Airfix

[NARSES2]

It's a very simple job to reduce the panel lines on kits the size of the Spit, Hurri & MiG-15, even the Harrier, using correction fluid & a bit of IPA. Canberra would take a bit longer, but still, not really a hardship.

Now I've drunk light and bitter and even brown and mild, but correction fluid and IPA ?  Strange people in Hull 

[Mossie]

You shandy drinking Southerners just don't understand, that's why you have such crap bee! 

[nev]

Or maybe because Airfix has got back on its feet some people feel it's time to bash it?

Or may be we are expecting more from a new kit with the improvements in CNC machined mould technology.

Indeed Steve.

"you're only attacking them because its Airfix"

"yeah, well you're only defending them because its Airfix!"

[Mossie]

I just wish people would give them as much as credit as anyone else.  I can understand the thing about the panel lines, yes they are heavy & it's up to the individual as to wether they can stomach them.  Trouble is the, thrust of the Britmodeller thread seems to be about a 3mm panel line & it's compared against the Revell kit which has it's own minor issues.  Yes, the Bf 109 was a shocker & don't know what happened to the 1/48 TSR2, but every other release has been very minor points.

[Av8fan]

I have the 1/24th Mosquito.
All I can say is THANK YOU to Airfix for having the you know whats to do this kit.
Picked up at the LHS, and opened the box.  This is a great kit.

It will be a bit before I can get to her, but, I am VERY impressed.

[NARSES2]

I have the 1/24th Mosquito.

I may still sucumb to this beast, just afraid my skills won't do it justice.

Quote fron Nev :

"you're only attacking them because its Airfix"

"yeah, well you're only defending them because its Airfix!"

Very fair point Nev.

I'm a "middling" modeler at best and as I've said previously about the new Spitfires. I have thoroughly enjoyed them and that's what it's all about  The Hurricanes panel lines/rivets do look a bit "eager" on the bare kit, but I'll see what they look like after a couple of coats of paint.

You shandy drinking Southerners just don't understand, that's why you have such crap bee! 

Had a wasp in my cider once, he was doing the breast stroke 

[thedarkmaster]

I think it comes down to one thing with these kits........Personal choice, buy them or not I don't think it matters but what really gets my goat reading the britmodeller thread is how many people are willing to bash a kit, and this is not just Airfix but any, when they have not even seeen the kit with their own eyes. Once the " chosen few " have proclaimed on a kit you just have to climb on that bandwagon or you are going to get critasised yourself, ask Chadders about it , he knows.
Anyway........that over, My personal note is, it looks enough like one for me, it's in my price range, and as for the other small faults.........I'm not that sort of modeller so i don't care.....I will get at least one     

[kitbasher]

I wish I hadn't mentioned that flippin' Britmodeller thread now!
This morning's post from thedarkmaster sums up what the hobby should be about.  Spend what you can afford, build to your skills and enjoy yourself; appreciate the efforts of others and admire where admiration is due - regardless of the subject or skill level.  Most of all, though, keep it real!


PS - and I'm not an Airfix basher by any stretch of the imagination.

[Sauragnmon]

Tim sums it up right there - I build what I can afford, build to challenge myself, and build to enjoy the work.  I plan on buying the Airfix FA.2, why? it's a cool subject.  It may not be pristine and perfect, but the SHAR FA2 looks just wicked, and those Sea Eagles?  I haven't seen them in another kit, I want some of those, for what I don't know but they look cool!

Then again, I buy a kit for one of two reasons - A, it's a subject I like or a base I would like to build up from.  B, it's got some cool parts I think I could find some neat use for.  I plan to get my hands on a Zvezda Su-30KN for the same reason - sure, it's not exactly accurate, but it's one of the few tandem seat flankers available and it's got some wicked weapons in there, the Kh-35, the Kh-59, and the S-24.  Call me crazy, but I want some of that action!

[chrisonord]

I also have to agree with what has been said above. I build stuff because I like it and because I can afford it, and if it doesn't meet either of those criteria, I don't buy it. Not because the pilots ash tray is not deep enough or the tyres don't have the correct P.S.I written on them. If Airfix make a subject I like and it is affordable to me then I will buy it, I don't care as long as it looks like the plane/truck/tank/boat on the box lid, it is all about the enjoyment of the creation, even if it does need a bit of putty and sanding. Too many people are forgetting that this is a "HOBBY" not an elitist form of one up manship that makes people with nothing better to do pick everything to bits because they think it is all wrong and so is every one else's opinion.
I have 3 words for those people.........
GET A LIFE!!!
oops, I have melted the rant on off switch now 
Chris.

[beowulf]

Too many people are forgetting that this is a "HOBBY" not an elitist form of one up manship

amen brother...........one reason why i only frequent here and another even more laidback modelling forum......no criticism for the sake of it....i build models cos i like to, its a great stress buster and its fun...........i cant be dealing with people putting each other down.......same reason i could never enter any competetion just for some numpty to nit pick....its just not that important to me....more important things in real life to worry about

[kitbasher]

Dare I mention it???  A separate Hurricane review thread at http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45991.   

[Mossie]

Thanks for posting.  That's better, a clear headed review that tells you the pluses & minuses without any of the posturing.

[NARSES2]

That's a very fair review and matches with my own conclusions

[Geoff]

Airfix have re-released their old Il-2, but it's got post-war Mongolian markings as well as the Russian scheme.