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[Vincewb]

Firstly thanks for all the welcome messages to the board.

Just found out a couple of new Airfix giftsets coming out and I know its all to easy to be negative about these things but the following makes me think who will buy this set.

25th Anniversary of Falklands set.
FRS1,GR3,Pucara,Dagger,Etendard, and a Skyhawk plus the usual useless little pots of paint, brush and a poster for £34.99

Am I getting tight and miserable in my old age or is the far too expensive?

Vince

P.S The Vulcans coming back as well

[model_madness]

72nd scale?

Edited by model_madness, 11 June 2007 - 04:12 PM.

[peebeep]

Before I bought one I would want to know the provenance of the kits, especially the Skyhawk! Until you know what you are getting it's difficult to guage whether or not 7.00 per kit is good value.

peebeep

[John]

Didn't Darrell Burge say that the gift sets would feature the new acrylic paints, rather than the previous formulation?

John

[Colin @ Freightdog Models]

P.S The Vulcans coming back as well

Everyone come and see me if you want some Vulcan decals, Ive got, err, lots.......

[Mike]

Everyone come and see me if you want some Vulcan decals, Ive got, err, lots.......

...and they're VERY good, as you'll see when I FINALLY manage to catch up with all the reviews I have to do after me bout of lurgi

[Dave T]

Everyone come and see me if you want some Vulcan decals, Ive got, err, lots.......

Hummm.... not to sure about that Nellis tan underside on XM607. Whats the source of that info' ?

Its a cause of much debate among Vulcanologists. No ones heard of it.

Enlighten please ?

[Colin @ Freightdog Models]

Hummm.... not to sure about that Nellis tan underside on XM607. Whats the source of that info' ?

Its a cause of much debate among Vulcanologists. No ones heard of it.

Enlighten please ?

Hello Dave,
Enlightenment below I hope, the captions read;

Vulcan B2 XM607 of No 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nevada for Exercise Red Flag in 1977. I am grateful to crew-member Steve Oddy for this extremely rare shot of a Vulcan with desert camouflage on its underside. It is reported that the extra camouflage was of little use because the Vulcan was given away by its giant shadow. Copyright © Steve Oddy





More excellent Vulcan images can be found at www.avrovulcan.org.uk

Colin

[Colin @ Freightdog Models]

This one is on the sheet as well;



Caption reads;

Avro Vulcan B2 XM595 of the Scampton Wing at RAF Scampton. Though technically still on the strength of the Scampton Wing, some free-fall aircraft allocated to No 27 Squadron received a Day-glo 'Dumbo' on returning from conversion from Blue Steel to free fall. 595 returned to Scampton in January 1970 and this photograph was probably taken later that year. To the left of the 'Dumbo' is a Dayglo goose, applied by a Goose Bay servicing team, but the origin of the Dayglo penguin at the top of the fin is unknown. © Charlie Stagg.

Colin

[Dave Fleming]

Yeah, if 1/72, whose Harriers, Dagger and Pucara as well

[John]

It's an interesting mix of kits, with at first glance few being from the Airfix back catalogue. Given their previous connections with Italeri we can hope for their FRS1 and GR3, but suspect the latter may be Airfix.

The Heller Mirage would be a pretty good starting point for the Dagger. There aren't that many 1/72 Pucaras and we know it isn't the Special Hobby version! As for the Skyhawk, is there a suitable candidate in 1/72?

John

[Dave Fleming]

It's an interesting mix of kits, with at first glance few being from the Airfix back catalogue. Given their previous connections with Italeri we can hope for their FRS1 and GR3, but suspect the latter may be Airfix.

The Heller Mirage would be a pretty good starting point for the Dagger. There aren't that many 1/72 Pucaras and we know it isn't the Special Hobby version! As for the Skyhawk, is there a suitable candidate in 1/72?

John

The Heller Mirage is a start point, but needs the fin antenna. The Skyhawk - the Fujimi A-4B or C could be a candidate (Please not the old A-4A!!)

[peebeep]

There aren't that many 1/72 Pucaras and we know it isn't the Special Hobby version!

Word has it that it will be this one.

peebeep

Edited by peebeep, 12 June 2007 - 10:00 PM.

[Colin @ Freightdog Models]

Word has it that it will be this one.

peebeep

Did I miss something, why isn't it going to be the Special Hobby Pucara kit?
Colin

[John]

Hornby don't reckon a kit with etch and resin is appropriate for the gift set concept.

John

The Heller Mirage is a start point, but needs the fin antenna. The Skyhawk - the Fujimi A-4B or C could be a candidate (Please not the old A-4A!!)

Yep, I've got a bad feeling about that Skyhawk!

John

[Dave Fleming]

Hornby don't reckon a kit with etch and resin is appropriate for the gift set concept.

John
Yep, I've got a bad feeling about that Skyhawk!

John

Equally, the Mirage could be the PM one...............

[John]

Equally, the Mirage could be the PM one...............

Well, they have used PM before!

I wonder about the SuE, Heller or Italeri? Is there much to choose between them?

John

[jenshb]

The Italeri Super Etendard is a really nice kit. Haven't actually built it, but bought one intended as a quick build to get out of a rut, and was impressed with the surface detail. My first reaction was that it was a Fujimi or Hasegawa kit.

Jens

[Mandrake]

The Italeri Super Etendard is a really nice kit. Haven't actually built it, but bought one intended as a quick build to get out of a rut, and was impressed with the surface detail. My first reaction was that it was a Fujimi or Hasegawa kit.

Jens

The Italeri kit is indeed a really nice kit, it is identically to the Academy kit but with better decals. Definately superior to the Heller offering, will be interesting to see which one they will go with.

[chadders]

Whats the betting that Airfix simply put their old Mirage and Skyhawk in with new decals.