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COLLECTOR'S AIRCRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS Subject: ARMOUR AIRCRAFT RECOMMENDATIONS
From: Dave Aiken
Aiken's
Airplanes
To: Guy Danforth
Armour
Aircraft
Guy,
Here are a few testimonials
from some of our fine customers! It is an impressive list
that they have taken the time to submit! Hope it helps!
Here is my wish list also!
Dave Aiken's Wish List: (1:48 scale)
1. B-25
2. B-17
3. Spitfire
4. B-24 Liberator
5. A-10 Warthog
6. Dauntless SBD
7. B-29
Superfortress
8. Hawker Hurricane
9. P-47
Thunderbolt
10. A-6 Intruder
11. Hellcat
12. Huey
13. PBY
14. Sopwith Camel
15. Jenny
16. B-26 Martin
Maurader
17. Spad
18 A-4
19. P-3 Orion
20.
Piper J-3 Cub
21 A-1H Skyraider
22.
General Aviation planes; c-150, c-172, pa-28, Beech Bonanza, .........etc.
23.
Racing ERA planes(GeeBee,etc.)
24.
Harvards, Fleet Finches, Tiger Moths, Chipmunks,Belriots, Antoinettes,
and Avro Triplanes
(the type of planes that were featured in the Magnificant Men in Their
Flying Machines
* This would be a great
start! After we get going on these we'll talk about the next line up!!
Take Care,
Dave Aiken
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Dave, Here's my ranking of the planes you selected. 1. A10 Warthog 2. SR71 Blackbird 3. B-25 4. B-17 5. Hellcat 6. Mitsubishi A6M Zero 7. Huey 8. JN-4 Jenny 9. Ryan Spirit of St. Louis 10. Russian Mig 17F, 25, 21 11. Sukhoi-Su-15 Flagon 12. Sopwith Camel 13. Spad Steve N. ___________________________________ Armour's list of proposed aircraft is very good. There are a couple of others that should be on that list. Here is how I would rank them. My additions to the list are indented. 1/48 scale 1. B-17 Flying Fortress 2. B-24 Liberator 3. De Havilland DH-98 Mosquito 4. ME 262 (1st operational jet [German]) 5. A-10 Warthog 6. JN-4 Jenny 7. Junkers JU-88D 8. Junkers JU-52 Transport 9. SR-71 Blackbird 10. Russian 25 11. B-25 Mitchell 12. Spad - Richenbacker 13. Hellcat 14. Sopwith Camel 15. Huey Helicopter (gunship) 16. Mitsubishi A6M Zero 17. Ryan Spirit of St. Louis 18. Russian 17F As a note: the F-5 Tigershark, F-80, and the Delta Dart should be up there on the list. Good Luck, Bill
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Dave;
Dave, in response to your first e-mail, I want the Army ch-34. The Armour request for a/c models should include the following at some date in the future: Douglas Dauntless SBD Hawker Hurricane Spitfire Hawker Tempest Hawker Typhoon B-24 Liberator Hellcat Wildcat B-29 Superfortress F105 thunder chief P-47 Thunderbolt B-26 Martin Maurader A-20 Havoc As you may have noticed, my interest lies mostley with WW2 a/c- I just think they have the most appeal compared to the jet fighter except for the F-4 Phantom and the F-105 Thunderchief Take care-sell a lot of airplanes! Dave
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I just received my P-38, the
California Cutie. It is beautiful. In reply to your request for a vote on
what planes I like
1. B-25 Mitchell
2. Hellcat
3. B-17 Flying Fortress
4. Sopwith Camel or Snipe
5. Spad
6. JN-4 Jenny
7. Ryan Spirit of St. Louis
8. A-10 Warthog
9. Mitsubishi A6M Zero
10. Russian MiG 17F or 21 or 25
11. Sukhoi-Su-15 Flagon
12. Huey Helicopter
13. SR-71 Blackbird
Once again, thanks for the prompt shipment,
great price, and beautiful model. I cant wait for the P-40.
Don
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In response to your e-mail on new Armour planes.Think your
list is agood one,a couple of my suggestions would be a S B D Douglas
Dauntless, a Marine Corps lockheed KC-130f 1960s era.The B-25 Mitchell i
think should be Jimmy Doolittles Tokyo Raider plane.I have an art print
and abook plate autographed by Doolittle, beleive there is still a lot of
interest in him ,and this plane would be a good seller.
Leatherneck-1942
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Dave,
I jumped
the gun, I just received the email referencing the future Armour
planes and the Marushin aircraft. Thanks for the info.
My
votes for future Armour Planes (and suggested markings) are:
1.
B-25 (marked as a USMC PBJ or with USAAC 345 BG markings)
2.
Hellcat (marked as a USMC nightfighter or recon plane)
3.
Huey (marked as a USMC gunship)
If
they plan to release additional Corsairs, a flat black Marine nightfighter
from the Korean War would be nice.
Thanks,
Steve
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Dave, My preferences for are as follows: SR-71 Blackbird I would also like to see Armour produce in 1/48 all active aircraft in the United States inventory including possibly battleship and aircraft carriers in 1/500 or some appropriate size. Maybe even Army vehicles like transports. Sincerely, Steven ______________________________ Hello Dave, that 's a pretty good update, however, the Mitsubishi A5M4 "CLAUDE" and the Aichi D3A1 "VAL" i didn't see listed. please update what planes i am waiting for you to get in stock. thank you. DFG______________________________ PLEASE RANK: >B-25 Mitchell But, I"d prefer to see things like a J-3 Cub, a Navion Rangemaster, Swift, Champ, Hatz, Pietenpol, Waco F2...things we see at the antique fly-ins and things we have owned or wish to own in the future. That's what models are about...dreams made real in miniature as a place from which to grow. Rob _________________________ PLEASE RANK: (my choices) Huey Helicopter ______________________ Hi here are the planes i an interested in
Hello Dave,
Exciting news on your message! Thanks.
For the Armour 2001 issues I would select, in
preferential order, the B-17, B-25 and Hell Cat. I would also suggest the
B-24 right in there with the B-17 as well as the A-20 and B-26 somwhere
between the top and bottom. I realize that there is just so much that they
can do but If they do two WWII aircraft, I'd say the B-17 and B-24. Us old
guys can't wait too long.
Thanks for the opportunity to make an input.
Best regards,
Paul
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Dave, my vote is the b-25 , sopwith camel, a-10, b-17 , spad in that order for me. I hope this will work,I sure would love to see some of those planes from armour. ____________________ Dave,
Thanks for the mail. 'Just for input purposes, my personal militaryinterest would be a Grumman F9F Panther/Cougar offering. In addition, as we discussed before, any and all general aviation subjects. That would be a first! Thanks for the opportunity...
Walt ____________________ Hi! On the suggested productions for 2001 I am definitely interested in the B-25, B-17, Zero, and Hellcat! That sounds great!!! Owen _____________________ Dave... Thanks for the update... By the way the Texaco PLane arrived... Thanks again... With regard to the Armour question, here is my choices: New Aircraft: Grumman TBF Avenger Grumman Dauntless Bomber Armour: 1 - B-17 Flying Fortress 2 - B-25 Mitchell 3 - Hellcat 4 - Mitsubishi A6M Zero Ryan Spirit of St Louis SR-71 Blackbird A-10 Warthog Huey Helicopter Russian MiG 17F or 21 or 25 Sukhoi-Su-15 Flagon Sopwith Camel or Snipe SPAD ...Rickenbacker JN-4 Jenny __________________ Dave, how about an A-4 skyhawk(Vietnam era) and an E-2 hawkeye. Bob ____________________ Dave thanks for the update I was thinking about Aiken's Airplanes this morning enroute to work as this morning prior to work our little 20 month old was fascinated with a die cast Grumman Goose I had bought during a flight from Calgary to Great Falls Montana and back. I wll probably visit your web site and place an order soon ( FW 190s and Me 109s). I am going to have to order another Grumman goose from you as the one the 20 month old was holding is a keepsake that belonds to his older brother.
Dave, Does anyone make die cast De Havilland Mosquitos, Spitfires (1/48 th scale) or Harvards, Fleet Finches, Tiger Moths or Chipmunks? Also does anyone make Belriots, Antoinettes, and or Avro Triplanes (the type of planes that were featured in the Magnificant Men in Their Flying Machines). I have heard that a company named Impact ( I believe no longer in existence) in the 1960s made plastic models of the planes featured in themovie but was wondering if anyone made die cast replicas of the pre WWI flying machines. Again Thanks for the update. Cheers Tom __________________________ Dave, Thank you for placing me on your mailing list. As I am a WWII enthusiast, I will rank the possible Armour 2001 series as: 1. Mitsubishi A6M Zero 2. Hellcat 3. B-17 Flying Fortress 4. B-25 Mitchell --------------------------------------------------- 5. Sopwith Camel or Snipe 6. Spad Rickenbacker 7. Russian Mig 17F , 21, 25 8. Sukhoi SU-15 Flagon 9. A10 Warthog ---------------------------------------------------- The remaining in any order (as they are of little interest to me personally). I trust that you'll have a wonderful weekend! Sincerely, Kris ____________________________________________ Hello Dave Wow...I didn't realize that the Armour company was taking
suggestions for My suggestions: MV-22 Osprey Cheers Andy Hi Dave, You sent me an email stating that Amour is requesting models of airplanes that we would like to see manufactured. I would like to request a die cast model of a Ryan PT-22. You sent me some suggestions where to look for one, but I have not been able to find one. Maybe this is my opportunity to get one. Hope so. Let me know how things go. Thank you, dennis _____________________________________________
Hi Dave,
In regards to the list of planes that Armor is
coming out with, two very important warplanes that should be included are
the British Spitfire and short range Mosquito bomber.
You might want to add those to your list.
Thanks,
Rex
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Dave,
How about an A-6E Intruder?
I haven't seen anyone producing one and would certainly buy one.
Also, you don't see many helicopters. What about a version or two of
the H-60?
Gavin
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Hi Dave:
Here is my choices from Armour:
B-25 Mitchell
B-17
Flying Fortress
Ryan
Spirit of St Louis (only because I am a airplane designer at Ryan
Aeronautical in San Diego)
and my favorites the Spitfire and
Bearcat.
Sincerely,
Warren
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Thanks for the information on upcoming products. I appreciate your staying in contact. My votes for new models are for none on your suggested list. My biased votes are for some of the earlier jet fighters and trainers: F-86, F-100D, T-38 and the A1E and AT-28 in Vietnam combat trim. There are no model F-100D's available, and it was a significant aircraft in its time (I was in one of the first F-100 squadron into South Vietnam in 1965), and I sure would like to have one in my collection. Again, thank you for the product update. Best wishes in expanding your product offering! Ed __________________________________________________
Dave,
Please suggest the following to your
guy at Armour.
1) Please produce the B-25.
2) Please improve quality
control, (and not necessarily in this order).
Thanks for allowing the input.
If a B-25 came through I do believe I would get one.
Take care,
Marty
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Well,
how about a few more! Just a few!! One other plane I'd like to add
is the P-3 Orion!
Thanks
Guy!
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Dave, Thanks for the update.
How about the PBY, Navy, so famous
in WWII in the Pacific campaign. Is there any of your
suppliers that have contemplated that aircraft?
Thanks Jim
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Thanks for the offer for
airplane suggestions.
The one I keep looking for,
but have only seen in plastic is the Douglas
Dauntless Dive Bomber. It's not a real pretty or
sexy plane, but it turned the tide of the Battle of Midway,
sinking some 4 Japanese Carriers and killing most of their
Navy's elite pilots. The outcome of this battle was
pivotal in the Pacific War (so I read!).
Another plane comes to mind
is the AT 6 Texan, I believe it's
called. It was a trainer, and you see several of them at
airshows which have been refurbished. My father in law
flew them in WWII.
thanks!
Dave
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Hello Dave, I have a few comments
regarding the Armour Collections aircraft. I am the A-10 Warthog the rest whenever
produced. Would suggest the following for consideration, P3 Orion Thanks for the time. I hope this helps. Regards, ________________________________________________________ Hey Dave and Sally, Thanks for keeping me on
your list since my purchase. I am probably a minority amoung
your customers but I am really interested in GA aircraft, such
as Piper Cherokee's 180 and 140 and the Baron line. Dave, Thanks for the email! A "must" for Armour's future production is the Fairchild Republic A-10. Larry ____________________________________ Dave I'd definitely like Armour to produce the HELLCAT, B-25, and B-17 for 2001, the real first year of the new millennium! Thanks Mitch ____________________________________ Thanks Dave, Here's my ranking: I'd like to see an F-86 in there somewhere! Bill _______________________________________ Dave: Sure hope Armour does the B-17 and B-25. Would love to see both in Olive Drab. I keep looking for a B-17F in 305th BG, 366th SQ markings. Curtis LeMay's Group, My uncle's squadon. How about Dolittle's B-25? Got my California Cutie, have impressed several collectors with it. Am new at this , but having fun. Thanks, Bruce __________________________________________ Hi Dave, The following planes from Armour are possible acquisitions in the future: 1. British Supermarine Spitfire 2. Mitsubishi A6M Zero 3. B-17 Flying Fortress 4. B-25 Mitchell 5. MIG 17F Stan _____________________________________________________
Dave,
My input is the great planes of
the pacific. The Devestator, Wildcat, Hellcat, Avenger,
Dauntless and even the ugly little Buffalo. The ranking
of the provided list as provided:
1. Hellcat
2. B 25
3. B 17
4. A6M Zero
5. A 10
6. MIG 17, 25, 21
7. SU 15
8. SPAD
9. Sopwith Camel/Snipe
10. Huey
11. SR 71
12. Jenny
Looking forward to seeing the JU
87 Stuka and the P 38 available! Thanks for the info.
V/R
Ed
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DAVE: I think just as the list
appears would be a good order.
ART of Art's Automobilia
Stoughton, MA 02072
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Dave: Thank you for the good news and updating, here is my RANKING according to my preferences, from 1 (more) to 13 (less): 1.- B-17 Flying Fortress I really don t know if I m the only person or maybe there are very few persons asking for a retractable landing and movable surfaces as rudder, ailerons, etc..., but when you are going to contact the VP of marketing, I think this issues can be suggested, obviously if the main interest of the people is asking for this features. Luis _______________________________________________________
Dave... and Sally (of course)
Hoping my vote will be valuable to you ... and ARMOUR!
Mike.
________________________________________________________ DEAR DAVE, I REALLY ENJOYED RECIEVING MY P-38,P-51,AND BUD LIGHT TWIN BEECH.THESE ARE SOME OF MY FAVORITE PLANES OF ALL TIME.I THOUGHT THE P-38 WOULD BE A LITTLE BIGGER, BUT THAT'S OK. I LOOKED OVER YOUR LIST OF FAVORITE CANDIDATES FOR ARMOUR TO MANAFACTURE AND RANKED THEM LIKE YOU ASKED. 1 B-17 2 A-10 3 HUEY 4 SPIRIT OF STL 5 B-25 6 HELLCAT 7 SOPWITH CAMEL 8 JENNY 9 A6M ZERO 10 SPAD 11 SR-71 12 MIG-17 13 SU -15 I HOPE THIS WILL BE USEFUL FOR YOU. I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE MORE HELICOPTERS IN THE FUTURE.YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE EADS TN. IS LOCATED.IN A MONTH OR SO I WILL BE WORKING IN WEST TN. AROUND COVINGTON. I WORK FOR TVA CONSTRUCTING BIG POWER LINES AND WOULD LIKE TO COME BY SOMETIME IF I HAVE TIME. I THINK WE WILL BE THERE FOR 6 WEEKS TO 2 MONTHS. THANKS AGAIN, CHRIS __________________________________________________
Dave,
Here's my ranking of what Armour should
produce. I ecstatic about the possibility of adding
some WWII bombers to my extensive collection. Let me know when
they might be produced and I'll buy 'em up. Thanks for the
heads-up!
1 - B-17
2 - B-25
3 - Su-15
4 - A-10
5 - A6m Zero
6 - Hellcat
7 - MiG 21
8 - SPAD
9 - JN-4 Jenny
10 - Sopwith Camel
11 - SR-71
12 - Spirit of St. Louis
13 - Huey Helo
___________________________________________________ PLEASE RANK:Dave here are my picks for the Armour new list. Dave can you get me a P-47 in 1:48 from Armour??? > > B-17 Flying Fortress > Mitsubishi A6M Zero > Russian MiG 21 > Sopwith Camel > SPAD ...Rickenbacker
Ranking
of Armour models:
1.
SR 71
2.
F-117
3.
A-10
4.
B-24
5.
B-17
6.
Hellcat
7.
Spirit of St. Louis
8.
Sukhoi
(THE
TOP 3 ARE A MUST!)
WOULD
LOVE TO SEE F-22, CORSAIR (PAPPY), SPACE SHUTTLE, B-2, B-1, AIR
FORCE ONE
__________________________________________________ Hello Dave - Thanks for giving me the opportunity to vote on what we would like from Armour.My first choice is not on your list and maybe it is already coming out - so here are my picks: #1 - P47 Thunderbolt Jim Also, my preferences for Armour aircraft in 2001 would be (some not in your list): B-25 Joe HI DAVE!! FIRST OFF I WOULD LIKE TO SAY THANKS FOR BEING SO GOOD TO US AT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE. SECOND I LOVE MY PLANES!!!!!! THE RANK 1 B17 Dave, W.W.I or W.W.II or
modern aircraft are not high on my list for collection,
so Laird Super Solution -
winner of the first Bendix 1931 As you can see my preferences are somewhat different than most. regards Bob
Hi Dave thanks for the input
opportunity ref Armour. from a Brits point of view you yanks are
"hogging" the scene again,
what about the good old 'Hurricane'
in 1/48 no one, but no one, offers this Historic legendary
aircraft and is basically the "forgotten fighter" of the
Battle of Britain claiming more kills than its more glamourous counterpart
the 'Spitfire' pilots such as Gp Captn Peter Townsend, Johnny
Johnson, Stamford Tuck, and a good friend still alive today,
Battle of Britain pilot Denis David DFC, have all written praise
to this
great aircraft.
I have now stepped down from my
soapbox to offer more considerations for future possibles.....
English Electric Lightning
Bristol Beaufighter
De Havilland Mosquito
Hawker Typhoon
De Havilland Sea Vixen
Hawker Hunter
Fairey firefly
Fairy Gannett
Gloster javelin
Supermarine Seafire
Gloster Meteor
Bristol Blenheim
Halifax Bomber
Avro Lancaster
Buccaneer (Brought back from History
to take part as laser designator in the Gulf War)
SEPECAT Jaguar
Gloster Gladiator
Suggestions for the unusual
V1 Flying Bomb
ME262
So come on you lot! we did our bit for
aviation and fighting the foe!! So we would appreciate some
models to remember them.
Best regards
Malcolm
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Hi if they ever make the Navy P2V plane let me know. Its the one with 2 small jets plus the prop engines from ww2, I worked on them at Corpus Christy NAS. LESTER ----Dave and Sally, The SR71 should be first, don't care about the rest. Mike _________________________________________________ Hi Dave and Sally- Armour Rank- 1) B-25 Mitchell 2) A-10 Warthog 3) B-17 Flying Fortress 4) SR-71 Blackbird 5) Huey Helicopter 6) Hellcat What I would like to see: B-52; B-57; Navy P-2V Neptune; P-3 Orion; UH-34 Sikorsky; Caribou; OV-10A Bronco; Sikorsky Sea Stallion Helicopters; Navy C-117; Navy C-54; Navy Intruder A-6; C-130 Spectre; X-1; X-15; B-29; Navy C-1A; Navy C-2 Hawkeye and any Navy seaplanes (Catalinas, etc.). All I could come up with off the top of my head. I hope things are going well. Eagerly anticipating the arrival of the P-40 and P-38. Thanks for asking for input. Doug 'Just for input purposes, my personal military interest would be a Grumman F9F Panther/Cougar offering. In addition, as we discussed before, any and all general aviation subjects. That would be a first! 'Just thought of another aircraft that I would liked to see modeled more often, especially by the likes of someone like Spec-cast is the F-100 Super Sabre. Walt ________________________________________________________________
B-25
Mitchell
2
B-17 Flying Fortress 4...................that will be a big one! (and costly) Ryan Spirit of St Louis 10
SR-71
Blackbird
5
A-10 Warthog 1 Huey Helicopter 7 Mitsubishi A6M Zero 6 Hellcat 3 Russian MiG 17F or 21 or 25 9 Sukhoi-Su-15 Flagon 8 Sopwith Camel or Snipe 11 SPAD ...Rickenbacker 12 JN-4 Jenny 13 Walraf
CDC
Armour Wish List:
1. B-24 Jerry ____________________________________________ THANKS GUYS! dave & sally
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