Ngantek Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, trickydicky210 said: Looks like we might see a Hurricane but what scale? Link to Rumour Without wanting to rain on anybody's parade does a rumour not need some substance beyond a single wild speculation? I'm not trying to be mean spirited, just the pedant in me flinches at the ease with which one comment is so quickly accepted as substantive without skepticism. Edit: My apologies, I didn't click the link, assuming it was the same link posted earlier on the 'Telford rumours' thread, announcing Duxford's 'unsung hero Hurricane exhibition', not the Airfix specific event. I agree that's less tenuous! Edited November 7, 2022 by Ngantek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomBigStu Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 25 minutes ago, Ngantek said: Without wanting to rain on anybody's parade does a rumour not need some substance beyond a single wild speculation? I'm not trying to be mean spirited, just the pedant in me flinches at the ease with which one comment is so quickly accepted as substantive without skepticism. Email announcing the event was titled “Brace Yourself” clearly substantive evidence it’s actually a 1/24 Hawker Fury….. 2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 On 8/28/2022 at 3:28 AM, IanHx said: 1:1000 actual working nuclear powerplant model would come in handy ...... *enriched uranium not included. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 We WILL see a new 1/48 tools of the Westland Lysander and/or Hawker Fury. There, I've picked my hill, I'm not moving 🤪 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHx Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 16 hours ago, VMA131Marine said: *enriched uranium not included. Not included ? Blinkin cost of living crisis...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VMA131Marine Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 3 hours ago, IanHx said: Not included ? Blinkin cost of living crisis...... Well uranium doesn’t grow on trees… 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAAFPhot Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 On 28/10/2022 at 00:16, Rabbit Leader said: I’m amazed how much resentment there is towards Spitfires. I would assume if members on here owned their own model manufacturing businesses and the top three kit sellers were all Spitfires, they may look at things slightly differently? Cheers.. Dave I don’t think it’s resentment Dave, I suspect it is more frustration. I get the Iconic status, but it is a single type with many variants....some with civvy colour schemes and some in 1:32 belonging to a certain heavy metal group. My lot actually started military flying and have had some iconic types....but they just don’t sell. Surely you have to wonder when small companies in the Ukraine are bringing out Beavers, PC6, Miles Messengers, and yet Airfix.... Another Spitfire (usually more expensive and less well produced than some Easter European companies). Haven’t seen an Auster in decades, Westland types? Other than a few notable examples (ok the Lynx and possibly Seaking HC4) nowt. Plenty of DFCs awarded to helicopter crews but... Yea I know, Spitfires sell and so they should but how about the rest? Incidentally I am resolve to building just one Spitfire. It’s not anti, there are just so many other quirky iconic aircraft that served. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welkin Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 I have just picked up Airfix's 1:48 Blenheim I. Looking at the layout I reckon that they could produce a Blenheim IV without too much expense - I would have thought that it should sell well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted November 25, 2022 Share Posted November 25, 2022 Hrm, has anyone considered the possibility of a 1/48 Mosquito XVI? They made one previously.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 (edited) Just idle speculation , but the Airfix decal designer posted on FB that he was given some cakes with Bristol Fighter motifs by the wife of the Airfix Head designer. And the Airfix team visited Aerospace Bristol back in August…. Edited November 26, 2022 by Dave Fleming 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 Are we talking Bristol ‘Fighter’ or Bristol ‘Freighter’ there @Dave Fleming? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Thompson Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: Are we talking Bristol ‘Fighter’ or Bristol ‘Freighter’ there @Dave Fleming? Hey, you could carry things in a Bristol Fighter. Just not a lot, that's all. Paul. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted November 26, 2022 Share Posted November 26, 2022 3 hours ago, Rabbit Leader said: Are we talking Bristol ‘Fighter’ or Bristol ‘Freighter’ there @Dave Fleming? Fighter was my guess, that’s what was on the cakes. The tweet could be more Airfix misdirection 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treker_ed Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Received my copy of Airfix Model world this morning, this is the December published but dated January 2023 issue (confusing I know...) On the back inner page is always the next issue date, which is usually during the first week of the month. January publication seems to have been pushed back to the second week, on street sale date now 12th jan. So it would seem that the 2023 catalogue announcement must be w/c 09/01/2023! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Fleming Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Maybe they'll continue the Bristol twins theme and give us a Brigand - or a 1/48th Beaufighter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAAFPhot Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 On 26/11/2022 at 00:29, Dave Fleming said: Just idle speculation , but the Airfix decal designer posted on FB that he was given some cakes with Bristol Fighter motifs by the wife of the Airfix Head designer. And the Airfix team visited Aerospace Bristol back in August…. They also visited the HAAF at Middle Wallop. Chipmunk in 1:48....check but in the most obscure scheme the Army ever had it in FFS Scout....nope Sioux....nope.... and the Italeri offering isn’t perfect Beaver....resurrection of the 70s model as a classic....rude to Army aviation. Deserves better. Auster AOP9...... fat chance Taylorcraft Auster Mk 1.....even less chance Saro Skeeter....nope Gazelle.....nobody had got that right yet but still nope Apache AH1 Ha Ha they visit a lot of places but Spitfires sell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andyretro Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 1:72 Buccaneer but with Martel missiles/data pod scaled down from 1:48 kit and/or Sea Eagle missiles from 1:72 SHAR kit would be good please could get a late period Ark Royal or '80s RAF schemes from that. I'm hoping for another new tool Cold War jet in 1:72, probably a Jaguar. Would love a new Tornado F.3 though, or even a GR.1 (Revell one has some issues) especially with JP233 or the double ejector racks so it can have 8 thousand pounders, or even a WE177. A Black Buck reboxing of the Vulcan with the "dash ten" pod off the Buccaneer would also be on my wishlist. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted December 3, 2022 Share Posted December 3, 2022 My take is any of the following in 1/72nd scale: Mig 21 Battle F4B US Navy Vietnam FW 190D Ki 46 Dinah Dv Albatross Bristol Fighter Hampden In 1/48 Me109G Spitfire IXc F-86 reissue USAF Korean War decals Hurricane MK II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Coombs Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 On 12/2/2022 at 9:36 AM, andyretro said: 1:72 Buccaneer but with Martel missiles/data pod scaled down from 1:48 kit and/or Sea Eagle missiles from 1:72 SHAR kit would be good please could get a late period Ark Royal or '80s RAF schemes from that. A Black Buck reboxing of the Vulcan with the "dash ten" pod off the Buccaneer would also be on my wishlist. Plus 1 for the Buccaneer with a Martel fit. I feel the need for some Vangelis while I work. I feel Airfix dropped the ball not getting a Black Buck out this year to meet the 40th anniversary of its use, but we can be patient. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrish Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 2023 Airfix Wishlist: 1/48 Jaguar 1/72 RAF Chinook 1/72 Sea Vixen 1/72 Whirlwind SAR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-21 Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 1/72 DH Mosquito NF.30 Revamp of the B.XVI with fighter canopy and bull-nose. Markings for Branse Burbridge 85 Squadron and 157 Squadron. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattheCat Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 On 11/8/2022 at 3:00 PM, wellsprop said: We WILL see a new 1/48 tools of the Westland Lysander and/or Hawker Fury. There, I've picked my hill, I'm not moving 🤪 And if they don't comply, will you charge dowhill fast and FURYous? Because if you do, I'll happily join in! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wellsprop Posted December 7, 2022 Share Posted December 7, 2022 On 26/11/2022 at 01:29, Dave Fleming said: Just idle speculation , but the Airfix decal designer posted on FB that he was given some cakes with Bristol Fighter motifs by the wife of the Airfix Head designer. And the Airfix team visited Aerospace Bristol back in August…. I missed that post that they'd visited aerospace Bristol! I wonder what it ACTUALLY means though, I t would seem to me that it would be sensible for Airfix to hire a scanner and scan anything and everything. Albeit, it is clear they have done specific visits for certain things. I'm not sure we'll see Airfix branch out into WWI, but I may be wrong (personally, I don't think it would be such a strong seller). On a side note, I highly recommend Aerospace Bristol, it's more than just an aircraft museum, it looks at the industry itself and the wider impact the industry has had on Bristol - as an aerospace graduate of a Bristol university and an aerospace engineer in the South West, I really appreciate the museum 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAAFPhot Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 On 04/12/2022 at 19:59, Steve Coombs said: Plus 1 for the Buccaneer with a Martel fit. I feel the need for some Vangelis while I work. I feel Airfix dropped the ball not getting a Black Buck out this year to meet the 40th anniversary of its use, but we can be patient. Just get a Vulcan, add refuelling probe, add correct reg, add one bomb....repeat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alt-92 Posted December 17, 2022 Share Posted December 17, 2022 On 12/7/2022 at 9:59 PM, wellsprop said: I missed that post that they'd visited aerospace Bristol! I wonder what it ACTUALLY means though Well OBVIOUSLY we're getting a 1/48 Bristol Brabazon. /runs off cackling 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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