Ade H Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Airfix model magazine has just done one of its occasional special issues and this one is all cars (plus one bike). There's a really nice build of a 962 in Jaegermeister colours and a photo reference for it. It's worth the price for this alone. There's also an Ebbro MP4/30, which is nicely done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markrob Posted August 27, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2017 Hello Ade. Could you put up a link to the magazine. Have tried searching for it but just can't seem to find it. Maybe I'm not putting inthe right searches. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade H Posted August 27, 2017 Author Share Posted August 27, 2017 https://shop.keypublishing.com/product/View/productCode/SPECROAD There you go, Mark. Glad to see that it interested someone! I should have given the exact title, but didn't have it on the same computer when I posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Afternoon chaps Ade, I think Airfix should be applauded for doing the Magazine. Its not yet available in SA, but my dad bought me a copy when they returned from a visit to the UK last week, and I think its brilliant. Mad (Happy) Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade H Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Yeah, I think that it might be the only British magazine to do specials. Finescale Modeler in the US, and its sister mag Scale Auto, have done many good ones and they usually focus more on tutorials. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1ks Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Is this one available in the shops alongside AMW? I'd be interested in having a flick through before deciding to get it, much as I love car and bike models i'm not so bothered about F1 and racing influenced variants. Which bike model is featured? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade H Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 I don't know, but I'm sure that the previous specials all were. The bike build is Tamiya's Kawasaki H2R (Marmite bike in my opinion). As well as the MP4/30 and 962, there's a Model Factory Hiro AC Coupe, a Ford Model T, Airfix Jag XKR, an old Smer Alfa 158, Aoshima Lambo (that was a poor quality build, though) and a Revell Corvette. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1ks Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Thanks, I'll take a look in the shop next time i'm passing. I don't mind the H2R but there's nothing that stands out on the kit reviews I've seen online of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Whats a Marmite Bike ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade H Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 People say that something is "marmite" if you either love it or hate it! Marmite even uses it in adverts. Not sure if you'd get Marmite in SA, but it's a sort of... beef flavoured... spreadable thing? Disgusting anyway! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Ah okay Yeah we get Marmite here and yes, its disgusting Okay then I can understand. I'm a huge fan of bike models and Tamiya bikes especially. Its a good kit, yes, but the hype is more about the real thing than the kit, my opinion. Well engineered kit, and very good quality, but they should have included the Carbon Decals in the kit. You need to spend quite a bit on AM just to make a standard bike (CF Decals and Zero Paints) Overall tho, not as good as the Panigale, again, just my opinion. Mad Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 Its delicious spread it on toast , or crusty rolls https://www.marmite.co.uk/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI6ZHdpcv61QIVwbobCh35UQCTEAAYASAAEgJuXfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade H Posted August 28, 2017 Author Share Posted August 28, 2017 Yea, I agree completely, Steve. Tamiya can do precise engineering and then undermine it with some strange decisions (how many screws does the Panigale have?) or omissions. I wish that it would do more European bikes, like MV Agusta or Aprilia. Maybe a BMW sports bike (1000RR? Can't remember exactly). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 35 minutes ago, Panzer Vor!!! said: Its delicious spread it on toast , or crusty rolls PV likes Marmite.... Now THAT explains a lot 23 minutes ago, Ade H said: Yea, I agree completely, Steve. Tamiya can do precise engineering and then undermine it with some strange decisions (how many screws does the Panigale have?) or omissions. I wish that it would do more European bikes, like MV Agusta or Aprilia. Maybe a BMW sports bike (1000RR? Can't remember exactly). That' s the decades old question with Tamiya. Why dont they do more day to day runners, or a couple more of the european bikes. Your comment on the Lambo Sesto was interesting too Ade. Not to slag off the chaps work, but I also didn't like it much. I'm building one at the mo and it just doesn't look right without the Carbon decals on all the bits (not the body, its too fine a weave to do on the whole body, my opinion)... and mines matt black and green Mad Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted August 28, 2017 Share Posted August 28, 2017 20 minutes ago, MAD STEVE said: PV likes Marmite.... Now THAT explains a lot But if you touch my then there will be Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick4350 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 8 hours ago, MAD STEVE said: Ah okay Yeah we get Marmite here and yes, its disgusting You are eating the wrong stuff. Vegemite is the good stuff ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Batt Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 15 hours ago, Ade H said: People say that something is "marmite" if you either love it or hate it! Marmite even uses it in adverts. Not sure if you'd get Marmite in SA, but it's a sort of... beef flavoured... spreadable thing? Disgusting anyway! You're thinking of Bovril, surely? Much prefer Marmite myself (and that strange Antipodean imitator) , which is why I was n Tesco recently .where coincidentally I found the terrific AMW special. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Afternoon Chaps Well... I have tasted all three, Marmite, Bovril and Vegemite... And they all suck, equally Mad Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panzer Vor!!! Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 18 minutes ago, MAD STEVE said: Afternoon Chaps Well... I have tasted all three, Marmite, Bovril and Vegemite... And they all suck, equally Mad Steve There,s a specail place in Hell for non Marmite lovers A cup of hot Bovil on a cold morning hits the mark ==================== Keeps you toasty all day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade H Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 (edited) 1 hour ago, Dave Batt said: You're thinking of Bovril, surely? Po-tay-to/po-tah-to, as they say. How the heck did we get onto dark brown spreads? Oh, yeah... Edited August 29, 2017 by Ade H 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D1fuN0 Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 16 minutes ago, Panzer Vor!!! said: There,s a specail place in Hell for non Marmite lovers A cup of hot Bovil on a cold morning hits the mark ==================== Keeps you toasty all day In those areas of the world that have progressed past the Dark Ages... we have something called Coffee that you can drink on cold mornings Tastes much better than melted down cow 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Batt Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Do people realise that Marmite is actually a beer by-product? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ade H Posted August 29, 2017 Author Share Posted August 29, 2017 Just now, Dave Batt said: Do people realise that Marmite is actually a beer by-product? So are several things, none of which should be jarred and sold. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whofan Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 20 hours ago, M1ks said: Is this one available in the shops alongside AMW? I'd be interested in having a flick through before deciding to get it, much as I love car and bike models i'm not so bothered about F1 and racing influenced variants. Which bike model is featured? I've seen it in my local Smith's, so I'd guess it will be available in all but the smallest branches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1ks Posted August 29, 2017 Share Posted August 29, 2017 Thanks, unfortunately it's going to be a wait until I get into town thing, my 'local' Smiths is 75 miles awy where town is, small remote villages are nice but there are times it's a nuisance for getting to shops you used to take for granted when town was only 7 miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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