spoke to Airfix yesterday..

[Archimedes]

As noted in John Alcorn's book 'The Master Scratch Builders'; 1/24 is the smallest scale within which one can see everything as it would be in 1:1. 1/24 does have presence and heft however and is a traditional scale for Airfix which 10 year old me was hugely impressed by. Even the oldest of their offerings are accurate in outline and every one of them can be built up into a decent representation. 

 

In larger scales Airfix, like Tamiya, are hugely conservative or, to put it another way, go for sure fire winners. Depending on the sales performance of the Hellcat I can see them going for a U.S. Navy subject such as the Corsair. Or, given that models with black crosses on them tend to be 'bread and butter' sales for most model companies they might be tempted into doing one of two Messerschmitts: either the Bf109-G6 or the Me262-A1. I'd vote for the 262 because then some crazy soul could recreate Roy Cross's iconic 'Dogfight Double' artwork in 1/24 of a lone Mosquito being hunted down by two Me262s. All candidates mentioned have comprehensive drawings available, have physical examples in existence and can therefore be LIDAR scanned,

 

Total speculation but food for thought.

 

Kind regards,

Paul

[BiggTim]

1 hour ago, PTR said:

How big would a P-38 be in 1/24? 

26", which is quite a bit less than some of the big 1/32 bomber kits being made. Sure would be fun!!

[Tissue and Dope]

A 1/24 Lancaster - the HKM and Border offerings are far  too small ……………

[Stokey Pete]

6 minutes ago, Tissue and Dope said:

A 1/24 Lancaster - the HKM and Border offerings are far  too small ……………

that would extend my modelling life. I’d be able to work on parts I can still see. 

[Alain Gadbois]

8 minutes ago, Tissue and Dope said:

A 1/24 Lancaster - the HKM and Border offerings are far  too small ……………

That kit would be extremely difficult to pass by unoticed from the wife, sadly!

 

Alain

[Alain Gadbois]

Mentioned before but good possibilities:

 

Me 262

Me 110

Corsair

Fw 190D

P-40

 

Not probable but would be cool:

 

Tiger Moth

Ki-61

Macchi MC 200 (or 202)

Beaufighter

 

 

[geedubelyer]

3 hours ago, PTR said:

How big would a P-38 be in 1/24? 

 

My vote is Corsair.

Possibly not as big as a Mosquito?

[LSP_Mike]

A P38 or Beaufighter would be longshots methinks. A 109F, an RN Corsair, P40 B/C or P51B would be solid choices

[airscale]

great subjects and some definate possibilities in here - I would love to see a Sea Fury and if I was in it for the money a 109G

 

while not wishing to fuel incorrect assumptions or specualtion though I know it undoubtedly will there is one thing been running through my head today which was when I was talking to Luke (who is their lead researcher) about how he got into the job and how fab it must be, one thing he said was about getting to travel to interesting countries like "Finland and other European places"- my ears pricked up and I thought what have Airfix done or might do thats in Finland?

 

its probaby nothing, but its all part of the guessing game

[D.B. Andrus]

31 minutes ago, airscale said:

 "Finland and other European places"- my ears pricked up and I thought what have Airfix done or might do thats in Finland?

 

There's an original Bf 109G-6 up there.....just sayin'. 

Would be the perfect foil for a Spit IX.

[BiggTim]

1 hour ago, geedubelyer said:

Possibly not as big as a Mosquito?

Nope. The Mossie's wingspan was 54 feet, the P-38's was 52. To put it in perspective, a 1/24 P-38's wingspan would be about 12 inches less than the 1/32 B-17 kit.

[mozart]

42 minutes ago, airscale said:

when I was talking to Luke (who is their lead researcher) about how he got into the job and how fab it must be, one thing he said was about getting to travel to interesting countries like "Finland and other European places"- my ears pricked up and I thought what have Airfix done or might do thats in Finland?

 

its probaby nothing, but its all part of the guessing game

If it’s Finland they’ve travelled to then it’s undoubtedly, certainly, most definitely without a shadow of doubt the only Gloster Gauntlet in the world! Be still my beating heart! 

[Alain Gadbois]

40 minutes ago, airscale said:

great subjects and some definate possibilities in here - I would love to see a Sea Fury and if I was in it for the money a 109G

 

while not wishing to fuel incorrect assumptions or specualtion though I know it undoubtedly will there is one thing been running through my head today which was when I was talking to Luke (who is their lead researcher) about how he got into the job and how fab it must be, one thing he said was about getting to travel to interesting countries like "Finland and other European places"- my ears pricked up and I thought what have Airfix done or might do thats in Finland?

 

its probaby nothing, but its all part of the guessing game

The Finns have a huge and varied collection of aircraft, from every major participant in the European war (maybe not Italy!).

They even have a Gloster Gauntlet…

So it would be difficult to find out what Airfix was interested in.

 

Alain

[Alain Gadbois]

Just now, mozart said:

If it’s Finland they’ve travelled to then it’s undoubtedly, certainly, most definitely without a shadow of doubt the only Gloster Gauntlet in the world! Be still my beating heart! 

I was just writing about that Gauntlet!

[Christa]

Finland, Finland, Finland,

Finland by the sea.

Finland, Finland, Finland,

Finland is for me. 

 

Ah yes, but can you add a verse with Gloster Gauntlet in it?