What will be Airfix's next 1:24?

[Neo]

Im still really hoping for a sea fury

1 appart from fishers resin their isint a nice one near this scale

2 since 1/24 are huge, having foldable wings really helps display

3 i love the grey and egg green paint job. 

4 its british! 

[Confusionreigns178]

15 hours ago, scimitarf1 said:

I see there being really two questions

 

1. When - the Mosquito was announced in 2008, the Typhoon 2013 and the Hellcat 2018. They made public announcements about the sales of the latter two that they have not done for other kits and I understand that margin is higher on the more expensive kits so I would not be surprised if the next one is announced before 2023. Hornby’s results are up due to the pandemic - they are back in profit.

 

2. Subject. The Hellcat was a bit of a marker. Applicability beyond the UK, no good/recent large scale kit, several markings schemes and not afraid to stray beyond the usual suspects. If I were a betting man my money would be on:

 

Sea Fury

Sabre

Spit Mk 1

P-51B

Erm.... not wanting to be patronising here, but where did you hear that Hornby are back in profit? Five years ago, the Hornby Group was about £30 million in debt. You would have to sell HUGE numbers of choo-choos, kits and everything else in their catalogue to wipe out that kind of debt. I can well believe that their sales have been boosted by the COVID-19 pandemic, but them being back in profit seems like a very big ask.

 

Chris. 

[LSP_Ray]

You can turn a profit and still be in debt. In fact, if you start turning a profit you can usually get larger loans! With the virus and everyone turning towards there hobbies, I don't doubt Hornby's numbers are looking better.

[geedubelyer]

Folland Gnat in Red Arrows and Yellowjackets schemes.

deHavilland Vampire. 

 

 

Also, Airfix are re-releasing their original Spitfire, Hurricane and Bf-109 kits in the short term. They are available to pre-order in online stores now.

 

It would have been splendid to see an early Spitfire given the new tool treatment along the lines of their Typhoon and Hellcat kits. 

 

Perhaps they could do a Mk22/24 Spit or possibly a Mk47 with folding wings? Now that would be impressive.

[fastterry]

I think a likely choice for Airfix regards 1/24 would be to look at their recent 1/48 releases. Presumably they would have the CAD outlines which they can tweak in the light of accuracy comments from modellers (on forums) and have a head start on producing the new CAD tooling drawings etc.

Therefore my list of the most likely is as follows:

Hawker Sea Fury

Supermarine Spitfire XIV low back

Less likely is:

Hawker Hunter F.6

Gloster Meteor F.8

Tiger Moth

Bristol Blenheim F.1

Supermarine Walrus

These 1/48 scale kits have been well received by modellers from around the world so I reckon the next 1/24 release will come from these lists. I would buy both a Sea Fury and Spit 14 in a heartbeat.

TRF

[Pup7309]

Fokker Dr1

[The Phantom]

How good would a Blenheim be?

Still think Gladiator is a good bet

[Sepp]

I'd love to see the 109 treated to their new era standards - but if it has to be a Sea Fury, so be it

[Erwin]

My first wish is the B-P Defiant.

 

Second is my  Luftwaffe favourite...

 

[fastterry]

9 minutes ago, Erwin said:

My first wish is the B-P Defiant.

 

Second is my  Luftwaffe favourite...

 

Yes, I forgot the Defiant, another successful Airfix 1/48 kit release. Not sure about the Me262 though.

TRF

[Confusionreigns178]

8 hours ago, LSP_Ray said:

You can turn a profit and still be in debt. In fact, if you start turning a profit you can usually get larger loans! With the virus and everyone turning towards there hobbies, I don't doubt Hornby's numbers are looking better.

I take your point, my friend, but surely all of the new money is instantly being swallowed up just servicing that big debt? Although I rarely buy anything made by Airfix these days, I wish them every success. They are too icon a brand to see fail and our hobby would be a much poorer place if they were to consigned to history.  

 

Chris. 

Edited November 2, 2020 by Confusionreigns178
Correcting a typo.

[Derek B]

On 8/18/2019 at 9:16 PM, Menelaos said:

a bit too early for this but what about a Beaufighter? (I would like to see it as new 1:32 tool as well)

 

Nice choice Menelaos. I think that the F-104G Starfighter and this one are long overdue in 1/24 scale:

 

 

 

The F-4 Phantom would be particularly welcome, as there are so many variants to choose from.

 

Derek

 

 

Edited November 2, 2020 by Derek B

[DonH]

I hear it's going to be a Lancaster

[LSP_Mike]

I'd like to see an Emil. Good size, lots of markings, lots of paint schemes.

Wings don't fold though.

[Grizly]

While I am a 1/24 enthusiast, I feel that smaller subjects might be more appropriate than the likes of the Hellcat, Typhoon and Mosquito. I also feel that subjects where there are lots of innards that can be exposed and have wide global appeal should be chosen. One example of such an aircraft is the P-39. It was operated by the US, UK, Russia, Italy, Australia, Portugal, Poland and has a large nose gun bay as well as wing guns, a readily viewable cockpit and the Allison engine behind the cockpit. Plus it's smaller than a Spitfire. I know, I'd buy/build one.