Pick a Plane 2011

[Solid Snake]

English Electric Lightning

The YF-23

And the P6M Seamaster

 

[Robert Parker]

Yep a VC10 would be fantastic, even better with those massive flaps!

 

or

 

how about a Lockheed Constellation, 4 motors, triple fins, and a banana shaped fus

 

or

 

a Short Stirling if you want a warbird

[Steve Hargreaves - Moderator]

Bucker Jungman or Jungmeister....suitable for a 90 4 stroke.....

 

Or you could go mad & design a Jungmeister for that new Sirius 7 from OS........

Edited By Steve Hargreaves on 17/11/2010 22:41:31

[Tony Nijhuis]

Well that's a mixed subject so far.....no pattern forming yet

[Michael Evans]

Antonov AN-2

Swordfish

Big ones - 6ft min

Can't think of a third

[Kevin Fairgrieve]

Bristol Scout Type D

 

RAF SE5a

 

Sopwith Triplane

 

 

 

[Plummet]

 

For personal and sentimental reasons, the Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle.

 

Of following the Ed's experience with the Mew Gull, how about another Alex Henshaw associated aircraft rarity, the Arrow Active. 

 

Last try?  There is a lovely aircraft hanging from the ceiling inside Prague airport.  It is , I believe,  an Aero 45

 

Plummet

Edited By Plummet on 18/11/2010 09:27:39

[Sparks]

These are on my build list - nice if Tony could design them for me!

 

1 - Grumman F7F Tigercat

 

2 - The Polish P.Z.L. P.11 - just love the gull-wing

 

[Daniel Meurer]

1- DH Dragon Rapide

2- Hawker Hind

3- FW190 D

[Bob Cotsford]

Posted by Steve Hargreaves on 17/11/2010 22:40:07:

Bucker Jungman or Jungmeister....suitable for a 90 4 stroke.....

 

Edited By Steve Hargreaves on 17/11/2010 22:41:31

 oooh yes please. 

Or a golden era racer - Wedell-Williams maybe or Curtiss RC3?  The Arrow Active would be good too

[Danny Fenton]

How about civillian twins:

 

The Grumman Cougar is an aluminium aircraft with virtually no compound curves, the panels are nearly all flat, and the joints were glued together.

 

Then two classics

The Twin Commanche

 

And my favorite the Piper Apache

Cheers

Danny

Edited By Danny Fenton on 18/11/2010 09:52:48

[A.A. Barry]

Westland Whirlwind

Dh103 Hornet

Hawker Tomtit

A.A.Barry

[Robin Coombs]

I would suggest

1. Rapide. should be an interesting build.

2. Dove.

3. Viscount. Could be 2 IC plus 2 dummy or 4 IC.

 

Robin

[denco 1]

             It would be nice to see one of the following
        1.  GLOSTER METEOR 8

        2.  AVRO ANSON

        3.  HUNTING PERCIVAL PROVOST.

            Obviously the Meteor as an EDF model 

[A.A. Barry]

[Simon Chaddock]

Miles M20 - faster than a Hurricane and no retracts required!

[MThemadhatter]

How about a 50's turbo prop ? Gannet or Wyvern ?

[leccyflyer]

The aeroplane wants to be something sufficiently recogniseable as to generate enough people who want to build it, but sufficiently obscure so as to not be over-modelled already.

 

Here's a few potential candidates from my "must build one day"

 

1. Douglas Boston - an electric twin in the Flair Beaufighter sort of size, big enough for retracts and flaps.

2. Bell P-39 Airacobra - very undermodelled aeroplane - a 1/6th scale version of this little beauty would pan out at about 68" span - big enough for a tricycle set of retracts and flaps.

 

3. Grumman Martlet  - 1/6th scale or thereabouts, same deal as for the P-39. 

 

The above would all appeal to UK and US markets

[Lee Smalley]

my votes are

 

1 Westland Whirlwind

 

2, AW Hastings

and 3, SR53

[FEDERICO GILLI]

Time for something not too modelled before:

 

1) single engine biplane fiat cr32

 

2) twin electric fiat br 20

 

3) three motor electric savoia marchetti sm79

 

Cheers

[IanN]

SE5

 

Anson

 

Jet Provost

[JayCee]

OK three choices in three different categories.

 

1st unashamedly the long awaited ARTF Chris Foss Wot 4 Foam-E more fun per £ than any off my other models, used and abused at the club site and local fields, flow almost daily and still going strong!

 

So:- 1st

        2nd SE5a

        3rd De Havilland Tiger Moth DH82A

 

JC

 

 

 

Moderator amendment/note - foam RTF design (WOT4) removed as first choice. There are no formal categories. Please PM David Ashby with your revised 1st choice.   

Edited By David Ashby - RCME Administrator on 18/11/2010 13:21:54

[Tim Morton]

Like the idea of an Axis WW2 plane - how about something unusal like a FW189?

 

[Andre_Nobre]

1. Zivko Edge 540 ( 50"~ 60" )

 

2. F-16 Fighting Falcon EDF  (40"~60")

 

3.A/OA-10 Thunderbolt II     (50"~60")

[Ross Clarkson]

What about a Beverley or Argosy?

I have never seen either modelled before.

They are right down Tony's street.