What do you want from Freightdog? suggestions needed....

[McColm]

Thanks, I'll keep an eye out for them.

[NARSES2]

Czech Omega made kits of all the two-seater Hurricanes some time ago, got a copy of them all in my stash ---

Going by what they charge for their resin bits and bobs I bet they were pricey mate ?

[kitnut617]

Czech Omega made kits of all the two-seater Hurricanes some time ago, got a copy of them all in my stash ---

Going by what they charge for their resin bits and bobs I bet they were pricey mate ?

Just a tad ----     and I got eight of them altogether too  ---- (various variants and ""planned"" variants)

[Martin H]

saddle fuel tank for the Lancaster ?

Seconded!!!!!!!!

[McColm]

Maybe a reissue of the S-61L or S-61N Sea King conversion set in 1/72.
The BAe Nimrod AEW3 fore and aft resin nose plus tail fin in 1/144. I know that Cammett do it in 1/72 but this is a bit pricey and Anigrand do the 1/144 kit, not too sure if they do it in 1/72 as well.

[zenrat]

The things i'm always after for whiffing purposes are contra props, passenger (airliner style) seats and civilian pilots.  All 1/72.

[Weaver]

The things i'm always after for whiffing purposes are contra props, passenger (airliner style) seats and civilian pilots.  All 1/72.

Actually that reminds me of an idea I had ages ago: Whiffing Generics.

Make a range of the sort of generic parts that we end up robbing from perfectly good kits, but which we often don't actually care much about the specifics of. Things like jet nozzles, wheels and nose cones in a range of sizes.

[McColm]

A pair of Rolls-Royce Tyne engines, I know that there is the Dart and the T56.
Passenger seats try model railway carriage  seating, there close but no cigar!

[kitnut617]

The things i'm always after for whiffing purposes are contra props, passenger (airliner style) seats and civilian pilots.  All 1/72.

Colin already does a couple of sets of contra-props (IIRC), and airliner seats Magna Models did some (got one in the stash, it's a floor with a multitude of seats attached) and PJ productions do civilian pilots (again IIRC) All in 1/72 scale

[Gondor]

I had suggested this before but got no feedback... If Freightdog already have 1/72 F-16CFTs for the Revell kit, why not make conversion sets for the latest Vipers, the E/F/I? There are no kits or conversions of the E/F available in 1/72.

Thanks for suggestion, and apologies for not replying before. I thought these options had been covered by Hasegawa and Kinetic? I will look into them.

Colin   

No worries! The only kits currently being produced in 1/72 are the Kinetic and Hasegawa, both of the F-16I Sufa, and the Isracast 1/72 Sufa conversion, so i guess that the E/F conversions would be the real novelty.
The E and F versions were limited edition from Hasegawa in 2011, now it's almost impossible to buy one because they're very rare and very expensive, kinda like the Monogram F-16XL. Last one i saw selling was sold for around 90 pounds...
As you already have the CFT's, you'd only need the E's tail base, a few small sensors, scoops, vents and navigation lights. Both the Sufa and the F have the short electronics spine, besides a few small scoops, they're exactly the same.
I think most of the Viper fans out there would be very interested in such conversion sets, and i imagine that quite a few whiffers would too...

How about an F-16XL conversion set?

Fairly pricey to the customer maybe and would take some time to do the Masters but it would sell steadily I would think.

Gondor

[McColm]

What about an open drag parachute, I've seen the HP Victor deploy them?
Never tried building one, would be ideal for those who build spacecraft.

[Mossie]

I've sometimes wondered if drag chutes would be a good candidate for vac-forming.  I've never been quite sure how to attach them to a model, stiff wire is the obvious solution but how much would it bend without looking too overscale?

[zenrat]

A pair of Rolls-Royce Tyne engines, I know that there is the Dart and the T56.
Passenger seats try model railway carriage  seating, there close but no cigar!

The things i'm always after for whiffing purposes are contra props, passenger (airliner style) seats and civilian pilots.  All 1/72.

Colin already does a couple of sets of contra-props (IIRC), and airliner seats Magna Models did some (got one in the stash, it's a floor with a multitude of seats attached) and PJ productions do civilian pilots (again IIRC) All in 1/72 scale

Thanks for the pointers guys.

[Weaver]

I've sometimes wondered if drag chutes would be a good candidate for vac-forming.  I've never been quite sure how to attach them to a model, stiff wire is the obvious solution but how much would it bend without looking too overscale?

Another thing you could do, in resin or vac-form, would be a collapsed drag 'chute lying on the floor.

Re the wires bending, you could always have the 'chute touching the runway or be very close to it on a clear acrylic rod or panel.

[zenrat]

A few (very few) 1/25 dragsters came with deployed braking 'chutes.
I don't have any so can't help with how they supported them.