Originally Posted by phoenix racing

Hmmmm, wouldn't be something to do with the P-39 fans coming out of the woodwork then! You are flogging a dead horse, P-39 becoming reality is a long, long, long way off.

Well there is a dose of reality for ya!

I would love to see a Yak-1 offered by someone. I would settle for a Yak-3 or Mig-3.

Hi Trumps,
RAAF in fact had two squadrons operating with P39's.
No. 23 sqn. had seven; No. 24 sqn. also had seven. No. 25 sqn. was earmarked for the P39 also, but, in fact did not receive any. I think that the P39 was probably one of the cleanest looking aircraft of WWII. I have previously, many years ago, had a TopFlite P39 and a Sterling P63, when I flew with oily hands, t/x, pants and everything else that attracted castor.
Cheers,
Rob.

Originally Posted by RobMill

Hi Trumps,
RAAF in fact had two squadrons operating with P39's.
No. 23 sqn. had seven; No. 24 sqn. also had seven. No. 25 sqn. was earmarked for the P39 also, but, in fact did not receive any. I think that the P39 was probably one of the cleanest looking aircraft of WWII. I have previously, many years ago, had a TopFlite P39 and a Sterling P63, when I flew with oily hands, t/x, pants and everything else that attracted castor.
Cheers,
Rob.

well there ya go, i stand corrected, cheers mate

The P39 reminds me more of a post war aircraft. It just looks ahead of its time.

Would like to see a Durafly 1100mm Japanese single engine fighter. Haven't seen any offerings between 800 & 1400mm.

Originally Posted by comanch

Would like to see a Durafly 1100mm Japanese single engine fighter. Haven't seen any offerings between 800 & 1400mm.

Escale produced a Zero. Great kit RTF with retracts.
Smacka.

Scott has an aversion to Japanese planes. Maybe he doesn't like sushi.

After buying the Sea Vixen, I would really like to see a Vulcan come out now.

Originally Posted by Xanadu

After buying the Sea Vixen, I would really like to see a Vulcan come out now.

You know as much as Scott does not care for the P-39 due to perceived unpopularity, he has an affinity for little known (outside of the UK) cold war jets. I believe the Vampire is not selling well since it is priced lower than all the prop planes and I believe the Sea Vixen will follow the same trajectory.

Just my opinion of course but a nice Typhoon would have produced a commonwealth plane that would sell much better than these EDF's and also be a plane that is rarely modelled.

Just my .02
Alan

Originally Posted by GiusedtoBe

You know as much as Scott does not care for the P-39 due to perceived unpopularity, he has an affinity for little known (outside of the UK) cold war jets. I believe the Vampire is not selling well since it is priced lower than all the prop planes and I believe the Sea Vixen will follow the same trajectory.

Just my opinion of course but a nice Typhoon would have produced a commonwealth plane that would sell much better than these EDF's and also be a plane that is rarely modelled.

Just my .02
Alan

Well Alan, you have it wrong on just about every level there I think, I am just a fan of a certain era of aviation spanning 3-4 decades! I am not hung up on the method of propulsion and you won't find a bigger fan of the Typhoon than me.....now, the Vampire is without doubt the most successful 70mm foamy jets to have hit the market in an awfully long time, in fact I would go as far as to say it is probably the most popular scale 70mm foamy EDF ever, the Sea Vixen is also doing very well and is well and truly on target.....so, I think the public have spoken, don't you? You can't argue with thousands sold.

I have as much interest in the P-39 as all the other factories that thus far have not made one, surely that tells you something? Every plane has it's fans, the P-39 just doesn't have that many of them possibly as much as anything because it was a lousy Warplane, it also lacks certain other qualities that for commercial reasons, I am not going into, as I have said before, it may get made by us....eventually.....but priority it certainly isn't.........oh, and to whomever said I have an aversion to Japanese planes....yup, that's why I own a 90" Zero?!

Originally Posted by taz101

Scott,
Have you ever thought about the F-111 Aardvark


And they can even be "belly landers"


LURCH
P.S. great work on the Vixen, looks great! And nice video, take offs and landing included!!

Agreed on an F-111, they are beautiful aircraft.

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.....oh, and to whomever said I have an aversion to Japanese planes....yup, that's why I own a 90" Zero?![/QUOTE]

Just shows we can all change. I said I was never going to buy a Stuka and now I own one. I still want the Val though. Or a Judy.

Originally Posted by Xanadu

After buying the Sea Vixen, I would really like to see a Vulcan come out now.

A vulcan would be FANTASTIC

But just to suggest something a little different, how about an EE Canberra? Certainly a long lived plane and widely used by many nations. Even the US bought them (what was the American designation again?)

a Canberra would be fantastic, i agree it covers a lot of bases with regards to operators, the Yanks designated it as the B-57. would not be the easiest design topull off in foam though i fear, the location of the engines in the wings would require some effort. make a nice PSSS as well with that beaufiful wing!

Cheers
Craig