[Closed] Daydreaming about a lottery win – Part 2 – Airfix

I have a Hurricane at home to build. Problem is trying to get the kids (7 & 9) to want to they appear to prefer the Wii ... re-education is in order.

Tonight is Hurricane night!

Only problem with AIrfix in this house is getting 10yo son to do his homework before he carries on with whatever kit he is currently building!

Sea Harrier for me, any scale except 1/24th, too bloody expensive.

Definitely a Sea King helicopter.

I tried to build one when I was 13. I'd built 100s of kits. The Sea King kit wouldn't work, so I smashed it and never built another one.

DezB - Member
Definitely a Sea King helicopter.

I tried to build one when I was 13. I'd built 100s of kits. The Sea King kit wouldn't work, so I smashed it and never built another one.

I feel your pain. Rotor droop?

Gosh. I had a JU-88 (sic) Airfix kit when I was a kid. *wipes away tear of nostalgia*

Though if I was buying a kit today, it'd be this:

http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/themed-sets/a11170-apollo-saturn-v-a11170/

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I had Stukkas hanging from the ceiling by bits of cotton. And Spitfires, Hurricaines and ME-109s, of course.

[i]I feel your pain. Rotor droop?[/i]

🙂 Can't remember what went wrong! My dad tried to help...

I had a Sea King helicopter kit when I was really young, but I got a little older and realised Citadel Miniatures were the way forwards. So I'd buy £15 worth of those

I have Classic Mini Cooper kit waiting to be built, had it over two years!

I just cannot decide what colour to paint it!

Old English White or BRG?

Arrrr!

Harry_the_Spider - Member
I feel your pain. Rotor droop?

😆

Tandem rotor helicopters were always trouble because of the afore mentioned "Rotor Droop" which was compounded by having two sets of blades. I could never get them to look right.

I had a Boeing Sea Knight and a Bristol Belvedere. Both looked bobbins.

The F4 Phantom in US Navy get up was my favourite as a kid. Probably because my Gran bought it for me.

I used to be able to turn out a nice F104. I got bought 2 1/48 scale ones (Revell IIRC) one Christmas. I was in solvent heaven until New Year.

I had hundreds of them as a kid. In fact, most are still hanging from my old bedroom ceiling - mainly because they're not in the way up there, whereas they would be if my parents took them down I guess, so flying they stay.

I think my favourite as to be the Lanc in Dambusters mode, however I always quite liked my Me-109e kit. It just seemed to be much better moulded than most of the others. Also, it, like my Spit and Hurri, was baught with pocket money, as opposed to a glut at xmas / birthday which handily coincided with Boydells (big ex-toyshop in Bolton) shutting down and doing them for 1/3rd price 🙂 So I guess I went a bit spoiled kid on quite a few as I had so many to do...

I also quite like my Sopwith Camel and Bristol Fighter actually

My worst (and last until I did my ankle 10 years later) was this.

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A present from my mum that was "different from all of the war planes". I mean...WTF?

That's quite nice is that.

I like fire engines me. I wanted to be one when I was very little.

My mum's logic was that it would look good on a shelf in my room. 🙄

Nothing warms up a 14 year old girl like a 1/32 scale model of the Trumpton Fire Engine.

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I had a spitfire kit as a kid, freaking glue everywhere! 😳

Come on...

This has to be the dream model kit to make 😉

[url= http://www.milanofixed.com/scala-19-ma-costa-come-quella-vera/ ]http://www.milanofixed.com/scala-19-ma-costa-come-quella-vera/[/url]

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😉

Thats a beauty. Certainly beats my one of these
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Can I top up my win with my own savings?

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Is that a Jones?

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njee20
Son currently doing the 1/72 Concorde. It's big, but not the easiest.
I want the new 1/24 Mosquito, £129, http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/aircraft/military-aircraft/19301950/a25001-de-havilland-mosquito-nfiifbvi-a25001/?searchguid=201010515154&resultspage=&sortorder=

Mulletus Maximum - don't be surprised to see some scale models of burnt corpses courtesy of Elfinsafety 😛

[url= http://www.airfix.com/airfix-products/aircraft/military-aircraft/19301950/a04102-hawker-hurricane-mk1-a04102/ ]Hawker Hurricane, mainly because I built this kit as a kid and I'd love to relive that part of my youth.[/url]

However, I have to admit that I was always a bigger fan of Tamiya kits, especially their cars.

Airfix kits were and continue to be a bit rubbish really. Some of those 'new' models are releases of old Frog moulds that are a good 40-50 years old now...

AS OMITN as eluded to the best kits come from Japan. Hasegawa, and Tamiya spring to mind

Hasegawa, and Tamiya spring to mind

I had a Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguar kit from Hasegawa that was way too tough for my youthful hands and immature patience. Never finished it.

I would build Tamiya kits in a day during the holidays. I suspect that my attention to detail probably wasn't as great as the designers had intended.

Hmm. Want to build another kit now....

Some of us could only afford Airfix 🙁

You just reminded me to order one of these. I've been meaning to replace it after my little sis smashed mine with my plastic lightsabre, circa 1980.
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you can come round and give me a hand with it if you want.

My Nan used to buy me an airfix kit every week when I was a kid.

She did it for so long after a while she ended up buying me the same ones again. She was a very lovely person.

Bazzer

I've enjoyed a fascinating 3 mins 41s watching the CGI video of the Mosquito mentioned above being put together.

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I want one.

Grans are the best. Mine used to give me 20p a week. A basic 1/72 kit was 45p at the local newsagents (1976 prices)so every 2 weeks I would get a bonus 5p off my Mum or Dad and treat myself to a Mig 15/Sabre/Hurricane/Gazelle. Happy days.

This one is half price at £14.99 for the 1/48!
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Elfin, I built the airfix chinook as a geeky teenager, bit disappointed with the moulding and fit IIRC. Lots of poor fitting windows. 🙁

WOW.

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Preferred Tamiya, had this one which was great:
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Winner!

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1/100 scale! It will look like it fell out of a cracker.

Yeah, but one of those Lightnings, a french banger up the back pipe, light, chuck in the air...

Damn - it was listed under 1/72nd which was already on the small side.

Tom Walkinshaw Racing Jaguar kit from Hasegawa

I would dearly love to know where to get these from. They're like hen's teeth and it's the perfect birthday present for my buddy. Well, apart from an actual XJS.

Price is too expensive, it's not Airfix .. big dose of fail for me, but it would have to be..

Revell's 1:96 scale Saturn V -

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our local observatory had one for years

I got a little older and realised Citadel Miniatures were the way forwards. So I'd buy £15 worth of those

They were expensive enough back when I was a kid, surely these days £15 will get you not much more than maybe a single 1" Space Marine or similar?

Airfix kits were and continue to be a bit rubbish really.

Some of the actually new stuff they're putting out seems to be pretty good. They may not be up there with the cream of the Japanese kits but they generally don't cost anywhere near as much, either.

Given the 15 quid budget for this question, I'd probably go for one of the Canberras. Or maybe a Sea Harrier FRS.1 and one of the new Spitfires.

They were expensive enough back when I was a kid, surely these days £15 will get you not much more than maybe a single 1" Space Marine or similar?

They're all plastic these days, 15 quid might get you two.

I had the Saturn rocket as a kid but mine never reached the moon when I threw it out of the window though to see how far it would fly.

This was my favouite model. A 1:1 replica kit of the legendary .44 Automag pistol as used by Dirty Harry in Sudden Impact. It had a magazine full of plastic cartridges that ejected from the side port when the slide was drawn back. It cost £11.99 in 1986 and was ace. Needless to say, my parents weren't too keen.

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Gee-Jay - Member
I have a Hurricane at home to build. Problem is trying to get the kids (7 & 9) to want to they appear to prefer the Wii ... re-education is in order.

Tonight is Hurricane night!

Bloody hell, I just bought a Hurriane today, to build with my 5 year old so he can take it into Show and Tell on Monday.

He's currently playing the f****g Wii.

you can come round and give me a hand with it if you want.

C'mon boys - the old maxim: 'Balls drop - building little plastic models (of aeroplanes, ships and various vehicles including bicycles) - stops.'

You big sour-puss. I bet you were rubbish at them. Wonky transfers and gluey finger prints on the cockpit glass.

Me and Terra and Derek Startship are all grown up now anyway. That is why we are playing out in the dark on our push bikes later.

I completed a substantial number of these between the ages of 6 and 13. Then I moved on to balsa aeroplane kits. I built several planes and a lovely Kielcraft boat kit. It's a 34" scale model of a navy fire tender and after 34 years is still nestling in a box in my loft. I keep meaning to get it out and refurb it, but have enough stuff to think about (like posting on here). 😆

Harry - yes, I was guilty of the odd wonky transfer and some shocking paint jobs. I also used the bits of leftover plastic to extend the forks on several model motorcycles thus turning them into hideous unweildy choppers (ooh, er missus).
I do have very fond memories of a badminton racket cull of all the models dangling from my bedroon ceiling when I was about 14.

I took out HMS Ark Royal with half a dozen disposable lighters and 50 Swan Vestas.

Sadly it was more PFFFFF than KA-BOOM!

This!
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I have a 1930 Supercharged 4.5L Bentley 1:12 scale Airfix kit in an unopened box upstairs (still has the cellophane around it). Mrs T bought it for me many years ago (don't know why - I love all things mechanical but not into model making). Airfix don't make it any more, apparently. Never had the time or inclination to build it and can't bring myself to open the box because I know that I'd do a cack-handed job of it.

I always liked the airfix ships. Had loads of places but didn't get many boats. So I'll have this:

http://www.themodelcatalogue.com/shopexd.asp?id=247

Wow, TSR-2 amazing, if only the real ones were flying...(bl**dy labour) Someone made me a very large Harrier Gr3 (1/24?) when i was small, great stuff. That Mozzie is nice too, but £130!

I was told I could have anything from the Airfix catalogue as a reward for my "O" level results - I went for the Saturn V rocket.

One of my happiest memories is my dad being home from a tour with the RAF and spending the evenings with him building the 1:24th Spitfire with a motor to run the propellor.

Last week I watched him sitting building a Lancaster with his grandson - my little lad. Lovely to see that interest and link going through the generations.

(My lad has just started out on the simple prepainted Airfix kits, for no other reason than it is something he can just about do himself with a bit of time and help from me or his grandpa)

Swadey, that's a really great memory. nice to see the circle complete!

Westland Lysander, because it's the last one i made. I felt sorry for it because it hadn't been sold in my 7 years or so of building...

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Ah well, Hurricane didn't get started last night, stuff got in the way (not the Wii 🙂 ) Maybe tonight, the misses is out & the 9 year old is at cubs so just me & the 7 year old

The first "big" model that I built - was very special to me as the relative who gave it as a Christmas present used to fly them...

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The F4U Corsairs were always my fave airfix kit as a kid...
Can i put too and buy this?
http://www.corsair82.com/

never would have put airfix and lottery win together before.

being from ulster, my airfix models were introduced to little bombs we made by cutting open shotgun cartridges and salvaging the power...

my action men could have done with a little action figure Selly Oak

Gentlemen, you're aiming a little low with just Airfix.

Whilst I admit that they are the name everyone knows, they are but one brand. What you need to do is visit [url= http://www.hannants.co.uk/ ]http://www.hannants.co.uk/[/url] and have a look at the joy that a warehouse full of plastic model can give a grown man.

I've always wanted one of these... [url= http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/IT1065 ]http://www.hannants.co.uk/product/IT1065[/url]

I remember as a kid I had a Jolly Green Giant (like the sea dragon not the yellow fella who advertises corn), I seem to remember using it to ferry small soldiers to ambush the hornby train as it passed under my bed 🙂

Most models came ot a fiery end when I discovered filling them with matches & caps an setting fire to them... The Graf Spee was certainly one.

Last Model I finished was a Super Cobra (Revell 1:72). I'm currently working on a Red Arrows Gnat (Airfix and bloody terrible kit 1:72), Also working on a Single Seater Typhoon (Revell 1:72) but it's a bit boring. Next up is a 1:32 Spitfire MkIX. Already done a 1:72 Spitfire so looking forward to doing a big one!

It's time to man up, ladies! 😡

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It didn't end that well though... 😥 http://gareth.ayto.fotoblog.org.uk/c1388291.html

Saying that, I built a 1/72 huricane, spitfire, lancaster and mosquito for my (at the time) unborn nipper that are now hanging from his bedroom window.

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Gentlemen, you're aiming a little low with just Airfix.

STW must be the only mountain biking forum in the world where:

a) There is a thread about Airfix

b) Someone turns up to say your Airfix is Saracin and that you should have bought some niche brand for 10 times the price

Tree-magnet - how much for a basic plane, radio and engine?

I've spent summer (and about £80) on one of these:
http://www.parkzone.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=Pkz3600

Everything in the box, just a shame I can't fly, but I'm getting better. Best £80 I've spent in ages, like being 10 again (I even had to climb a few trees to get it back). Well worth it.
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@Gee-Jay, that is phenomenal!

I would quite like to build it up myself tho...

My son and i are building several tamiya tanks to build a large battle diorama and i have the saturn five in the cupboard awaiting build time, i have a retired vicar friend whose brother in law collected airfix and frog but never built them he has a shed 8 by 12 full of them to sort and do something with, some of the kits are nearly as old as me (52)

molgrips - Member
Tree-magnet - how much for a basic plane, radio and engine?

Starting with a trainer (that's a sort of second step aircraft) then you can get all in kits for around the £180 mark.

www.sussex-model-centre.co.uk

I'd link you to some examples, but work have blocked the site as "game playing". Tards. 🙄 Look for the albatros, it's what I started on and really forgiving. You need to get good at repairing with glue though to start off with! lol

When I was a kid, I sooooo wanted a radio controlled plane. Was way out of the reach of my pocket money then.

Those Mustamgs look ace..!

You bunch of losers! If I was going to make a model...

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Those Mustamgs look ace..!