what we need!

General Discussion General Modeling Discussion
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lots of talk about new kits and rehashed old ones going around right now, but of course they are ignoring the masses as usual! So here’s my list of what I think I’d like to see somebody work on.

Aircraft

  1. 1/48th Ventura/Hudson that will come in for less than forty dollars

  2. somebody’s got to finally bite the bullet and give us an accurate Spitfire in 1/48th (one company does the fuselage right while others get the wings right!)

  3. A B26K in 1/48th! Now this ones easy!

  4. Bring back a good quality A6 Intruder in 1/48th that has the wing folds

  5. Anybody besides me would like to see another run of T-28’s in 1/48th?

  6. AT-6 Texans in a high tech form scaled for 1/48th

  7. How about doing a good quality A37 in full combat form? (1/48th and 1/32?)

  8. Banashee! Anybody wanta build a Korean War version besides me in 1/48th?

  9. a good quality OV-10 in 1/48th

  10. a good quality Kingfisher that has all the errors fixed

Armor (1/35th scale)

  1. a correct 155mm howitzer from the Korean and Vietnam eras

  2. a better M48a3 than what we have right now

  3. a British Valentine tank

  4. a good M3 scout car

  5. a newly retooled 6 pounder!

  6. Ontos; I know they’re promising us one

  7. M56 Scorpion

  8. a new M88

  9. somebody needs to come back out with the M107 and M110 series again

  10. an accurate M42 with the parts to mount the 20mm Vulcan on it

Naval

  1. a newly retooled four stacker destroyer in 1/144 or better yet 1/72!

  2. an escort carrier

  3. battleship Maine in 1/350 or even 1/144th scale

  4. a Type VIID U-Boat in 1/72nd scale

  5. a Flower Class Corvette in 1/72nd scale

  6. a Minesweeper in 1/72nd scale

  7. a 1/144th scale destroyer escort!!

  8. a 1/350th scale cruiser Perth

  9. a 1/350 scale Langley

  10. some British cruisers (Ajax for one) in 1/350th scale

Automobiles

  1. a 1927 Ford roadster in both 1/24th and 1/16th (or better yet 1/12th)

  2. a series of Indy roadsters (all the way from the 1920’s till now)

  3. a 1968 Hemi Dart and a 1968 Hemi Cuda that is correct

  4. a 1964 hemi Plymouth that has the correct wheel locations

  5. 1953 Studebaker

  6. 1953 Studebaker pickup truck

  7. a 1951 Hudson Hornet

  8. a 1960 and a 1961 Chrysler 300F and a 300G

  9. a 1962 Chevy Belair two door hardtop

  10. a 1961 Ford Starliner

not asking for much I know, but still would make my day!

gary

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In this economy? Dream on! [B)]

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What’s wrong with the current M88/A1/A1G kit? It’s a pretty nice kit and not very old.

The Valentine kit made by VM/Alan and reboxed by Dragon and Maquette is not a terrible kit.

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You definately have got that right![tup] An M-3 Scout Car released to today’s modeling standards would be great, since the only game in town is the 40 year-old Peerless Max kit reboxed by Zvezda. The kit can be built into a nice representation(which I proved with my build), however it involves a ton of scratch work and modifying of parts(evident in the fact it took about six months to build.[;)])

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  1. a Flower Class Corvette in 1/72nd scale

Revell

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Automobile #11: 1979 Trans Am 1/24 or 1/12.

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Rob,

I thought the M88 was out of production? I knew about the Valentine, but always held it in suspect. Guess I’ll hunt one up

gary

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did they reissue that kit?

gary

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I would love to see some more 1/35 modern Army/USMC trucks and support vehicles. [tup]

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A WWI BRITISH MARK 1-IV WITH AN INTERIOR PLEASE!!

And good tracks–in 1/35, please!!!

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Huge [#ditto], I’d love to see these! As for #3 I keep hoping that Revell will do something similar to the AC-47 with their Invader. Maybe next reissue…

Cheers,
Alex

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Gary, it’s a current issue. http://www.revell.de/en/products/model_kits/model_kits/ships/index.html?id=208&KOKANR=01&KOSCHL=03&KGSCHL=&L=1&page=2&sort=0&nc=1&searchactive=&q=&SWO=&ARMAS4=&PHPSESSID=8c81e8d15373ba482e3724be57db4470&KZSLPG=all&offset=16&cmd=show&ARARTN=05061&sp=1

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Gary, I agree that a 1/32 A37 Dragonfly loaded with underwing stores would be awesome.

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The Valentine/Bishop kits all stem from the same mold regardless of the variant or boxing. Because of this, some of the versions are more accurate than others. I also believe that one company (maybe Dragon) added better tracks.

http://www.missing-lynx.com/reviews/britain/maq3553.htm

AFV Club has a strange habit of limited releases. They have several interesting versions of some of their kits that they only release in certain countries. Try finding their German or Taiwanese M41 Walker Bulldog outside of those countries and it is virtually impossible. While the M88 may be OOP, it was the most common of the two versions lingering on the shelves at the local hobby shops (until they released the M88A1G version).

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THe Amt '53 Stude is a nice kit ,even though it is an old tool from the '60s!

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Maybe he meant the M88A2?

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Highly doubt if there will ever be one in either of theose scales, but I have hopes for one in plastic in 1:350 scale (much more likely). Oh, and BTW, White Ensign has just released their HMS Montgomery - Lend-Lease four piper, in resin & brass 1:350 scale.

You don’t state a scale. Have you looked at Loose Cannon’s Gambier Bay in 1:700 scale

http://home.earthlink.net/~loosecannonproductions/Kit76.html

or their Long Island-class

http://home.earthlink.net/~loosecannonproductions/Kit45.html

or Iron Shipwright’s USS Bogue in 1:350 scale

http://ironshipwrights.com/pages/bogue.html

or perhaps their Sangamon

http://ironshipwrights.com/pages/sangamon.html

Checkout ISW

http://ironshipwrights.com/pages/Maine.htm

Can’t help you there

The vernerable 1:72 scale Flower by Matchbox, now released under the Revell label is still good. Pair it with aftermarket from Great Little Ships and it is stunning.

Can’t help you with these either.

Once again, check Iron Shipwright!

http://ironshipwrights.com/pages/Langley.html

Wait a minute, I don’t want that one, I want the as lost version. The ISW kit builds into that too.

Wait a minute, I want 1:700 scale. Check Loose Cannon

http://home.earthlink.net/~lcpinfo/Kit35.html

Aah, once again check ISW

http://ironshipwrights.com/pages/ajax.html

They also have a Town (Sheffield), County-class (Norfolk), and Dido-class (Sirius).

Five out of ten that you ask for are available already. You just have to seek them out

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No, the original M88 he mentions is the one OOP. The A2 never came out as a kit, just as a conversion of iffy quality.

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been watching for an early M88 for quite awhile, but all you see these days are the later ones. Another kit I’d love to see is the “fitter” version of the Hemmet. We had one at work for about a week, and I must have walked a mile around that thing just looking at all the gadgits and tools they had on it. This would be a detail freaks dream!

gary

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I honestly think that the M88’s demise was because it was the Nam era version. They released two at the same time, the M88 and the M88A1. The A1 flew off the shelves, it was a modern, current US AFV and Desert Storm and the Balkans made current modern (as opposed to Vietnam era modern) modeling all the rage.

Bad sales on the Nam M88 probably caused it to be discontinued. Likewise, if they were to release an A2 version, the A1 would be put OOP.