What If ideas/goals for the upcoming year, what are YOUR plans?

[PR19_Kit]

The airliner version is on my list but finding an odd scale model of the BAC Concorde might be a bit tricky.

Oooh I dunno'. There's LOTS of strange size Concordes about in all sorts of scales and fictional airline schemes. You could get lucky.

[McColm]

The proposed Yak-39 caught my imagination V/STOL  maritime attack and ground attack, a kitbash using the Yak-38 and the Jaguar. I've always wanted to see a V/STOL Jaguar and they do look as though they should have collaborated.

Likewise the Tornado F.3 and the Yak-141  another kitbash.

The il-38N May, there's a 1/72 model  kit Amodels which is a bit expensive but maybe a kitbashed DC-6B with turboprops and a reworked tail fin. Or use the Sanger vacform kit instead for half the price.

[McColm]

A kitbash using the Boeing Stratoliner and B-47 would be an interesting whiff. This is based on the concept artwork of Boeing.
The drawing looks as though the wings and tail are from a B-52 but the engine layout is a reversed B-47.
Model 473-29B is very similar but keeps the B-47 cockpit canopy. I will use the B-47 landing gear which will be housed in the C-97/Stratoliner. I don't think that there will be much of the
B-47 left when I complete the initial build. I can use the coach seating from a 00 gauge carriage.
The C-97 wings will probably be used for a future project along with the engines.

[McColm]

I've always thought that there should have been an attack version of the Vought F-8 Crusader, no not the LTV  A-7 Corsair II. There is the Vought V-463 model that looks as it could have been the concept for the A-7. Maybe just change the wings on two models 🤔

[Leading Observer]

What-if the turret fighter was developed further - so my warped imagination envisages a Defiantesque Typhoon. And then what to do with the rest of the Defiant? Well the Schrage Musik upward firing guns was first developed in WW1 by both the British and the French to counter the Zeppelin threat. So What-if someone at the RAE remembered that and put it on a Defiant?

[PR19_Kit]

Both ideas sound very plausible, and the Defiant's turret should be a much easier fit in a larger Typhoon than in another single seaters of the period.

I tried to fit one to a Hurricane once, and the bits are still hanging about, NOT fitting each other.

[Beermonster58]

I've got half a dozen 1/144 Academy B-47s to play with. Colour schemes for B-47s were mostly pretty boring so, I've pondering a few alternatives ;

B-47E in RAAF markings. I believe The type was suggested as an interim pending delivery of the much delayed F-111
RB-47H in RAF markings
RB-47H in south east Asia camouflage for a Vietnam deployment
B-47E in  that gorgeous "raspberry ripple" scheme
Four engined version using spare twin engine pods salvaged from a B-52D (I believe there was an actual four engined version designated B-56 proposed)

As a concession to the original operator, I'll keep the B-47B in its original N M finish. It's a nice model but,the wings are moulded as if in flying mode and, they lack the characteristic droop of the B-47 on the ground. It's not insurmountable but, I'd rather not have to modify six sets of wings................! C'est la vie

[McColm]

I have been given a few challenges whilst down in Falmouth. The first is to build a EH-101 Merlin helicopter in 1/48 scale with Royal Navy decals.
The next is a 1/72 BAC Concorde, I did have a secondhand Airfix kit at one time. I think that one or two parts were missing and I tired kitbashing it with the Airfix Rockwell B-1B Lancer. I have seen another B-1B without the cockpit canopy (got one in the stash).

[McColm]

Something that might have been discussed before the Vought RA-7 Corsair II,instead of the camera pack situated in the fuselage why not change the nose. Something similar to the RF-4 Phantom. The SLAR pack would fit in the fuselage.

[McColm]

The European Ford Mustang, I bought two Revell 1/24 Ford Mustang series one model kits. I didn't know at the time that there was a 350 GT convertible, so naturally I have used the convertible bodyshell and added the GT parts to it.
I do have a spare Ford Capri Mk1 used bodyshell and I was thinking of using the leftover parts to create a European Ford Mustang. Yes they will need to be altered to fit as they are a wee bit wider.
A few die-cast models will also help as I get a bit lost on the linkages and pipework.

[McColm]

A few more ideas to ponder on,  the Martin Super Canberra. This was a proposal for a fighter version based on the B-57 with swept wings and a T-tail.
I have seen a few sketches of this which looks like a kitbash using the Blackburn Buccaneer. A longer wing for the Buccaneer and a new tail. Could work.

A four engined turbofan version of the Transall C-160, again based on artwork but not directly aimed at the C-160 but it could be possible.

Well if Lockheed had the seaplane idea for the C-130, then why not use the C-160.

The Heller Boeing E-3 is reasonably priced so a few whiffs such as an MPA, bomber or FASS.
The old Cammet Nimrod AEW.3 radomes fit the rear but I have problems in the nose. I might  take a couple of moulds from the last pair, worn but could be shaped better for a better fit.

One of the 1/24 truck kits or a Routemaster bus. Prices are starting to rise. I will need a few in 1/76 scale for my model railway layout.

[Beermonster58]

The forthcoming release of the Pit Road Kawasaki P1 caught my eye! Think I might need one or two of these! Got a couple of ideas. Possibly Luftwaffe and, Canada. Be the start of what I might call the "Trump Effect" collection!

[McColm]

Then there's the new Gulfstream EA-37A Compass Call built for the USAF as a replacement for their current fleet, but where have I seen that layout before, a smaller version of the BAe Nimrod AEW.3 with cheek pouches!

[Spey_Phantom]

ive been eyeing those cheap 4D model C-130H's in the stash, and im tempted to build one to paint it in Rhodesian Air Force colors (the high-vis scheme as used on the C-47 Dakota's).
it even had me thinking of building an Airbus A320 or Embraer 190 in Air Rhodesia colors 

[McColm]

Thoughts have turned back to the Bristol Type 170 Freighter and now that there's a relatively new 1/72 model kit provided by Fly which seems to have solved most of the problems that occur on the old Airfix kit.
The Freighter was suggested as a sort/medium range Maritime-Reconnaissance type, at the time it was slow and the Ministry didn't approve of the fixed landing gear.
I intend to kitbash this using the Lockheed S-3 Viking of Grumman E-2C Hawkeye. Changing the wings and vertical tail fin.
If I use the Viking then I will be left with the canopy and fuselage as leftover parts whilst with the Hawkeye it's the glazing and fuselage.I think that the Freighter will look great as a AEW.
Another chance of converting it into a gunship with different engines, possibly Rolls-Royce Griffons or a seaplane is possible as I know what parts are required to achieve this.
A heliplane or even a helicopter (Sikorsky CH-37 Mojave springs into head), I'm sure that this would make an interesting whiff alternative.