Airfix

[Martin H]

they are most likely waiting for the London toy fair to go public with the 2011-12 release program.

[Thorvic]

they are most likely waiting for the London toy fair to go public with the 2011-12 release program.

End of Decemeber for the list generally to traders, (who always let slip, and then its the Toy Fairs for the catalogue and artwork of whats due where possible.

[van883]

For some strange reason the Airfix guys told me they have no plans to release a 72nd scale Canberra with a goldfish bowl canopy-very silly if you ask me...

Van

[Mossie]

The sprues they had on the table looked good, Valiant, Sea Vixen, Sabre etc.  I was quite taken aback with the 1/48 Lynx, that'll look great with paint on.

[The Wooksta!]

For some strange reason the Airfix guys told me they have no plans to release a 72nd scale Canberra with a goldfish bowl canopy-very silly if you ask me...

Van

For a company that is in business to make money, it's not just silly but tantamount to incompetence.  Especially as the Italeri Canberra has been axed too.  They have a captive market wanting a new Canberra and they have the tools yet "have no plans".  Cretins...

[philp]

I agree.  Would love to do an Aussie version from 'nam and an Argentine version from the Falklands.

Besides the 57, the B 2 version is my favorite.

[PR19_Kit]

It wouldn't be THAT difficult to make a B2/B6/PR3/PR7/T4 multi-type kit. Different noses and engines would do the trick, the rest of it is all the same.

Now that Trevor Snowden has retired it seems they need some direction........

[Glenn Gilbertson]

An Airfix guy told me at SMW that they have done all the work to produce the Valiant in bomber, PR & tanker versions, but the initial release will only have bomber options to "see how it goes". Several of us punters advised them to put all the versions in the initial release, but this appeared to fall on deaf ears. The claim was that the extra sprue would add £10 to the selling price.

[PR19_Kit]

The Valiant box lid they showed mentions all the versions on it. Perhaps that's a preview of the later version.?

'To see how it goes'? They're crazy, it'll sell like hot cakes, just like the 1/72 TSR2. 

[rickshaw]

For some strange reason the Airfix guys told me they have no plans to release a 72nd scale Canberra with a goldfish bowl canopy-very silly if you ask me...

Van

For a company that is in business to make money, it's not just silly but tantamount to incompetence.  Especially as the Italeri Canberra has been axed too.  They have a captive market wanting a new Canberra and they have the tools yet "have no plans".  Cretins...

"Especially as the Italeri Canberra has been axed too" - really? 

Back to haunting Evilbay...

[Thorvic]

For some strange reason the Airfix guys told me they have no plans to release a 72nd scale Canberra with a goldfish bowl canopy-very silly if you ask me...

Van

For a company that is in business to make money, it's not just silly but tantamount to incompetence.  Especially as the Italeri Canberra has been axed too.  They have a captive market wanting a new Canberra and they have the tools yet "have no plans".  Cretins...

Stop and think about it this for a sec, the Italeri Canberra B2 was listed at the start of the year and is still listed, so there is no way Airfix would consider issuing one with Italerei one due. If found to be true that Italeri have indeed cancelled the B-2 then Airfix would then think about it when they start working on 2012 releases - currently all their resources are aimed towards the outstanding 2010 releases, the delayed 2010 releases put back to 2011 and of course their planned 20111 releases to go with their new catalogue for January.

[rickshaw]

Strange how competition now seems to be a dirty word in the marketplace... 

[The Wooksta!]

Had on.  Airfix are in the business to make money.  An Italeri Canberra B2 makes no money for Airfix, so releasing one makes commercial sense, especially as the Airfix Canberra is currently way under the prices Italeri would charge.  I repeat: for Airfix not to release a B2 is stupid.

[NARSES2]

Stop and think about it this for a sec, the Italeri Canberra B2 was listed at the start of the year and is still listed, so there is no way Airfix would consider issuing one with Italerei one due. If found to be true that Italeri have indeed cancelled the B-2 then Airfix would then think about it when they start working on 2012 releases - currently all their resources are aimed towards the outstanding 2010 releases, the delayed 2010 releases put back to 2011 and of course their planned 20111 releases to go with their new catalogue for January.

Agree with you Geoff.

As for competition, the field is to small now especially amongst the "big boys".

As an aside I'm entering the Airfix Make & Take next year especially if that little brunette is still working for Airfix  (she was building a Spitfire when I went past for the 8th time). Looked stunning on Saturday night. Might improve my modelling as well

[James]

An Airfix guy told me at SMW that they have done all the work to produce the Valiant in bomber, PR & tanker versions, but the initial release will only have bomber options to "see how it goes". Several of us punters advised them to put all the versions in the initial release, but this appeared to fall on deaf ears. The claim was that the extra sprue would add £10 to the selling price.

According to a piece in Airfix Model World, the kit will contain parts for all versions.