The next 1/18th Spitfire

VMF115 · Post by **VMF115** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 4:48 pm

The next 1/18th Spite fire needs to take cue from Tamiya new 1/32 scale
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc

I would forgo retractable landing gear (plug in play as in the 1/32 bbi F-4)as long as all flight controls where movable and engine cowling was removable as well.

I would love to see the next Spit in 1/18th like this.

http://www.tamiya.com/english/products/ ... /index.htm

http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.p ... t-id=60319

http://www.hyperscale.com/2009/reviews/ ... ewbg_1.htm

pickelhaube · Post by **pickelhaube** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:53 pm

These are the ones I am planning.

http://www.hyperscale.com/features/2000 ... vbmw_1.htm

http://hyperscale.com/2007/galleries/sp ... bjcb_1.htm

http://hsfeatures.com/spitfirevbss_1.htm

http://www.hyperscale.com/galleries/200 ... vbpg_1.htm

Airacobra · Post by **Airacobra** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:39 pm

pickelhaube wrote:These are the ones I am planning.

http://www.hyperscale.com/features/2000 ... vbmw_1.htm

http://hyperscale.com/2007/galleries/sp ... bjcb_1.htm

http://hsfeatures.com/spitfirevbss_1.htm

http://www.hyperscale.com/galleries/200 ... vbpg_1.htm

I am patiently awaiting the next affordable Spit. I would take any one of those schemes you posted.

DocTodd · Post by **DocTodd** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 7:26 pm

Pretty Nice but too rich for my blood and time.
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snake · Post by **snake** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:00 pm

I think that there would be a good market for a Spitfire.Any Spitfire.
Look at how much the 21C ones are selling for.
The biggest market you would think would be Britain.However,there are not very many Brits who do 1/18 scale.
But I think that 1/18 collectors around the world would snap up any new Spitfire release.
I would prefer BBI to do it.They did a great job on the Me109.
JSI would probably not be interested,at least for a while.They are to busy doing repaints of the 21c molds.

HardenSteel · Post by **HardenSteel** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 11:18 pm

Ah Hello!

Ever heard of Canada? You know, the 2nd largest country in the world?
Where You live! (don take this seriously ...)

Generally, Canadian modellers want ANY Spitfire mark. I believe we were using them after Britain gave them up. Ditto for the Lancaster. I bet almost every Canadian Modeller has a Spitfire or two or 3.

We like and enjoy a lot of WWII stuf that we produce in concert with the British.

We used the Centurion Tank for years & years, for example.

In the Victoria Scales Modellers Society, you'd be surprised how many members purchased the 1/18 Spit and the Avenger. Some won't even admit it.

If PickleHaube does the Spit, I'm getting it.

Cheers!

HD