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That looks great! My buddy who is unwell at the moment (cancer) would love that. He’s into model making again and very good at it.
I used to make them when I was growing up and made loads of them. Humbrol paint, brushes, sandpaper, Stanley knife, head-swimming glue, masking tape, good to go! The great Roy Cross artwork ….whats not to like? Just opening the box was an event! I actually have an Fw190D-9 (a favourite aircraft of mine) to make up given as a gift some years ago.
I know these models are expensive, but the bigger ones like 1/24 scale always were. I actually bought as a retirement gift the above chum a 1/32 Fairey Battle in January and that was well over £30. Quite why he wanted a model of a hopeless death trap like that is beyond me, but each to their own.
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A little something for all you Airfix fans on 08:14 - Aug 16 with 875 views
A little something for all you Airfix fans on 08:05 - Aug 16 by Churchman
That looks great! My buddy who is unwell at the moment (cancer) would love that. He’s into model making again and very good at it.
I used to make them when I was growing up and made loads of them. Humbrol paint, brushes, sandpaper, Stanley knife, head-swimming glue, masking tape, good to go! The great Roy Cross artwork ….whats not to like? Just opening the box was an event! I actually have an Fw190D-9 (a favourite aircraft of mine) to make up given as a gift some years ago.
I know these models are expensive, but the bigger ones like 1/24 scale always were. I actually bought as a retirement gift the above chum a 1/32 Fairey Battle in January and that was well over £30. Quite why he wanted a model of a hopeless death trap like that is beyond me, but each to their own.
A little something for all you Airfix fans on 08:14 - Aug 16 by Keno
This was my favourite model
Just look at thad bad boy! I never made a Sunderland. Great aeroplane though. I actually visited Rochester Cathedral the other day to see the restored and very rare Short Scion. In the Cathdral is a little museum to Short Bros, as their main factory was there until after the war. It was very interesting and included a film about the company and its products. The Sunderland featured heavily of course. A truly great aeroplane. Kit looks the business too.
The best models I ever made up were a Bf110G-4 (1/72) and a Halifax Bmk3 (underrated aeroplane partially due to Harris’ loathing of Handley-Page). Ahhh, happy days with Radio Two in the background with the football on - the great Peter Jones and co.
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A little something for all you Airfix fans on 08:47 - Aug 16 with 719 views
A little something for all you Airfix fans on 08:30 - Aug 16 by Churchman
Just look at thad bad boy! I never made a Sunderland. Great aeroplane though. I actually visited Rochester Cathedral the other day to see the restored and very rare Short Scion. In the Cathdral is a little museum to Short Bros, as their main factory was there until after the war. It was very interesting and included a film about the company and its products. The Sunderland featured heavily of course. A truly great aeroplane. Kit looks the business too.
The best models I ever made up were a Bf110G-4 (1/72) and a Halifax Bmk3 (underrated aeroplane partially due to Harris’ loathing of Handley-Page). Ahhh, happy days with Radio Two in the background with the football on - the great Peter Jones and co.
Huh. Every day’s a learning day on here. I’m not sure how I’ve managed to not know about this for so long, so thanks.
“Only a few weeks after D-Day, a newspaper ran a story that reported that only watery cider and poisoned water was available to our boys on the front.”
Good to see we had our priorities right back then!
A little something for all you Airfix fans on 09:50 - Aug 16 by Keno
I did the same hanging planes off the bedroom ceiling!!
I wonder if kids still of that?
So did I! I had a lot of them too. I used to sometimes hand paint squadron codes and Luftwaffe camo etc to represent aircraft other than those from the supplied decals. That gave me spare decals and where I made modifications, spare parts too.
Where I’d replace the early kits not done so well I’d sometimes blow them up with fireworks. Ahh the smell of burning plastic!
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A little something for all you Airfix fans on 10:44 - Aug 16 with 387 views
A little something for all you Airfix fans on 09:58 - Aug 16 by Churchman
So did I! I had a lot of them too. I used to sometimes hand paint squadron codes and Luftwaffe camo etc to represent aircraft other than those from the supplied decals. That gave me spare decals and where I made modifications, spare parts too.
Where I’d replace the early kits not done so well I’d sometimes blow them up with fireworks. Ahh the smell of burning plastic!
We had a kit of the Bismark that we floated in the water tank in my grandmothers green house. We blew that up with bangers. Most satisfying. However the goldfish in the next tank were not so impressed.
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A little something for all you Airfix fans on 11:14 - Aug 16 with 332 views
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