1/72 and 1/48 TSR2 - re-issues?

[Middoman]

Hi all. I am wondering if there is any likelihood that Airfix will re-issue either of these kits? The fact that they haven't done so, apart from the 1/72 Stratos IV boxing a long time, ago leads me to think that there is a reason why this hasn't happened - damaged or lost moulds etc. The 1/72 is pretty accurate, if you don't try to build it with the undercarriage up, in which case you will need a lot of filler for the various doors. In the contrast, the 1/48 wasn't the best effort, and the fact that it has an incorrectly tapering front fuselage when you got that right on the earlier 1/72 release is difficult to understand, unless the second designer didn't see the first designer's work. A hard issue to fix, and most who build it don't bother trying. In either case, these are the best kits we are likely to get of what is an iconic British aircraft whose continued popularity is remarkable considering it did not enter service and it is now sixty years since it was cancelled. Of course, a new, state of the art redesign is what's really needed, with added 'what if' squadron decals, pylons and weapons, but a re-release in either scale in your classics series would be a good second prize.