The way the poll was structured I really could give a "good" answer. Personally I consider movie/sci-fi models to be "semi-scale" if they are fictitious and you really can't "count rivets" as the hardcore scale folks do. But they are my favorite. Big surprise eh?
Now real space or military hardware should be dripping with detail. They rank second for my tastes.
But, economically, it would make sense to stick with what have been favorites for decades.
Saturn V & 1B, Little Joe I and II, V2, Pershing, Honest John, Nike Hercules & Ajax, Mercury Redstone, Space shuttle, Vostok, Black Brant, Nike SMoke and numerous others I am too tired to recall.

Maybe one could look at the introduction of modern space hardware, a Maxi Saturn SA-5, Pershing II, Redstone IRBM, Nike Zeus, MLRS, ATACMS, SS-21 Tochka, etc etc....
These could be the classics of the next generation of rockteers.

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Since I was limited to two, I checked the two categories that I have spent the most time researching: US sounding rockets and foreign sounding rockets. I like sounding/research rockets because they are the most understandable and approachable from a modeling standpoint, plus these are the types of rockets that I could actually see myself working on as a member of some project. (But I never have, and likely never will.) Also, of all the scale categories, the launch and flight of scale model sounding rockets most closely resemble the real thing, I think, and I find satisfaction in that part, too.

But to tell you the truth, I could just as easily have picked two other types in this poll. (I know, that doesn't help you much, does it?) I am also fascinated with space launch vehicles from any country. I am still learning about US military rockets, and I find their occasional crazy, wild designs (to facilitate very specific and often quite extreme performance characteristics) utterly intriguing. But it's not all just US military rockets; I also charmed by the missiles from other nations. I know very little about them, so every one that I come across is a surprise.

I do like fantasy-scale rockets from the entertainment world, too, but quite frankly, I find them to be the least understandable type. That's probably because they aren't things that I would ever see in the real world, nor anyone else could ever see, either, because quite a few of them aren't even remotely buildable (for real), let alone even logical. But I don't knock them and I can certainly dream, too. It's just that given the other choices in the poll, this is the type that has the weakest hold on me. The ironic thing is that I do have a genuine fascination with retro sci fi rockets, and I even see echoes of them in some of the real rockets that exist today. In some other type of poll, sci fi rockets could easily be one of my top choices. Big help, aren't I?

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Whatever the list, the Maxi-Brute Pershing should be on it.

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Oh by the way, I'm not here just for the "olde" rocket discussions.

Sorry John, sometimes I have to remove my shoes to put 2 & 2 together. I knew you'd been here a while but didn't realize how long. For whatever reason I only noticed the R&D in your sig yesterday.

I think it's safe to say everyone is glad to know you're here and asking for input, and as a part of the hobby too. While I was skeptical at first that there would be much of a change at all at Estes, I have been impressed with the changes and additions to date and I'm glad to have been proven wrong that things would never chage. Verna & I are excited and anxious to see what's to come.

Thanks again!

Randy
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I'm just happy that someone is asking about what scale models modelers might be interested in. As an old f*rt [54] and one who got into model rocketry in the 60's due to my interest in the space program, scale models have always been closest to my heart.

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I would like to see more Fighter Jets much like the Centuri Fighter Fleet.
I have designed a few of my own and I usally get a good response when I go to a launch.
Something different then a 3F&NC rocket.

Well, I must say the Pershing 1A is one of my favorite missiles of all time, Right up their with the Nike Hercules. In fact I just acquired a Maxi Brute nose cone for one just a couple months ago so I can make myself a model for my collection.




John Boren

Is there a timeframe when the new releases will be out?

Sad to say that John's post indicates not to expect a Maxi Pershing rerelease in the near future.


Bill

I was referring to any new Estes product that was shown in Chicago at the hobby show.