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

[Old Wombat]

Tamiya announces that they will no longer produce Luftstuffe. Thousands of rivet counters walk into the ocean and are never seen again.

Hasegawa is bought out by a resurrected Starfix. More JMNS disappear.

Matchbox returns and announces a 1/24th Saro Lerwick and An-224, 1/72nd Hindustan Marut and Supermarine Scimitar, and a 1/144th BD-5.

Airfix announces the hiring of Lee Bagnall, Esq., as Secial Consultant, heading up the new Spitfire Division, dedicated to stunningly accurate issues of every variant and one-off. New model issues this year will include a 1/35th scale model of the Fawlty Towers hotel, with figures, and 1/12th scale Jensen Interceptor.

Final legal details are finished and result in the arrest of one Kit Spackman, after declassified papers reveal that the Meteor PR-19 was a real aircraft. Mr. Spackman denies any inside knowledge.

Trumpeter issues a highly inaccurate Bf-109G. Two days later, no more JMNs are accounted for anywhere on earth. Hyperscale folds.

To accompany various manufacturers 1/35 German Railways boxcars,  Miniart release "jewish prisoner" figures.  Outraged JMNs complain the stripes on their uniforms are too wide.

If The Rat's program is initiated first, as it was here, then zenrat's is going to be short on outraged JMNs.

[SleeperService]

Hasegawa is bought out by a resurrected Starfix. More JMNS disappear. .

Trumpeter issues a highly inaccurate Bf-109G. Two days later, no more JMNs are accounted for anywhere on earth. Hyperscale folds.

Starfix What-If? Straight from the box. I hope the second line quoted comes to pass.

Someone does an accurate 1/48 SARO Princess with sprues to build either the prototype or an in-service version

It's thinking like this that would get British Industry back to the very top of the world. The World of Unemployment perhaps but World Class nonetheless.

Trumpeter announce a 1/350 QE2, the model making world goes mad. Unfortunately the Ocean Liner produced due to their customary lack of care in research proves to be less than a stellar success.

Heller produce a scale model of the Channel Tunnel entrance in a tie-up with Hornby who do the trains. UK Boxing to come with a voucher for bags of concrete from your local builders merchant. The success of this leads to a kit of Dover Harbour complete with sunken ferry blockships, several political figures and their nurse/attendants.   

[tigercat]

DAPOL release plastic loco kits with Optional Thomas the Tank Engine faces

Mach 2 produce Saro P187 in 1/12  . Modellers try to use as sheds but it leaks due to misalignment of parts.

[chrisonord]

Cmk do a resin brick wall set to fit into  the channel tunnel  opening  on the Heller kit and some figures  of Brick layers and  hod carriers  sold separately. Mach 2 start rereleasing all of their past kits as new, completely  buildable kits.  These kits will be part of their "well I never!!!" range that some how, when reviewed by  model critics, made them sob into their scale plans storm off and take up knitting .

[Rheged]

Humbrol buy from MoD several 50 gallon drums of paint overlooked in an RAF maintenance unit since 1942. These are released as the " RAF World War Two" series, and immediately condemned by critics as "nothing like the genuine colours"

Airfix release a Blue Streak test site diorama, but have complaints about the large bags of "Spadeadam Peat Bog" leaking in some boxes.

Revell's 1:200 Hindenburg kit is withdrawn from sale after boxes combust spontaneously when shipped to Lakehurst NJ

[scooter]

MENG, Tamiya, or Dragon release a 1:1 StuG III at a reasonable price.

[sandiego89]

This thread is entirely too euro/UK centric!        How about a few for us poor whiffers in the US Colonies:

- The B-36 is re-released in 1/72 scale, with the full bomb bay.  A limited edition includes the F-85 Goblin and RF-84K and full trapeze.  Options for early and late (with jets) versions. 
- A proper P6M SeaMaster in 1/72. 
- U-2 (early) 1/72
- New tool Convair SeaDart, 1/72
- Convair B-32 Dominator
- New tool angled deck 27C Essex class Aircraft carrier in Vietnam era. 1/700, with FULL complement air wing.
- 1/72 SNARK
- 1/72 Regulus
- 1/72 Mace on TerraCruiser transporter/launcher

[PR19_Kit]

- The B-36 is re-released in 1/72 scale, with the full bomb bay.  A limited edition includes the F-85 Goblin and RF-84K and full trapeze.  Options for early and late (with jets) versions.  Yes

- A proper P6M SeaMaster in 1/72.  YES

- U-2 (early) 1/72  YES

- New tool Convair SeaDart, 1/72 YES

- Convair B-32 Dominator YES

- New tool angled deck 27C Essex class Aircraft carrier in Vietnam era. 1/700, with FULL complement air wing. YES

- 1/72 SNARK YES

- 1/72 Regulus YES

- 1/72 Mace on TerraCruiser transporter/launcher YES!

[Old Wombat]

Trumpeter release a full range of "Between the Wars" aircraft carriers in both 1/700 & 1/350 alongside a range of period appropriate naval aircraft in the same scales.


Eduard release a series of individual one-piece aircraft stands, which look suspiciously like melted & charred plastic model kits.

[kitbasher]

- The B-36 is re-released in 1/72 scale, with the full bomb bay.  A limited edition includes the F-85 Goblin and RF-84K and full trapeze.  Options for early and late (with jets) versions.  Yes

- A proper P6M SeaMaster in 1/72.  YES

- U-2 (early) 1/72  YES

- New tool Convair SeaDart, 1/72 YES

- Convair B-32 Dominator YES

- New tool angled deck 27C Essex class Aircraft carrier in Vietnam era. 1/700, with FULL complement air wing. YES

- 1/72 SNARK YES

- 1/72 Regulus YES

- 1/72 Mace on TerraCruiser transporter/launcher YES!

You been taking those blue tablets again, Kit?

[Rheged]

There are some  faint indications that Kit might possibly be in favour of Sandiego89's list.     I think it's  a good idea too.    Let us not be too parochial in our thoughts..............come to think of it, a Volvo PV444 at  a reasonable scale/price would be nice as a present for a friend who had one as her first car.

[scooter]

There are some  faint indications that Kit might possibly be in favour of Sandiego89's list.     I think it's  a good idea too.    Let us not be too parochial in our thoughts..............come to think of it, a Volvo PV444 at  a reasonable scale/price would be nice as a present for a friend who had one as her first car.

I would also like to add a 544 as well to that request.  My father had one, and it's such a powerful memory that whenever I see a picture of one, I can still recall the smell of the passenger compartment.

[Mossie]

Okay, non- UK centric, partially...

After the success of the large scale Star Destroyer, Zvezda announce 1/72 kits of the An-124, An-225, Buran shuttle and Lun ekranoplan.  Thousands are sold but only one of each are ever seen built.  These all appear on the Soviet SIG stand and are directly responsible for the Telford disaster of 2022 when the tables collapse and create a domino effect, causing the greatest loss of plastic ever.

[tigercat]

When Kit met Mitsubishi Ki21

[PR19_Kit]

You been taking those blue tablets again, Kit?

I've never found I needed them actually.......................