DutyCat Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Based on everything I have seen and read here, I think clearly the most popular jet medeling subject is the F-14. After that, I would say maybe the F-18. It seems to get a lot of attention here as well. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ruud Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 The number of pages of builds in the Gallery sections gives one a good idea on what it most popular. F-16, F-14, F-18, Spitfire, and P-51. Probably one or two more, but i'm just going off of memory. Some thing tells me that if Academy comes out with a very nice F-18 in 1/72 (as is supposed to happen) that F-18's might move ahead of the Tomcat... later Ruud Quote Link to post Share on other sites
janman Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Most popular jet model? At least here on ARC: F, F, F and F. Not a hard question to answer... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j-fever Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 My guess would be: F-86 Sabre or F-4 Phantom? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Starfreak Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 From what i have seen i would say: 1st F-16 2nd F-14 3rd F/A-18 4th F-4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nev Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Here on ARC? F-16 and F-14 by several lengths. I know Steve tries hard to keep a balance of jets + props in the articles on the front page, but in the forums jets are way more popular - just compare the traffic in the jets forum vs the props forum. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest LITTLE BIRD 117 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 I would say the f-14, f-16, and then the f-18. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pingu1 Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 (edited) Remember that aircraft such as the Hunter, Meteor, Harrier, Buccaneer and Phantom have the advantage of several decades' head start over things like the F-14, F-15, F-16 and F-18. They also come in colours other than grey. Cheers, Chris. Edited December 3, 2006 by pingu1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jay Chladek Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 Are we talking most popular period or just on ARC. If it is for everything, then I would say the F-4 Phantom gets the nod since kits have been around longer for it then most of the other jets. Plus, with all the airforces that have flown the Phantom, there is a lot of international interest in the kit as well. It also covers a lot of sub genres of modeling with Navy and Air Force subjects (not to mention its wartime experience as an ace maker and a ground buster). Right now I think the F-14 is probably top banana at least on ARC due to the recent retirement of the aircraft and the variety of paintjobs it has worn. As such, it is in the public spotlight and those who want to build them ask the questions for those that have built them to answer. But whose to say that two or three years down the road that the momentum will remain? Of the other subjects, the F-16 probably gets a little higher nod then the F-18, unless you include both Superhornet and non-US operated Hornets (such as ones from Canada) in the total mix of interest in Hornets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChernayaAkula Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 (edited) According to the ARC Galleries, theres... 6 pages of Phantoms (including the Brits) Hornets 5 pages of F-16s 4 pages of Eagles Tomcats 3 pages of Starfighters 2 pages of Tornados Harriers Hunters F-5s MiG-29s Su-27s Warthogs I guess numbers would change if Andy Mullen's and Fireman's One-Man Group Builds were represented one by one. IIRC there was another OMGB on Tomcats, but I can't remeber the name. A great deal of the Phantoms are by Shawn. What I find odd though is that there are not more Fishbeds. Or that a great deal of the Eagles are Strike Eagles. EDIT: It seems to me that the galleries were updated only recently. Last time I looked there were 3pages of Phantoms. While we're at that, has anybody got pics of that KA-6/F-4 air-refuelling diorama by John Chung? I'd love to see how that was done... Edited December 3, 2006 by ChernayaAkula Quote Link to post Share on other sites
phantom Posted December 3, 2006 Share Posted December 3, 2006 What 15 articles with around 8 Phantoms per article aren't enough for ya? In my house......... Phantoms by about 4 to 1 over the next favorite (only have built around 100 with 90 still in the cabinet) Hornets then Tomcats Starfighetrs F-16s and used to have 12 CT-133s but thats down to 2 now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tomcatter727 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 (edited) Right now I think the F-14 is probably top banana at least on ARC due to the recent retirement of the aircraft and the variety of paintjobs it has worn. Pretty much two kinds of gray JK ;) Edited December 4, 2006 by tomcatter727 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jcunny Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Would have to agree F-4's are probably tops. I haven't been to a show yet that one "Rhino" of some sort wasn't on the table no matter what the scale. Would gander the F-16 and F-14 are about the same for second but gaining in the case of the Tomcat since the "buzz" about them being retired. It boils down to this, how many F-4 kits have been released? A BUNCH!!! That should tell ya something. Phantom/Rhino Luver, Jarrod Cunningham Austin, Texas Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spaced Marine Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 F-16's & F/A-18's. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Walker Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Seems like F-4s and F-16s pretty much top out the list. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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