The rampant speculation about what will be released in 2021 what if edition

[Weaver]

Airfix to launch their "Series: Defence Twitter" range, with initial releases being:

1/700th Queen Elizabeth aircraft carrier complete with non-existent aircraft moulded in clear plastic and a wooden stake through it's heart,

1/700th Type 32 Frigate, which consists of a plain white box with a rectangular lump of plastic inside it which you can carve into anything you can imagine,

1/72nd Boxer MRAV 8x8 APC complete with all 17 different cool turrets that the British Army are definitely never going to actually buy,

1/144th scale Boeing Wedgetail AEW aircraft boxed as 1/700th scale because apparently, three of them can be everywhere at once.

Reboxing of Trumpter's 1/700th "New Chinese Offshore Peace And Friendship Patrol Vessel" together with nine Fujimi "Modern Chinese Weapons" sprues.

Next release: a 1/35th scale Ajax recce vehicle with an internal electronics board that plays recorded engine noise at 120db and spins an electric motor with an off-centre bob-weight that makes the model vibrate uncontrollably.

[Geoff]

Please can I have a 1/72nd scale J-8I. Pretty please?

[McColm]

Airfix  refreshes it's railway accessories and comes up with it's own " Goathland Station ' in 00 gauge with alternative Station names. They release a cardboard fascia of Kings Cross Station and the platform arches. With a plastic moulded locomotive Hall Class.
A new 1/72 HS/BAe Nimrod MR.1/MR.2 with alternative parts to build the MR.4A with a new moulding of the Lockheed Neptune MR.1.
Airfix also releases the fuselage sections of the Avro Lincoln in 1/72 scale and the Fairey Rotodyne in 1/48 scale.
In a homage to the Ford Mondeo Airfix releases a 1/24 scale model of the Mondeo Mk1 as a five door hatchback. The steering moves and the doors can open. A range of options are also available.

[Geoff]

Eduard release a series of 1/144th Mig-19s, and conversion kits for their Mig-21 series to make Chinese variants. Plus a 1/144th scale Mig-21 F-13 series, and Mirage III/5s

[scooter]

Hase or Tamiya release the P-1, US-2, and P-8 in a variety of scales - 1/48 through 1/200.  Tamiya also updates their 1/32 Strike Eagle to Silent Eagle.

[scooter]

Bandai\Namco will release ACE COMBAT x (x, in this case being a variable and not "10"), wherein its all Cold War vintage aircraft instead of modern super fighters.