They'll wait a long time then. Even if work to unearth them does start in January, as proposed, it'll be some time before they reach the UK.
I realise that there has to be a production and marketing plan, and a budget to cover these, but if I was running the show, I'd already have the tools in place, ready to release a MkXIV within a very short time period following the PR19, if not concurrently. I'd also ensure that, having announced the PR19 for release in 2013, that it is released within the first quarter, ensuring there are no delays, as happened with the 1/24th scale Mosquito.
These proposed kits will sell like the proverbial hot cakes, giving a relatively fast return on the investment, and I personally believe that priority should be given to plans for new kits, in all scales planned, at reasonable retail prices,with re-tooling of older kits, although very welcome, being a secondary aim.
That said, it's gratifying to see that Airfix will be re-tooling many 'traditional' kits, rather than trying to market and sell, at 'today's' prices, those which I made as a boy in the 1950s, many of which, even then, were only of passable quality.
One thing I'm wary of though - their prices are creeping up, approaching the ludicrous asking prices for certain 'Far East' manufactured kits. As we all know that Revell can produce excellent kits at realistic prices, this is something which the marketing and financial wizards at Airfix need to look at closely. Their current or recent releases have been good, reflecting the quality of their 'new breed' of kits from the late 1970s and early 1980s, but, as good as they are, they still lack the finesse of some manufacturers products, Revell being one, although this might be a result of where, and how, they are produced.