"New 1/600th scale Aircraft Needed" Topic

I'm still holding out for production of the Viggens, Drakens, and Gripens in 1/600th scale, eventually, but would like to see some bombers and large recon planes produced too:

B-47
B-58
XB-70 – just because it is such a cool looking bird, and so the Foxbats will have something to challenge them
B-1
B-2

SR-71

Bear
Backfire

Feel free to chime in with your agreement, or your own want lists here as well.

Hopefully, some manufacturer will read about them, and actually put them into production.

As I posted to the 1/600th Yahoo Group, quite a few of these are in the process of production. It looks like the next wave or two of JTF600 releases will be aircraft-oriented.
Some of the list are having masters made, and there's several others waiting for molds to be done. The B-47 is available from TD already, so I am not doing that bird, but there's still a LOT of subject material to cover yet.
Regards,
Lance/Corsair
COMJTF600

Hi Lance,

Thanks for the reminder on the B-47. I forgot about that one.

Are you producing the Bear, or the Backfire?

I've seen some pics of your other jets, e.g. the transports, and they look very nice.

Best regards,

Rob

The big problem is coming up with rules and scenarios that make using strategic bombers interesting.

I'm planning on taking ideas from the boardgame "Downtown". It's North Vietnam, but the game works. 50's and 60's bomber penetration scenario's, both US and Soviet. "Failsafe" is a good movie that does this. Using 1/600th scale, bombers on single bases, flights of fighters on a base.

Looking forward to your Hustlers, Corsair. I really like your work.

If we're talking Cold War, we need a Delta Dart.

Lance, I think you are already doing a B-36. If not, I want one along with a goblin to provide escort and an RF101 for various recon scenarios.

The Bear is just too cool. I saw one once up close and personal as it did a low slow flyby of my carrier in the central pacific.

A really obscure aircraft which has great potential for the mid 50's is the Bison. A really nice looking big bomber which no one seems to have heard of.

I also need some Furys and some Cougars.

Wish I could sculpt.

Al

Any Luft46 hypotheticals, especially the Gotha/Horten would be wonderful.

I'd like to see the F-106 produced as well.

Apart from TD and PicoArmor who is producing 1/600th aircraft?

Lance/Corsair – are you working for these or another company?

Chortle,

I am a solo operation and independent. The only other source for 1/600 aircraft is Skytrex, but they only have a limited range of WWII stuff.
Lance/Corsair

Some aircrafts with three crowns signs will be available soon ;)

Marcin
Oddzial Osmy

Lance – Can I have a link to pics of your painted stuff? I've been painting up a load of 1/600th aircraft and I'm interested to see what else is available.

Both JTF600 and Oddzial Osmy are distributed in teh US by PicoArmor.

The Swedes sound great Marcin!

"Some aircrafts with three crowns signs will be available soon".

Excellent news, and none too soon to defend against the Soviet hordes.

1/600? Uhhh… Definitely some cold-war stuff.

I'd love to see XB70s and SR71s available, since Fail Safe does give a great scenario for a single ingressing bomber. If it's possible, a B52M (SST nose, straight wings, and V-tail) would be a whole lot of fun for playing Flight of the Old Dog.

Depending on how much it costs, I'd actually be willing to spring for XF103 and XF108s personally for some of the weirder Cold-War scenarios.

F111s and F105s for Thud Ridge games.

Chortle. You may want to check out my 1/600th scale group. There are lots of photos there.And Marcin,Lance and John from PicoArmor are members :). Robert

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F-105's and F-111's are already available from TD.

Yep they are. Im waiting for my Thuds to arrive from Dom :). And there is a F-111 as the Group photo too. Robert

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I'd post painted pics if I had the time. I literally spend almost all my shop time on production, moldmaking or prototyping.The only painted aircraft I 've done in months are the test shots that go to Picoarmor for pictures. I have a 1/600 scale CLEVELAND class cruiser that has been getting its camo for going on a month now! If you look at the 1/600 Yahoo groups, you'll see examples of a lot ofthe prototypes.
Lance/Corsair
COMJTF600

Do you use 3D modelling and rapid prototyping for those? If so, a P500 preorder system might be the way to go.

Never mind all these X types how about some of the widespread but unloved types? The 1/600th Yahoo group has had a group gripe about a lack of the F-84F Thunderstreak, one of the most common fighter bombers in the west during the 50's and 60's. Thankfully,Lance has moved the model up his production schedule, we love you Lance…..In a masculine brotherly way of course.;-P

Personally I have been bending Pauls ear about types like the Fiat G91; Aero L29 & 39 or SOKO Jastreb, Galeb and Super Galeb. The L-39 alone is in use with the following – Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czech Republic, Egypt (L-59), Ethiopia, Libya, Nigeria, Romania, Russia, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia (L-59), United States, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.

Of course it is all a matter of taste, if you are intrested in 1950's what ifs you want planes for that. I want to do late 20th century so I want planes for that. All of which means for Paul, Marcin and now Lance its a case of alloting too little time to too many requests.

Fatman

And dont even get me started on Swedes, Chinese and current 4th generation fighters!!

Fatman

A yes, those litle trainers can be used for air racing at Reno too. You'll need about six of them, individually painted in different markings, and camo schemes, of course.

"The 1/600th Yahoo group has had a group gripe about a lack of the F-84F Thunderstreak, one of the most common fighter bombers in the west during the 50's and 60's. Thankfully,Lance has moved the model up his production schedule, we love you Lance…..In a masculine brotherly way of course.;-P"

One of the reasons Im glad for the Group Fatman :). Members can have some imput in what is going to be produced. Its nice having the manufacturers and distributors as members so as to be able to let them know our wants and what we think :). Robert

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Number6,

Nothing fancy here. No 3-D modelling system. Zip, zilch, nada. Every prototype is scratchbuilt up from plastic strip, sheet and stock, except for the big aircraft cariers. The hulls of those are basswood with styrene used for the hangar deck on up.
Fortunately I have a huge personal reference library here and access to one of the largest college libraries in the US if I really get hung for information. And then we also have a nice air museum just down the road, which has dozens of aircraft in the collection.
If I get on a roll, I can finish a 2 or 3 aircraft prototypes a week, and maybe squeeze in a piece of terrain or two and some time for the ships. The record is going from a request to actual production in 4 1/2 days, but usually I keep a half dozen prototypes going at a time.
Lance/Corsair
COMJTF600

Would love to see the interceptor, and recon versions of the F-101 Voodoo as well, in addition to the XF-103 and XF-108.

Any good links, or on-line sources for drawings and data of prototypes of British, or Russian plans/prototypes from the heyday of the interceptor and fast manned bomber age, e.g. the 1960's and 1970's?

Hrm… Guess I should search a bit before opening my virtual mouth. *sigh* not like I can afford much right now.

Actually, if we're going to talk dreams:
TSR.2
CF-105
XF103
XF108
YF12
SR71
D21 drones
XB70

(I'll assume that the F100, F101, F102, F104, F105, F106, and F111 are all available)

Let's see… Navy fun:
F3H Demon
F4D Skyray
F7U Cutlass
F8U Crusader
XF8U-3 Crusader 3
F9 Cougar
F11 Tiger
F111B

Yep the F-100, F-102, F-104, F-105, and F-111 are available from TD along with the F8 Crusader. Lance has the F4D-1 Skyray and F7U-3 Cutlass listed on his soon to be produced list :). Robert

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I'm very envious.I'm a 1/300 guy and things are really dead.
Some new minis for generation 4 would rock!

David

oceanway, come to the dark side…

Gracias,

Glenn

Actually, there are quite a few 4th generation fighters available in 1/300th scale.

Yes there are.Still there are some vacancies.Chinese F10,
Jap.F2,Lavi would be great.Some of the updates like Pantera/
Cheetah,F16XL,Mirage 4000.I better quit.
Glenn,I'll have to get some of the medium/heavy bombers.I
can barely pick up my Skytrex B52s,much less use them.

David

Actually I have a small collection of old MPC plastics that
should be close too 1/600.The Hustler is great,a nice Comet,
B36,Stratocruiser,Caravelle,and something called a TU110
Cooker!The detail is great.

David

Makes me wish sometimes I would have kept all the extras from my model building days as a kid. Robert

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I just got a TD Vulcan. It's a pretty poor model – flattened out and with straighter wings. Doesn't capture the look or feel at all.

The Badger is crisper, but quite a way from looking like the real thing.

It looks like there's room for improving the state of the art.

Perhaps Lance or Marcin or Paul can be convinced to make an improved Vulcan and Badger

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I'd like to see the Bear, Bison, Backfire, and the Sukhoi T-4 (looks similar to the XB-70, but with a single rudder), among others for the Russians.

A re-made Badger and Vulcan would be nice too, but I can live with them, if necessary.

I'd rather see the B-58, B-1B, B-2, Valiant, and other missing bombers produced first though, over the re-makes, priority-wise.

Agreed. Fill the gaps, first, then remake as necessary.

"Agreed. Fill the gaps, first, then remake as necessary."

And thats what Lance is certainly trying to do :).

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hi lance
you have picoarmor in the us
do you have someone in the uk carrying your models

I'm just thinking about getting into this "period." I'm glad to see the Swedes are on the horizon as i have always loved the Viggen, but I am also be keen to see aircraft which might allow some mid atlantic, mid 80's anti carrier battles.

i could use VG's second Fleet at the theatre level, but i would need a lot of backfires and badgers.. (not thinking of Viggens for this!)

First off i am thinking of purcahsing Thud Ridge or falklands from Wings of War though, unless anyone has some a better suggestion?

Good News!!! John at PicoArmor has announced that the new JTF-600 F-101s and F-106s are in!!!! Robert

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I cant recall if anyone else mentioned these, but i'd like to see the Myasishchev M-50 Bison and the fighter that doesn't ever seem to get modelled in any scale, the Tu-128 Fiddler.

I also discovered the other day that the Vought F7U Cutlass and Douglas Skyray werent available, which i found surprising for such vintage aircraft.

This is the list that Lance put out in May. The Vought F7U Cutlass and Douglas Skyray are on it. So they are in the works and will be coming out in the near future.

JTF600 Miniatures List

Note: This is a list of minis that are WIP (work in progress). WIP means that the master is being fabricated, the master is done and is waiting for molds to be shot, or that the mold is done. As you can see, a LOT of projects are working currently, and as this is a 1 man show, there is a fair amount of releases to chew through, and thattakes time. But, as always, we are open to input and the list is always subject to change.

TERRAIN:
Vietnam firebase weapons pits and bunker
Ruined factory
Ruined apartment block
Artillery bunker
SA-2 battery with FAN SONG radar
Vietnam US steel walled aircraft revetments
More pillboxes
Apartment block
Middle Eastern houses
Coastal defense mortar battery
Flakturm
Pacific ridgeline

NAVAL:
USS GATO/BALAO (US WWII fleet submarine)
USS PICKEREL (GUPPY II Conversion of GATO)
Armored troop carrier (Vietnam riverine craft-TANGO boat)
Monitor (Vietnam riverine fire support craft)
APSB (Vietnam riverine fire support/Seal craft- Alpha boat)
USS RUDDEROW (5" armed destroyer escort)
USS CASABLANCA ( WWII US escort aircraft carrier)
European coastal/river craft (barges, towboat, fishing boat)
LCVP ( WWII landing craft)
LCA (early WWII Allied landing craft)
USS ORISKANY (Vietnam-era 27-Charlie variant of the ESSEX class carrier)
HMS CAMBELTOWN (ex-USS BUCHANAN converted for St Nazaire Raid)
USS FLETCHER (US fleet destroyer)
USS ALLEN M SUMNER ( US fleet destroyer)
USS ESSEX (short-hull variant, WWII US Fleet Carrier)
Landing Craft, Air Cushion (LCAC)
Landing Craft, Utility (LCU-1400)
USS BENEWAH (converted LST with helipad used as riverine base ship in Vietnam)

AIRCRAFT:
C-17 Globemaster III
B-36 Peacemaker
B-1B Lancer
B-2A Spirit
B-58A Hustler
Me 323 Gigant
F4D-1 Skyray
F7U-3 Cutlass
C-141B Starlifter
Il-76 CANDID
Victor B.2
Airspeed AS51 Horsa
Waco CG-4 Hadrian
EC-121 Warning Star
E-3 Sentry
E-8 J-STARS
KC-135A Stratotanker
C-5 Galaxy
He 177 Grief
CH-37 Mojave
P-3 Orion
PV-1 Ventura
C-54/R5D Skymaster
YB-49 Flying Wing
O-2 Skymaster

To do list- These are items that interest has been expresssed in and as soon as the above list starts going down, these will be started.

Sub-Saharan African buildings
Vietnam style hooches
Vietnam village structures
Vietnam firebase artillery positions
More bumkers!
Tents
supply dump
POL dump
SA-3 GOA battery
HAWK battery
Luft 46 aircraft
Prewar US/ Japanese aircraft (circa 1930-41)
Landing Ship, Medium
USS WHIDBEY ISLAND (LSD-41)
Liberty ship
C-3 merchant hull (basis for the BOGUE/ATTACKER class escort carrier, and numerous attack transports, cargo ships, and tenders)
USS WASP (LHD-1)
USS PANAY (Yangtze Patrol river gunboat)

Robert

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Thats a long list…!

Yup. Hes a busy little camper LOL. So far from the list the following have been released,

C-17 Globemaster III
B-36 Peacemaker
B-58A Hustler
Me 323 Gigant
KC-135A Stratotanker
He 177 Grief
B-2A Spirit
B-1B Lancer

Along with the,
F-101
F-106
F-84F Thunderstreak
CW-21 Demon
P-61 Black Widow

And thats not including the naval and ground minis!!! LOL
Robert

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I hope that helped :). Robert

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hi lance
would you consider doing a patriot battery either pac2 or pac3 version

the hawk battery thats mentioned above what period . the early one had i think 5 different radars, current one 2 or 3 radar types

Marcin just announced the release of the MiG-21F-13 and Saab JAS39 Grippen in my Yahoo Group :). Robert

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Looks like the Eurofighter is in the works too :). Robert