I've done a thread HERE about how to get Airfix Club membership and the club two-Hawks kit for £cheap using the Hobby Rewards points system. I don't think people realise just how much of a good deal this can be.

SHORT VERSION:

STEP 1: Join the Hobby Rewards scheme. You now get 10 points for every £1 you spend, 1 point being worth £0.10 on web purchases.
Cost  = £0
Points = +200
Points total = 200, pending = 0

STEP 2: Do the market research questionnaire.
Cost  = £0
Points = +200
Points total = 400, pending = 0

STEP 3: Join Airfix Club (AC) using all your points. You now get 10% discount on all web purchases & access to Members Only offers such as the Red Box (inc 2 x Hawks).
Cost  = £11.00 (£15.00-£4.00 from 400 points)
Points = -400 (used) +300 (for joining Club) +110 pending (for spending £11)
Points total = 300, pending = 110

You now have a choice:

OPTION 1: Buy the Red Box immediately using all available points.
Cost  = £11.75 (£12 - £1.20 from AC discount -£3.00 from 300 points + £3.95 postage)
Points = -300 (used) +78 pending (for spending £7.80)
Points total = 0, pending = 188

OPTION 2: Wait 21 days then buy the Red Box using all available points.
Cost  = £10.65 (£12.00 - £1.20 from AC discount - £4.10 from 410 points + £3.95 postage)
Points = -410 (used) +67 pending (for spending £6.70)
Points total = 0, pending = 67

Note that in either option, if you combine your order with enough other buys to get the total (after deducting points and AC discount) to over £30, postage is free (this is roughly equivalent to another 13% discount on a £30 order).

Quote from: Gondor on January 12, 2024, 03:59:01 AM

Quote from: Beermonster58 on January 12, 2024, 03:26:20 AMI do hope however that they have , like in other Vintage Classics, reworked the transparencies.

I don't think they have done that with all the Vintage Classics, however if they do that with the Belvedere then I could be tempted by that.

Gondor

I believe that  the Auster Antarctic and, Beagle Basset had reworked transparencies but, I'm happy to stand corrected on that

Quote from: Beermonster58 on January 12, 2024, 10:16:15 AM

Quote from: Gondor on January 12, 2024, 03:59:01 AM

Quote from: Beermonster58 on January 12, 2024, 03:26:20 AMI do hope however that they have , like in other Vintage Classics, reworked the transparencies.

I don't think they have done that with all the Vintage Classics, however if they do that with the Belvedere then I could be tempted by that.

Gondor

I believe that  the Auster Antarctic and, Beagle Basset had reworked transparencies but, I'm happy to stand corrected on that

Not haveing bought the re releases of those two I cant say. I have only bought the DHC Beaver which did not look as if the glazeing had been upgraded.

Gondor

The new build Bond Bug kits had re-worked transparencies too. Of all kits they didn't really need them as all the windows are flat!

Can't say as I've ever met a 'flat widow'...

Sorted.............

Quote from: PR19_Kit on January 12, 2024, 01:20:49 PMSorted.............

Sorry/not sorry, but it just had to be done... 

Quote from: Rick Lowe on January 12, 2024, 01:11:42 PMCan't say as I've ever met a 'flat widow'...

I have "Flat Windows" but then I live in a flat 

Gondor

Quote from: Gondor on January 12, 2024, 01:47:28 PM

Quote from: Rick Lowe on January 12, 2024, 01:11:42 PMCan't say as I've ever met a 'flat widow'...

I have "Flat Windows" but then I live in a flat 

Gondor

Cause and Effect, right there. Or Nominative Determinism at work...

Quote from: Weaver on January 11, 2024, 04:50:00 PMMixed news on the prices front:

The Hawker P.1127 is listed at £6.99, which seems remarkably cheap. 

Given the quality as I remember it, that still may be overpriced.    Best to look at it as a nostalgia build that requires a lot of work to get half-decent.

Quote from: The Rat on January 12, 2024, 05:04:28 PM

Quote from: Weaver on January 11, 2024, 04:50:00 PMMixed news on the prices front:

The Hawker P.1127 is listed at £6.99, which seems remarkably cheap. 

Given the quality as I remember it, that still may be overpriced.    Best to look at it as a nostalgia build that requires a lot of work to get half-decent.

That's for sure. Quality was/is very poor. Last time I built one I cannibalised a damaged Sea Harrier kit to provide wheel wells, undercarriage, cockpit interior and, a replacement for the cart wheel masquerading as the big fan! I also built up the bang seat to look a bit more like a bang seat! Ok, not accurate but, that doesn't bother me and, it looked a whole lot better overall. As far as I'm aware though, it's still the only game in town.

At least this time the tripartite markings will be decent.

Quote from: The Wooksta! on January 12, 2024, 03:54:37 AMIIRC the Salmon was one of Valom's early kits.  More recent kits are much better.

Indeed they are 

Quote from: The Rat on January 12, 2024, 05:04:28 PM

Quote from: Weaver on January 11, 2024, 04:50:00 PMMixed news on the prices front:

The Hawker P.1127 is listed at £6.99, which seems remarkably cheap. 

Given the quality as I remember it, that still may be overpriced.    Best to look at it as a nostalgia build that requires a lot of work to get half-decent.

Ironically I actually got one cheap at a show a few years back, so I know about the quality. Still, the way things are going £6.99 is cheap for anything, and as Wooksta & Beermonster say, the decal sheet is likely to be decent and it's the only game in town for the basic outline.

I was wanting one or three for something a while back, but  I can't remember why now.