Airfix

[The Wooksta!]

I won't be buying one ever - I don't do 24th scale, I'm strictly 72nd and the day I do *anything* in US markings will be the day I give up modelling forever.

[king of men]

I too am a 1:72 only modeller and therefore have no interest in a 1:24 scale anything. The margin is probably pretty good in a 1:24 kit, so I wish them all the best in sales, but I won't be participating. Maybe if they make enough money on this one, they'll be able to finance some other 1:72 models in future!

[NARSES2]

I was really hoping for a new Vulcan myself but am happy to see the Buccaneer and MiG-17.

Now I'm a dyed in the wool "prop job" man, but strangely will be getting both of these.

As for the Hellcat. I'm not sure ? I enjoyed my Wingnut Wings kit I got at Telford so maybe the Hellcat will be my "Large scale Telford treat" ? BPF or British Indian Ocean Fleet maybe.

[zenrat]

I too will get a Bucc and a 17.  one for the RAN FAA and one for the PDRV.

[Mossie]

New decals for the 1/72 A-4:
A-4B USN VA-15 on board USS Intrepid Vietnam era
A-4Q Argentinean Navy 3a Escuadrilla on board ARA Veinticinco de Mayo, Falklands War
https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/douglas-a4-skyhawk.html?utm_campaign=2348046_Airfix%20-%20Skyhawk%20and%20Aerodrome%20-%20Week%202%202019%2F2020&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Hornby%20PLC&_%24ja=tsid%3A71284&dm_i=2DJZ,1EBRI,2AQ9YS,4M981,1

[kitnut617]

Is that A-4 a 'new tool' kit, I've got an A-4 in the Falklands anniversary box (the one with six kits) and I was under the understanding it was a rebox of another manufacturer's kit.

[Mossie]

It's the Airfix new tool from about six or seven years ago.  I've got one, it's a nice kit.

I've had a quick Google and the A-4 from the Falklands set looks like the ancient original Airfix A4D-1 kit.
http://www.ipmsdeutschland.de/FirstLook/Airfix/Airfix_Falklandset/Airfix_Falklands_Aircraft_Set.html

[kitnut617]

Thanks Simon 

[zenrat]

I watched James May's two part Hornby infomercial at the weekend.
I found it interesting, depressing (the scrapping of moulds), dark (does so much UK modelling really take place in such dimly lit rooms) and optimistic.
The business with the Class 66 and Terrier locos demonstrated a ruthless streak and the whole business seemed designed just to put uppity retailers firmly back into what the Hornby management deemed was their place.

And I spotted Kit at Telford.
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[TheChronicOne]

Speaking of James May... I watched the Prime series where him and the other two drive automobiles all over the place and the throw up a tent when they travel and ... someone always "dies" on each episode. In typical fashion, my brain isn't firing on all cylinders yet and I can neither recall the other two dudes' names but the show is called "The Grand Tour."   Not a bad show, I'm enjoying it. Seems to be a bit more superfluous hot air present at points but then again we're on a different platform here.

[Snowtrooper]

Speaking of James May... I watched the Prime series where him and the other two drive automobiles all over the place and the throw up a tent when they travel and ... someone always "dies" on each episode. In typical fashion, my brain isn't firing on all cylinders yet and I can neither recall the other two dudes' names but the show is called "The Grand Tour."

"Spot the American" Most of the rest of the world (even those not actively following car programmes) should recognize Jeremy "Jezza" Clarkson and Richard "Hamster" Hammond. Together with Captain Slow (May) they were the trio that Made Top Gear Great Again until BBC finally had enough of Clarkson and fired him (and by proxy, the entire team), but Amazon was willing to hire them, and not require political correctness. Granted, Clarkson did slap an intern (after an 18-hour day of shooting when he was told that dinner would consist of a cold sandwich) but the incident probably would have been met with less drastic measures (say, a public apology and participation in anger management and/or donation to charity for violence victims) unless there had been a decade and half long argument boiling between the trio and BBC over what you could and could not say on a politically hypercorrect government-run TV channel.

[TheChronicOne]

Speaking of James May... I watched the Prime series where him and the other two drive automobiles all over the place and the throw up a tent when they travel and ... someone always "dies" on each episode. In typical fashion, my brain isn't firing on all cylinders yet and I can neither recall the other two dudes' names but the show is called "The Grand Tour."

"Spot the American" Most of the rest of the world (even those not actively following car programmes) should recognize Jeremy "Jezza" Clarkson and Richard "Hamster" Hammond. Together with Captain Slow (May) they were the trio that Made Top Gear Great Again until BBC finally had enough of Clarkson and fired him (and by proxy, the entire team), but Amazon was willing to hire them, and not require political correctness. Granted, Clarkson did slap an intern (after an 18-hour day of shooting when he was told that dinner would consist of a cold sandwich) but the incident probably would have been met with less drastic measures (say, a public apology and participation in anger management and/or donation to charity for violence victims) unless there had been a decade and half long argument boiling between the trio and BBC over what you could and could not say on a politically hypercorrect government-run TV channel.

  Guilty as charged.

Thanks for the assist! "The names" come and go and early in the day before the coffee kicks in it's a bit rough. I can barely remember my own name at that point!  I loved Top Gear (I even like the American version). I'm enjoying this one. Imagine my surprise; I had no idea it even existed. Were it not for an advertisement that showed up at the beginning of another show I would have missed it.

Indeed, I kept seeing things that I knew would never fly on broadcast or even cable (things like dildos and uncensored curse words spelled out on signs, etc.).  Then there's the commentary stuff. Some of it has almost zero to do with the show but it can be entertaining just the same and I don't mind it all too much, whether I agree with every last bit or not.

I just started on season two and it seems to be slightly different so far...   for one, a couple celebrities actually "made it" onto the show and I think they said they were now permanently stationed in the UK instead of the gimmicky "we'll put our tent everywhere we go" stuff, which was a great idea, but seems like a pain in the arse to be honest. I remember one show, even, where they just got lazy as hell and set it up right in the container yard at the docks.   

[AS.12]

I actually preferred the old skool Top Gear that used to be on BBC2 on a Thrusday evening, where Tiff Needel would throw a hot-hatch around a track and Quentin Wilson would tell us how to buy an old 7 Series. 

I only saw a few bits of the Gang of Three version but it seemed to have turned into laddish car-porn tabloid-TV

[zenrat]

Clarkson is a w**ker.
Top Gear got more and more contrived and less and less relevant (but still funny in parts and I did keep watching) until he got sacked.
I tried watching Grand Tour but it quickly became obvious to me that they needed a producer overseeing them with the power to say "no".  If allowed a free rein then they would soon disappear up their own self importance.
Top Gear Australia was awful.

[NARSES2]

I watched James May's two part Hornby infomercial at the weekend.

And I spotted Kit at Telford.
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I watched it when it was first shown over here, didn't spot Kit though