Eric Mc

That looks very nice.

Very nice. It may not be an absolutely state of the art tooling but it looks a lot better than the old Hasegawa version - which lacks the cannon exhaust grating that is so prominent on the port side nose of the F-105..

Reusability comes with its own set of limitations and, at the moment, with the exception of the Falcon 9 and the 1st stage of Starship, is not in general use yet. There is still life left in non reusable systems for a while. The problem with SLS is that it has arrived WAY later than originally envisaged so I think will have a service life of less than ten years. Hopefully, it will manage to achieve some of the programme aims - assuming the programme aims stop chopping and changing.

Lovely. I have a few of these to build. I actually saw (and heard) a REAL Aztec fly over only a few days ago. They are getting a bit rare these days.

Lovely rendition. And really nice to see a Battle that really looks like a Battle.

So the Airfix one seems a bit more expensive.

Watched Episode 1 the other night. Decent story - but certainly the chaps could do with sorting their haircuts out. Otherwise, worth a watch. When I last saw it back in 1972/73, we only had a black and white TV set. So watching the episode the other night was the first time I'd seen it in colour.

How much is the Airfix one going to cost?

Where I am this morning. Got the fuselage and SOME of the wings together along with the front engine cowling. Also, a bit of filling and sanding carried out. I won't bother having a rotating prop so the cowling could go on earlier in the build sequence than Airfix say in the instructions. It wasn't a great fit so getting it on early allowed me to fill the gaps.

It's an out of the box build with minimal modification.

Bought this not too long ago. It's the Airfix Vintage Classic release of their Fokker Dr1 v' Bristol F2B "Dogfight Double" - originally issued in the 1960s. The kits inside the box are even older as the Fokker and Bristol were both originally issued in 1957 (per Scalemates). So, as you can imagine, they aren't the most up to date or accurate toolings around. However, as most kits of that era, they are fairly simple and basic and don't contain too many parts. This applies to the Fokker in particular. So, that's the one I've started on. It has the added bonus in that it doesn't have too much in the way of rigging. Anthony Fokker was a very clever chap in that he used cantilevered box structures to provide strength and stiffness to his designs rather than relying on canvas, wood and wires. The cockpit is barren of any detail whatsoever so I will just fill it with the pilot, Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen himself.

It would be great if Airfix did acquire the Horizon moulds - not holding my breath though.

Looking forward to this. One SLS has already flown, mostly successfully too. However, the project is progressing slowly and is always in danger of cancellation by incoming Presidents. So far, since its inception as Constellation 20 years ago, it has survived four Presidents (Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden) so maybe there is enough momentum to get to at least a few launches. I think it is a brave move by Airfix and I will definitely acquire at least one.

That would be a blow. Really looking forward to seeing the kit - if not the real thing.

Always impressive.