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HyperScale 1999 Wish List Results

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Interpreting the Results

WishList - The Kits You Want
1/72 Scale
1/48 Scale
1/32 Scale

Favourite Kit Manufacturer
1/72 Scale
1/48 Scale
1/32 Scale

Favourite Kit
1/72 Scale
1/48 Scale
1/32 Scale

 

Interpreting the Results

 

HyperScale received a total of 595 responses to its "Wish List" survey. There were a number of duplicate and anonymous submissions. After these were eliminated there were a total of 508 valid responses.

Not all respondents answered all the questions. This reflected the specific interests of the respondents. The number of responses to each category are listed in the results below.

Models with substantially similar tooling were allocated to an aircraft “family” for the purpose of the survey. For example, responses nominating Tamiya’s 1/32 scale F-4C/D, F-4E and F-4J models were aggregated as “F-4”. 

There was a wide variety of spelling and description of aircraft types. Regardless of spelling or terminology, all responses were allocated to the most likely aircraft type or family. For example, “Avenger”, “TBM”, “TBF” and “TBF-1C” were all allocated to “Avenger”.

Similarly, the spelling and description of manufacturers names varied widely. For example, responses labelled “Revell”, “R-M”, “Revellogram”, “ProModeler” and “Monogram” were all aggregated under the single category of “Revell”.  

 

 

Wishlist - The Kits You Want...

 

1/72 Scale Kits 

A total of 655 votes were received in this category. Each respondent was allowed up to five votes. The Top Ten Most Wanted 1/72 Scale Kits as requested by HyperScale's respondents (including a four-way tie for number 10) are as follows:  

Ranking

1/72 Wishlist

Total Votes

1

C-97/KC-97

16

2

C-141

12

2

He 177

12

4

Tu-95

11

5

C-123

10

5

Mirage III

10

7

C-17

9

8

C-124

8

9

Martin Mariner

8

10

A-26 Invader

6

10

C-5

6

10

F4U-1

6

10

Mig 19

6

 

1/48 Scale Kits 

A remarkable total of 1,919 votes were received in this category. Each respondent was allowed up to five votes. The Top Ten Most Wanted 1/48 Scale Kits as requested by HyperScale's respondents are as follows:  

Ranking

1/48 Wishlist

Total Votes

1

Bristol Blenheim

31

1

Heinkel He 177

31

3

RA-5 Vigilante

30

3

Vickers Wellington

30

5

B-57/Canberra

28

5

Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor

28

7

Supermarine Spitfire VIII/IX

25

8

Gloster Meteor F.8

22

9

Arado Ar 234

21

9

Mig 19

21

Honourable mentions to Savoia Marchetti S.79, F-104, Bristol Beaufort, Bell P-39 Airacobra, F9F Panther/Cougar, F-100 and Lockheed Hudson, all of which received between 15 and 20 votes.

The Mirage III, Fairey Firefly, Handley Page Halifax, Mig 23, Boeing B-17, Nakajima J1N Gekko, F3H Demon, Fairey Battle, Handley Page Hampden, Henschel Hs 129 and Petlyakov Pe-2 all received between 10 and 15 votes each.

 

1/32 Scale Kits 

A total of 203 votes were received in this category. Each respondent was allowed up to five votes. The Top Ten Most Wanted 1/32 Scale Kits as requested by HyperScale's respondents are as follows:  

Ranking

1/32 Wishlist

Total Votes

1

A-10 Thunderbolt

36

2

F/A-18 Hornet

11

3

F-100

8

4

F-106

7

5

F-105

5

5

UH-60 Blackhawk

5

7

Su-27

4

8

F4U Corsair

3

8

F-84

3

8

Spitfire VIII/IX

3

 

 

Favourite Kit Manufacturer

 

1/72 Scale Manufacturer  

A total of 149 responses were received in this category. Each respondent was allowed a single vote:

Place

Favourite 1/72 Scale Manufacturer

Total Votes

1

Hasegawa

55

2

Revell

20

3

Airfix

14

4 (tie)

Italeri

8

4 (tie)

Fujimi

8

Honourable mentions to AMT with 6 votes, Academy with 5 votes and Minicraft with 5 votes.

   

1/48 Scale Manufacturer  

A total of 444 responses were received in this category. Each respondent was allowed a single vote:

Place

Favourite 1/48 Scale Manufacturer

Total Votes

1

Tamiya

210

2

Hasegawa

75

3

Accurate Miniatures

52

4

Revell

45

5 (tie)

Academy

9

5 (tie)

Eduard

9

Honourable mentions to Dynavector and Airfix with 7 votes each    

 

1/32 Scale Manufacturer  

A total of 186 responses were received in this category. Each respondent was allowed a single vote:

Place

Favourite 1/72 Scale Manufacturer

Total Votes

1

Tamiya

80

2

Revell

50

3

Hasegawa

43

4

Craftworks

4

5 (tie)

Hobbycraft

2

5 (tie)

Matchbox

2

5 (tie)

TAC Scale

2

 

 

Favourite Kit 

 

Favourite 1/72 Scale Kit  

A total of 130 responses were received in this category. Each respondent was allowed a single vote. Votes were spread across a wide range of nominees:

Place

Favourite 1/72 Scale Kit

Total Votes

1 (tie)

F-14 (Hasegawa)

7

1 (tie)

Focke-Wulf 190A Series (Hasegawa)

7

3 (tie)

F-4 Phantom (Hasegawa)

5

3 (tie)

Spitfire IX (Hasegawa)

5

3 (tie)

Beaufighter (Hasegawa)

5

Honourable mention to Me 410 with 4 votes and Academy Mig 21 with 3 votes.

 

Favourite 1/48 Scale Kit

A total of 385 responses were received in this category. Each respondent was allowed a single vote:

Place

Favourite 1/48 Scale Kit

Total Votes

1 (tie)

Avenger (Accurate Miniatures)

25

1 (tie)

Mosquito (Tamiya)

25

3

F-4U Corsair (Tamiya)

23

4 (tie)

Skyraider (Tamiya)

16

4 (tie)

Junkers Ju 52 (Revell)

16

Honourable mentions to Tamiya’s Heinkel He 219 (15 votes); Focke-Wulf 190D (14 votes); Beaufighter (13 votes); and Hasegawa’s Messerschmitt Bf 109F/G/K family (14 votes).

 

Favourite 1/32 Scale Kit

A total of 151 responses were received in this category. Each respondent was allowed a single vote:

Place

Favourite 1/32 Scale Kit

Total Votes

1

F-4 Phantom (Tamiya)

35

2

F-15 Eagle (Tamiya)

25

3

Hawker Hunter (Revell)

15

4

Tornado (Revell)

9

5

Spitfire (Hasegawa)

8

Honourable mentions to Tamiya’s F-14 Tomcat with 5 votes and Hasegawa’s P-51D Mustang with 4 votes.

 

 


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Page created on 31 August, 1999
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