[LEAKED New Tool Airfix Vulcan 1/72]

The Vulcan is obviously the 2020 flagship release for Airfix, but there couple be a couple more new tools too

[LEAKED New Tool Airfix Vulcan 1/72]

Beat me too it and I said on the airfix 2020 post I felt it had to be a Vulcan

[Airfix calendar box art]

The Black Mike Phantom is from the 2019 range and has been know for some time

[B-26B-50 Invader (48281) 1:48]

I've just got mine today. 

Does every one else has a weird marble effect in the plastic on the elevators? 

[A-4F Skyhawk - Hobby Boss 1/48]

really nice build

 

I wouldn't call it modern though, the Scooter is older than me 

[Airfix 2020]

15 minutes ago, BD757 said:

Just my tuppence worth but I would be surprised if Airfix haven't thought about the P8. I know they want to stay away from having to pay licence fees etc and Welsh Models have just released theirs but the aircraft ticks so many boxes that have been mentioned as prerequisites for a new Airfix kit; 

• The P8 would sell well in the UK and offers a route into the North American market (as well as Norway, India etc)
• As with the Valiant add-ons they could do a 'special' weapons bay set for incremental sales
• If engineered correctly elements of the mouldings could be re-used for an E-7 Wedgetail version that could also open up the Aussie and Turkish market
• Unlikely but they could do as Heller did with the old 707 and E-3 series and offer a pax 737NG

Obviously this would be a massive step for Hornby and a tenuous business case so it probably won't happen and we will have a new Spitfire. Not long to go now!

 

I would love a P-8 and it would fill a big void in modern military surveillance aircraft. 

But would aircraft be able to get anywhere near one to scan it?

 

[Airfix 2020]

We now know it is a BIG announcement which tell me we are going to have a large aircraft. Be it either in 1/24 1/48 or 1/72. so we are either looking at a small scale large aircraft or a large scale small aircraft

 

Airfix have for the past 6-7 years released what I would call a flagship release for the year.

2019 we had the Hellcat

2018 The Hunter/Blenhiem couldn't confirm the flagship issue for that year

2017 The Phantom

2016 The Victor

2015 The Shackleton 

2014 The Typhoon 

2013 The Javelin

2012 The Valiant

 

2020 is going to see another flagship release to bring some huge income to Airfix/Hornby so you really have to think now, what kit will bring in a huge income in a short period of time with impulse purchases off the scale of a standard release, I think there is no coincidence they have pulled the old scale Avro Vulcan off the shelves now and I think 2020 will be the year of the Vulcan. It will be a big bucks £50-60 kit

[Fujimi 1/72 Mig 21 quick build]

22 hours ago, OttoVonSkidmark said:

I’ve just received the Italeri re box of this. I see the canopy cannot be posed open, so I won’t bother with photo etch. It has some brilliant Croatian decals. Chequered tail and the markings in a monochrome scheme.

 

I've seen the recent re boxing my italeri with a few decal options. looks good, but it is basic by today's standard 

[Airfix 2020]

When the announcement comes you'll say I was correct

 

1/24 Lysander 

[Airfix 2020]

On 10/11/2019 at 10:16 PM, RussellE said:

Kinetic already market a 1/24 P47 in both razorback & bubble top. 

they are not of the hellcat or typhoon standard

[1/48 - Lockheed Vega & Orion by Dora Wings - Vega 5b & 5c released]

15 minutes ago, Work In Progress said:

That is not the Lockheed Orion that they are doing. 

They are doing the Model 9 Orion from 1931.

 

Learn something new every day, never knew there was two Lockheed Orion aircraft

[1/48 - Lockheed Vega & Orion by Dora Wings - Vega 5b & 5c released]

On 10/10/2019 at 10:43 AM, k5054nz said:

I don't think Hasegawa made one? Unless you're referring to the P-3?

 

Yes, the P-3 Orion, 

[1/48 - Lockheed Vega & Orion by Dora Wings - Vega 5b & 5c released]

Completely missed this one, is there any photos of the test sprues of the Orion. The old Hasegawa kit with is raised detail is quite old and would be nice to see a big Orion in new tooling again

[1/48 - Douglas A/B/DB-26B/C & JD-1D Invader by ICM - released - new Revell boxing]

I would mention that the painting instructions for options two, the 8th 3rd BG aircraft is incorrect. This aircraft was not all over olive drab but all over the place. The box art image almost gets it correct. 

 

This is Revell's painting instructions for the same aircraft 

 

[Airfix 1/72nd Blackburn Buccaneer S.2C]

Looks awesome

 

But how did you get your hands on the test shots?

I'm curious how some modellers are lucky enough to grab test shots of models before the general public 

[1/35 S400 Missile (Hobby Boss)]

just started this beast myself. looks awesome

[Vanished 'For Sale' post?]

21 hours ago, Nocoolname said:

Can anyone help please? Unless I dreamt the hour I took posting it my "Nocoolname’s Kit Clearout! Sept-Oct 19" post appears to have disappeared from the site over the past hour or so. Nothing in the Wanted section or the general areas. Can anyone advise please? I have the logs to show the I uploaded to this site.

 

Rgds!

 

Nocool, I've been unfortunately myself to fall foul of this rule myself. I have a sieve for a memory and fell foul twice in the space of few weeks.

Just check check and double get the forums to make sure you haven't got a historic post up, in my case one of the posts was 8 months old. 

[1/48 - Mil Mi-24V/VP/P & Mi-35M "Hind-E/F" by Zvezda - released - Mi-24D "Hind-D" by Eduard - and Mi-24V/-35 in 2023]

If their 1/72 kits are anything to go by then the 1/48 kit will be a cracker, slowly drawn away from the kitty hawk option, but kitty hawk still have some good subjects on route

[Italeri 2019 catalog - "new" (reissue, repop, rebox etc.) in 2019]

I have reason to believe the Alpha is the kinetic kit

[1/48 - Mil Mi-8/17 "Hip" family by Kitty Hawk - in project]

I'm not a big fan of kitty hawk, but their choice of subjects recently is getting better and better,

 

They are doing so much research in to plugging gaps in the market they get profit from. The Su-25, getting up to date Hind's and Hip's out. The havoc's etc

 

This is extremely promising and while I do question their quality at times, this is the type of move to bring me back as a customer

[Winsor & Newton Galeria Matt Varnish]

2 hours ago, Enzo Matrix said:

Yes, it can.  Just spray a number of very thin coats. 

 

What about water based weathering products like florey models clay washes

[Winsor & Newton Galeria Matt Varnish]

I want to revive this old topic as I'm trying to source a good matt varnish that I can use with water based weathering products

 

Can this be sprayed over alclad aqua gloss? 

[Trumpeter 1/72 SU-24M Fencer D (Picture heavy)]

On 7/25/2019 at 8:41 PM, NazarovVladimir said:

 

Interesting points there, In my case I looked around for some references, the payload I copied from two other build kit online but thats for point that out as I can change the payload 

[Trumpeter 1/72 SU-24M Fencer D (Picture heavy)]

Hi everyone, now I've sorted out my photo sharing issues I'm pleased to share my build from earlier this year.

 

This is the Trumpeter Su-24M Fencer D in 1/72 scale. Truly a great kit and one of Trumpeters best 1/72 kits.

 

Kit is painted in Tamiya X-2 semi gloss white for the undersides, a 60/40 mix of GSI 308 and 317, Matt white used on radom. Master pitot tube and eduard etched for the interior and undercarriage doors. 

The was a personal build which found itself in a magazine so needed to keep the photos until the review had been published for a while. 

 

I'm still learning to take photos and what backgrounds work best so apologies if photos are a little poor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[1/32 - Douglas A-26B & C Invader by HobbyBoss - released - Resin2Detail detailing sets]

But on another note that would be a stunning kits and I hope they issue the A-26K Counter Invader use in the Vietnam war.

 

Would be looking at approx 47cm length, 66cm Wingspan. It's a big bird but not B-24/B-17 size.