Andre B
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55 minutes ago, Dave Swindell said:
Like I said, very minor and easily filled if it bothers you.
Does it bother you that I mentioned it? Should it been kept as a secret?
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6 hours ago, Dave Swindell said:
Yes, on the stbd side, but it's very minor, you don't really see it unless you're looking for it.
A coat of mr surfacer over the affected area and a quick sand will sort it if it bothers you.
https://www.ipmsstockholm.se/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=12339&start=10
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Mmm...
Some builders have noticed sinkmarks on the fuselage sides outside of cockpit. Probably because "the boxes" on the cockpit sides...
Cheers / André
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23 hours ago, tony.t said:
I really remember enjoying the 1/72 Airfix HH-53 Super Jolly when it was new around 1981.
Must look for one for a bit of nostalgia, and a 1/144 Vickers VC-10.
Tony
What I knew that still is an rather good kit of the "Super Jolly"...
Cheers / André
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11 hours ago, stever219 said:
They damn well ought to be, being between 10 and 20 years later in conception. In terms of fit and finesse some Airfix kits of the 70s and 80s are a lot better than their forebears, e.g. B-N Islander, B-26 Marauder, P-80 Shooting Star, F-84F Thunderstreak, the two H-53 Super Jolly Green Giant kits, S-3A Viking, Avro Lancaster B. III and A-3J-3P/RA-5C. All still have some faults and foibles but no kit is 100% perfect or 100% accurate, not even products from the much-vaunted Japanese manufacturers. The Tamiya Sea Harrier springs to mind as a "could and should have been so much better" kit; others will have their own betes noirs but let's save those for another day.😀
But if one compare the 1/72 scale P-51D Mustang from Lindberg (that shapeway almost fits to the not so late Matchbox and Hasegawa kits) with the ones from Airfix and Revell from the same era Lindberg made one Mustang that was much more accurate.
I agree with you concerning those Airfix kits from the 70's and 80's are the real nice ones as "Vintage kits" including the Super Mystere and F4D-1 Skyray...
Cheers / Andre
From top to bottom: 1955 Lindberg, 1958 Airfix and 1963 Revell...
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On 2/2/2022 at 10:21 AM, Rabbit Leader said:
If what’s going on in the 50th Anniversary of Matchbox Group Build can be used as a gauge, then there is certainly a market for Vintage kits. Revell now own most of the original Matchbox moulds, however if they were to ever reissue these kits in similar fashion to what Airfix are doing (with original Roy Huxley artwork) I am sure they would be pleasantly surprised by the large volume of sales this would generate.
Cheers.. DaveI would say that the 50 years old Matchbox kits of the 70's are a lot better than the Airfix kits from the 50's and 60's. And most of us probably have better experience of building the Matchbox kits during the 70's than building the Airfix kits. Just take a look at the Matchbox P-51D and compare that one with the older ones from Airfix and Revell. Why Revell hasn't retired their own old mould and replaced it with the Matchbox or an new 1/72 scale Mustang is a bit of an enigma...
Cheers / André
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I remember an old movie about an homecoming pilot or bombardier trying to settle down in the US after the war. In the ending scenes he was going among B-17 bombers lined up for scrap. Anyone knewing the name of that movie?
Cheers / André
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I am not against "vintage kits". In fact, I usually am among the first to buy them. But I also want those good "vintage kits" that don't fool the builder (as the old 1/72 scale Revell P-51D Mustang).
Airfix still has many nice kits, better than the Whirlwind helicopter that we havn't seen for ages. There are better moulds to dust of. Kits that isn't that much "of scale".
What about these 1/72 scale kits?
The F4D-1 Skyray, the F-86D Sabre and the F-84F Thunderstreak? And wasn’t the A-7 Corsair a rather nice kit? And the F2H Banshee? What about the A-1H Skyraider and the Dassault Super Mystere?
And the N.A. 39 Buccaneer? Well, maybe not that one...
Cheers / André
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8 hours ago, Orso said:
True, but it is pretty in pi... red 😄
As said, some moulds would be better left in storage...
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On 2/1/2022 at 7:59 AM, Paul Thompson said:
It'd be hard to market it as a nostalgic Vintage Classic if they did, wouldn't it?
Paul.
Some moulds better stay in storage untouched...
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"Making it's return after 23 years".
Oh dear Airfix, wasn't it time to make new moulds for that Westland Whirlwind helicopter? Originally released 1956...
https://m.facebook.com/officialairfix/photos/a.80699376270/10159618063351271/?type=3
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An 1/144 scale IX C submarine!
At last the missing sub is in sight!
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13 hours ago, Alan P said:
I get a 404 if I click the link 🤔
Strange...
I was wondering about the AK US Navy colours with the "three colour scheme". Obviously they didn't knew that it was a four colour scheme...
https://www.cottage-craft.co.uk/product_info.php?products_id=1835
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4 minutes ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:
This Mustang costs almost twice as much as in Poland. Admittedly, I see a Swedish version, which means it's probably a locally available edition with extra decals, so that explains a bit.
The Italeri P-51D when found in Sweden is usually a few Skr more expensive compared with the better Airfix and Tamiya kits. Even getting it from Poland is more expensive...
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Just now, Piotr Mikolajski said:
It always seemed to me that if I ran out of words because of the prices of models, that reason would be different from what I see here.
The crappy Italeri P-51D with swedish decals goes for 165 SKr...
https://www.radiostyrda-modeller.se/default.asp?mod=product&cat_id=310,485&product_id=4964
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50 minutes ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:
Do you have taxes that high? In Poland this model has always been very cheap, it's one of the beginner kits because of the price.
It's not about taxes. It's about retailers that doesn't knew what crap they are selling. And the want to earn money...
Airfix P-51D goes for 99 SKr compared with an Revell P-51D for 129 SKr...
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4 hours ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:
Well, this kit is really old but I can't call it priced as modern kit. Here in Poland it costs 4,48 GBP / 5,37 euro / 6,09 USD. This is a third of the price of modern models before the current wave of increases.
26 GBP here, I guess even with new prices it still should be for less than 30 quids. This is "upgraded" kit - PE sheet is small and negligible but at least decals are decent. Certainly not cheap but this price seems to be OK, this kit is large after all.
The only one I can think of is the F-5 Tiger, which by the way I don't think has been relaunched. But here lies another absurdity of Italeri's releasing policy - such good kits are sold very rarely, instead of being on permanent sale or at least regularly reissued.
Thanks for this information. This indeed explains very well the surprising price increase of Italeri models some time ago. I see that the Italian government loves business so hard that business has trouble sitting down.
As you can see from the example of the P-51D from Revell, given above, this does happen. This P-51D is no exception, old Frog or Heller kits, among others, are reboxed by many companies and cost little money.
By the way, no one is saying that the price should drop immediately after the mould pays for itself. We are talking about old Italeri and ESCI kits here, so this is not that case at all. If a model is decades old and has already aged, it's really hard to justify a price comparable to a modern newly tooled kit.
In Sweden I've seen prices for the Revell P-51D higher than for an Airfix or Tamiya P-51D...
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11 hours ago, Piotr Mikolajski said:
Well, Italeri was selling old Supermodel kits very cheaply for a while. And they were quite popular, because beginners could buy something bigger for less money.
Of course Italeri has to take into account the rising prices of raw materials, energy and so on, but all the old moulds have long since paid for themselves. In the case of many of them, using prices as for a modern product is foolishness, because these kits simply do not sell and you can see them in the distributor's warehouse still after a few years.
On the other hand...
...look at the Revell 1/72 scale P-51D Mustang. They are still fooling people with this "stonage kit" that is far from good and priced as a modern kit. And they must sell a lot of them as it can be seen everywhere...
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2 minutes ago, wellsprop said:
Literally just the cannon and 50cal being revered places and the 303 holes filled. The bulge has to be moved outbaord on the panel that covers the cannon too.
I'd quite like a Seafire iii conversion!
And I have an idea of building an Israeli Spitfire IXe...
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Great News!
What is needed to convert it to an IXe?
Cheers/André
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Maybe with two types of tails as on the P-51B/C and two (three) types of propellers?
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4 hours ago, Adam Poultney said:
Grand Slam Lancaster is a good shout.
In terms of other new variants/reissued variants I think we might see:
I really think we'll see a Black Buck Vulcan this year. It just makes sense given we know the kit is designed for it
We know the Victor is being reissued, but they've already got just about every variant possible out of that without retooling a significant proportion of the kit. It's unlikely, but I'd like to see an early Victor B.Mk.2.
I'd not be surprised to see a 1/72 trop variant Bf109E reissued and a reissue of the Spitfire Mk.i early/Mk.iia/Mk.Va in the same scale
Maybe a regular Spitfire Vc without the big tropical filter
There is still not an 1/72 scale Airfix Spit with Douglas Bader decals...
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As the Arma P-51B/C has two tales one wonder how good one of them would fit the Airfix or Tamiya P-51D? Do we have an option here?
Cheers / André
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Would we stop buying kits from Russia and Zvezda to support Ukraine? Would that be an signal to Zwezda that we are not supporting Putin and his actions against Ukraine?
/André Braun