SPA Modeler

keavdog wrote: ↑Thu Aug 10, 2023 10:24 am I had always loved the look of the Defiant despite it's record. It was the first modern Airfix kit I did and it was awesome - love what they're doing

I did the 1/72 Airfix Defiant a couple years back, and I've wanted to do another one. Does Airfix do a 1/48 Defiant?

That's what's in the picture. Airfix # A05128A

Yes, Airfix came out with this kit a few years back. It’s all new tooling and quite nice.

keavdog wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2023 3:35 pm 1/20 Red Bull F1 Max Verstappens ride. Or any modern halo car F1 and Indy

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/alpha-m ... b--1440287

Wow that looks nice! Super pricey but nice.

Only because I want one (built as a young teen...shot up with bb gun)...the

1/32 Monogram Phantom Huey with sound!

and/or the

Renwal Visible Wasp radial engine.

Kits that I would like to see:

Newer kits to replace other ones
1/72 Cheyenne, coolest helicopter ever. The Aurora/Atlantis kit is outdated.
1/72 G-6 wheeled artillery, I found that there is a white metal kit but that look very rough.

Kits that don’t exist
1/72 Me-163A (no the Condor kit doesn’t count, that doesn’t remotely look like a 163)
1/72 HAL Tejas, come on India, do yourself a favour and make a kit if it!

Kits that do exist and I really want:
1/72 Sword P-66, passed on it once. Never saw one again…
1/72 either Heritage Avation of Vami Grob Twin Astir/Viking. Both are out of business so that is going to be tough
1/72 Pavla Culver, one again, out of business

I have several kits that are my Holy Grails. Here’s a few on top of my head, all vintage kits….

Auto kits:

MPC Dodge Off-Road Pickup Camper w/Suzuki dirt bike
Several Monogram Tom Daniels Design kits such as Quicksilver/Bad Actor Chevy Panel Truck, Tijuana Taxi, Red Baron, Vandal/Vanbulance, Cherry Bomb, Bad Medicine, etc…
Any vintage Monogram kit from the 70s and 80s
KISS van
1/20 scale MPC Highjacker Ford Econoline Off-road van
1/16 scale Street Charger
1/8 scale Monogram ‘78 Corvette

Aircraft:

Monogram 1/72 scale B-52 Stratofortress / Big, Bad, Beautiful B-52 Stratofortress - both are vintage kits of my youth years


Others:

8 Clydesdale Budweiser wagon kit

The General locomotive kit


Ships…

Any vintage Revell 1/720 scale ship kits from the 70s
Any vintage Revell 1/600 scale WW2 carrier, battleship, destroyer, cruiser kits - Hornet, Yorktown, Enterprise, etc…

Lindberg large scale PT-109 Kennedy torpedo boat
Revell 1/72 scale John F. Kennedy PT-109 torpedo boat

I'm thinking that I must be quite strange, well alright I know I AM but still, I don't think I have a 'grail kit' as such - certainly nothing that springs to mind, I'm too busy trying to build what I've already got.

If I had to choose anything, I guess I'd like to see more non-military subjects - a decent range of GA aircraft (Cessna's, Pipers etc.) and what about some decent farm or construction machinery in 1/35th or 1/24th? I've never understood why the latter wasn't more popular - some of the modern Tractors are HUGE and a JCB excavator would be a great subject - certainly plenty of weathering opportunity.