Ideal model.

[nevetsw18]

Hello everyone, I was wondering if people would be willing to share the plane they would most like to see as a model. Mine Would be the F-22 Raptor, the Boeing 727 or the Boeing 377.

[SteveM]

B-52 in the 2000 series, big enough for conversion to R/C EDF.

[John G. Jedinak]

My liking would be to the Grumman F7F Tigercat, Grumman Duck and Northrup P-61 Black Widow.....all in the 400 Series. (I have a space restriction, hence the 400 Series.)

[nevetsw18]

I really like the Gruman

[nevetsw18]

I would love to see a jet series, wouldn't that be awesome.

[Xanadu]

WW2 Junkers JO-88A-4 bomber, and the Lancastor bomber.

[supercruiser]

Hello everyone, I was wondering if people would be willing to share the plane they would most like to see as a model. Mine Would be the F-22 Raptor, the Boeing 727 or the Boeing 377.

377 or did you mean 737?? I like the 377 Stratocruiser. Kind of obscure aircraft type these days.

The plane I would like to model (stick and tissue), that is a long list for me. Hmmm.... Fairey Swordfish, Dornier 335,
Avro Tri-plane, Lockheed Constellation (wouldn't that be something to use balsa strips to get that long elegant curved fuselage??).

[nevetsw18]

I meant the Stratocruiser, my mistake.

[Angus]

I also have a long list of planes I would like to see in balsa, Guillow.

Got to agree on the Lancaster. And please bring back the Mosquito, it was a wooden plane after all

I think a wider range of WW1 and pre WW1 planes would be nice, how about some of those like the ones from the movie, 'The Magnificent Men and their flying machines', Deperdusin is one of those. DeHavilland DH2, a Box Kite, Fokker E.IV. Some of those WW1 bombers, Handley Page 0/400...

What about an airship, a Hindenburg?

Jets, yup a B-52 would be imppressive or a B-58 Hustler. Mirage III ( Scratch built one, not too successfully) and being South African how about a Cheetah and oh yes a Harvard (Texan).

Some more flying boats, Sunderland, Felixstowe, some of the Dornier's.

As I say the list is long and I better stop now before I list all the planes I like and bore you all to tears if I haven't done that already

But I think the 'Ideal' planes for balsa are the WW1 and pre WW1 planes

[mikethe hamster]

MAYBE E2C HAWKEYE FOR STATIC OR A MORANE SAULNIER SOME OR OTHER LESS WELL KNOWN WW1 PARASOLS

[kittyfritters]

Here is a list of possible new models that I submitted to Guillow last year:

Here is a list of likely candidates I would
consider for a series of Golden Age military kits.
These would be 400 sized models.

Avia B534
Boeing P-12/F4B
Boeing P-26
Curtiss P-6E
Curtiss F11C/BF2C
Dewoitine D-510
Fiat CR32
Gloster Gladiator
Grumman F3F
Hawker Fury
Heinkel 51
Kawasaki Ki-10
Mitsubishi A5M (Claude)
Polikarpov I-15/I-153
Polikarpov I-16

These are bombers and might make good 800 Series kits.
Curtis A-12 Shrike
Curtiss SBC Helldiver
Ilyushin IL-2
Vought SB2U

Also the Curtiss SB2C Helldiver might be a good
addition to the 500 Series.

[nevetsw18]

Biplane fan eh?

[supercruiser]

The P-6E and P-12 I think would make great models, also. And a 500 series Helldiver sounds o.k., too. If I remember correctly the Helldiver has a large tail volume, might help with scale effect. I know I sound like a broken record but, I would really like it if Guillow re-released just the plans for the Albatros, Fokker DVII, and DVIII.

[Geoffrito]

I've gotta agree on the lancaster and mosquito. Great planes. I quite like the Lysander too, and maybe a Short sunderland to go along with the catalina? The heinkel he111 is something I haven't seen much of, it'd be nice to see some less common aeroplanes. A SPAD would go well in the WW1 line.

I have too many planes I'd like... so many models, so little time. I need to cut myself off here.

[kittyfritters]

The P-6E and P-12 I think would make great models, also. And a 500 series Helldiver sounds o.k., too. If I remember correctly the Helldiver has a large tail volume, might help with scale effect. I know I sound like a broken record but, I would really like it if Guillow re-released just the plans for the Albatros, Fokker DVII, and DVIII.

The 100 Series, WWI models, were probably the most popular models that Gullow produced. So popular that the dies wore out. Unfortunately, that was after the decline in interest in model building started and it was uneconomical to make new dies at the sales volume at the time. (It cost $7000 to $10000 to make a set of dies for a single kit.) They have considered laser cutting them in limited quantities but that would require re-drawing the parts layouts and re-pricing. (It takes a lot longer for a laser cutting machine to draw parts for a single kit than it does to stamp them out with dies.) If they thought that we would be willing to pay $30 a piece for them they might do it. They were planning to bring out the 400 series laser cut, but that has been delayed.

Many of the other kits were discontinued simply because there was not enough sales volume to keep them profitable. (Except for the people selling them on ebay.) Fact is that the promotional items ( http://www.guillowgliders.com/),
slip togethers ( http://guillow.com/guillowList.asp?uid=6535759&familyid=2&seriesid=12), and foamies (http://guillow.com/guillowList.asp?uid=6535759&familyid=2&seriesid=13 )are much more profitable than the model kits, as indicated that Guillow had a booth at an advertising convention in Las Vegas on the weekend of the AMA convention in Ontario (CA) with no presence at the AMA convention.

They would really like to find some access to the ARF park flyer market. I wish them luck with that since it would be nice to have at least some ARF models that are actually made in someplace other than China. (Nothing personal if you are reading this in China.)

If we want to see anything new they need to see that it would be profitable to do it. They are open to new distribution channels so we may yet see something interesting.