John Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 This is a placeholder for a project I'm hoping to get round to soon. Back in 1971 the 9-year-old me was captivated by the appearance in Woolworths of an exciting new box: The image of the 2 aircraft roaring across their grass airfield in Northern France was exactly what we had seen just a few months before with the release of the Battle of Britain film, and of course in those days we all knew that BoB-era 109s were 2-tone green and light blue with the high demarcation and no mottle spoiling the purity. Revell thought so too: https://www.scalemates.com/products/img/6/6/2/258662-13150-54-pristine.jpg That Airfix box art has long been one of my favourites but apparently the company didn't think so, as within a remarkably short space of time they had replaced it with this: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/59/85/e0/5985e06701418d6f5676496e32768570.jpg I'm sure they had their reasons but it seemed like a backwards step to me, then and since. I've never built the big Airfix kit but I have done quite a few 109Es in 1/48th, and I have a couple of Eduard overtrees in the stash. Appropriate markings for a pristine JG26 aircraft shouldn't be too hard to find. More shortly. John 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzy Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Nice choice John, I like the box art too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
georgeusa Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Oh good! Another 1/24 version, I will not be alone. I prefer the original drawing also as it has some soul to it, rather than just a modified profile drawing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Excellent choice John,one of those kit's we used to look up to the top shelf of the shop and dream of building when younger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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