Paul J Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Due for release November 12th... NEW and a first....Airfix Yearbook 2016. Will feature next years releases plus modelling features and articles. £7.99 form WHS and newsagents. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sofiane1718 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 So that means next friday will be the last 'Airfix Workbench' with new kits announced for 2016. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bil Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 "Airfix Magazine Annual for Modellers" lives again! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_B Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 So that means next friday will be the last 'Airfix Workbench' with new kits announced for 2016. I don't think so it will cover the development of those kits and then go on to 2017 Kits, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 (edited) Let's have a round up of what we know for next year: 1/72 Fokker E.II/E.III new tool Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c new tool Boeing B-17G Fortress new tool Percival Jet Provost T.3/T.3A new tool USAAF Bomber Resupply Set new tool Heinkel He 111H Nakajima B5N1 'Kate' Bristol Beaufighter TF.10 -late Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.VII Avro Shackleton AEW.2 (TBC) 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I new tool Gloster Meteor F.8 new tool Curtiss P-40B new tool 1/24 Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB -early Very respectable so far. Edited October 31, 2015 by T7 Models 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff_B Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Let's have a round up of what we know for next year: 1/72 Fokker E.II/E.III new tool Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c new tool Boeing B-17G Fortress new tool Percival Jet Provost T.3/T.3A new tool USAAF Bomber Resupply Set new tool Heinkel He 111H Nakajima B5N1 'Kate' Bristol Beaufighter TF.10 -late Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.VII Avro Shackleton AEW.2 (TBC) 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I new tool Gloster Meteor F.8 new tool Curtiss P-40B new tool 1/24 Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB -early Very respectable so far. I think you can add a Martlet to that list too as the kit breakdown has a seperate engine and cowling sprue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Not confirmed yet. I'm keeping to what Airfix have announced, and I've listed the AEW Shack as the display of a model with the radome earlier this year is a 99.9% confirmation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Due for release November 12th... NEW and a first....Airfix Yearbook 2016. Will feature next years releases plus modelling features and articles. £7.99 form WHS and newsagents. Where did you find this snippet of information Paul? Sounds good.. Cheers.. Dave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin @ Freightdog Models Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 The year book replaces the Airfix catalogue, look forward to seeing what's in it. I know it will contain builds of some of the new releases, I supplied some decals for the Firedog Beaufighter. Colin 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 If this does indeed replace the catalogue, then Airfix's announcement next week could well be the entirety of the 2016 range... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kstater94 Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 I also think that you might see a 1/48 Sea Hurricane given that the parts (or most of them) are in the Mk.1 kit which has already been released John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denford Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Due for release November 12th... NEW and a first....Airfix Yearbook 2016. Will feature next years releases plus modelling features and articles. £7.99 form WHS and newsagents. Could this be the 'Big Announcement'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
depressed lemur Posted October 31, 2015 Share Posted October 31, 2015 Good news,I can finally as to my collection of old annuals, and to think I thought about throwing them a few months ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted October 31, 2015 Author Share Posted October 31, 2015 I found out about this in the latest edition of Aeroplane Monthly that I bought just for the calendar as it has original colour photos of a variety of aircraft and NOT restorations!! Any way there is a half page ad in said magazine. I sincerely hope it does NOT replace the catalogue I'll be very upset if this is the case. I have every catalogue from the first edition of around the very early 1960s with the white cover etc. Butfear is the case as Colin 'Freightdog' says. If its anything I collect to do with Airfix, its the catalogues! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 That is only three entirely new 1.72 scale aircraft kits, the rest are different versions of existing kits. The idea of refreshing each type of aircraft kit with different versions is just great for me and I think Airfix as well. I expect Airfix will knock quite a few more entirely new 1.72 scale aircraft kits out next year as well, they seem to be steaming ahead with recreating the large and comprehensive range they offered in the 70's. I don't think any of the old kits will be produced for much longer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truro Model Builder Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 FOUR new 1/72 aircraft: Eindecker, BE.2, B-17G and Jet Provost, plus the USAAF vehicles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old thumper Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 FOUR new 1/72 aircraft: Eindecker, BE.2, B-17G and Jet Provost, plus the USAAF vehicles. Yes four new aircraft sorry, I still reckon there will be more though. Perhaps even as many as another 6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr T Posted November 1, 2015 Share Posted November 1, 2015 You could add the Blenheim 1f to the list as it appears to be the cover of the Airfix Modelworld give away calendar. I assume it is the existing kit with the sprue from the IVf kit which had a MkIf gunpack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiral Puff Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 You could add the Blenheim 1f to the list as it appears to be the cover of the Airfix Modelworld give away calendar. I assume it is the existing kit with the sprue from the IVf kit which had a MkIf gunpack I bet it will still be a "Bleningbroke"! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albeback52 Posted November 2, 2015 Share Posted November 2, 2015 I bet it will still be a "Bleningbroke"! Or a Bolingheim? Allan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romeo Alpha Yankee Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Let's have a round up of what we know for next year: 1/72 Fokker E.II/E.III new tool Royal Aircraft Factory BE.2c new tool Boeing B-17G Fortress new tool Percival Jet Provost T.3/T.3A new tool USAAF Bomber Resupply Set new tool Heinkel He 111H Nakajima B5N1 'Kate' Bristol Beaufighter TF.10 -late Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mk.VII Avro Shackleton AEW.2 (TBC) 1/48 Boulton Paul Defiant Mk.I new tool Gloster Meteor F.8 new tool Curtiss P-40B new tool 1/24 Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB -early Very respectable so far. Also Sea King HAR3 in 1/72 as a gift set. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FIGHTS ON Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Will Airfix re-release some of their "newer" but now hard to find kits? I' m thinking Lightning and TSR-2 or are the moulds now beyond use? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
occa Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 I would love to see a 1/72 Swordfish Mk.II / III variant one day ... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVenom Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Will Airfix re-release some of their "newer" but now hard to find kits? I' m thinking Lightning and TSR-2 or are the moulds now beyond use? They'd have to be some poor moulds to be beyond use after only a few years. Those moulds should last for a very long time (when we've long departed planet earth). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazdot Posted November 22, 2015 Share Posted November 22, 2015 I hope airfix take a tamiya approach too their tooling now as it shows that if you don't go mad the tools last in a good condition for a very long time. Look at the lotus 49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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