Airfix

[The Wooksta!]

The Fujimi kit is best as a clipped F/FR14e out of the box.  All the wing tips and spine are a real pain to work with. Even so, the cockpit needs more detail and the fit of the upper engine cowling is vile.

The SEAC lowback boxing is one of the easier ones to find (the RAF Germany one isn't although the only difference is the box art and the decals).

[PR19_Kit]

Yes, that cowling top on the various Fujimi Griffon engined kits was designed by a sadist!

Didn't someone do a one-piece resin replacement for that a while back?

[Thorvic]

Oi use another thread if your talking the merits of the Fujimi Spitfire XIV, this is for Airfix news 

[The Wooksta!]

Quickboost.  And it doesn't fit either!  It's too short.

[perttime]

Oi use another thread if your talking the merits of the Fujimi Spitfire XIV, this is for Airfix news 

--- and I was only wishing Airfix would do a low back Spitfire XIV ...

... only now realised why I had trouble finding an Airfix thread: it is in a news area 

[The Wooksta!]

Oi use another thread if your talking the merits of the Fujimi Spitfire XIV, this is for Airfix news 

[kitbasher]

We do need to get this thread back on track by focussing on Airfix.

Now if Airfix did a Spitfire 14 to the same standard as the recent I/IIa, PR19 and F22 we and they would be on to a winner.  Or winners if high and low back, regular and clipped wing, F and FR, C and E wing variants were covered.

Current 14s leave a lot to be desired.  I remeber a recent discussion thread about the current kits and their faults but can't recall where. Anyone any ideas? ;0)

[PR19_Kit]

Oi use another thread if your talking the merits of the Fujimi Spitfire XIV, this is for Airfix news 

ooooOOOOoooooooh! 

We weren't talking about the merits of the Fujimi Spitfire, we were talking about the DE-merits of it!

There may be some merit in using the cowling of the wonderful AIRFIX Spitfire PRXIX to replace the same part on 'other kits'..........

[kitnut617]

Yes, that cowling top on the various Fujimi Griffon engined kits was designed by a sadist!

Didn't someone do a one-piece resin replacement for that a while back?

DB Productions Kit, item # D.B.3.  Got one in the stash and it's quite good by the looks of it, you get a spinner and white metal prop blades too.

[NARSES2]

Now if Airfix did a Spitfire 14 to the same standard as the recent I/IIa, PR19 and F22 we and they would be on to a winner.  Or winners if high and low back, regular and clipped wing, F and FR, C and E wing variants were covered.

Yup a 14 would be nice, give them plenty of options for numerous boxings  Perhaps I'll put it on my wish list (whatever they call it now) at elford.

One small problem is that Hornby have issued a profits warning for this FY. Now expecting to break even rather then make a profit. Main reasons are lower then anticipated sales of Olympic (lets not bring that subject up again  ) related items (London buses, taxis etc) and supply problems with one of their Chinese suppliers. Still at least not forecasting a loss.

[The Wooksta!]

The DB engine was designed as a conversion piece for the Heller 16 and pre-dated the Fujimi Spits by a good few years

A 14 from Airfix?  To get it right and avoid Fujimi overengineering style problems, they'd have to do two boxings with different sprues:  a highback with a C wing (this could also be used with a new fuselage sprue as an VIII) and a lowback with an e wing.  You can't have a C wing with the cut down fuselage - the oxygen bottles were relocated to the outer gun bays.  If they added a larger rudder as an extra in the lowback, they could get an 18 out of it too, although you'd have to trim the fin by a mm.

[NARSES2]

The Landrovers and Afghanistan sets are out.

Plus I see Humbrol have revived the concept of the boxed set of paints. RAF, Figures etc. Wish they's bring out the old Authentics range again - still use some of the figure and shipbuilding paints

[Kerrillc]

Picked up the November issue of Airfix Model World, and noticed in the breaking news section, the Operation Herrick sets are mentioned but so are the following:

One is the El Alamein classic dogfight boxing, a P-40B Warhawk and a Bf 109E-4B with exclusive markings, and is only available from Modelzone stores.

There are also two additions to the club limited editions one of which is a Hurricane IID (an El-Alamein 70th Anniversary kit), with extra parts. The second a Gloster Meteor F8 which is referred to as Weekend Warriors (Queens Coronation Review 1952). Both kits have two sets of decals. Looks good to me.

[PR19_Kit]

There are also two additions to the club limited editions one of which is a Hurricane IID (an El-Alamein 70th Anniversary kit), with extra parts. The second a Gloster Meteor F8 which is referred to as Weekend Warriors (Queens Coronation Review 1952). Both kits have two sets of decals. Looks good to me.

1/72 or 1/48? PLEASE let them be 1/72........ 

[Martin H]

72nd scale Kit.
I have a pair of them sitting less than 4 feet away from me as I type