Plasto Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 40 minutes ago, PLC1966 said: Not the way I read the thread tart to be honest. Hi, I’m really enjoying this thread. Lots of nostalgic stuff on display. Originally the thread resided over in Ready for inspection Aircraft. It’s subsequently been re-homed here. Hence the context of my post is now incorrect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PLC1966 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 24 minutes ago, Plasto said: Hi, I’m really enjoying this thread. Lots of nostalgic stuff on display. Originally the thread resided over in Ready for inspection Aircraft. It’s subsequently been re-homed here. Hence the context of my post is now incorrect. No worries Plasto, the whole thread is making me check out E-Bay for an appropriate model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Airfix 1/144 HMS Revenge (801/08251) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasto Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Hi, Here is the old Fw190 A. I built this a few years ago in a spurious scheme... I dusted it off today and shot 7 images which I have focus stacked. To give the image above.. I remember replacing the kit U/C doors with some plastic card which were more scale thickness other than that it's OOB... Cheers Plasto 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 Airfix 1/32 17pdr & crew (06361-0) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted May 9, 2019 Share Posted May 9, 2019 I'm currently working on this little project, turning it into a Lockheed 14 Super Electra. More rivets than you could shake a stick at! This is where I'm at so far... Not an easy build. You'd call it a Labour of Love, I guess. I'll post when she's finished. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted May 10, 2019 Share Posted May 10, 2019 That looks good! Keith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nimrod54 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 A few more of my Airfix builds which were made for last years Airfix The Golden Years GB. First one completed was this Angel Interceptor. The kit was re-scribed and I added a RetroKits interior. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr Next up was this Fairey Firefly, the kit exhausts were improved with some short lengths of micro-tubing pushed over the existing plastic. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr followed by this Avro 504 built out of the box, rigged with Uschi van der Rosten thread. by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr And I rounded things off with this mini diorama of a Bristol Bloodhound by John L, on Flickr by John L, on Flickr Here is a final shot of everything together. by John L, on Flickr 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 Airfix n/s Stegosaurus (03803) 163.5 - 100.5 million years ago (Late Jurassic - Albian) 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted September 8, 2019 Share Posted September 8, 2019 On 09/05/2019 at 22:12, rob Lyttle said: I'm currently working on this little project, turning it into a Lockheed 14 Super Electra. More rivets than you could shake a stick at! Got there in the end, all part of the Lockheed Group Build., along with the MPM version and the ancient Revell Boxscale kit of the 1049G Super Constellation 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark4700 Posted October 3, 2019 Share Posted October 3, 2019 Wow. Just had an amble along Memory Lane for a while reading through this thread. Amazing just how many kits I built in the 70’s and 80’s. Thank you so much to all who have posted. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted November 21, 2019 Share Posted November 21, 2019 I got the ancient Airfix Dakota Gunship kit at a show last year, and having done the Italieri DC3 already, I had several civil options left on their decal sheet. So that appalling murderous weapon was converted back to what she was meant to be...... This was another festival of raised rivets that needed removing, but the kit shaped up OK in the end. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecov Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Airfix 1/32 1905 Rolls Royce (02447-1) Built OOB apart from a pair of "wobbly eyes" on the headlamps! Airfix 1/72 Cessna 0-2A (01053-7) Airfix 1/72 North American OV-10A Bronco (265) Airfix 1/144 Vickers Vanguard (03171) Airfix 1/76 Buffalo (LVT-4) & Willys Jeep (A02302) Airfix 1/76 WWI Male Tank (A01315) Dave 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Airfix 1/600 HMS Belfast (04212) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Airfix 1/12 Boy Scout (M212F) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Airfix 1/12 Yeoman of the Guard (M2F) Airfix 1/12 Coldstream Guardsman (M1F) Airfix 1/12 Life Guard (M2F conversion) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted November 22, 2019 Share Posted November 22, 2019 Airfix 1/72 Golden Hind (09258) Airfix 1/144 Boeing 727-233 (A04177A) Airfix 54mm English Musketeer 1642 (01560-0) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I'm in the middle of some Airfix nostalgia builds at the moment which after a few weeks checking out what's on E-bay and seeing long forgotten kits got me thinking exactly what molds are still in their hands? all those I/12 figures and 54mm stuff,those wildlife kits or the 1/32 cars etc,I'm looking forward to the aircraft releases in the classics range due out,I noted a couple of the large scale Gt Western which I'd love to see re-released and what about the QE2 and Canberra? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I've been following your nostalgia builds Steve, and the 1/180 Great Western is on my wanted list too. I'm sure I built one in my youth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 11 hours ago, Ratch said: I've been following your nostalgia builds Steve, and the 1/180 Great Western is on my wanted list too. I'm sure I built one in my youth My eldest bid for one last week Ratch got it for 14 quid which I thought was reasonable.the cars go for silly prices too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob Lyttle Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 21 hours ago, stevej60 said: got me thinking exactly what molds are still in their hands? That TV documentary last year seemed to be saying that a lot of them were junked for scrap. The look on the re-employed boss's face as he walked into the emptied and derilect storeroom spoke volumes. I have been looking forward to getting a "Classics" DH Heron this autumn, but it's now the end of November.....!! still, we'll wait and see what they can recover over time. I mean, we do this for fun, for nostalgia, for the challenge, but there's no denying these old kits are pretty poor compared to their new stuff, and everybody else's new output too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Not really an accurate picture. Tools are stored with the Injection Moulding facilities, whether that be abroad or in the UK. I was taken around the mould store at Margate a few years ago and there are still quite a few there. Jez Brooke has been going through the Airfix Tool Register for the Airfix Collector's Club. I don't think there is a definitive list of lost tools yet, but it isn't that many. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted November 24, 2019 Share Posted November 24, 2019 Just managed to squeeze a couple of provosts into the big box of 1/72 finished kits and out of forty odd in there I realised there's only one "classic" Airfix so here she is.. I have however been collecting a dozen or so for a winter project on going. https://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235062397-airfix-nostalgia-builds/ 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted December 3, 2019 Share Posted December 3, 2019 Hi folk's,just packing some stuff away for a while and realised in the corner shelf I still had Airfix's Trevithick steam engine so here she is,note another classic in the background just arrived in that lovely white plastic without the poor details of the last reboxing. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyW Posted December 4, 2019 Share Posted December 4, 2019 Nice looking Loco Steve. I've got builders in line from the rest of the series that I would love to have a go at. One of the things getting in the way of that is the number of Group Builds I keep signing up for! I don't know if you collect in any way, but if so, that tape around that early box will come off with a soak in lighter fluid. The fluid evaporates without trace. You might get lucky and have no residue of the tapes glue as well. Tony. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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