Other hypothetical situation - new variants

[Black Lion VF-213]

Along the same line of thought with the repaint scenario:

If the big three were no longer going to make any new aircraft but instead make minor changes to existing tooling, what aircraft already made would you like to see different variants made?

Same rule as before: pick any combination of three.

My picks:

Bring on:
1. -4 version of the Corsair. Gotta have true Korean War paint possibilities
2. FW 190 A (The "A" was just better looking than the "D")
3. F/A Super Hornet (now we could have Hornets from squadrons that made the transition from Tomcats to SuperBugs!)

Bryce

[tmanthegreat]

A late model Spitfire and a P-51B/C (though both would include significant changes to the current moulds). An easy change to make would be converting the Bf-109G-6 mould into a Bf-109F or a later G variant. With that mould in particular, it seems as though 21c designed it to be adaptable.

[Killerf6]

I'll go the other way with the corsair a -1 birdcage is a must.

A spitVb, and a

P-51B would be sweet.

[B24guy]

I would love an 1/18th scale P-51B.

[MG-42]

Would love to see sometime "in the not so distant future" ,.. a


-----> HERMANN GRAF !!! [+] "Butcher Bird" ! [+]


v MG

[grockwood]

At the moment I can only think of three :

P51B/C
FW190A
a later version of the P40.

[B24guy]

A P-40N model would be sweet. I have always like that Warhawk.

[pokeyjtc]

I think you guys have hit the nail on the head with most your choices. I frankly am surprised we haven't seen somebody make a P-51B yet. I imagine that it would sell quite well considering the Mustangs popularity. I would like to see a FW-190A, a Spit MK IX, and a F4U-4 Corsair. Just to give you an idea what a -4 Corsair would look like in XD, here's a custom conversion I did a while back.
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[B24guy]

Nice F4U-4. Did you make the 4 blade prop for your Corsair conversion?

[MG-42]

WoW ! ... Nice nose art "pokey" ! *


v MG

[pokeyjtc]

Thanks. I did make the 4 blade prop out of two 3-blade props. I cut the individual blades off the prop hub, then reshaped the hub with a dremel tool. I put a small piece of wire into each blade and then drilled a hole for each blade in the hub. I glued it all back together and then reshaped it with Tamiya putty and painted it.

The nose art was a real squadron during the Korean war. I found it on a 1/48 scale decal sheet. I scanned it, enlarged it and printed it out on decal paper.

[jeffrowse]

3. F/A Super Hornet (now we could have Hornets from squadrons that made the transition from Tomcats to SuperBugs!)

Nice idea, but there's too many differences to make this really practical:

Longer fuselage
Bigger wings, tailplane and fins
Totally different engine air intakes and LERX

I'd love to see a SuperBug but it will need a retooling session or three to change the original to the new shape. Unless you're gonna be happy with something that looks like it escaped from the Combat Command line, that is

[MightyMustang]

I would like to see an F4U-4, a P-51B and an F-14 Tomcat in 1/18th scale. Will we see these? Not anytime soon I'm afraid.

[olifant]

How about a twin Mustang (P-81 I think)? All it would need is a new mold for the center wing and aieleron. That would look damn sharp in red on black.