Future Tamiya 1/72?

I'm waiting for their 1/72 P-51B and HE-219

PT

i'm hoping for a 1/32 he 219. that would be a real dream to super detail.

in article 151220041353145826% snipped-for-privacy@clarityconnect.com, Mark Levine at snipped-for-privacy@clarityconnect.com wrote on 12/15/04 12:53 PM:

I wouldn't complain if it was a Mk 32 Hamp. They have a lot of good candidates however?certainly their P-51B or Birdcage Corsair are good candidates.

MB

I just wish they'd crank their 1/32nd F-15E down to 72nd scale. I'd really like an accurate F-15-E.....

Don H.

Me too!

I collect Me262s in 1/72 so I'd like to see that.But the Revell kit is so good they might not bother. I'd also like to see any WW1 subject from their skilled hands.

I'd like to see them finish the 1/48 Betty line. Where's the Mk 22 or 24?

And a new fuselage on the Buffalo, a model 239 would be sure seller. Cheers,

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

In 1/72, I'd like to see an A/B-26 Invader, and in 1/48 an F-80 and F-86A (or E).

~Michael

Yeah! I'd go for an A/B-26, too.

Don H.

Me too, but a B-26 Marauder would even be better...

Dan

You'll be happy to know I just this year finished the Airfix A-26. Sanded the rivet farm off, rescribed the panel lines, won a couple of chapter contests, no score at the Nationals...I've taken the hit but still no kit! MPM threatened to release one in the near future. A new B-26 would be nice as well but the twin engine bomber that needs to be done THE MOST is the A-20. All current 1/72 molds originate from the sixties. The High Planes ltd kits are nice but a lot of work. I was hoping Hasegawa was going to go in that direction after their B-25 but NO! Maybe they'll do a D0-17 My 2¢ The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Thanks for taking a bullet for the team to help ensure that a new mold kit will be released. I'm hoping that some day I'll run across a Monogram Snaptite B-26 at one of the kit collector shows. I hear it's not a bad place to start for the B-26. Does anobody have an opinion on the Matchbox version?

Dan

I thought I still had one; apparently sold off. It suffers from the diecast engraving that Matchbox is famous for. Since Revell AG now owns that mold and they've got their own B-26 from the sixties (good source for engines) it's doubtfull we'll see it re-released. It's good for a slammer if you find one at a swap meet.

The Monogram snaptite is indeed a good kit of the early short wing version. I was going to get one before they went out of production but I must have been knapping. They go for $10 on ebay; it took me years to find one and their B-25 at swap meets. Problem is-no decals! I have yet to find aftermarket decals for that kit.

Best place to start is the Airfix/MPC B-26. hth

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Panel lines like a WW1 trench system. Severe lack of detail on undercarriage, engines, cockpit etc. The fuselage sides seem like they are a scale three feet thick, and the transparencies are of a matching thickness.

But that's the down side. Upside is that it goes together very nicely and actually looks like a B-26. Typical Matchbox kit really. You can make a nice model if you work at it.

Anybody ever try mating the Matchbox wings (long span, right?) to the Monogram fuselage?

Any of the Revell kit useful?

Tom

I've wondered if anyone has ever try to mate the Airfix cockpit/interior to the Monogram snaptite kit (I've had this project in the back of my mind for ages). The cockpit (heck, the entire interior) for the Monogram is non-existant.

I used bits and pieces from Microscale sheets. I don't know too many that had fancy schemes that early in the war. The model makes up the short-winged version (B-10 IIRC) that was famous for "one a day in Tampa Bay".

Bill Banaszak, MFE

Squadron now has a canopy set that allows you to build an A from the Monogram short wing kit. Couple that with the Airfix interior and you're about set. hth

The Keeper (of too much crap!)

Does anyone know of any link to a site or such that shows the interior of one of theise babies as I have the airfix kit and the Paragon detail set to make the counter invader, but I have no idea what they did with the insides.

Thanks in advance

Alastair Macfarlane