Wm Blecky Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Just curious to see if there has been any talk from Airfix of doing a new tool 1/72 Firefly kit - aircraft, not the tank! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stever219 Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 If Airfix are working on a new 1/72nd (or 1/48th for that matter) Firefly it is going to remain a closely-guarded commercial secret until or unless Airfix decide otherwise. Even if you were to buttonhole an Airfix employee at, for example the IPMS model show at Telford the best you could hope for is along the lines of “I couldn’t possibly comment.” If you really want a nice new Firefly try getting it onto Airfix’s wish list. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Would be nice to know if the Airfix 1/72 Fairey Firefly is accurate. Looks pretty but the Special Hobby Mk. !V/V is very different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Bradley Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, dalea said: Would be nice to know if the Airfix 1/72 Fairey Firefly is accurate. You mean the 1965 rivet-covered kit? The one with the too narrow fuselage, chord-deficient wings, snub-nose, and completely lacking in detail kit? It may 'look like a Firefly' but it isn't particularly accurate. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalea Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Thank you. Suspected as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72modeler Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 2 hours ago, Paul Bradley said: It may 'look like a Firefly' but it isn't particularly accurate. That may be, but at least Airfix got the lower cowling contours correct on their 1/72 Firefly, which Special Hobby did not. Very, very hard to correct, and that 'double bubble' or 'crease' between the lower and upper cowling is a very distinctive feature of that version of the Firefly. My feeble opinion, to be sure. Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagRigger Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 (edited) They can't be ( yet ) - I haven't expended months upgrading the old kit with more resin, brass and scratchbuilding than original plastic. Normally they wait till the model has been on the shelf a week ( they did with the Buccaneer, Victor, Sea Vixen..... ) Edited April 29, 2020 by JagRigger 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike romeo Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 Interesting thought, though. Which variant would Airfix go for? Hmmm Rgds Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 29 minutes ago, JagRigger said: Normally they wait till the model has been on the shelf a week ( they did with the Buccaneer, Victor, Sea Vixen..... ) Any chance you could spend a little time and a lotta love on Frog’s 1956 vintage De Havilland. Venom? ... Atta boy! Cheers.. Dave 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Swindell Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 A 1:72 Fairey Firefly would be quite small, the only other kit I know of is the Frog one which was 1:16 scale https://www.scalemates.com/kits/frog-f130-firefly--1088109 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JagRigger Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Rabbit Leader said: Any chance you could spend a little time and a lotta love on Frog’s 1956 vintage De Havilland. Venom? ... Atta boy! Cheers.. Dave There is one in the stash, with photoetch set..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 1 hour ago, JagRigger said: There is one in the stash, with photoetch set..... Well what are you waiting for!! C’mon, get onto it! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Julien Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 If anything it would be in the rumour section Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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