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Weaver

#5295
October 17, 2021, 01:31:20 AM
Airfix dropped a heavy hint on Twitter that they may be about to repop the Rotodyne:


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kitbasher

#5296
October 17, 2021, 01:56:25 AM
Had a Rotodyne, never built it, sold it on. Could be tempted to buy another but would prefer a Beaver repop, tbh.
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PR19_Kit

#5297
October 17, 2021, 02:36:40 AM
Fred Zenrat will be ECSTATIC!  ;D
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#5298
October 17, 2021, 03:15:11 AM
Another vote for the Beaver and a repop of the Basset would be welcome too.
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zenrat

#5299
October 17, 2021, 04:16:52 AM
 :drink: :cheers: :drink: :cheers: :party:

Well, it's a start.

It'll do as a placeholder while they work on the new mould version.

If we're talking re-pops I'd also like the Whirlwind helicopter back.  And the 1/16 motorcycles.

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Nick

#5300
October 17, 2021, 05:11:06 AM
I'd rather they did a brand new Rotodyne moulding. Time for Airfix to get away from the rivet era.

That or an Islander re-release with new markings - bonus points if they include plans on how to do a Trislander conversion.  :wacko:

PR19_Kit

#5301
October 17, 2021, 05:18:13 AM
Quote from: Nick on October 17, 2021, 05:11:06 AM

That or an Islander re-release with new markings - bonus points if they include plans on how to do a Trislander conversion.  :wacko:


The other way round would be better, a Trislander OOB, but it'd be dead easy to make any Islander variant from that basic kit.

Decals would include G-JOEY of course.
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Gondor

#5302
October 17, 2021, 05:22:46 AM
Quote from: zenrat on October 17, 2021, 04:16:52 AM

If we're talking re-pops I'd also like the Whirlwind helicopter back.  And the 1/16 motorcycles.


The Whirlwind was undersized and the Italeri H-19 needs a new nose and other changes so a new mould UK version of the Whirlwind would be nice.

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McColm

#5303
October 17, 2021, 07:46:07 AM
A new B-29A would be appreciated with markings for the Boeing Washington.
Or the Avro Anderson.

Knightflyer

#5304
October 17, 2021, 08:26:37 AM
Avro Anderson ?
Oh to be whiffing again :-(

Rheged

#5305
October 17, 2021, 08:41:03 AM
A Rotodyne would be very nice, thank you.   I remember building one, and a Dakota, and a Bristol Freighter, in about 1964 or so.  They were all painted with a hairy stick in my own airline livery; white and dark blue cos those were the paints I had.   I suppose that means I've been whiffing since the '60's!!
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Gondor

#5306
October 17, 2021, 08:48:37 AM
Quote from: Knightflyer on October 17, 2021, 08:26:37 AM
Avro Anderson ?

Had a half brother called Gerry Anson  :rolleyes: ;D

Gondor
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McColm

#5307
October 17, 2021, 10:39:07 AM
Yeah the alternative name of the Avro Anson.

kerick

#5308
October 17, 2021, 11:04:00 AM
I could be tempted to do a rotodyne and put it next to an Osprey.
RW markings on the Osprey and whiff markings from RN or RAF on the Rotodyne. Let's say the Rotodyne has been in service like the B-52, really long time.
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scooter

#5309
October 18, 2021, 08:40:21 AM
Is it wrong to hope that Airfix, if they do a new mould for the Rotodyne, also scale it up...to 1/48, 1/32, or dare I hope, 1/24?
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