Badvest Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 I picked up some Airfix starter kits recently from my local Aldi. they do a Spitfire, Hurricane, Tomahawk, Mustang, Gnat and Cromwell tank. Cost is £4.99. Worth checking out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Depending on where you shop, they could be even cheaper, they were £3.99 in ours last week, none left now! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Dapple Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 There were still a few left at £3.99 in Aldi in Ellon yesterday; I got a Spitfire 1a, a Hurricane and three each of the P-40b and P-51d... at those prices it would have been rude not to Cheers, Stew 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noelh Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Must check out my local Aldis tomorrow. There's three of them locally. Hopefully they'll have dropped the prices. They hadn't last week. I need more P51s and Spitfires and Hurricanes. ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch K Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 Bah humbug! I'm nowhere near an Aldi nowadays so I'll probably miss out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theplasticsurgeon Posted January 11, 2016 Share Posted January 11, 2016 A colleague told me about these today. He lives somewhere near Ludlow on the Welsh border. Tried telling me he'd made the Spitfire when he was a lad. I told him the Spitfire in the offer was 2010 at the earliest - and a VAST improvement on the (probably 1955) kit he'd made. Also of my plan (this was 2014) to repaint my first Spitfire with one underwing black, which was rendered nugatory when my local Aldi sold their remaining stock at half price. I bought and built another - well it would have been rude not to! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The wooksta V2.0 Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Think I'll have a quick look in my local ALDI tomorrow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badvest Posted January 12, 2016 Author Share Posted January 12, 2016 Going to be getting lots of aftermarket decals, particularly for the Mustangs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Girvan67 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 None in my local.... Pffttt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Selwyn Posted January 16, 2016 Share Posted January 16, 2016 Just did my shopping at my local Aldi in Manchester, scored Hurricane and Tomahawk starter sets for less than a fiver each. They still had Gnats and Mustangs in stock but as I already have multiples of these in the stash already I didn't indulge. So keep looking guys they are still out there in the shops! Selwyn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete610 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Half a dozen P51s in Aldi Heswall (Wirral) yesterday - nowt else left 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodders154 Posted January 23, 2016 Share Posted January 23, 2016 Nothing left at Shepton Mallet today :-( Rodders Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleygolding Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 (edited) Well the offer has finally reached us here in the Antipodes. An Aldi I went to here in South Australia today had, the Spitfire, Zero, Tomahawk, Gnat and the Tank for $12.50 each! Marvelous. Steve Just looked at the receipt and it was actually $12.99. Edited July 28, 2016 by bradleygolding Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 $12.99 here. Price gouging Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tempestfan Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 How can it be that Aldi all over the world sells Airfix - but not here in their homecountry ??? I feel seriously circumvented... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveCromie Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 How can it be that Aldi all over the world sells Airfix - but not here in their homecountry ??? I feel seriously circumvented... Hi Tempestfan my local(ish) Aldi had a few last summer but they were all jets or cars, neither of which I usually build so I passed. According to the staff they shifted the Mustang, Kittyhawk and Spitfire sets at about a dozen a time. I can't remember the price exactly but it was in the region of £4 a pop. Gutted I missed them then and no doubt I will miss them this year too DC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradleygolding Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 I only knew that Aldi stocked them as specials because of the original poster of this thread, and as Aldi have opened stores here in Australia I have wandered in every so often just to check. They do of course have some quite good other stuff as well. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vanroon Posted July 28, 2016 Share Posted July 28, 2016 Aldi are/were only offering wooden ship kits in West Oz. Nice compressor airbrush kit and a decent ultrasonic cleaner. Various tools which had little appeal to me, but ok if quality checked.m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 The Aldi ship kit came out one week before the Airfix starter sets in Qld. Perth could be one week behind (perhaps?). Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 How can it be that Aldi all over the world sells Airfix - but not here in their homecountry ??? I feel seriously circumvented... It's never an enduring seller - they get a bunch of kits in and then when they're gone they're gone (until next time). It's the same with a lot of their seasonal items and tools, electronics etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisTheBear Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) Unfortunately there isn't an Aldi in Townsville, but I got (more than) several Starter kits last year when I was living in Sydney. Spitfires, P-51s, Zeroes, and even a tank! They are all new tool and all still unbuilt! Edited for atrocious spelling! Edited August 1, 2016 by DennisTheBear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve190 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Aldi's here in the USA do not sell Airfix kits either. Sure wish they did though. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ventora3300 Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Happening again this year - plenty in Aldi Stirling, mostly Spitfire 1a, Bf109E, Provost, Cromwell and Victory, all 'Starter Kits'. They appear to be several £'s cheaper than direct from Airfix so worth a look. Isn't this what Airfix did all those years ago with 'bagged' kits in Woolworths?? It's deja vu for some of us!. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rayprit Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 Won t be much longer before Airfix will be paying YOU to take their kits Seems Airfix know something that we dont? So many half price kits in high street stores, traders on here with half price sales, no advent calender, no announcement at Telford...............looks like Airfix is trying to get money from anyplace it can just to keep running, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shatters Posted December 4, 2017 Share Posted December 4, 2017 20 minutes ago, rayprit said: Won t be much longer before Airfix will be paying YOU to take their kits Seems Airfix know something that we dont? So many half price kits in high street stores, traders on here with half price sales, no advent calender, no announcement at Telford...............looks like Airfix is trying to get money from anyplace it can just to keep running, Not airfix as such but asda are selling brand new hornby train sets and scalextirc sets at £40 each. Can't see where the profit is in these. Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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