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    What are your "Must Build" top ten aircraft?

    A tricky one, I know. As a returning modeller, I have a list in my head of ten or so planes that I really have to get around to. Trouble is, the list changes as I see some of the fabulous builds on this forum. To qualify for my personal list, the plane has to have made a significant impact, and be a thing of grace and beauty.

    At the moment, in no particular order, I'm at

    P47D - done, but an early attempt so will try again

    FW190 - As above

    Spitfire - compulsory? MkV in stash

    P51 - Mk1A kit in stash, must build a D though.

    Bf109 - E model in stash

    F86 Sabre - Built, but paint was a problem. One to come back to

    Mosquito

    F4U Corsair

    Me262

    Lancaster

    Is that ten already?

    Tony
  • BarryW
    • Jul 2011
    • 6029

    #2
    Apart from that listed in my signature, new mold versions - many of these below are not even (yet - if ever) represented in this scale:

    All 32 scale:

    The Hawker family are those most wanted:

    Hurricane

    Typhoon

    Tempest

    Sea Fury

    plus

    BP Defiant

    Some more, where there are kits available I will add to my stash soon:

    Wildcat

    Swordfish

    Corsair

    JU87

    P47

    Frank

    Raiden

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    • Ian M
      Administrator
      • Dec 2008
      • 18272
      • Ian
      • Falster, Denmark

      #3
      Well My list looks a bit like this:

      all 1/48 and in the stash!

      Swordfish mk I on floats.

      Spitfire 22/24

      Spitfire VI

      Spitfire XVI

      Jaguar

      Buccaneer

      Tornado

      Sea vixen FAW 2

      Phantom 2.

      EE Lightning.

      Mean while in dream Land....Again all in 1/48

      Avro Lancaster....not enough room

      Avro Vulcan.... like thats ever going to happen.

      Canberra. not an absolute but deserves a place.

      Lightning T4...If they ever re-do the conversion set.

      A good Westland Wessex copter would not go a miss either.

      I better stop.

      Ian M
      Group builds

      Bismarck

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      • Guest

        #4
        All in 1/72

        A decent "Dambuster" Lancaster

        Any expensive Tamiya WW2 plane to see what all the fuss is about with Tamiya

        Me 410

        Me 210

        Me 110 latest Airfix seems to be a good one

        are we beginning to see a pattern?

        Westland Whirlwind, plane not copter.. a special hobby one?

        Hawker Typhoon

        Hawker Tempest

        Revells Arado A555

        The new Airfix Spitfire F22

        thats my ten at the moment, of course it changes each weekhno:

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        • Guest

          #5
          trumpeters 1/32 a10 which i currently have on order.

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          • Guest

            #6
            thats going to be one big bird isnt it?

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            • Guest

              #7
              Originally posted by \
              Well My list looks a bit like this:Lightning T4...If they ever re-do the conversion set.

              I better stop.

              Ian M
              Ian, Have found a CMK conversion kit, have sent you a PM. Below is a photo I took in 1969 at RAF Leuchars. Cheers Derek

              [ATTACH]45267.vB[/ATTACH]

              [ATTACH]48366.IPB[/ATTACH]

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              • Guest

                #8
                Originally posted by \
                trumpeters 1/32 a10 which i currently have on order.
                Yup... got mine resting on top of the fridge/freezer!

                A top 10 must builds has evolved into an expanding stash hehe.

                Kits that i am really looking forward to building....

                1/32 trump

                a-10

                harrier

                fairey swordfish

                skyhawk

                su-30

                1/32

                skyraider

                1/48

                corsair

                a400m

                dragonfly

                lancaster

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                • Adrian "Marvel" Reynolds
                  • Apr 2012
                  • 3008

                  #9
                  Well seen as I am trying to build all European WWII Aircraft my list would be far too long, but I have my Favourites already all in 1:48th

                  MKI Spitfire

                  Hurricane

                  Stuka

                  ME109e

                  FW190

                  P-47D

                  B-17G

                  all built so far

                  in stash and next in order of builds

                  ME 262

                  MKIII Lancaster

                  HE 111

                  Tempest V

                  Ok so thats 11,,, I could never count and no idea where to bombers are going to go, the B-17 was large enough!!!!!

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                  • Guest

                    #10
                    All the Nightfighters of WW2 ,eventually..........

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                    • Guest

                      #11
                      a 1:32 firefox with clint piloting.please

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                      • saguy
                        SMF Supporters
                        • Feb 2011
                        • 570

                        #12
                        ju87 (1/32), me110 (1/32), mitsubishi betty (1/48), arado seaplane(1/32), fw190 91/32), hurricane (1/32),

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