Airfix

MilitaryAircraft101 · February 24, 2012, 12:30:56 AM

Quote from: pyro-manic on February 23, 2012, 07:25:14 AM
Sea Vixen, Venom in 1:72 would be brilliant.

Second that. Another decent Vampire would be nice too.

Mossie · February 24, 2012, 01:15:59 AM

Thirded. New Vampires would be nice although there's nothing 'wrong' with Heller FB.5 and Mistral, they're just old-fashioned. Revell have just re-released the FB.5. I picked up a Heller Mistral at Huddersfield, it's just as nice as the Vampire. Sea Venom to replace the Frogspawn kit & a single seater would be very welcome. Sea Vixen would be a no brainer since the MPM/Xtrakit version hasn't exactly flown off the shelves.

The Wooksta! · February 24, 2012, 07:03:24 AM

kitbasher · February 25, 2012, 03:12:39 AM

Want at least 2 NOW!!!

NARSES2 · February 26, 2012, 02:13:01 AM

Quote from: kitbasher on February 25, 2012, 03:12:39 AM
Want at least 2 NOW!!!

Patience young man, patience

Cliffy B · February 26, 2012, 10:19:53 AM

New tool A-4B and Mk.22 Spit?! Oh man....be still my heart! THE two kits I've wanted most for years and they're both in 1/72!!!!!!! Screw being patient, I want them now!!!!

Gondor · February 26, 2012, 10:56:57 AM

Lee how easy will it be to turn the Spitfire 22 into a Spitfire 24 ?

Gondor

kitbasher · February 26, 2012, 02:06:43 PM

Quote from: Gondor on February 26, 2012, 10:56:57 AM
Lee how easy will it be to turn the Spitfire 22 into a Spitfire 24 ?

Gondor

Should be a doddle. Main external difference is (I believe) slightly shorter gun barrels.

The Wooksta! · February 28, 2012, 04:20:51 AM

One of the hatches on the starboard side moves along and the external wing hardpoints changed too, three single tier rockets on the 22, two double tier rockets on the 24. The other difference is the electrical system, but that doesn't concern us.

The Four Plus book on the 22/24 is worth having for all the pics. The current issue has decals for Rhodesia too.

My (initial) dozen are already allocated to various projects, three of them real.

kitnut617 · February 28, 2012, 06:19:10 AM

Another good book to get is the SAM Publications Supermarine Spitfire Part II. (Griffon Powered). There's a couple of Crown Copywrite drawings which might explain why the hatches are moved but reading the text you might not have to. It all depends if the aircraft in question had a rear fuel tank installed, if it did, the hatches are in the forward position and if it didn't, they were moved back. These hatches are for access to the radio equipment so I guess the weight of them was used to adjust the load cg. There's nothing in the text to say that any particular Mk.22 had rear tanks or not, same with the Mk.24, so I would assume from that some of each were one or the other.

Vulcan7 · February 28, 2012, 07:32:55 AM

I'm gonna have to update my Hawk Mk22 Spit Schneider Trophy Floatplane with a quality Airfix one

, if there'll be any kits left to buy

ChrisF · March 04, 2012, 04:14:03 PM

Anyone got any idea how big the Type 45 destroyer kit would be ? Im no good at maths but im assuming with a rrp of £50 it must be a fair size.....

PR19_Kit · March 04, 2012, 05:10:56 PM

A Type 45 is 500 ft long, so in 1/350 scale that'd be 1 ft 5", or 0.435 m if you're of the Metric persuasion.

That strikes me as a lot of money for something as small as that actually......

pyro-manic · March 04, 2012, 09:48:52 PM

Compared to a lot of 1:350 ship kits, that sounds about right. Battleships (which are maybe 2.5-3 feet long, bigger for the huge Yamato/Iowa or CVNs) are well over £100 per kit now. And compare it to 1:35 armour kits - they're all £50 or thereabouts now.

Thorvic · March 05, 2012, 12:16:50 AM

Well the 1/700 version is £34.99 RRP by Cyberhobby, so taking that into context the Airfix price is not too bad, however compared with the Illustrious kit or Trumpeters ships its probably about a tenner too expensive.

However it will will make for a rather tasty model for the shelf and i will be getting one.