What models would you like to see?

Would love to see 1/48 Stinson L5, 1/48 Learjet 45 & 60

Since writing this last in July 2012, the following models have been released:

Gallery Models released a 1/350 scale USS New York, San Antonio Class LPD which I have already pucrhased.  A very fine model including over 1400 parts, lots of PE, and detailed hangar, vheicle deck, and detailed well deck with several MV-22, CH-53s and AH-1A helos, LCACs, etc.  Will be a really fun build.

Fujimi released a 1/350 scale Japanese JMSDF Hyuga DDH-181.  Very detailed with a small PE sprue, but otherwise lots of very good plastice detail for this helo carrier.  I also have purchased this vessel for the center piece of a JMSDF group I will build centered on her.

Welsh Models released a 1/72 scale P-8A Poseidon, which I ahve alo ordered.  Very well detailed and the only one out there.  A little pricey, but they have such rich detail I feel it worth it and am looking forward to building it to sit next to my 1/72 scale P-3C Orion.

Still watining for a 1/350 scale USS Gerald R. Ford, CVN-78, a 1/350 scale HMS Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier, a 1/350 scale HMS Ocean LHD, and several of those other vessels for my several 1/350 scale carrier strke groups I am building.

I went ahead an bought all of the French vessels from Heller in 1/350 scale, including the Charles De Gaulle, two lafayette FFGS, and the Dusquene and De Grasse DDGs.  Would really like to get their Horizon DDGS and FREMM FFGs in 1/400 scale to go along with this group.

Cheers and Happy and Blessed Holidays to all!

paintsniffer

I doubt we will ever see TWA markings for a model again. AA owns their brand now, and AA has a pack of mad dog lawyers who go after anyone who makes anything with their logo.

Both Minicraft and Revell Germany have released kits in the last few years — since AA's buyout of TWA —with TWA (and American) decals.

Cheers, Aaron

i would like to see modern USCG Cutter kits... in 1/350  I am pretty sure they would sell well.

Ice Breakers

Buoy Tenders

Patrol Boats

High and medium Endurance cutters

Maritime Security Cutters

The list goes on and on....

B36 in 1/48 scale

EC135 or RC135 in 1/48 scale

C5B in 1/48 scale

Pilatus PC12 in 1/48 scale

Here's a rather long list of models I would like to see in 1/350 and 1/72 scale:

1/350 Scale Military Vessels:

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USS Gerald R. Ford, CVN-78

USS San Antonio, LPD-17 (or any of the class)

USS America LHA-6

USS Zumwalt, DDG-1000 (or any of the class)

PLAN Kunlunshan LPD-998 (or any of the class)

PLAN Type 93 SSN

PLAN Type 94 SSBN

UK Queen Elizabeth R08 CV (or Prince of Wales R09)

UK Ocean L12 LPH

French Charles de Gaulle R91 CVN (Heller makes a 1/400 of this...but there is no 1/350)

French Mistral L9013 LHD (or any of the class)

French Forbin D620 Horizon DDG (or Chevalier Paul D612)

French Aquitaine D650 (or any of the FREMM class)

French  Améthyste S605 SSN (or any of the Rubis class)

Spanish Juan Carlos L61 LHD

Spanish Alvaro de Bazan F101 AEGIS Frigate (or any of the class)

Australian Canberra LHD-01 (or Adelaide LHD-02)

Australian Hobart D42 AEGIS DDG (or any of the class)

Korean Dokdo L611 LPH

Korean Sejong D991 AEGIS DDG (or any of the class

Italy Cavour C550 CVL Carrier

Italy D553 Andrea Doria Horizon DDG (or Caio Duilio D554)

Italy FREMM Frigates

INS Vikramaditya CV (Former Russian Gorshkov)

INS Kolkata D63 Destroyer (or any of the class)

1/72 Scale Military Aircraft:

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US F-35C Naval Joint Strike Fighter

US F-35A Airforce Joint Strike Fighter

US P-8A Poseidon Maritime ASW

US E-2D Advanced Hawkeye

PLAN J-15 Naval Strike Fighter

RUS Mig-29K (Either the Russian or the Indian Version)

I doubt we will ever see TWA markings for a model again. AA owns their brand now, and AA has a pack of mad dog lawyers who go after anyone who makes anything with their logo.

I would pay extra if needed to for officially licensed stuff but I don't think American is even interested in the idea, or they ask so much a run of just a few hundred decal sheets would be insanely expensive.

Note: I am presently building a 1/72 DC-6B which I scored AA markings for.

I'd like to see a 1/72 Gulfstream IV and V.

gordy92highlander

Hi fine scale friends, I would like to add my 2 cents worth to this:

Here are the civilian aircraft I would like to see kitted:

Beechcraft Model 18 Lodestar / C-45 "twin beech" in 1/48

Lockheed Model 10 Electra in 1/48

Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra in 1/48

Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar in 1/48

ALL ARE CLASSICS AND DESERVE TO BE DONE AS A MAINSTREAM KIT !

CPT E.C. Kirsch

Civil Affairs Officer, 1/82nd ABR, Afghanistan

 

Don't know of any in 1:48, but there are a couple of Beech D-18 kits out there in 1:72.  I am working on one now.  I have the Encore kit, which only has decals for a US military and a British civil, so I am working on us civil decals myself.

Special Hobbies has a very nice Lodestar kit in 1:72 (Beech D-18 is not Lodestar).  I have one- eager to build as it looks very nice. The Super Electra is extremely similar to Lodestar and I am thinking of getting another to convert to Super Electra.

There is a regular Electra on market again in 1:72.

I don't have room for a collection of such planes in 1:48.   Amazing the space they take when you build very many of these Golden Age aircraft!  So I am happy with the 1:72.

I wold like to see the USN Cyclone class coastal patrol ship as a kit.  

I'd like to see an 1/24 Eduard Profpack Staggerwing, and a 1;48 Tamiya Desoutter Mk.I

Hi fine scale friends, I would like to add my 2 cents worth to this:

Here are the civilian aircraft I would like to see kitted:

Beechcraft Model 18 Lodestar / C-45 "twin beech" in 1/48

Lockheed Model 10 Electra in 1/48

Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra in 1/48

Lockheed Model 18 Lodestar in 1/48

ALL ARE CLASSICS AND DESERVE TO BE DONE AS A MAINSTREAM KIT !

CPT E.C. Kirsch

Civil Affairs Officer, 1/82nd ABR, Afghanistan

After doing a little research for some Heller kits that I'd picked up, I came across this, a 1-off prototype that we will likely never see kitted, but I'd love to have one...

Lioré et Olivier LeO H-46, circa 1936

I would like to see a kit for the Socata TBM-700 - 1:48 or larger. This plane is on my boss' short list of "what to buy if I win the lottery" and I'd love to build it for his desk. Probably the closest he'll come to owning one actually.

Haven't been able to locate a kit so far.

Dodge

beech craft travel air 1959 small rear window { could be two in one kit with the larger rear window} I spent a lot of time in the fifth seat buried in gear. My dad got a legal modification to store are snow skis aft of the seats in a custom compartment down the body to the tail, and for interior they could do dual steering OR the single that could be shifted from pilot to co pilot... Cessna golden eagle, Cessna P 210 and a twin piper, retracts and wing tip tanks.

Kits I would love to see come out would be

1/144 MD-11

1/144 DH Comet (new molding)

1/144 HK-1 Hercules AKA Spruce Goose

And the various commuters, shorthaul and regional airliners like the Embraers, Bombardiers, and the lil prop jobs.

No resin or Vacuform.

Would love to see some Mooney aircraft, could finally build something for my pops

spaceshiprepairman

Yeah, that would be pretty awesome. What outfit did you fly for?

I was with Mid-Atlantic Freight. I was hauling Airborne Express freight, mostly. I always say if I had a lot of money and was in no hurry, I'd get a 208!

Yeah, that would be pretty awesome. What outfit did you fly for?

I would like a 1/32 Cessna C208 Caravan. Preferably an A model. I flew that plane for a year in the late 90's. Fantastic airplane.

Well, being the warped and perverted curmudgeon that I am, I wouldn't mind seeing some of the more obscure early Soviet airliners, such as the Kharkov KhAI 3, which while it didn't go into production, was a rather neat and pretty tail less delta with seats for 12 passengers, and a 100 hp M11 up front.

Pitts Model 12, Specifically Brian Jensen's "The Beast." I'd buy a 1/24th kit in a heartbeat....

Any of the Aeronca's!

Manstein's revenge

A new-tool Ho229 in 32nd scale with all the fiddly-bits in resin and PE...

1/32... resin + PE... I hate to think how much it would cost!

I'm walking in late here so this may have already been covered - I'd love to see a Red Bull air racer series in 1/48. They're small & colourful (and weaponless), would make a good starting point for new modelers, interesting enough that the military gang could still find something to do with them. And on the manufacturer's side, there would be multiple versions off of the same toolings, some have different wingtips etc.

Ray Marotta

I would LOVE to see a 1/48th Super Connie series.  ie Airliner / MATS transport, EC-121 variants (with and without radomes), optional position Fowler Flaps, optional position engine cowlings, detailed R-3350 Turbo-compound engines, optional position cargo doors and crew / passenger entry hatches, and, as much interior detail as would be visible through windows and opened doors / hatches.

 

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I would LOVE to see a 1/48th Super Connie series.  ie Airliner / MATS transport, EC-121 variants (with and without radomes), optional position Fowler Flaps, optional position engine cowlings, detailed R-3350 Turbo-compound engines, optional position cargo doors and crew / passenger entry hatches, and, as much interior detail as would be visible through windows and opened doors / hatches.

I'd also like a 1/48th P-2 Neptune series from P-2V1 through P-2V7 including the OP-2H and the AP-2H with the same type of detail described for the Connie series.

While I'm getting crazy here, lets include a 1/48th P-3 Orion series with all its variants and the same level of detail as the other two.

I don't want too much, do I?

All the best

Ray

Ben Brown

We also need a good F2H-2 Banshee, F9F Cougar, and F11F Tiger in 1/48.

Ben

on the Banshee and Cougar. Hopefully Hobby Boss will come out with them since their release of the beautiful Demon kit.  I'd like to see a Super Connie in 1/48 scale too with super detailed engines, gear  and  interior.

A new-tool Ho229 in 32nd scale with all the fiddly-bits in resin and PE...

I'd sure like to get:

1/144 C-119 Boxcar in any variant,

injection-molded 1/144 C-46 (those resin kits are too expensive for such a small kit),

1/144 747 Dream Lifter

1/144 A-26

All in injection mold, no vac or resin.