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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #350 on: December 23, 2018, 03:10:13 AM »
Still waiting for a 1:48th scale F-86H Sabre and F-93 Sabre derivative...






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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #351 on: December 23, 2018, 03:18:28 AM »
It's rare and it's resin but it does exist:

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #352 on: December 23, 2018, 05:15:18 AM »
@Greg/GTX - Yeah, I knew aboot the Collectaire F-86H but you apparently did not purchase enough of the Collectaire kits to warrant the development and production of an injection moulded F-86H :)
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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #353 on: December 23, 2018, 05:27:50 AM »
but you apparently did not purchase enough of the Collectaire kits to warrant the development and production of an injection moulded F-86H :)

Hey, I did my fair share...
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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #354 on: December 23, 2018, 05:43:33 AM »
but you apparently did not purchase enough of the Collectaire kits to warrant the development and production of an injection moulded F-86H :)

Hey, I did my fair share...


Knowing you am sure you did more than your fair share !

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #355 on: January 20, 2019, 09:20:33 PM »

1/72 Nakajima G10N  would be a swell kit !

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #356 on: January 20, 2019, 11:08:14 PM »

1/72 Nakajima G10N  would be a swell kit !

Unicraft is supposed to be doing one -------   :o

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #357 on: January 21, 2019, 05:30:28 AM »
1/72 Flower Class Sloop please before it's too late to scan real life example and to raise awareness of her fate

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #358 on: January 21, 2019, 06:58:55 AM »

1/72 Nakajima G10N  would be a swell kit !

Unicraft is supposed to be doing one -------   :o

Looked up - interesting - says to be released 2016  :-\

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #359 on: January 21, 2019, 07:03:19 AM »

1/72 Nakajima G10N  would be a swell kit !

Unicraft is supposed to be doing one -------   :o

Looked up - interesting - says to be released 2016  :-\

Yeah, maybe Igor has bit off a bit more than he can chew   ;D

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #360 on: January 22, 2019, 01:12:03 AM »

1/72 Nakajima G10N  would be a swell kit !


Bah!  Too small...This was supposedly 1/32:

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #361 on: February 17, 2019, 03:42:11 AM »
The one kit I’d love nowadays is a modern 1/72 Javelin. It’s just such an awesome-looking plane.

That and a 1/35 ferret at an affordable price....
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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #362 on: March 01, 2019, 06:30:05 AM »
Hello model companies.  Are you even out there in internet browser-reader universe ? ? ?
Another year and still waiting for 1/72 B-15.  Tap foot - tap foot - tap foot - tap foot - tap foot - tap foot - tap foot - tap foot - tap foot - tap foot - tap foot.....

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #363 on: March 02, 2019, 01:05:47 AM »
There is a 1/72 Boeing Model 314/C-98 available.  Technically that uses the same wing as the XB-15 which could provide the starting point for a 1/72 XB-15.  Maybe try contacting Anigrand directly regarding it.
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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #364 on: April 07, 2019, 03:30:46 PM »
1\72 River class frigate , with variants of Tacoma class and Colony class frigate

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #365 on: April 07, 2019, 04:37:10 PM »
@Tigercat - Sent you a PM with contact information for a guy that makes hulls in a variety of scales.  Not sure if he has a River Class FF available but you can always ask.  He is located in Gibraltar.  He also has a FaceBook page (Chistian Sheppard-Capurro).   
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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #366 on: April 07, 2019, 10:00:42 PM »
There is a 1/72 Boeing Model 314/C-98 available.  Technically that uses the same wing as the XB-15 which could provide the starting point for a 1/72 XB-15.  Maybe try contacting Anigrand directly regarding it.

And Combat Models does a 1/72 vacuform kit of it too, might be a lot cheaper for kit bashing --- US$45 +US$20 for the detail parts.

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The February-March 1967 Scale Modeler Magazine Reader Survey
« Reply #367 on: July 22, 2019, 11:16:59 AM »
Held over 52 years ago it was the largest specifically for non-flying scale modelers by any hobby news publication of the day, one I'd participated in as well. My ed. notes highlight several of the requested modeling subjects released since the survey including one the article author assuredly proclaimed: "...will probably never appear except as scratch built projects..." the Nakajima G8M Renzen "Rita", Hasagawa dutifully marketing it in 1/72 less than a decade later!

The Readers Speak Results Of Our Modeler’s Survey

The letters continue to pour in but out of the chaos that five thousand plus survey returns can produce, Scale Modeler has been able to draw several significant and far reaching conclusions.

First and foremost, is the informed caliber of today’s modeler [sic, ed.]  As we have pointed out before, he is neither twelve years old nor is he gullible. On the contrary, his knowledge of what he is modeling is usually extensive.

He is discriminating in his purchases and, if the kit warrants it, he is willing to spend quite a bit more to get something extra. Quality impresses him and he is quick to spot the hackneyed and the inferior. For this reason, the manufacturing of scale model kits has become a very competitive as well as hazardous business. Guess wrong or underestimate the modeler’s selectivity and a firm, even a big one, can go out of business fast.

Although our survey is only some six weeks along as this is written and we still are receiving letters at the rate of five hundred per week, a consensus has been building and it has taken the following form.

Fully half of those who replied to our questionnaire opted to write letters, going far beyond our brief listing. We appreciated this and we read them all. Preliminary among the comments after the perennial one that the survey was a good idea, was the thought expressed in many ways, that his was the first time the modeler had been asked about what he though and wanted and that it was hoped the manufactures would take heed.

We would like to reassure our readers that several companies, all of which well known, have already expressed interest in what they though and want to see the results of our survey as soon as it is completed. Two have already begun tooling up their plants for the production of models which, heretofore, they never realized were so wanted by the modeling public.

In addition to getting their thoughts of their chests, many readers also took the time to both praise and criticize some of the features in Scale Modeler [S/M, ed.]. A few issues back, we told you that S/M was to be your magazine, and you lost no time making your opinions known. We must add however, that the majority of your points were well taken and although you got us right in the ego, we will try to adopt as many of your ideas as possible.

Getting back to your kit selections . . . we found the following comments particularly noteworthy. In fact they were voiced so often that we feel there is a definite trend to the thing of our readers.

1.   Most modelers are tired of the same old standbys. Unless the kits are superdetailed [sic, ed.], much larger, or depict a different model previously unavailable, they would rather say bye bye to Mustangs and Zeros et. al.

2.   Every modeler who wrote to us generally admitted that he [single gender OK for the day here] would be willing to pay a little more to get a little more. All would rather have one or two well done plane, car, ship or armor kits than a hose of inaccurate, poorly researched models.

3.   Almost everyone evinced a keen interest in the neglected between-the-wars plastics which encompass the period 1920 to 1940 [arguably from 1919 as seen from today IMHO not counting the Spanish Civil War], and include military, civilian and racing planes.

4.   Our readers also wanted to see a section devoted to readers’ submissions, a feature we begun with our sixth issue [September 1966] and intend to sustain.

Before going into the selections chosen by you, one more market reaction was noted, possibly the most important one.

Every reader took the survey seriously. Many wrote us that they had tried repeatedly in the past to promote several kits that they wanted especially to see. Some have even gone so far as organize clubs [ed. emphasis] for the purpose. Unfortunately, their requests have been ignored or turned down with a polite reply. That is until now.

We at Scale Modeler take great pleasure in announcing that many of your requests will soon be in the works. The model industry is waking up. Competition from overseas has been a major spur [emphasis added; incredibly true after the Cold War ended in 1992 with the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 26, 1991. ed.], but the resounding response from readers like yourselves has made the big difference.

For too many years scale modeling was thought to be in the same category with “hobby toys”, particularly by the manufacturers themselves. It is only now that many manufacturers have learned that scale modelers are serious people. With the emphasis away from pleasing the kids and focused instead on building an authentic replica, we can expect to see great strides made in accuracy, quality and the range of models available. If Scale Modeler has done anything to further this trend, it would be gratifying indeed.

And now the results of the survey in order of preference [emphasis, ed.]:

AIRCRAFT

Kingfisher by Monogram in ¼ inch will be reviewed in next issue of S/M [June 1967 ed.]

First Place . . . tie between Vought Sikorsky Kingfisher and Douglas TBD Devestator.

The former will be out within a few months in 1/32 scale, the model, an OS2U-3 type was made from a three-view drawing appearing in our sister publication Air Classics. Meanwhile, preliminary work is underway on a model of the later.

Second Place . . . Martin B-10.

A fine aircraft ignored by manufacturers, no plans are in the works for its production, bet we have made contact with a forward looking firm which is giving the matter strong consideration. [i.e. Williams Brothers injected kit in 1/72 scale]

Third Place . . . Savoia Marchetti 79.

We knew this one was in production [i.e. Airfix 1/72 & Artiplast 1/50 injected kits] when we ran our survey and therefore omitted it. However, we got so many requests for it, we thought we would include it to prove that not all manufacturers are stuck on the same kits.

Fourth Place . . . Seversky P-35, another of the forgotten classics of the thirties, which many wanted super-detailed in 1/4” scale. [Williams Brothers 1/32 injected kit out first, wouldn’t be super-detailed but read on the Internet number of modelers have “improved” upon it over the decades, ed.]

Fifth Place . . . Curtis C-46 Commando, virtually submerged by the Goony bird’s publicity, this World War II workhorse was the biggest non-combat vote getter. [Williams Brothers again would be first getting their 1/72 injected kit out, ed.]

Sixth Place . . . Waco 10 . . . all respondents wanted a big, super-detailed model of this bird with moveable controls ala Monograms F3F and Gulfhawk. [Am assuming that’s been done over the ensuing 50 years, no? ed.]

Seventh Place . . . Bell Airacuda, also in quarter inch scale, although collectors of many models complained that 1/72 was the only to keep models from taking over the entire house. [Williams Brothers yet again got their 1/72 injected kit out first. So very little did the article author appreciate much less know that even as ink was drying monster-sized 1/72 kits never mind larger scale kits would soon be on the market ala the Monogram B-52D, development work for which was well advanced then. ed.]

Eight Place . . . Tie among Mitsubishi Ki 21 Type 97 “Sally,” Mitsubishi G4M “Betty” and Kawanishi H3K1 flying boat “Emily.”

The first two will eventually be brought out by L/S, the Japanese firm which did the Peggy that appeared in the issue Number 6 [i.e. the L/S 1/75 scale classic, ed.]. Since L/S and Nichimo are perhaps the two finest companies in Japan, these should be winners. [All were on the market before 1970 in 1/72 scale if memory serves right, ed.]

Ninth Place . . . Heinkel He 177 Grief . . . aircraft will be out next year by Faller, a German Maker, but may be hard to come by. [Beyond criminal Scale Modeler Magazine editors didn’t profess knowledge about Airfix coming out with their kit that very year – 1967. Did Airfix choose to keep this release Maximum Top Secret? Did the editors not want to act on rumors that it was about to be released, something else maybe? Primal screams of anger from this modeler still reverberating 52 years later! ed.]

Tenth Place. . . Curtis Shrike . . . again the call was for a super detailed model and readers called for extra parts to make model variations with, thus giving them a wider range of types, and were willing to pay more for same. [Have seen models of this bird over the years; super detailed ones with variations can’t say, those who know chime in. ed.]

Eleventh Place . . . Tie among Boeing F4B, P-12, P-26 all in quarter inch scale. It was felt the models now on the market of these ships were just too inadequate. Again super-detailing and size was the big feature, with lots of accessory parts for variation and prime attention paid to exacting detail. It was also found that in conjunction with these inter-war ship types Monogram’s treatment of the Grumman F3F should be extended to these classics also. [Was all this done over the ensuing 52 years, would love to know. ed.]

Twelfth Place . . . Lavochkin LA-5, included with these votes was the comment that most Russian WWII aircraft have been ignored by the manufacturers. [Airfix had the Yak 9D in 1963,  Ilyushin Il-2 in 1964, Petlyakov Pe-2 in 1968, FROG the Tupolev SB-2 in 1969, Lavoshkin La-7 planned in 1971 but not released till 1975 which I think was around when Italeri came out with their La-5FN kit. I just don’t remember seeing any La-5 kits other than Italeri’s during the 1970s. ed.]

ARMOR

[Professing blind ignorance for fear of being bashed to pulp won’t comment on this genera. ed.]

First Place . . . General Stuart M3A1 light tank used by British in western desert and christened “Honey”.

Second Place . . . General Grant with 75 mm gun also mainstay in western desert, early phase.

Third Place . . . German half track armored personnel carrier . . . sd.Kfz 250/1.

Fourth Place . . . American M-10 Tank destroyer with 76 mm gun.

Fifth Place . . . British Mk.I “Mother,” variation which first appeared on the Somme in 1916.[/i]

Sixth Place . . . Renault FT tank WW I. [This one I’ll comment on; why pray tell wasn’t there an injected kit on the market of this famous armor subject back then? ed.]

Seventh Place . . . Christie T3 Tank, pioneer of the early thirties and forerunner of Russian designs.

Eight Place . . . Russian T/34 76 [sic. ed.]. Only model of this type tank is T/34 [sic. ed.] 85 mm gun model by Revell which is no longer in production.

Many requests for Japanese tanks were received but these are now available from Japan in any store that stocks Japanese kits [Highlands Hobbies in North Highlands, California next to McClellan A.F.B. where I’d frequented in the late 1960s did stock them for sure. ed.]

SHIPS

First Place . . . RMS Titanic . . . the famous liner won by ratio of nearly three to one over its nearest competitor. Rumor has it that the Cunard White Star Liner would take dim view of a model being produced, as it would revive unpleasant memories. This seems a bit much when you consider the movies and best selling books written about this historic steamship. At any rate, two firms are definitely interested in this project, as a group of modelers who form the Titanic Enthusiasts of America (that’s the name) have collected all the photos etc. needed to do a comprehensive job. Model would be made in the three ft. overall class. [indeed they'd come out not long afterwards! ed.]

Second Place . . . German WW I sub (U-9) Kapitainleutnant Otto Weddigen commanding. Early sub sank three British battlecruisers in first weeks of WWI. Readers asked for clear plastic hull-half to reveal detailed interior. One firm has already undertaken the project. [Will have to do Internet research meantime y’all welcome to enlighten me. ed.]

Third Place . . . Carrier Enterprise Big “E” a scratch built model of which appeared in previous issue of [Scale] Modeler [November 1966 ed.]. Kit will appear early next year. [Who’s I ask? ed.]

AUTOMOBILES

Of the thousands of questionnaires received all but a handful checked Hitler’s Mercedes Touring Car [ed. emphasis], which was the biggest single vote getter in any category. Of all the models available the car manufacturers offer the widest range. Therefore, many classics ignored in other fields are already available in the car category. However, in addition to the Mercedes, numerous requests were made for Craig Breedlove’s “Spirit of America”. [ed. emphasis]

In closing, we wish to tank all those who took the time to write to us. Time and space do not allow us to reduce all your requests and it must be noted that particular aircraft such as the McDonnell Moonbat [ed. emphasis] and Japan’s Rita [ed. emphasis; i.e. Nakajima G8N], a four engine bomber will probably never appear except as scratch built projects [How disgustingly presumptuous, wanna hear cat calls from our forum modelers right now! ed.]. However, many fine models which are out were requested by readers who in all probably, did not know that they were available. We are speaking of the Douglas A-20 Havoc, the Me. 410 [ed. emphasis] (reviewed in last issue) [November 1966 ed.] and now the Arado 196. [ed. emphasis. How so very true then in 1967. Decades before the Public Internet y’all only had print publications & word of mouth to go by. ed.] Others will be coming out shortly and if your local hobby store does not carry them, write to any of the specialist outfits which advertise in S/M; chances are they’ll have what you want.

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #368 on: December 29, 2019, 06:57:59 AM »
One 1/35 Excalibur Vulcan Wheeled Carrier please:


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« Reply #369 on: December 29, 2019, 08:28:59 AM »
One 1/35 Excalibur Vulcan Wheeled Carrier please:
That same vehicle was also used by a contractor at Fort Bragg, NC for an electronics shelter containing equipment for imagery exploitation.  Two of my soldiers were involved with testing it for a short period of time.  Nothing much ever came of it, unlike the Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera with 3.5" floppy diskettes as the media storage that was "evaluated" by my unit. 
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« Reply #370 on: December 29, 2019, 02:09:25 PM »
A simple request to aftermarket suppliers, can we have a 1/48 Learjet Model 25 fuselage to use with either the IMC/Testors Model 23/24 or, with suitable engine nacelles and a wing trim, with the Hasegawa/Revell Learjet 35/36?  For that matter, could we have the winglets to model any of the "Longhorn" Learjets - you'd need the Model 25 fuselage plus the winglets to do the Model 28/29 and the winglets by themselves to do a Model 31.

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« Reply #371 on: December 29, 2019, 11:51:06 PM »
End of 2019.  Another year added to decades of anxiously pacing waiting for 1/72 XB-15.   :icon_crap:

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #372 on: December 30, 2019, 01:08:50 AM »
That same vehicle was also used by a contractor at Fort Bragg, NC for an electronics shelter containing equipment for imagery exploitation. 

It was part of a family of proposed vehicles:

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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #373 on: December 30, 2019, 02:19:36 AM »
One 1/35 Excalibur Vulcan Wheeled Carrier please:
That same vehicle was also used by a contractor at Fort Bragg, NC for an electronics shelter containing equipment for imagery exploitation.  Two of my soldiers were involved with testing it for a short period of time.  Nothing much ever came of it, unlike the Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera with 3.5" floppy diskettes as the media storage that was "evaluated" by my unit.

Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera with 3.5" floppy diskettes as the media storage that was "evaluated" by my unit.

Can you share more about this Jeff?   That must have been one big body. 
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Re: Dear Model Company, I would like you to release a kit of...
« Reply #374 on: December 30, 2019, 02:28:25 AM »
One 1/35 Excalibur Vulcan Wheeled Carrier please:
That same vehicle was also used by a contractor at Fort Bragg, NC for an electronics shelter containing equipment for imagery exploitation.  Two of my soldiers were involved with testing it for a short period of time.  Nothing much ever came of it, unlike the Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera with 3.5" floppy diskettes as the media storage that was "evaluated" by my unit.
Digital Single Lens Reflex Camera with 3.5" floppy diskettes as the media storage that was "evaluated" by my unit.

Can you share more about this Jeff?   That must have been one big body.

It was a standard size Canon SLR that had been modified to DSLR camera by incorporating a new back on the camera frame.  Nothing special about it as far as size and it took decent [for that time] images.  The modified back allowed you to insert a 3.5" floppy diskette instead of a film roll.  All quite straight forward from there and not much different from the DSLR cameras currently available save for the size of the media storage. 
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