badger Posted August 23, 2021 Share Posted August 23, 2021 36 minutes ago, BIG X said: Hi Ben, I'm just starting a fortnight off work & I guess your taking a well deserved break too. I guess the KATYs are maybe on fleabay - where folk are looking to offload the accurate armour kits before they become completely worthless. I'm going to keep the two I bought (£200 I'll never see again) - I wouldn't have the nerve to try selling them - at any price (they are dreadful) - but I need to get over that mistake & move on. All the best - Steve Hi Steve Enjoy your holiday - I've just started back sadly. Maybe you could use the Accurate Armour kits as donors for either the Gecko or Airfix ones? The one thing that plastic manufacturers never seem to get right is tyre treads (limitations of injection moulding maybe?). Now all we need is Miniart (my current favourite supplier of 1/35 figures) to do a British medic set 🤞 They offer other British sets so this wouldn't be too much of a departure for them. All the best Ben 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 Capt. Anson: I'll tell you this, the next kit I get's gonna be a Katy. In one-thirty-fifth. There's a little shop in Alex with a glass top counter and ceiling fans. They sell the best kits in all the middle east. When we get through with this lot I'm gonna buy you one. I'll buy you all one. Capt. van der Poel: Well, I wish you Brits'd get on with it, man. I've had one on pre-order since 1941. 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modeler8522 Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 On 07/01/2021 at 08:26, HL-10 said: https://www.scalemates.com/kits/airfix-a1375-austin-k2-y-ambulance--1325020 box art now completed for airfix k2y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesP Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 Most likely a mock up by a fan as Airfix don't have the artwork on their website. Appears to be photo of a diorama and doesn't have the included schemes on the left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted December 16, 2021 Share Posted December 16, 2021 10 hours ago, Modeler8522 said: box art now completed for airfix k2y That box shot has been floating around since July - According to my good friend @badger - the wheels are off a Tamiya LRDG vehicle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maginot Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 Interestingly Disappointingly, there is no listing for the 1/35 K2/Y on the Airfix New for 2022 page. Confusingly, in the Lorries and trucks page, there it is at the top with the label Pre-order for summer 2022. Hmm... I pre-ordered one through my local supplier four months ago. But there is a juicy looking offering from a reptilian competitor so there may be a race to release. I wonder who will win? I suspect I know. What to do, what to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toe Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Maginot said: Interestingly Disappointingly, there is no listing for the 1/35 K2/Y on the Airfix New for 2022 page. Confusingly, in the Lorries and trucks page, there it is at the top with the label Pre-order for summer 2022. Hmm... I pre-ordered one through my local supplier four months ago. But there is a juicy looking offering from a reptilian competitor so there may be a race to release. I wonder who will win? I suspect I know. What to do, what to do? Technically I guess it isn't new for 2022, it was originally new for 2021 so done to avoid any confusion but I have no doubt it will reach us 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 1 hour ago, Maginot said: Interestingly Disappointingly, there is no listing for the 1/35 K2/Y on the Airfix New for 2022 page. Confusingly, in the Lorries and trucks page, there it is at the top with the label Pre-order for summer 2022. Hmm... I pre-ordered one through my local supplier four months ago. But there is a juicy looking offering from a reptilian competitor so there may be a race to release. I wonder who will win? I suspect I know. What to do, what to do? I agree - it's very disappointing. On the web launch at the beginning of the month - when it came to vehicles - they had a picture of the KATY up on the wall - but no mention of it & no test shot on the display stand. It was originally planned for Autumn 2021 - now it's summer 2022. I think they are going to lose out big time to Gecko - it's a shame. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gavingav1 Posted January 29, 2022 Share Posted January 29, 2022 (edited) 9 hours ago, BIG X said: I think they are going to lose out big time to Gecko - it's a shame. I don't agree, Airfix and Gecko can serve two different markets, Gecko kits are relatively hard to find in the uk and the Gecko kit will likely have a chassis that has over two hundred parts or so, go look at their recent Daimler armoured car, over engineered is putting it mildly and at under £35 the airfix kit will probably be better priced too . Edited January 30, 2022 by gavingav1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshWilson Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Some more news from Airfix on the K2/Y: https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/new-austin-k2y-ambulance-project-update 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keithjs Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 16 minutes ago, JoshWilson said: Some more news from Airfix on the K2/Y: https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/new-austin-k2y-ambulance-project-update Looking good!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_W Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Looks very nice, apart from those perfectly round tires. Could we get the weighted wheels that we are seeing in their aircraft kits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadbear Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 (edited) I am sure Accurate Armour or Resicast will release some updates for Airfix`s K2/Y Edited March 1, 2022 by Threadbear Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted March 1, 2022 Share Posted March 1, 2022 33 minutes ago, Threadbear said: I am sure Accurate Armour or Resicast will release some updates for Airfix`s K2/Y LOL - if Accurate Armour release updates that are anything like the quality of their own kit then god help us!!! I binned 2 of their K2/Y kits because I couldn't get 1 decent model out of the pair. The biggest waste of £200 you have ever seen. Smashed / bent / snapped / full of holes - rubbish. OK - rant over - I'll get my coat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threadbear Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 On 3/1/2022 at 11:50 AM, BIG X said: LOL - if Accurate Armour release updates that are anything like the quality of their own kit then god help us!!! I binned 2 of their K2/Y kits because I couldn't get 1 decent model out of the pair. The biggest waste of £200 you have ever seen. Smashed / bent / snapped / full of holes - rubbish. OK - rant over - I'll get my coat Sorry to hear that! Maybe not Accurate Armour then! Resicast undoubtedly a better bet then! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoshWilson Posted March 11, 2022 Share Posted March 11, 2022 Does anybody have any decent images of the K2/Y in North Africa in service? Not stills from 'Ice Cold...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jb65rams Posted April 30, 2022 Share Posted April 30, 2022 Latest Airfix workbench gives info on the marking options. https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/new-airfix-austin-k2y-ambulance-scheme-update 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
71chally Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 You would think they would issue it as A1212251 and get it out for the Platinum Jubilee, has to be a good sales gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Humm Posted May 1, 2022 Share Posted May 1, 2022 2 hours ago, 71chally said: You would think they would issue it as A1212251 and get it out for the Platinum Jubilee, has to be a good sales gimmick. That is Scheme D in the kit (see the link in the post above). Getting things shipped from South Korea on time is not the easiest thng in the world at the moment though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Posted May 2, 2022 Share Posted May 2, 2022 Someone at TCM UK must be a fan of this kit as Ice Cold In Alex was on yesterday and is on again this afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 Airfix finally seem to have announced some proper box details... Notice on the right hand bottom corner - PHOTO - ETCHED PARTS - I wonder what they will be??? ... radiators / grilles / steps perhaps??? I should point out this isn't the actual etch in the kit - just an old etch kit from 2004 by AA Best wishes to all - Steve 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badger Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 10 minutes ago, BIG X said: Airfix finally seem to have announced some proper box details... Notice on the right hand bottom corner - PHOTO - ETCHED PARTS - I wonder what they will be? Best wishes to all - Steve Thanks for sharing this and good spot on the photo etch - certainly adds to the appeal of the kit. All the best Ben 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilh Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 there is a full build article of this kit in this months Airfix magazine. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG X Posted July 23, 2022 Share Posted July 23, 2022 1 hour ago, neilh said: there is a full build article of this kit in this months Airfix magazine. oooh!!!! Thanks for the tip off Neil I'll be off to Sainsburys in the morning to see if I can bag a copy - I can't seem to find a "real" print version to order anywhere online - fingers crossed eh Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seboo Posted July 24, 2022 Share Posted July 24, 2022 16 hours ago, BIG X said: oooh!!!! Thanks for the tip off Neil I'll be off to Sainsburys in the morning to see if I can bag a copy - I can't seem to find a "real" print version to order anywhere online - fingers crossed eh Steve There you go directly from the publisher: https://shop.keypublishing.com/collections/airfix-model-world/products/airfix-model-world-august-2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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