Shane Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 3 hours ago, Modelraynz said: Still fingers crossed for 8th!! It'll be the ninth where you are too (just!) if it''s slated for 10am on the 9th. Only 8pm in Brisbane Shane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britman Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 I was thinking of packaging suitable for today's products without too much recourse to plastics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sniperUK Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Airfix Phantoms are in stock and ready to be dispatched 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleeperService Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 On 01/01/2018 at 11:42 AM, fightersweep said: Plasto; Agreed! There are dozens of Airfix kits I would be more than happy to see re-released. Beaver, Cessna Bird Dog, Cessna 02, Piper Cherokee, Beagle Bassett, SRN1, Morris Marina, Austin Maxi, Lotus Cortina, Vauxhall Victor etc etc. I still have a lot of time for a big chunk of thier back catalogue. They really should coinsider a "Classis Range" like Revell did. Everyone knows just what they are getting then. Great minds think alike I've been banging on about the same for years now. Would help newbies avoid the older more challenging kits until they're ready for them. 1/144 SRN.4 please Mr Airfix. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fightersweep Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 Nothing like a meeting of great minds! Totally agree! Stick em in a box with the vintage artwork, old style logo, chuck in new decals and plaster "Classic Airfix Range" all over it. Job done and Bob's your uncle....or your auntie depending on his wardrobe choice. Best regards; Steve 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted January 2, 2018 Share Posted January 2, 2018 23 hours ago, AntPhillips said: Lets not forget that some of the recent toolings are no longer in the current portfolio, and could quite easily be repopped with or without new marking options. I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the Sea Vixen in particular fairly soon, if the prices on the Bay are any indication there is a demand for it. And they could sink demand for the upcoming Trumpeter kit. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modelraynz Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 20 hours ago, Shane said: It'll be the ninth where you are too (just!) if it''s slated for 10am on the 9th. Only 8pm in Brisbane Shane 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntPhillips Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 New workbench review of the year now up and it reads thus: We would like to end this special review edition of Workbench in a similar way to which we started it, with some exciting news for the New Year. The new 2018 Airfix model range will be live on the Airfix website from 10am on Tuesday 9th January and will include a spectacular new tooling announcement that will definitely be of interest to many Workbench readers. Unfortunately, we can’t give you any more information than this for the time being, but the Airfix website will certainly be expecting plenty of traffic on that particular morning. I hope I'm reading it wrongly because to me, that sounds like a singular new tooling announcement just 6 days to go until we find out for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 10 minutes ago, AntPhillips said: New workbench review of the year now up and it reads thus: We would like to end this special review edition of Workbench in a similar way to which we started it, with some exciting news for the New Year. The new 2018 Airfix model range will be live on the Airfix website from 10am on Tuesday 9th January and will include a spectacular new tooling announcement that will definitely be of interest to many Workbench readers. Unfortunately, we can’t give you any more information than this for the time being, but the Airfix website will certainly be expecting plenty of traffic on that particular morning. I hope I'm reading it wrongly because to me, that sounds like a singular new tooling announcement just 6 days to go until we find out for sure. It's not entirely clear if the announcement is singular or the new tooling. I read it as singular, spectacular announcement, that could include more than one new tooling. If it was the new tooling that was singular this would have been better written as "the announcement of a spectacular new tooling." Despite all this, I expect that there will be only one more new tooling announced and signs point to this being a Sopwith Camel in, I predict, 1/24th scale. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AntPhillips Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1 minute ago, VMA131Marine said: It's not entirely clear if the announcement is singular or the new tooling. I read it as singular, spectacular announcement, that could include more than one new tooling. If it was the new tooling that was singular this would have been better written as "the announcement of a spectacular new tooling." Despite all this, I expect that there will be only one more new tooling announced and signs point to this being a Sopwith Camel in, I predict, 1/24th scale. Airfix and correct grammar don't necessarily go well together lol 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trickydicky210 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Just read the announcement and I agree that the grammar lends itself to a special new tool rather than a singular new tool. New Vulcan is my guess 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofiane1718 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 It's also written: "Clearly, the production of new Airfix model kit tooling is an expensive business and whilst everyone in the Airfix team would love to have more new tooling announcements to share with Workbench readers, the cost of this investment dictates that such announcements will always be restricted to a relatively small number of models each year. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shatters Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Woo hoo it's the Venom!!!!!!!!!! Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Hunter, no Harvard, no Spitfire XIV, no Canberra B.2, no Lightning F.3, no Venom, no Hawker Hind, any of the above please Airfix, 1/72nd scale before 1/48th please 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhoenixII Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 22 minutes ago, Wez said: Hunter, no Harvard, no Spitfire XIV, no Canberra B.2, no Lightning F.3, no Venom, no Hawker Hind, any of the above please Airfix, 1/72nd scale before 1/48th please Heartless Man, so ye are, taking soooooo many pipe dreams are stomping 'em into the dirt..................... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 (edited) I think you have to read the whole article to get the context correct. If you do they tell us tooling is expensive to produce, we already have the Wellington and Blenheim on the way in 2018. So they set the scene here. I think that there will be one new tool announcement on the 9th along with the other range stuff which I suppose is re-boxing, re-releases etc. Edited January 3, 2018 by Plasto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris57 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I personally like a surprise, with only 5.5 days left why not wait and see, otherwise I can see many Senior Managers having to wash many sets of wet underwear!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denford Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 13 minutes ago, Plasto said: I think you have to read the whole article to get the context correct. If you do they tell us tooling is expensive to produce, we already have the Wellington and Blenheim on the way in 2018. So they set the scene here. I think that there will be one new tool announcement on the 9th along with the other range stuff which I suppose is re-boxing, re-releases etc. Good, clear, thinking. Don't overlook the fact that even the smallest subject takes at least a year to tool, others proportionally longer. Those making pleas to Airfix for this or that on Tue, should realise the subject(s) were already decided months ago. Dream on. Remember too that HH are deeply in debt, and rely on their Bank Manager to approve their forward budget. I feel they wouldn't approve anything much more than 2 years ahead, even that. So no 1/24 or even large 1/48. As for Tuesday's announcement I expect little more than 1 x 1/48 (small) ie single engined, and 1 or at the most 2 x 1/72 again both small, though perhaps a small twin such as Mosquito or Me410 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fids Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 Nice long piece on the Gazelle in that Workbench, in 1:48 preferably there I've said it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenko Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 2 hours ago, AntPhillips said: Airfix and correct grammar don't necessarily go well together lol Blimmy ....they must be my ex pupils...........................well Airfix are in Thanet ...enough said 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botan Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 We already have two new tool British bombers, so I would be really surprised is another one is planned next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 I just hope we celebrate it for what it is, not bitch about what is is not. Julien 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 1/24th scale Walrus, building on the success of the 1/48th kit and maximising return on the research, design and development costs for it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 7 minutes ago, stever219 said: 1/24th scale Walrus, building on the success of the 1/48th kit and maximising return on the research, design and development costs for it. Except you’d have additional R+D costs adding detail to the ‘model’ and a 1/24 kit would probably need a complete redesign over a 1/48 offering. If if you look at all the pointers Airfix give out as part of their normal marketing and social media activity we can see a new bit of artwork floating around for a camel and a lot of ‘store’ put into the 100th Anniversary of the RAF. So so it’s not unreasonable to think that the ‘spectacular’ new tool will be RAF themed to tie in with this. Depends on how you define Spectacular. Large model with heaps of detail. Much requested type. Or a combination of both. What subject would possibly define the RAF in the eyes of the general public and enthusiast modellers and would be spectacular and a crowning moment in the range over the course of the 100th celebration of the RAF. Possibly not a Walrus... I think 1/24 Camel or 1/24 Spitfire... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aeronut Posted January 3, 2018 Share Posted January 3, 2018 If it's going to be a big release to celebrate the RAF centenary do we need to remind Airfix that 1st of April is less than three months away? Whatever it is had better already be on the slow boat from China / India and steering to avoid any Typhoons. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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