the F-111C dude Posted April 15, 2016 Share Posted April 15, 2016 i'm thinking an intire scenery, buildind and figure kit for modern day:edwards afbraf lakenheathkubinka (russia)RAAF base amberleyplease sugest others (french or german please) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oliver Hyett Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 could be nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted April 16, 2016 Share Posted April 16, 2016 What scale would this be in? What would you expect in such a set? Which vehicles? Which buildings? How much would you expect to pay for the set? How many do you think Airfix will sell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the F-111C dude Posted April 16, 2016 Author Share Posted April 16, 2016 realy i dnt now, maby 1/72 and include main hangers, weapons storage, control towers/buildings, figures for ground suport/crew and oficers in buildings (controll room/tower), vehicles could be one aircraft and tugs, tankers, other ground suport. might sell for around $125-$150 AUD depending on which airfield, store, ect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted April 17, 2016 Share Posted April 17, 2016 That's a pretty vague list and probably an unreallistically low price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the F-111C dude Posted April 17, 2016 Author Share Posted April 17, 2016 allright, its only an idea but i hope that airfix can further develope it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmcabecadas Posted April 18, 2016 Share Posted April 18, 2016 Airfix already have some airfield dioramas and these are the correct size for the current small flats where most people live. A larger version would be more difficult to sell in large quantities, and doubt anything larger than the Waterloo battle set base could sell. Another question is how much modellers want modern airfield dioramas, and for a larger model, Airfix could get more profits making a WW2 bomber diorama, with base, vehicles and ground crew. Picking the new B-17, the US support vehicles and USAAF personel and adding a suitable vac form base could be easier than build a modern diorama with similar components. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_rutland Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 I don't think that this would be a realistic idea for Airfix. I can go along with figures and equipment, but buildings can be a real problem. I know that there are suitable buildings available already from those designed fro model railway systems to all manner of card kits. To be honest, a decent drawing programme should enable you to design and build your own. You could also use potos. On a large factory model that I built for a project, I took photos and photo shopped them into overlays.From photos and elevations you could build towers, hangers and many other buildings. Again, the Railway Model suppliers can help by supplying embossed sheets of bricks, concrete, roughcast etc. Buildings are not hard to design and build. When I was a kid, I built loads of buildings for my railway layout out of card and balsa wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ian_rutland Posted October 6, 2016 Share Posted October 6, 2016 allright, its only an idea but i hope that airfix can further develope itI think that your best bet is to use photos and drawings to design your own. I tend to use that foam board from the arts shops, the one with poly foam sandwiched with white card. It's rigid and light and cuts very cleanly. For textures, simply print onto textured photo paper and add to the white surfaces. Details can be added by using actual photos of the buildings and using a drawing package to re-size them. Kits would be generic, but you could use this method to do any types that you know. Airfix do some buildings that you could utilise. The Control Tower, water tower etc from their old Railway Ranges. Plenty of vehicles too in the lists. Scratch build will give you the best results for the lowest out lay. Additionally, there are plenty of scale models available as card kits. Quite a few free downloads too in various scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenneth ONeill Posted October 7, 2016 Share Posted October 7, 2016 Actually, the big issue I see with this is that airfields are "big places". My local airport was first built as a Coastal Command airfield during WW2, and is still sufficiently "not redeveloped" that the WW2 dispersals designed for B-17s can be seen in aerial photos (and sometimes from departing passenger flights). Based on the B-17G being 75' long and 104' span, the dispersals are on 200' centres, which means that one dispersal with revetments needs to be about 2' 10" square.Having said that, if you can come up with architecturally interesting airport buildings (Eg Berlin Tempelhof, the original art deco Renfrew Airport terminal and the Basil Spence 1960s Glasgow Airport terminal) that might be an idea, subject to accepting scales to reflect the size of the structures (There is a model of the Glasgow Airport terminal in 1/72 scale, which may be on display somewhere in the Glasgow Museums and Galleries collection, in a case about 9' square). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the F-111C dude Posted October 8, 2016 Author Share Posted October 8, 2016 that is actualy a good idea! 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braille Dave Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 The most stunning airport building ever I think was the original Croydon Airport terminal building, an absolutely stunning piece of neo-classical, geometrical architecture...and most importantly it's still standing! And indeed the first Air Traffic Control unit in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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