Airfix

[kitnut617]

I stumbled on that the new Spit Mk.1a fuselage fits very nicely on the new Spit Mk.22 wing, or the other way around if you like.  The new (newish) Mk.XIX however doesn't.

[Freightdog862]

You could be almost right Colin. 

Another of my 'inside sources', shaped rather like the sister of the RAF's Best Air Traffic Conttroller, who just happens to work in the model dept. of a large department store says that they can order Lightning F2A/F6 kits now, but she doesn't know what scale they are......

Well I do hope for a nice 1/72 Lightning giving me a springboard for some lovely whiffing resin sets, but I had heard of quite a few of the items so far leaked being mentioned like a new tool Lancaster, Vampire trainer and Harrier GR.1 a few months back from various sources (not I might add from Airfix themselves), I had not heard a squeak about a Lightning, so it could be the world's best kept modelling secret of 2012! I do however remember someone on britmodeller trying to get spares for his old 1/48 F.3 posting that Airfix said he could have some spares at the end of the year when its re-released.....or maybe I imagined that!     

Colin 

[Gondor]

Saying the F2A/F6 would tie in with that as that was one of the 1/48 scale Lightings they produced a few years ago.

Gondor

[The Wooksta!]

I stumbled on that the new Spit Mk.1a fuselage fits very nicely on the new Spit Mk.22 wing, or the other way around if you like.  The new (newish) Mk.XIX however doesn't.

Hmm.  It does fit, I've dry fitted it on numerous occasions.

The problem is that the PR19 wing has too great a wing chord.  There's been a lot of tedious wittering on Britmodeller saying that the cowling on the PR19 is short.  However, comparing it with the cowling on the Fujimi and Academy 14, MPM 19 (albeit the second tooling in the Millenium set which itself is copies from the Fujimi kit), CMR 21 and the Airfix 22 shows them all to be pretty much the same size.  My own feeling is that as the wing chord is too great, the cowling thus looks short because the leading edge root is too far forward.

So, line up the 22 wing with the 19 trailing edge and trim the wing root back to match the leading edge.

However, as I've a nice mould for the 21 wing which does fit the Airfix 19 quite nicely, I'll carry on using that.

[Mossie]

Todays calendar suggests a ski equipped Gladiator.

[Thorvic]

Well the first of the 2013 kits is already out

http://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10203406

2nd boxing of the Stratos IV TSR2 with alternative markings and the larger interceptor missile from later in the series

[PR19_Kit]

A LARGER missile?   

How the devil do the wheels touch the ground? Ah, they don't have to, do they as it comes with a stand.

I do note the inclusion of a rather good shark's mouth decal though, I bet that gets used on a few RAF versions.....

[albeback]

A LARGER missile?   

How the devil do the wheels touch the ground? Ah, they don't have to, do they as it comes with a stand.

I do note the inclusion of a rather good shark's mouth decal though, I bet that gets used on a few RAF versions.....

Great whif potential - especially those huge missiles AND rocket boosters!! I could certainly find something else to hang the missiles under!! They wouldn't look out of place slung under a 1/48 TSR 2! As for the kit, personally I'd rather see it reissued with a s**t load of British whizz bangs for "in service" variants!!
I was sort of thinking along the lines of a TSR 2 interceptor with longer wings to go with the rocket assist!

[pyro-manic]

A LARGER missile?   
How the devil do the wheels touch the ground? Ah, they don't have to, do they as it comes with a stand.

They're ZELL launched from the back of huge Scud-launcher type trucks, so no need for the wheels to reach the ground.

[Hobbes]

The HLJ page calls the missile a Trident, I think (horribly mangled English that looks like it's from an automatic translation service). Any relation to the RW Trident?

[pyro-manic]

No, in short. Completely fictitious.

[Green Dragon]

Bought the Arii 1/48th Scud B launcher to launch the Meteor Sweeper TSR.2 but it's far too small! Probably get this version as well as I like the new Stratos Four X markings.

Paul Harrison

[albeback]

Don't know if it's still available but I do recall seeing a 1/48 resin conversion kit for the Stratos 4 TSR 2 some time ago on starshipmodeller.com. Round about the $80 mark I I R C

[ChrisF]

Anyone else been keeping up with the advent calender competitions on the Airfix site ? They've been leaving lil clues on each pop-up as to next years releases..

[Thorvic]

Anyone else been keeping up with the advent calender competitions on the Airfix site ? They've been leaving lil clues on each pop-up as to next years releases..

Yeap but they have said they are uploading the 2013 range on the 19th December so at least we get to see it before Christmas this year