List of WWII and later planes NOT available as models

[Diderick A. den Bakker]

Originally Posted by member_3

Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon/Ventura
Douglas A-26 Invader
Armstrong-Whitworth Whitley
Short Stirling
Fairey Barracuda (yes, there was an old Fly model - bad and now pretty much unavailable)

Both Fly Model and JSC have excellent Short Stirlings. OK, not all things in life are free. See my website www.zeistbowplaten.nl

[billy.leliveld]

Der Kampflieger has a nice little XP 77, from Ecardmodels; 1/48 Bell XP-77 - ECardmodels.com Shop - Downloadable models and crafts for builders of all styles

[Uyraell]

Thanks, Billy!
Hadn't seen that before.

It always reminded me of an American plywood attempt at the Me.209 V3 (ok, ok, Bf 209 V3, aka Me.109R, etc etc.)

I know my post on this thread could be seen as a bit necropost, but it didn't seem wise to open a whole new thread on the same topic.

Kind and Respectful Regards, Billy, Uyraell.

[ringmaster]

Thank you all.

[bulldog drummond]

Originally Posted by chicharrero

A model very interesting for me:
The Douglas F3-D Skynight.

Stahlhart Papercraft has just released a free one.
Stahlhart Papercraft – Paper Models of Aircraft, Buildings and Figures

[bulldog drummond]

Bristol Bombay. A bomber/troop transport from the early days of WW2. It was used for ferrying supplies to the British Expeditionary Force in France in 1940 but its main service was in the Western Desert.

[ju52man]

Originally Posted by Diderick A. den Bakker

Both Fly Model and JSC have excellent Short Stirlings. OK, not all things in life are free. See my website www.zeistbowplaten.nl

Nope. JSc has a sunderland(spelling?) and flymodel has a sunderland. Only stirling is in 1/72 and is in our downlaods here by Mr. Pilsworth

[murphyaa]

Originally Posted by Willja67

I know one of those is sitting outside Pacific Fighters (a warbird restoration outfit) located on the Idaho Falls airport and i have a gate pass, I can get plenty of pics for anyone interested in tackling it. I am slightly interested but my own to do list is too long at the moment to consider adding it.

Hey Willja, I know this is an oldie, but do you still have that gate pass? I just started gathering info on the Skyshark.

[Uyraell]

Originally Posted by ju52man

Nope. JSc has a sunderland(spelling?) and flymodel has a sunderland. Only stirling is in 1/72 and is in our downlaods here by Mr. Pilsworth

And what the Stirling and Sunderland have in common is the wing structure.

As has been mentioned elsewhere in forum:
Because the Air Ministry insisted the Stirling be capable of fitting within the then-existing hangars, it inherited the wings off the Sunderland. Unfortunately, the angle of incidence, and limited span of said wing was such that it limited both the ceiling and lifting performance of the Stirling, which is one reason the aircraft was a relative failure in its' assigned role as bomber.

However, this is not to say the Stirling was a failure over-all: it went on to serve reasonably well in other roles, among which were transport, paratroop and agent dropping, and carrying ecm-jamming and counter-jamming equipment.

In some ways, the Stirling was the unfortunate pioneer of a design formula for a strategic bomber which saw full fruition in both the Lincoln and B36 Peacemaker, albeit that both of those were (despite design having been begun during) decidedly post-WW2.

Kind and Respectful Regards, Uyraell.

[bankww2]

how about
ki-102
ki-10
hawk75n
x-2
b-18
sb-2
pe-8
il-10