Wishlists 2021

[geedubelyer]

Does the wish that Airfix would dip their toes in the 1/32nd scale aircraft arena count?

No?

Ok then, how about a deHavilland Vampire in 1/24th scale please? Surely much of the research was done for the 72nd scale offering a couple of years ago so that ought to help.

Used by a few airforces worldwide to help with marking options, not too large dimensionally or too complex physically but with bags of character. It would be great to see the design team go all out on this one.

 

Cheers,

Guy

[Dad Paul B]

I agree with all the posters about a V-Bomber resupply set. I have a complete collection of the V-Force, though the new Vulcan is tempting with the conventional payload (though it would need a fin with the Radar Warning Receiver and a pylon for an ECM pod to make XM607 on Black Buck 1.

I would like to see some more 1/72 vehicles, my son and I already have enough Tiger 1s and Fireflies for our wargame forces and are looking out for reconnaissance vehicles and support weapons, plus some nice new figures would be welcome.

Of the Vintage Classics - I would love todo HMS Fearless again; I have just finished Ark Royal and really enjoyed my ship building phase in the mid to late 1970s.

As a classic jet fan I would love to see more of these in 1/72 - Meteor, Vampire FB5, Venom, Sea Vixen, Sea Hawk and Tornado. Also Mirages, Sukhoi Flankers, MiG 21, Saab Viggen. Also an Anti-Submarine version of the new Sea King (with both Radome variants for early and later versions).

[David Frame1707819990]

A 1/72 Early Beaufighter (horizontal tail)

New tool the 1/72 Spitfire IX 

New tool of the 1/72 Bf 109G

New tool 1/72 Fiat G50

A 1/72 Macchi 200, only a very old revell kit and some very expensive resin short run kits of this one, it's crying out for a dogfight double with the new Beaufort!

Re release that marvellous 1/72 RAF Vehicle set, 

While your at it now about 1/72 Luftwaffe vehicles?

Talking about vehicles,

A 1/72 Valentine

A 1/72 Panzer III

 

[RussellE]

I've said it before and I'll say it again  😉

In 1/72:

Hawker Tempest II and V

Arado Ar 196

Supermarine Walrus

and having just seen Midway and thinking it'd be nice to build a SBD Dauntless and discovering very few kits available in 1/72, so I suggest a SBD Dauntless

In 1/24

New tool Spitfire Mk IX (tooled in such a way as to enable Mk I and V in enusing years)

And why not a Vought Corsair F4U to keep the F6F Hellcat company?

In 1/350

HMS Queen Elizabeth/Prince of Wales

[Airfixfan69]

A NEW TOOL 1/72 NORTHROP F-5A !!! It is hard to find a 1/72 F-5A these days. The old tool Airfix F-5A in the red box is not available and different boxings of this kit and the old Hasegawa offering are the ones you can find from ebay but these kits by today's standard are crap kits. There's the simple but nice Matchbox kit which appear every now and then in ebay but pricey. The Esci kit which is the best F-5A kit in 1/72 scale even up to today is very hard to find and also expensive. It is about time that Airfix come up with a new tool F-5A in the standard of their new tool releases.

[Airfixfan69]

A NEW TOOL 1/72 NORTHROP F-5A !!! It is hard to find a 1/72 F-5A these days. The old tool Airfix F-5A in the red box is not available and different boxings of this kit and the old Hasegawa offering are the ones you can find from ebay but these kits by today's standard are crap kits. There's the simple but nice Matchbox kit which appear every now and then in ebay but pricey. The Esci kit which is the best F-5A kit in 1/72 scale even up to today is very hard to find and also expensive. It is about time that Airfix release a new tool F-5A in the standard of their new tool releases.

[Airfixfan69]

A NEW TOOL 1/72 NORTHROP F-5A !!! It is hard to find a 1/72 F-5A these days. The old tool Airfix F-5A in the red box is not available and different boxings of this kit and the old Hasegawa offering are the ones you can find from ebay but these kits by today's standard are crap kits. There's the simple but nice Matchbox kit which appear every now and then in ebay but pricey. The Esci kit which is the best F-5A kit in 1/72 scale even up to today is very hard to find and also expensive. It is about time that Airfix release a new tool F-5A in the standard of their new tool releases.

[Airfixfan69]

A NEW TOOL 1/72 NORTHROP F-5A !!! It is hard to find a 1/72 F-5A these days. The old tool Airfix F-5A in the red box is not available and different boxings of this kit and the old Hasegawa offering are the ones you can find from ebay but these kits by today's standard are very poorly detailed kits. There's the simple but nice Matchbox kit which appear every now and then in ebay but pricey. The Esci kit which is the best F-5A kit in 1/72 scale even up to today is very hard to find and also expensive. It is about time that Airfix release a new tool F-5A in the standard of their new tool releases.

[fishwish]

Hi Airfix I wanted to ask if in the future you have any plans to bring out a B24 Liberator they are rarer then golden eggs at the moment and of all the planes I want this is one I want from airfix especially now your doing such a good job with your new kits.

[RussellE]

Hi Airfix I wanted to ask if in the future you have any plans to bring out a B24 Liberator they are rarer then golden eggs at the moment and of all the planes I want this is one I want from airfix especially now your doing such a good job with your new kits.

I'd guess a new tool 1/72 B-24 couldn't be that far over the horizon......, buuuuuuuuuuuuut!!!

80th Anniversary of Battle of Britain coming up! New tool 1/24th Spitfire and Me109!!!

Come on Airfix, you know you wanna! 😎

[CaptainScarlett]

Also:

Arado Ar 234 - important cos world's first operational jet-powered bomber

Dornier Do 335

Kriegsmarine S-boat (AKA E-boat)

RN Motor Torpedo Boat

Ilyushin Il-2 Sturmovik - most produced combat aircraft in aviation history

Bell XP-39 Airacobra

And...

Fairey Fulmar

Fairey Swordfish

[NWR-Gordon-4]

Just over a month ago, we have had the 2020 announcements. There's still some older Airfix QUICK BUILD kits that I want, but I still haven't purchased yet; Plus there are this year's kits that I will be getting as well, when they are released. I have enough to buy, excluding the products from the Hornby model railways brand! I have enough on my wanted list, so the last thing I want to do, is produce a new wishlist for 2021!  😆

 

GNR-Gordon-4 (AF)

[Stu7sinc]

1/72 b-24 liberator. 

[Rogerbass]

Seems there are three 1.32 scale car kits and one Quick build Lambo in Jadlams top 15 for the last 12 months, Triumph Herald at 13, Ford 3 litre at 11 and Jaguar e type at 3 so they must sell.

[Hurricane Boy]

Well it is already March, so I should get my oar in the water on wish lists for 2021.....

1/48th scale DHC-2 mk1 Beaver with wheels, wheel-skis and standard EDO floats (not the amphibious variety)

1/72nd scale F-86E with short chord slatted wings (slats should be separate to allow positioning in or out) with both beveled and flat windscreens

1/48th scale of above Sabre. 

[Kenneth ONeill]

Yeah, "slats open" F-86s are good for slats open, closed, wired shut amd even possibly unslatted wings.

[emP77]

1/48 DH Venom 1/48 DH Vampire

and 1/48 DH.108s Swallow :-)

[Dangerous Alan]

How about some good 1/24 scale cars?

nothing exotic, but how about Hillman imp, mk1 escort, capri, a cortina of some sorts .

with minor tooling changes at least 3 of those could be modified into other versions including race cars and estates.

PS a nice early GT40 would be good too.

[Kenneth ONeill]

I'll agree the principle, but Sracleb have already done a Ford Escort RS1600 rally (RHD and LHD versions). Still, I'd certainly buy an Imp, Capri and Cortina (ideally with options for Capri Piranha and RS3100, and a Cortina Savage).

[Ian Jones1707820036]

I can see that 1/72 vehicles are a popular choice (for dioramas as well as individual models) so how about these:

Bedford RL, Volvo Snowcat, Humber Pig, Thunderbird/Bloodhound + handling aids, Alvis Salamander, Thornycroft Antar tank transporter, Airfield Control caravan, Mercedes UNIMOG Harrier tug.

Any ofthe above would look good in1/48 too. 

[ian_rutland]

I must say that I'm really pleased with the re-releases.  Still awaiting those from the catalogues.

Could I ask if there is a possibility of bringing back the following kits?

1/72nd scale.

F-27 Friendship in it's original Aer Lingus scheme.

DHC Beaver.  Original AAC colours.

McDonnell Banshee F2

F-80 Shooting Star.

Douglas Skyray.

OV-10A Bronco.

[peebeep]

The Beaver was one of the kits that Airfix listed on their short lived attempt to do short runs on the basis of people voting on the website. It didn't get enough votes to make it viable, which might be clue why its not been released recently. The disappearance of the US jets is a mystery, they were all pretty decent in their day. The Bronco tooling was modified into the NOGS version, a bit of a dead as a kit subject considering the limited production of the real thing. I'd be surprised if the F-27 tooling is up for many more runs (if any), I bought a couple when they were last released in the early Hornby years and quality of the mouldings was not great. It would be nice to see the jets back.

[Hurricane Boy]

Paul. I must have missed the on-line voting on the Airfix website. When was this done and how often does this happen?

I would likely buy a few DHC-2 Beaver kits if the old tool 1/72 was reintroduced. The real thing was very popular on floats in the spring, summer and fall and wheel skis in the winter when I was a kid. OPAS alone had 40 of them. Still see the odd one flying on floats. 

I would also like to see the old tool Douglas F4D Skyray 

[Ratch]

Kitstarter was tried in 2015, without success, but it probably led to the Airfix Classics issues.

[ian_rutland]

I am working through some old Airfix Kits that have been layibg around for too long.  Just completed the Banshee, which is a good kit, though I had to source some new decals.  Likewise an F-80c.  Nice old classic, but the decals are just to yellow to use.  While looking through the stash I also found a rather nice old F-84F Thunderstreak.  I had removed the decals from this kit, as I was going to do a different version.  I have them in a photo album, but they are still a bit yellow.  I have placed these sheets in a south facing window, hoping to bleach them out.  In the meantime, I have bought new decal sheets.Last in the old kits saga, was a very old DC-3 that I was given at a model show a couple of years ago.  Again, very yellow and very brittle decals.  With the latter, I have been able to scan the sheet and transfer it onto some decal paper.  The Silver City decals are a fair match and went on perfectly.Following on from this, I have been looking for a couple more F-80c models.  In 1/72nd, this is not a regularly kitted model.  There is only the Airfix kit of this aircraft.  Emhar do a different version, and that's it.

 

I'm hoping that Airfix may look at re-releasing this kit, or better still, produce a replacement.  As the only game in town, and some super schemes, the kit should do well.  A re-run of the F-84F.  Another classic from the range.  Hoping to see these two reappear soon.