[STARMAN 352ND]

Originally Posted by PappyB

I'd rather vendors focused on the wartime birds first

That's the whole point all the vendors have been focusing on the wartime birds for years..
These pre-war birds are just as much part of our aviation history as any other.
It's time for these planes to shine a little now.
JP

[Elmer]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

That's the whole point all the vendors have been focusing on the wartime birds for years..
These pre-war birds are just as much part of our aviation history as any other.
It's time for these planes to shine a little now.
JP

Heck yeah! The P-6E is one of my all time favorites. If done well, and done in 1:48 or 1:32, I would buy all of 'em! There isn't a livery I don't enjoy!

1:72 would be too dinky... this isn't a large aircraft.

[Shawn 507]

Originally Posted by Elmer

Heck yeah! The P-6E is one of my all time favorites. If done well, and done in 1:48 or 1:32, I would buy all of 'em! There isn't a livery I don't enjoy!

Thats because you are old enough to recall seeing them in the air. LOL

Originally Posted by Elmer

1:72 would be too dinky... this isn't a large aircraft.

Old age and other activities lead to poor eyesight. The rest of us can still manage the scale.

[Elmer]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

Thats because you are old enough to recall seeing them in the air. LOL

Old age and other activities lead to poor eyesight. The rest of us can still manage the scale.

Your a funny man, Shawn!

Well, yeah, my eyesight isn't what it used to be (I'm only 43 for cryin' out loud!). I am avoiding bi-focals like the plague, but may soon have no choice.

Really, I just think the detail would be better at 1:48. Rigging the model would be easier (I would think), cockpit detail, etc. This is a tiny aircraft by WWII and post WWII standard.

[PappyB]

Originally Posted by STARMAN 352ND

That's the whole point all the vendors have been focusing on the wartime birds for years..JP

Well the vendors have been focusing on like the same 12 or so wartime birds for years.(Mustang, Spit, Zero, 109, 190).. only the last year or so have we seen much diversity, largely thanks to HM.

I'd much rather see, even a more mainstream warbird like the Corsair done right in 1:48 before we see more "stringbags"

Again, though , y'all know I'm weak -- if one of these were to come out and it was done really well I'd probably add one... I'd just rather see the resources be spent elsewhere is all, least for the moment.

[Cruver Collecter]

The Curtiss P-6E Hawk would be kind of small in 1/72nd scale. Looking at a wing span of 5.25 inches (Still only 7.88 in 1/48th scale.). Wing span would be pretty much the same as the Corgi Gladiator. Probably look good having a 1/72nd scale collection of these.

[Shawn 507]

Still to go from a tiny bi-plane ( P6E or F3F ) to the P-47 or P-51 for the USAAC. Or the F6F or F4U on the Navy side would speak volumes.

[Cruver Collecter]

Originally Posted by Shawn 507

Still to go from a tiny bi-plane ( P6E or F3F ) to the P-47 or P-51 for the USAAC. Or the F6F or F4U on the Navy side would speak volumes.

Even the transition to the F4F Wildcat and the P-36 would have been a bit of a jump.

[1250ships]

Much as I prefer 1/72 if Hobby Master were to do these they should be 1/48 to go along with the Buffalo and the upcoming F3F.

[Captain Eddie]

Originally Posted by Cruver Collecter

The Curtiss P-6E Hawk would be kind of small in 1/72nd scale. Looking at a wing span of 5.25 inches (Still only 7.88 in 1/48th scale.). Wing span would be pretty much the same as the Corgi Gladiator. Probably look good having a 1/72nd scale collection of these.

Interesting story on the Indian head insignia for the 94th. The 94th squadron in WW I adopted the "Hat in the Ring" insignia in WW I. In 1922, the squadron gave up that insignia as it had become too well known, having been used on Rickenbacker cars and the Schwinn bicycle company. So, they adopted the above insignia which had been used, of course, by the Lafayette Escadrille in WW I.

Then, in April 1942, Eddie Rickenbacker visited the 1st Pursuit Group, including the 94th, and that visit helped initiate a drive to bring back the old Hat in the Ring" insignia. This was approved later in 1942.