Top Ten Bombers: Which would YOU like to see produced????

CW4USARMY · Post by **CW4USARMY** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:42 pm

YOU HAVE TO MAKE THE WINGS?!?!? Ouch! I guess I'll be waiting
for a long time for someone to make one in 1:18 scale. I can barely paint, let alone build those monster wings from scratch!

(thanks for the info

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Post by **aferguson** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 1:58 pm

not just the wings but the tail fin and the horizontal tail too. All they give you are plans and styrofoam blocks that you build around. The blocks are block shape, not airfoil shape so you have to make all the formers and do the skinning if you want the wings/tail.

The fuselage is quite nicely shaped and only requires cutting out where the clear parts go, painting etc. It's the wings/tail that are the killer...otherwise i would have built one by now. I was good to go until i found out about the wings/tail.

jhogan · Post by **jhogan** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 3:31 pm

The B-25 could be done on 1/18 scale. It would have a wing span of 3.7 feet with an overall length of 2.9 feet. However, if you take these measurements and lay them out on the floor, you have a very massive airplane. That would be equal to the space of two 1/18 WWII fighters or just under 12 square feet. A B-17 would take up about 20 square feet.
Just three of these babies and I'd have to move a car out of the garage.

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 4:37 pm

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:35 pm

How about a Dauntless - much smaller - and we already have the avenger comming - makes sense to me.

I think the B-17 is possible and would be nice taking up my garage.

Aviatornut.com · Post by **Aviatornut.com** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:37 pm

I would like a PBY Catalina.... Wait...I know it is not a Bomber but I want one. I would play with it in my bath tub and then i could rescue my downed Corsair pilots.

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:43 pm

kyosho made an r/c kit of a catalina......it's arf. Almost exactly 1/18. They go for about $300 on ebay.

Aviatornut.com · Post by **Aviatornut.com** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:45 pm

aferguson wrote:kyosho made an r/c kit of a catalina......it's arf. Almost exactly 1/18. They go for about $300 on ebay.

but can i play with it in the tub

ogravl · Post by **ogravl** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:46 pm

If I'm not mistaken the PBY did sink the most U-Boats of any aircraft during WWII.

Post by **aferguson** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 5:56 pm

nope.....the B-24 did.

The kyosho kit does float......so depends on the size of your bathtub AN.

eddie372 · Post by **eddie372** » Mon Jan 30, 2006 10:23 pm

Lightning2000, if you look at toy stores and hobby shops in general (at least down here in South Florida), you'll see tons of R/C airplanes and only a few of the static display models.

I believe that the younger kids these days have very little or no interest in collecting and/or putting together any models. On the other hand, the people that grew up with the hobby continue to collect and love static displays, such as ourselves.

Eddie

dfoos · Post by **dfoos** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 11:37 pm

I'll throw my vote in for the B-17.

Man, that'd be cool. They could make a whole new series of figures just for the crew.

Revolving bubble turrets would be a must.

Not a bomber but I'd also love to see a C-47 with invasion stripes of course.

tmanthegreat · Post by **tmanthegreat** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 11:07 am

My current wish for a bomber in 1:18 - the 21c TBM Avenger

Hopefully, the wait won't be much longer!

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 2:58 pm

and a Dauntless

Jericoeagle1 · Post by **Jericoeagle1** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 6:02 pm

I'd really like to see a dauntless as well. But the chance of having a B-25 would be cool as well.

nfafan · Post by **nfafan** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:43 pm

I've been on record here countless times before;

#1 JU88 multiple cammos, mutiple sales
#2 B-17 Memphis Belle
#3 Dauntless Midway markings

Then...

B-25C Doolittle Raider
B-26 Marauder D-Day
A-20 Havoc D-Day and Brit NA

IMHO, biggest winner in sales would be the B17.

digger · Post by **digger** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 7:54 pm

Surprising amount of support for a B-17 but the feasability of the 25 makes it so intriguing. It is about 2/3 the size of the 17 and at that big the difference is huge. It would also cost less and in turn sell more...it just seems more realistic. Though Jason did say a 17 was considered...either would be unreal anyway you look at it.

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Wed Feb 01, 2006 8:20 pm

I would put my vote in for a B-17 (I love the look of them) and a Mosquito, but that one I would hope to show up as something like a balsa-wood kit (just to be a little more realistic)

STUKA · Post by **STUKA** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:44 am

These larger planes would be great playsets - removable gun ports - removable tops with foot pegs on the inside for authentic WWII action.

maybe we will get a 1:18 harry Connick Jr.

aktiger · Post by **aktiger** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 5:21 pm

A B-17 would be incredible. My favorite aircraft. Even a static diplay of a fuselage with removable panels. I will not hold my breath, though. Now, if someone did one in 1/32..... I would probably have to change message boards!
The Catalina was used extensively as a bomber during the Aleutian Campaign. Great pic here:
http://home.gci.net/~aahm/images/planes ... talina.jpg

and here after it was moved:

http://home.gci.net/~aahm/images/planes ... a/pby2.jpg

I also give a strong endorsement for the Dauntless. It's only natural to include the plane that, arguably, turned the tide in the Pacific.

HardenSteel · Post by **HardenSteel** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 12:08 am

1/18 Lancaster! Yes! (Chanting: Get it now!)
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B 17! Yes! Same! ---+-+=O=+-+---
' "" '' ""
B29! Amazing! Wow.

B24! Required!

FW 200C Condor ! Interesting!

SR 71! Yes! Hmmm, how did that get in here?

Mosquitto ! Of course!

B25! Naturally!

Convair B58c Hustler - Beautiful & Fast!

Ju 88! We need these to shoot down!
Donier! Yup!
Heinkel He 111! as well

F15! The Best
F14! The Coolest!
Mig 31 Foxhound! The Fastest!
Miig 29 ! Best mover!

A10 Thunderbolt! - Did I hear some scream?

Harrier! The most original!

Convair GRB-36 most outragious!

Well I think that does it!

Oh yes, I'd get them. Who's worried about room .... that's what garages are for, not to mention the family room, guest rooms, library, study ... hmm, Perhaps be can stick one in the living room. No? Ok, the laundry room? Downstairs bathroom? Kid's room .....

:^)

HD

Morian Miner · Post by **Morian Miner** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 3:42 pm

STUKA wrote:These larger planes would be great playsets - removable gun ports - removable tops with foot pegs on the inside for authentic WWII action.

I like this idea. What a cool playset a B-17 fuselage would be. Then, if people want to be creative, they can build their own wings.

Fox Tare-28 · Post by **Fox Tare-28** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 7:43 pm

-B-17G "Chow Hound"
-Lancaster VR-A (The mid upper gunner, Andrew Mynarski won a posthumous VC in that plane after it was crippled by a night fighter over Cambrai in 1944)
-Ju-52 (Painted as the one used in "Where Eagles Dare")

tankduel · Post by **tankduel** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 2:28 pm

Hey look, a 1/18th B17 "Memphis Belle" nose section has been released
http://www.primeportal.net/models/thoma ... e_section/

HardenSteel · Post by **HardenSteel** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 4:25 pm

Who wouldn't get that?

Bring it on!

HD

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Top Ten Bombers: Which would YOU like to see produced????

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