Gromit801 Posted January 11, 2015 Report Posted January 11, 2015 Love to see (injection molded)... 1/48 Il-28 Beagle 1/48 B-45 Tornado 1/48 Supermarine Swift 1/72 Myasishchev M-4
aAzZ09 Posted January 11, 2015 Report Posted January 11, 2015 An F-86A Sabre. I was enthralled by serial number 48-178 flying in England last year (on You Tube) and scheduled to be delivered to a new owner in the U.S. soon. Mark
Gromit801 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Report Posted January 11, 2015 Oh yes, for ghod's sake, a decent 1/72 B-1B! I'll call that one a Cold War bird. 1
VonL Posted January 15, 2015 Report Posted January 15, 2015 Oh yes, for ghod's sake, a decent 1/72 B-1B! I'll call that one a Cold War bird. AMEN - Have been casting about for an accurate set of BONE 'burner cans for this in 1/72. Their sizing is unique and the feathers went away right before the hostile take-over of SAC by T.ACC in 1992.
dhenning Posted January 31, 2015 Report Posted January 31, 2015 A new 1/72 B-47e! How long can they keep re-releasing the old Hasegawa kit? At least now there are aftermarket accessories for it!
VonL Posted February 1, 2015 Report Posted February 1, 2015 I know this has been 'put before, but the Cold War era absolutely needs: 1/72 AGE gear and various flightline vehicles, such as six-pack pickup trucks, fire engines, Chevy Suburban and such. These guys are off to a very good start: http://www.aim72.co.uk/page71.html 2
Gromit801 Posted February 1, 2015 Author Report Posted February 1, 2015 Oh hell yes. Not to mention maintenance stands.
Gromit801 Posted January 20, 2016 Author Report Posted January 20, 2016 How about a nice 1/72 Handley-Page Victor B.Mk.1
DaveDeLang Posted January 22, 2016 Report Posted January 22, 2016 How about a nice 1/72 Handley-Page Victor B.Mk.1 I believe Airfix have a Victor in the pipeline, not sure if it's a B.1 though
NBUTLER Posted January 22, 2016 Report Posted January 22, 2016 Just checked Airfix's wedsite its the Victor B2.
Gromit801 Posted January 23, 2016 Author Report Posted January 23, 2016 B.2 is fine and welcome. As long as it's not a K.
Gromit801 Posted March 4, 2016 Author Report Posted March 4, 2016 A decent (hello Tamiya) 1/48 Douglas A-1E Skyraider
ghodges Posted March 5, 2016 Report Posted March 5, 2016 I know a lot of people (except those holding the old Cutting Edge correction sets) who agree with ya Jim! GIL
VonL Posted March 9, 2016 Report Posted March 9, 2016 (edited) "A certain pointed-nose, supersonic bomber, from the central section of the North American continent: The BONE - !!!" (Ref: Super-fans) Edited March 9, 2016 by VonL
Glaaar Posted November 22, 2017 Report Posted November 22, 2017 I don't like 72nd scale jet bombers. They are still 2ft long (vs. 3 for the 1/48 Revell B-1B) and, if the new B-2 spirit is anything to go by, you're looking at 150-170 bucks which is simply not affordable for most. You have to over engineer them or they get floppity and that often leads to massive shape errors (Monogram B-1'B'). For the B-1 there at additional hassles in that it is rare to see the jets on the ground without wings forward and surfaces deployed as well as the inlet doors open. So if you want an accurate, interesting looking, model which attracts the eye, you have to think about extra parts that drives price and increases complexity. Conversely, traditional 'airliner scales', like 1/144 and 1/200, lead to bluff, toylike, features on such things as landing gear tires and weapons and for the size (under 1ft), often seem outrageously expensive as with the Dragon/Panda B-1B at 44 bucks and the Trumpeter Tu-95 at 37. However; 1/100, as exemplified by the Tamiya B-52D/F, might be an affordable alternative. It's half of 1/48 (which is the American Scale) and it's still going to result in a 16-17" model which is displayable without a ceiling hook while giving you a decent impression of a big jet. Think about it. The scale is virtually unpopulated, you could get a B-2, B-1A, B-1B, B-21, B-52G/H, KC-135, KC-46, C-17, RB-70, SR-71, R1 Sentinel, R.99 Aerieye, U-2R/S, RQ/MQ-4, XB-35/49 etc. And at 50-60 bucks each, they are still easy ways to recover tooling investment at a relatively low total run size.
Stikpusher Posted November 27, 2020 Report Posted November 27, 2020 I’d love to see a new 1/48 Grumman F11F Tiger, preferably the long nose variant. Most of the other USN carrier based jet fighters that served between Korea and Vietnam have been covered in mainstream company recent new tool kits aside from the Tiger.
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