Airfix

Aircav · August 12, 2009, 01:37:17 PM

Quote from: Mossie on August 12, 2009, 01:18:35 PM
Think you two need to to put your heads together & put an offer in!

Are you offering to bank roll us ?

Mossie · August 12, 2009, 02:37:47 PM

I've got an old Monopoly set somewhere.....

nev · August 14, 2009, 09:18:37 AM

Speaking of Airfix, I only this week became conciously aware of the Airfix Club - a quick tot-up of Airfix boxes revealed I had 41 flying hours (more than enough for a new 72nd Canberra), and goodness knows how many I've thrown away over the years.

Unfortunately its £15 to join and the "free" kits for joining are of little intrest to me...

so it'd cost me £16.50 for a free Canberra that costs £11.69 in the shops! Doh!

Captain Canada · August 14, 2009, 10:36:13 AM

Ya, but then you get a magazine, a sticker, and a badge for your hat, so all the kids in school will know you're in the 'airfix club' and they won't beat you up !

Mossie · August 14, 2009, 11:54:25 AM

I've not been a member since Hornby took over, but under Humbrol the membership was worth more than you paid. You'd get a kit (wasn't standard then, just what ever they felt like sending you), catalogue, magazines, plus options to buy exclusive kits like the Jetstream. Sometimes you'd get a free clalendar christmas worth about a tenner. I think they pretty much sent everything at cost. I think Hornby have rationalised it since, but from what I gather it's still good value for money.

Picked up the 1/72 Fokker Friendship. Looks pretty good for a kit with 'Airfix Products Ltd 1960' stamped inside the lid. Basic as you'd expect & will probably take a bit of putty, but looks every bit like Fokker F.27. You get two noses, long & short & two prop options, narrow chord with rounded tips & broad chord with squared tips.

There are three decal options in the kit, Trans Australia Airlines, NLM & Turkish Airlines. Mine are all in perfect register & very nicely painted, although look a little thick. I think they are the type that some have complained about bitterly, but after robbing some from a Fulmar, found they just had strange charaterisics & looked good once on.

Thorvic · August 28, 2009, 11:56:19 PM

On the inside back cover of the latest SAMI it has an Airfix advert for their Lancaster Dambuster special edition.

Same old kit but this time the stand is a vacform diorama base of par of the dam wall with the the bouncing bomb in the water just before it !!!. Nice display iday although i suspect some modellers would redo the water with a more realistic modelling medium and add the splash as the bomb bounces.

Now i wonder how many brits with think of add a German guard on the wall acting as goal keeper as used in the Carling Blacklabel advert

NARSES2 · August 29, 2009, 02:52:48 AM

Quote from: Thorvic on August 28, 2009, 11:56:19 PM

Now i wonder how many brits with think of add a German guard on the wall acting as goal keeper as used in the Carling Blacklabel advert

Green Dragon · August 29, 2009, 04:40:55 AM

Best advert ever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVSBtivbUs4

Paul Harrison

lancer · August 29, 2009, 05:57:22 AM

Quote from: Green Dragon on August 29, 2009, 04:40:55 AM
Best advert ever! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVSBtivbUs4

Paul Harrison

Brilliant, was a joy to watch again. the other brilliant one was the next one with the swimming pool and the bouncing bomb towel

Captain Canada · August 29, 2009, 06:19:07 AM

haha ! That was a good one !

Sauragnmon · August 29, 2009, 10:49:34 AM

Managed to see both those ads, quite good those two.

Barry Krell · August 29, 2009, 11:44:27 AM

Perhaps we could persuade them to do a Lincoln? Worked with those guys who did the TSR2s at the Nationals a few years back.

nev · August 30, 2009, 02:07:07 AM

Just got to say, really impressed with the new packaging from Airfix.

The red boxes REALLY stand out on a model shop shelf.
The boxes are actually sized to fit the sprues they carry! No more sprues rattling around inside cavernous boxes.
And the full colour profiles of the decal options are nice (although it would be nicer if they matched the box-top art, which for the 2 "new" kits I have are more accurate than the colour profiles

Mossie · August 30, 2009, 03:52:23 AM

I think Airfix are trying hard to counter a lot the criticism that has been levelled at them in the past. They seem to be releasing a lot of their 'oldies but goodies' & replacing some of the staples that are getting long in the tooth. Granted, there's been a few misses, but I'd say there have been more hits.

I agree with Nev on the packaging, the new red boxes jump of the shelf at you & the artwork is fantastic, lots of action & battle scenes! The full colour artwork is good & some have criticised them in the past for not including names with the paint callouts (a little moot I think since they've provided conversion charts), but now they've addressed it.

Managed to resist getting hold of one the new Hawks the other week, I'm sure I'll capitualate at some stage!

thedarkmaster · August 30, 2009, 04:48:47 AM

QuoteQuote from: Mossie on Today at 11:52:23
I agree with Nev on the packaging, the new red boxes jump of the shelf at you & the artwork is fantastic, lots of action & battle scenes! The full colour artwork is good & some have criticised them in the past for not including names with the paint callouts (a little moot I think since they've provided conversion charts), but now they've addressed it.

Indeed, the new, sturdier boxes are a welcome development.

I wholeheartedly agree, Airfix have got someone on marketing whom understands what " sells " on the boxes, can't fault them.