What modelling projects do you think you'll never build or see?

[George the Cat]

Ho hum... My weekly complaint about not having a Hindustan HF-24 Marut.  And I despair of ever seeing anothet CF-100 Canuck. The Hobbycraft ones are getting rare and expensive, and they had issues.

There was a Warrior model 1/72 vacform of the Marut and an example of which I have in the stash.

[The Rat]

Ho hum... My weekly complaint about not having a Hindustan HF-24 Marut.  And I despair of ever seeing anothet CF-100 Canuck. The Hobbycraft ones are getting rare and expensive, and they had issues.

There was a Warrior model 1/72 vacform of the Marut and an example of which I have in the stash.

Yep, but an injection molded would be nice.

[Thorvic]

I doubt i'll ever see the following injection moulded kits from mainstream manufacturers;

New tool 1/72 Rotodyne.
1/25 or 1/24 Alfa Romeo Montreal.
1/12 1967 Triumph Bonneville (or any Classic British Motorcycle - a hugely unexploited subject matter IMO).

I'm going to add a new tool 1/72nd Bristol Belvedere to that, in the reverse-psychology hope that that makes someone like Mikro-Mir actually do it, just to make me wrong...    

That was supposed to be in the works as thats why Whirlybird stopped work on their resin Belvedere, however it was a Ukrainian company, so no idea if the war or Airfix release of the prototype paused it or cancelled it.

[scooter]

AMT or Polar Lights renewing their Star Trek license and releasing new kits, like the California-class from Lower Decks

[Martin H]

AMT or Polar Lights renewing their Star Trek license and releasing new kits, like the California-class from Lower Decks

You mean like this....https://toyheroes.co.uk/star-trek-uss-cerritos---lower-decks-from-round-2amt-4695-p.asp

I have one, that i imported from the states before its UK release. It a big model apparently to the same scale as the AMT Enterprise C.

[NARSES2]

Ho hum... My weekly complaint about not having a Hindustan HF-24 Marut.  And I despair of ever seeing anothet CF-100 Canuck. The Hobbycraft ones are getting rare and expensive, and they had issues.

There was a Warrior model 1/72 vacform of the Marut and an example of which I have in the stash.

Alliance did a resin one back in the 90's, and their kits were very nice for the day.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/alliance-models-72015-hindustan-hf-24-mk1-marut--195267

[McColm]

The Avro Lincoln B.2 in plastic 1/72 scale along with the Sud Sahara also in 1/72 scale.
Cheaper versions of the Boeing P-8 and E-7 or conversion sets in 1/72 scale, I think that there's a set in 1/144 for the P-8.
If you throw in the Avro Shackleton MR.1 as a plastic model kit and maybe the Convair B-60 in 1/72 scale with the XC-99 as an optional extra.

[George the Cat]

Ho hum... My weekly complaint about not having a Hindustan HF-24 Marut.  And I despair of ever seeing anothet CF-100 Canuck. The Hobbycraft ones are getting rare and expensive, and they had issues.

There was a Warrior model 1/72 vacform of the Marut and an example of which I have in the stash.

Alliance did a resin one back in the 90's, and their kits were very nice for the day.

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/alliance-models-72015-hindustan-hf-24-mk1-marut--195267

Didn't know that.

[George the Cat]

The Avro Lincoln B.2 in plastic 1/72 scale along with the Sud Sahara also in 1/72 scale.
Cheaper versions of the Boeing P-8 and E-7 or conversion sets in 1/72 scale, I think that there's a set in 1/144 for the P-8.

S&M models did a 1/144 P-8 conversion.

BPK or Big Planes Kits do both a P-8 and an E-7 in 1/72 at about £120 plus.

[Gondor]

What modelling projects do you think you'll never build or see?

Probably 90+% of my stash 

[McColm]

There are racing car versions of the 1/24 Ford Capri, both Airfix and Matchbox did produce the road going models. It would be great if they were re-released.
You can buy the resin or 3D printed bodyshells for the Capri Mk1.

[Weaver]

Here's one I suspect I will never be able to build due to the peculiarities, bizzarely, of the model railways market.

The Manx Orlyonok.

I've got the Revell 1/144th scale A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan (the one with the huge turboprop on the T-tail and swing-nose loading), so my idea is that after the fall of the Soviet Union, and the ensuing desperate attempts to earn hard currency by all Russian manufacturers, Alexeyev manages to sell a couple of Orlyornoks to the Isle Of Man Steam Racket (sorry) Packet Company who use them as ferries between the UK and the island. The model would thus be a diorama of the demilitarized craft with it's nose open (lots of scratchbuilding there) and dozens of motorbikes puoring out for the TT races.

Problem? Can't get the bikes. Railways N-scale (approx 1/148th scale) should do nicely, but the problem is that railway modellers seem to overwhelmingly favour the steam era (or the 1970s at the latest), which means the corresponding motorbike models are all generic 1950/1960s types. For my IoM Orlyonok idea to have a ghost of credibility, it would have to be set in the late 1990s/early 2000s, and 1990s motorbikes (and their riders) looked WAY different to their 1950s counterparts. It's not just the bike types either: modern British riders use modern helmets (by law), not 1950s "pudding basin" lids or none at all, and bikes arriving at the TT would also have similarly attired pillions and loads of luggage on-board.       

[McColm]

I had one of those, something in 1/72 scale would be ideal for me but I think that this will be rather expensive 🤔.

[PFJN]

Hi,
Although Foreart came out with a 1/350 injection molded scale Type 42 Destroyer, I always wantd to see other ships of that era in a similar scale, such as a Rothsay, Leander, Type 21, Type 22, or Type 82.  Also it would have been nice to see a 1/600 or 1/700 scale 1960s to 1970s era injection molded HMS Hermes, HMS Eagle, and/or HMS Ark Royal.

[jcf]

Here's one I suspect I will never be able to build due to the peculiarities, bizzarely, of the model railways market.

The Manx Orlyonok.

I've got the Revell 1/144th scale A-90 Orlyonok ekranoplan (the one with the huge turboprop on the T-tail and swing-nose loading), so my idea is that after the fall of the Soviet Union, and the ensuing desperate attempts to earn hard currency by all Russian manufacturers, Alexeyev manages to sell a couple of Orlyornoks to the Isle Of Man Steam Racket (sorry) Packet Company who use them as ferries between the UK and the island. The model would thus be a diorama of the demilitarized craft with it's nose open (lots of scratchbuilding there) and dozens of motorbikes puoring out for the TT races.

Problem? Can't get the bikes. Railways N-scale (approx 1/148th scale) should do nicely, but the problem is that railway modellers seem to overwhelmingly favour the steam era (or the 1970s at the latest), which means the corresponding motorbike models are all generic 1950/1960s types. For my IoM Orlyonok idea to have a ghost of credibility, it would have to be set in the late 1990s/early 2000s, and 1990s motorbikes (and their riders) looked WAY different to their 1950s counterparts. It's not just the bike types either: modern British riders use modern helmets (by law), not 1950s "pudding basin" lids or none at all, and bikes arriving at the TT would also have similarly attired pillions and loads of luggage on-board.       

It's interesting how limited the choices are, even in HO scale. 1/144th a couple of WWII types, which are also the only choices in 1/72nd.
The lack of 3D prints and print it yourself files, including in the
wargame scales, is a bit surprising. This is the only thing I could find that's somewhat "real world" (most are biker-gang/fantasy/sci-fi/post-apocalypse etc.) but the smallest scale they offer it in is 20mm - roughly 1/72nd. The producer is in Germany. I suppose you could scale-o-rama the Orlyonok to 1/72nd.

Motorcyclist


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