Revell-Monogram US hasn’t really been producing many new molds lately. The last all new aircraft kit from them that I recall is the Do-217. As far as I know, all their releases since getting new owners a few years ago have been re-releases.
Revell Germany produces some new kits. The did release the He-163 a year or two back. They have also issued some other new kits. If Revell does come out with a new P-47 in 1/32 scale, I would put odds on it coming from Germany.
The two biggest players in 1/32 these days are Trumpeter and Hasegawa. If anyone does come out with a new P-47, it will probably be from one of them. Either way, it’s going to be expensive.
People complain about the high cost of new kits, but the cost really is justified. Making the molds for a new kit is very expensive and that cost has to be amoratized over the sale of kits. The model market is tiny compared to 40 years ago. Each modeler is spending many times what he did 40 years ago, but the total number of modelers is far less. A kit that sells 10,000 world wide is doing pretty good these days. Some kits from the 60s sold over 1 million.
Each model sold needs to include a bigger chunk of the cost of the molds. The kit makers have done some price gouging by putting old kits in new boxes and upping the price. But generally new kits are priced at a point that will pay off the cost of production within a few years.
Revell Germany can produce the old 1/32 Revell and Matchbox kits from the 70s and sell them for $20 US because the molds were paid off a long time ago. The downside is that they are old technology molds, made in lower pressure molds, which produce softer detail. Many of those older kits also have less detail and innacurate detail compared to newer releases. Newer 1/48 scale kits have a lot more detail.
1/32 is also a niche scale. It has become more popular in recent years because people are moving to bigger scales as they get older, but sales in 1/32 are still a small fraction of 1/48 and are even a smaller market than 1/72. Since more detail is expected in 1/32, making the molds is a more expensive process.
Unfortunately, no matter who makes it, I think a new mass market 1/32 P-47 is likely going to cost about $60 US. If they cut corners and didn’t include the level of detail people expect now, they will be strung up in the reviews, which will effect sales. That’s just the economics of making new kits.
Bill