perdu Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Here is the lovely little Auster AOP6/T7 Antarctic model which I built for a club charity event I always thought the roof bulge spoilt a dainty little model and it seems quite a few others agreed With the charity build out of the way I decided to rebuild it 'righter' As you see the paintwork caught a heavy cold when the matt coat went on so not much doubt it was already past its sell-by (oops, give-away) date So I rebuilt her and here she is a little better 'loved', hope you like her There has been a long, meandering W I P over 'there' at http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235001627-auster-aop6-ended-at-long-last/ I hope you like this tribute to a very elderly Airfix Model, I remember picking this down off the rack in its plastic bag with a paper header back when I was still a schoolkid Lovely lurid yellow plastic too, signs of the good old days of Airfix, I wish they'd decide to do this one again in their 'Redo from start' passion for modernising their old designs Some chance 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBaron Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Great to see older kits brought back to life, especially when as lovingly restored as this I know exactly what you mean about lifting those bags down, and later the blister packs. I'm thinking of getting an Airfix Westland Scout, for the very same nostalgic reasons... An evocative piece of work, delighted to have seen this! Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Cracking job Bill, particularly like the cockpit detail through the canopy. Look forward to seeing it in the plastic. Oh yeah I loved the plastic bagged kits of old too. First build was the Tiger Moth (plastic bag full of lurid yellow plastic) purchased from the my local newsagents on a Sunday morning while accompanying my dad fetching the Sunday papers...ah such wonderful memories. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CedB Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Beautiful little, no tiny, model Bill - she looks great. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graeme H Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 A great result there, looks incredible Also a true labour of love, followed the WIP, and know what you put into this, great to see such an old kit given the treatment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 Thanks guys, I think these old kits get short shrift sometimes There's usually a decent model in there with care taken Tommo, if you were round Moseley back then we could even have bought our little bagged kits in some of the same shops 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Nice one Bill, really neat restoration! Does the Antartic kit come with the wheeled undercarriage? This is one of the very few Airfix kits I didn't build as a kid, but I do have a boxed example hiding somewhere amongst a few hundred other boxes, but I honestly can't ever remember opening it to even just look at..!! keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 14, 2016 Author Share Posted July 14, 2016 You get wheels, skis (ish) and floats Keith Go on, go on, you know you want to... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandy Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 That really is the D's B's. Fantastic update on an old kit. I'm a big fan of these oldies and have so far updated the Hannover and Roland, with the RE8 on the bench. 19p each when I started buying these old baggies! Ian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 Thanks The way I see it we are unlikely to get re-shots at some of these old familiar ones They are usually cheap as chips (til the entrepreneurs get their mitts on 'em) And there really is a scale replica inside them It's a kind of hobby within a hobby And it's me to a tee 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garethster Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Terrific restoration, well done! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 You get wheels, skis (ish) and floats Keith Go on, go on, you know you want to... Thanks Bill - one day I'll have at it! I need to find it first though! Apols too, I missed your link to your build thread yesterday (& again managed to completely miss it when it was 'live'!), so I've been off for a read this morning! Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Womby Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 That's very impressive. A terrific restoration/improvement job. David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave N Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Sweet ! Excellent job, she's a little jewel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted July 15, 2016 Share Posted July 15, 2016 Nice little build of a nice little plane. When I was in the Royal Observer Corps we were sometimes asked to marshal at air races, we then went back to the club house for a bite to eat and a flight. I just missed out on a modern Mooney but the next chap to ask had a 1930's Auster, I went with him and as we came into land he had to miss a ribbon set to a height and land on a white line on the grass strip, he landed bang on the line as we were enveloped in a snow flurry and a strong cross wind, he brought that little Auster in sideways until the last second. He won with that landing and I had one hell of a flight, never forgoton it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted July 15, 2016 Author Share Posted July 15, 2016 A bit like in that underneath picture then? What a great memory to have, I envy you that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luis Alfonso Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Hi Perdu: I have missed your build and have got it today while watching another build and right as it appeared, got here as was very curious about the build. In 1981, I bought one and started the build, this was a Card backed blister that was sold here for less than US$0.50 and after cleaning the parts and dry asembled the fuselage to check the fit and was going to take attention to the wings, another modeling pal asked me to exchange the kit as was one of the missing Airfix kits to complete his collection, his offer was good and so, I did. Many years after, in 2004, right when she was rereleased before the Hornby takeover, I bought with the eyes closed one to try again after the first failed build, but thinking that the kit deserved a better handling and care stopped it after gluing the wings and fuselage, and also began to look for info in the web and also got some nice plans and detail material that thought in build all the models before the AOP 9, and While, in the meantime since that unfinished adventure, got "sick" buying the kit every time the local Hobby Shop Owner wanted to restock, so that way made a nice collection of unbuilt boxes with the nice yellow painte bird. It was a cheaper kit that really liked me a huge lot. Also got some in a lot of lightplanes a guy in Ebay was selling t have no less than seven. Watching as there is not a frequently appering kit or model, have to say that the way you have reworked her its nice and wonderful, the results are at sight and really make me think about a Resurrection of a partially build that was started many many years ago but was not continued as thought the kit deserved a nice threatment as you did here. Soon wil look your WIP to get the ideas you put into practice to try my hand replicating the nioce details you added to your build and will be happy to get a 60% wonderful look of yours here!!! Thank you very much for sharing!!! Cheers from Guatemala, Luis Alfonso 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celt Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I agree this kit is ripe for Airfix to do a redo,unlike Keefr22 ,I remember building this as a kid ,even the ski ish version.Good job on an old kit.Like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
perdu Posted September 11, 2016 Author Share Posted September 11, 2016 (edited) Took this to Sutton Coldfield Modellers show today and was awarded First in 1/72 scale aircraft Which was nice Thank you to Sutton Coldfield Modellers for great show again, one of the nicer shows around Good to meet up with our friend Radleigh too, hope you got some fine photographs Radders Edited September 11, 2016 by perdu 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Bill.. OUTSTANDING job. She sure looks PRETTY & IMPRESSIVE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadbadge Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Wow what a fantastic job on rebuilding. It looks amazing and the detail is fantastic, great work and congratulations on a most deserved award. Thanks for sharing All the best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritag Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Took this to Sutton Coldfield Modellers show today and was awarded First in 1/72 scale aircraft ...... Nice one Bill. Thoroughly well deserved. All the more reason to get another aircraft on the go. It can even be a wobblychopter Ok - sounding like a stuck record - I know...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomoshenko Posted September 11, 2016 Share Posted September 11, 2016 Nice one Bill. Couldn't make the show this year but it's always a good show. Just deserts for a fine build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyverns4 Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 She looks fantastic Bill, Interesting to see the before and after images, and what an amazing 're-birth'. I too remember this model in a plastic bag, but IIRC 15p! I hope mine looks as good when completed! Christian, exiled to africa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted September 12, 2016 Share Posted September 12, 2016 What a wonderful little Auster,......fantastic modelling, Cheers Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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