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An adaptation of the 1/72 Beaufort to provide a DAP Beaufort Mk 21 out of the box.

It would be great if Airfix was to do the J79 Phantoms, in both 1/72 and 1/48. Airfix's Spey Phantoms demonstrate that it can do an excellent job on it, and with the right plan, a modular tool can be developed to allow every J79 Phantom to be represented.

Hobby 2000 are doing the Skyraider using Hasegawa tooling.

A 1/72 Sea Venom would be perfect. At this time, there is essentially nothing in 1/72. The Frog and its Soviet/occupied Donbass repops aren't worth discussing. I've heard good things about the Cyber Hobby Sea Venom FAW.21 (FAW.53). I am also firmly convinced that the only people stocking it are at the end of a rainbow on the main road to Shangri-La and are reachable only on the weekly Concorde service.

J79-powered Phantoms too.

A Chaparral would be an interesting addition to Airfix's armour range - and in smaller scales the existing Sidewinders would probably work.

Avon Sabre in 1/72 and 1/48 (at least).

Having said that, a decent Audacious class carrier - particularly Ark Royal - would be highly appreciated. It would also be appropriate due to the fact that Airfix has recently done new Phantoms, Buccaneers, and Gannets.

The thing is that market seems to have settled on 1/700 as the mid/small ship scale. It might be better for Airfix to go with 1/700.

Airfix should do the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation CA-27 Avon Sabre. The Sabre, while a US design, is an important early jet fighter for the Commonwealth. Not only was it used by a lot of Commonwealth air forces, including its three oldest, Sabres were produced in two Commonwealth countries - Canada and Australia. The modelling community is very well served with J47-, and Orenda-powered Sabres. What it lacks is readily available Australian CAC Avon Sabres. For general information on the Avon Sabre, see here: http://www.adf-serials.com.au/2a94intro.htm, To date, there are three conversion kits, 2 in 1/72, and 1 in 1/48. The conversion from North American/Canadair Sabre to CAC Sabre entails a substitute fuselage. The conversion kits available are designed for the Fujimi/Italeri/Academy/et al kits. I think Airfix could, without inordinate difficulty, do a 1/72 Avon Sabre based on its 2010 Sabre. If you look at the sprues, both sides of the fuselage are on a single sprue, and the only thing thing to change is the fuselage, and the addition of Sidewinders. In 1/48, more reworking would be necessary, but I'd like to think it was feasible.