[hawkonevoodoo]

Today Hobby Master wishes to inform people that they choose to make other liveries that they can expect to sell better. I cannot elaborate on this but I'm sure you will soon know which models.

[PappyB]

Wow, talk about vague!

But it's always seemed to me like HM had it backwards -- make the slam-dunk liveries first, then come out with the more obscure stuff... Hopefully this wont' mean they'll also shy away from doing the planes/molds others won't touch?

[STARMAN 352ND]

Well i guess we'll have to wait and see now won't we mates.......
JP

[parsig9]

Like a U.S. Navy Buffalo maybe? Or a Finnish one? Famous aces maybe?

You must admit that some of the Hellcats and Stukas leave a bit to be desired. If i'd have sat down with an Osprey book I might have made different choices.
How long did it take us to decide if it was Vejtasa's plane they made?
The Harvard schemes are pretty boring and do not interest me and don't seem to be flying off the shelves. I guess I admire them for the molds not most of the schemes.

I give HM a 7.5 but I'd like a 9 overall.

[Shawn 507]

As Parsig said some liveries never made sense. I have never thought of the French or British when it comes to the Hellcat. I know others used the T-6 Texan, but the first two liveries that come to mind are USAAC bare metal and US Navy yellow. Heck you can do a run of T-6s for just about every training base used in the war, including the Tuskegee Airmen's field. Flashy paint doesn't always close the deal.
But then it seems as if we have to provide all the info to HM. Had they bought the Osprey books themselves, they may have had a clue as to which pilot/planes were popular or well known. I guess this means we wont see some really important aircraft that are MIA in collections now.

[hworth18]

Originally Posted by parsig9

Like a U.S. Navy Buffalo maybe? Or a Finnish one? Famous aces maybe?

You must admit that some of the Hellcats and Stukas leave a bit to be desired. If i'd have sat down with an Osprey book I might have made different choices.
How long did it take us to decide if it was Vejtasa's plane they made?
The Harvard schemes are pretty boring and do not interest me and don't seem to be flying off the shelves. I guess I admire them for the molds not most of the schemes.

I give HM a 7.5 but I'd like a 9 overall.

I think the Stuka and some others have had their run and should be retired.. The reason the Harvard/Texan schemes are boring is that the plane itself is boring, and there aren't many interesting schemes to be done unless HM is willing to retool and make variants such as the Mosquito..
I would really like to see HM make more of the desired top schemes in their molds,with a few obscure ones and limit production runs, then retire their molds after 6 planes.. This would increase their collectibilty, and actually bring some value to the HM range..
Just my opinion....

[hawkonevoodoo]

I posted this in another thread but it seems it needs to be posted here. I'm sorry about being vague but it is necessary but I think this will solve the problem. You guys are smart and will come to the correct conclusion.
Ok, I can now post the list of models that Hobby Master won't be doing:
Pakistan AF F-104, Douglas Dauntless Marshall Islands, Grumman Hellcat Mk.I, Indian AF Mig-21, TBF Avenger USS Yorktown, Ju-87 Immelmann.
I can't elaborate on this but I'm sure you don't need me to.

[Epapazian]

Originally Posted by hawkonevoodoo

I posted this in another thread but it seems it needs to be posted here. I'm sorry about being vague but it is necessary but I think this will solve the problem. You guys are smart and will come to the correct conclusion.
Ok, I can now post the list of models that Hobby Master won't be doing:
Pakistan AF F-104, Douglas Dauntless Marshall Islands, Grumman Hellcat Mk.I, Indian AF Mig-21, TBF Avenger USS Yorktown, Ju-87 Immelmann.
I can't elaborate on this but I'm sure you don't need me to.

Frankly, I doubt that any of these will be missed. Now if HM would only do its SBDs and TBFs in Atlantic livery ( dark gull gray over dull and gloss white ), plus a Midway and Finnish Buffalo, I'm sure that we will all be a lot happier.

[hawkonevoodoo]

Originally Posted by Epapazian

Frankly, I doubt that any of these will be missed. Now if HM would only do its SBDs and TBFs in Atlantic livery ( dark gull gray over dull and gloss white ), plus a Midway and Finnish Buffalo, I'm sure that we will all be a lot happier.

The Atlantic paint schemes were planned earlier and delayed, not cancelled so I assume they will be put back in the line up sometime soon. I will see what I can find out about this. I will also pass on your suggestions for the others.

[Rush104]

hworth18 wrote: I think the Stuka and some others have had their run and should be retired.. The reason the Harvard/Texan schemes are boring is that the plane itself is boring, and there aren't many interesting schemes to be done unless HM is willing to retool and make variants such as the Mosquito..

The T-6 may not be as exciting as other planes, but it is historically significant. One can make the case that more military pilots were trained on Texans/Harvards than on any other aircraft in history.
That being said, I agree that the schemes chosen so far have not been the most exciting.
Just my opinion, I wouldn't agree with HM (or anybody else) retiring a mold after the minimum 6 versions were released, especially if the model in question was of a widely used aircraft. I would support what HM did with the Taiwanese/Dutch F-104s; namely making a limited number of models in the colors of a certain country and targeting that country's market for the majority of sales. I know the F-104s were special commissions; but they sold quick. That may be a way to increase the overall collectibility of the models...