a question !! if you could build any model (kit or scratch) what would it be and why ??

[Mikerf]

A really good, accurate kit of a Reliant Scimitar Se5A. I drove one for a good few years and it's one of my favourite driving cars.

[Guest]

Still thinking !

[Guest]

my dads work truck always liked riding in it he was a carpenter and it smelled of wood .all the tools were cool to.remember the sound of him coming down the road as he turned into the drive he would kill the engine and coast in. have fond memories of that truck.
also a Vietnam huey door gunner in 1/10 scale.would be awesome.the possibilities for helmet art would be endless
Rick.

[Tim Marlow]

Just thinking about Bob’s 1:1 stug, the box for that is going to be awesome.....and the courier will probably still leave it behind the dustbin in a “safe place”.....

[Guest]

Just thinking about Bob’s 1:1 stug, the box for that is going to be awesome.....

I doubt anyone would make a full kit. A conversion kit for an FV 432 seems more likely.

[Gary MacKenzie]

I would love to find a 1/35th Chevrolet Suburban and a few other ''civilian'' vehicles , like the Mercedes sprinter.
There is a lack ( or i can't find them ) of non-military in 1/35th.

[Guest]

Errr, no , wait .

[Dustbin]

I would love to see a series of 1/35 WW1 softskins brought out, my scratching skills are wayyyyyyyy to slow and time is of a premium :sad:

[Ian M]

Here's a couple I just remembered.
I wait patiently for Italeri to make a 1/35 RAF Rescue launch and a Whale backed MTB. Same hull I believe. Get on it Mr. Italeri!!!

[Guest]

1/700 scale Brooklyn light cruiser
1/700 scale HMS Ajax

[Peter Gillson]

Mine choice is a little complicated.

A 1/35 B17, but with a differenc. I would need a full in-flight crew to populate it, but build the model in the following sections so you can see the crew, from front to rear:

Bombadier/ navigator's nose area would be in a boxed dio, looking forward so you are looking through the front of the plane to the the back of the boxed dio which would be a photo of the sky, possibly with some 1/44 aircraft.

Flight deck / bomb-bay / radio operator - cut-away side view.

Main body: boxed dio, cut like looking down a tube from just behine the 2 waist gunners towards the ball gunner

Rear gunner - side cutaway.

The kits of the plane are available but not the crew. If anybody knows of a crew, please let me know.

Peter

[Guest]

That sounds like a very cool series of boxed dioramas, I agree. As for figures:

Bombardier:


Flight engineer:


Navigator:


Scalemates has some more that you might be able to adapt.

[Neil Merryweather]

Mine choice is a little complicated.

A 1/35 B17, but with a differenc. I would need a full in-flight crew to populate it, but build the model in the following sections so you can see the crew, from front to rear:

Bombadier/ navigator's nose area would be in a boxed dio, looking forward so you are looking through the front of the plane to the the back of the boxed dio which would be a photo of the sky, possibly with some 1/44 aircraft.

Flight deck / bomb-bay / radio operator - cut-away side view.

Main body: boxed dio, cut like looking down a tube from just behine the 2 waist gunners towards the ball gunner

Rear gunner - side cutaway.

The kits of the plain are available but not the crew. If any ody knows of a crew, please let me know.

Peter

A very cool idea!

[rtfoe]

Fantastic idea Peter but for me it's to be able to build all I have in the stash to the degree that i'm satisfied with. I don't see that happening so I would have to be selective and don't buy anymore. :smiling2: And that's also not going to happen :tears-of-joy:

Cheers,
Richard

[Peter Gillson]

Jakko I don't know whather I should love you or hate you!

Not having sourced the figures gave me ther perfect excuse for not attempting this project - until now!! Thanks for the figures, Ihad not heard of this manufacturer and they have quite a range.

I am going to have to have a long think, this would be an expensive project: £150+ on figures, £200-330 on the B17, but it would in effect be 4 quite complicated projects so probably not bad cost for all of the enjoyment (and frustration!). Some of their figures look a bit 'wooden' so would need modyfying to animate them but they would be a good starting point.

I think I have to finish my King Tiger first, by that time they may have added a tail gunner to their range of figures.

Peter