, but I've heard it's a beast.  I'd also like to see Bandai do as much of the Star Wars line as they can to be improvements over the old AMT kits.

+1!  I'd love MPM or Meng to give us cool US prototypes like the XP-54 "Swoose Goose", XP-67 Moonbat, XF-11, and the 1940-1950 X-bombers.  A Convair Sea Dart would be awesome as well!

Also +1 on the F-82.  I had hoped Monogram/Revell would give us a new tool kit in 1/48.

As for Bandai's Star Wars line, I'd like to see a TIE bomber, Imperial Probe Droid, and a Star Destroyer in a decent size (maybe 18" - 24" long).

Real G

silentbob33

I'd like to see more WWII US prototypes, there's a lot of Luft '46 stuff out there and some of the American planes in development were pretty cool too.  A modern 1/48 F-82 would be nice, I know there's a conversion kit out there, but I've heard it's a beast.  I'd also like to see Bandai do as much of the Star Wars line as they can to be improvements over the old AMT kits.

+1!  I'd love MPM or Meng to give us cool US prototypes like the XP-54 "Swoose Goose", XP-67 Moonbat, XF-11, and the 1940-1950 X-bombers.  A Convair Sea Dart would be awesome as well!

Also +1 on the F-82.  I had hoped Monogram/Revell would give us a new tool kit in 1/48.

As for Bandai's Star Wars line, I'd like to see a TIE bomber, Imperial Probe Droid, and a Star Destroyer in a decent size (maybe 18" - 24" long).

A plastic TIE Bomber would be nice, even in 72nd scale. A larger probe droid would certainly be welcome, in 72nd its pretty small for a stand alone kit.

Bish

Real G

silentbob33

I'd like to see more WWII US prototypes, there's a lot of Luft '46 stuff out there and some of the American planes in development were pretty cool too.  A modern 1/48 F-82 would be nice, I know there's a conversion kit out there, but I've heard it's a beast.  I'd also like to see Bandai do as much of the Star Wars line as they can to be improvements over the old AMT kits.

+1!  I'd love MPM or Meng to give us cool US prototypes like the XP-54 "Swoose Goose", XP-67 Moonbat, XF-11, and the 1940-1950 X-bombers.  A Convair Sea Dart would be awesome as well!

Also +1 on the F-82.  I had hoped Monogram/Revell would give us a new tool kit in 1/48.

As for Bandai's Star Wars line, I'd like to see a TIE bomber, Imperial Probe Droid, and a Star Destroyer in a decent size (maybe 18" - 24" long).

A plastic TIE Bomber would be nice, even in 72nd scale. A larger probe droid would certainly be welcome, in 72nd its pretty small for a stand alone kit.

Yeah, I was hoping Bandai would do the Probe Droid in 1/12 scale.  The full scale prop was around 5 feet high, so it would fit right in with their figure kits.

Now 1/12 would be nice. 1/4 scale would be nicer., and still not to big.

How bout a 1/32-1/35 Battle Droid to go with the Hover Tank

Bish

Now 1/12 would be nice. 1/4 scale would be nicer., and still not to big.

Bish, there was a 1/6 scale pre-finished (Sideshow Collectibles?) Probe Droid.  I had it on pre-order, but reconsidered buying it.  I must have felt a disturbance in the Force or something.

Real G

Bish

Now 1/12 would be nice. 1/4 scale would be nicer., and still not to big.

Bish, there was a 1/6 scale pre-finished (Sideshow Collectibles?) Probe Droid.  I had it on pre-order, but reconsidered buying it.  I must have felt a disturbance in the Force or something.

I was not even aware of that. I was surprised when I saw a 72nd kit, I didn't imagine it would warrant a kit. I am glad I got it when I did though, the company seems to be defunct now.

Bish, see linky:

http://www.sideshowtoy.com/collectibles/star-wars-imperial-probe-droid-sideshow-collectibles-2164/

Is your kit from Retrokit?  They make a nice one.  It's tiny!  A 1/12 plastic kit would be easier t get and build (and enjoy!),

Now that looks really nice, but a bit pricey. Yep, a larger scale one would defiantly be a nice addition.

Ye, it was the Retro SF kit. Unfortunately, the items of there's still on Star Ship modeller seem to have been out of stock for ages. And the droid has not featured for a while.

I built mine a couple of years back for the Hollywood GB. Your right, it is quite small, but I was just glad to get one.

You know, something else I would like to see ALL manufacturers do on aircraft kits is make the wheel hubs separate pieces from the tires. That would make painting them so much easier than all the masking or detail painting that's needed to make a wheel look decent. I realize that maybe this isn't so easily done in 1/72nd and smaller scales, but 1/48th and up shouldn't be too hard. I've seen a few 1/32nd kits that have the tire/wheel as one unit, when it could have been easily done as separate units.

One item I had thought about for a while is tampo printed det cords on the inside of British jets. No more decal film, no more wrestling with delicate P/E, no more irrigating recessed lines inside the canopy. The technology is already here, it is used on pre-finished models, so someone just has to put two and two together.

Devil Dawg

You know, something else I would like to see ALL manufacturers do on aircraft kits is make the wheel hubs separate pieces from the tires. That would make painting them so much easier than all the masking or detail painting that's needed to make a wheel look decent. I realize that maybe this isn't so easily done in 1/72nd and smaller scales, but 1/48th and up shouldn't be too hard. I've seen a few 1/32nd kits that have the tire/wheel as one unit, when it could have been easily done as separate units.

I couldn't agree more. I built a 1/48 Accurate Miniatures Dauntless and loved that they had the hubs separate from the wheels. It made the whole process faster and easier.

Believe it or not, one kit in my stash (Fujimi 1/72 scale Phantom FGR.2 'Fire Birds') has both vinyl tires and plastic types. I won't use the vinyl ones for they don't look realistic.

I have seen one or two kits that have the wheels and tires as separate pieces, but it's rare. I do remember that AMT had the vinyl tires on the F7F kit that they offered. Heard there were a lot of problems with the vinyl eating away/attacking the plastic wheels/rims.

BlackSheepTwoOneFour

Believe it or not, one kit in my stash (Fujimi 1/72 scale Phantom FGR.2 'Fire Birds') has both vinyl tires and plastic types. I won't use the vinyl ones for they don't look realistic.

I have a Fujimi F-14 which has the same. I agree, I am not to keen on those black vinyl tires.

Devil Dawg

I have seen one or two kits that have the wheels and tires as separate pieces, but it's rare. I do remember that AMT had the vinyl tires on the F7F kit that they offered. Heard there were a lot of problems with the vinyl eating away/attacking the plastic wheels/rims.

Yeap, they'll melt the plastic hubs. Don't ask how I found out... 

Gamera

Devil Dawg

I have seen one or two kits that have the wheels and tires as separate pieces, but it's rare. I do remember that AMT had the vinyl tires on the F7F kit that they offered. Heard there were a lot of problems with the vinyl eating away/attacking the plastic wheels/rims.

Yeap, they'll melt the plastic hubs. Don't ask how I found out... 

How long does it take to affect the plastic. I used vinyl tires on my big 88 a year ago, didn't have much choice. So far doesn't seem to have been a problem.

Bish, I think only the AMT/Ertl ones will dissolve plastic and then a good solid coat of matte varnish will stop it. I've had the rubber style tires on an Italeri Nebelwerfer Maltier halftrack and never had the issue, then again I think they're made out of the same stuff as rubber band tracks. One did crack and split after about five years though.

So you should be ok, I bought another AMT/Ertl F7F Tigercat a few years back and tossed the rubber tires in the trash and replaced them with aftermarket ones - now I just need to get around to building the kit.

Thanks, that's good to here. I did think they felt like the rubber band tracks, but I had read before about vinyl tires.

A 1/24 scale B-36....................................naw, just joking.

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A 1/72 scale 4 door 1950 Buick Roadmaster for display alongside either a B-36 or B-47 model.

Just viewed the movie "Strategic Air Command " staring Jimmy Stewart and decided that the Buick looks pretty cool in SAC colours. 

A 1/32 scale McDonnell Aircraft Corp. XF-85 Goblin and transport dolly might be nice.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonnell_XF-85_Goblin

A trapeze kit for the XF-85 Goblin or F-84 that can be added to a B-36 might be nice.

Dunno if a 1/72 F-84 tail can be easily converted for the parasite aircraft.