Airfix

[Gondor]

According to Hannants the 1/144 Sentinel by Anigrand is going for a shade under Sixty notes...... maybe I should speak to my bank manager if I want to go for the 1/72 scale kit when it comes out!

Gondor

[JayBee]

No Alistair, do not do that. He is quite a nice guy and does not deserve the heart attack. 

[PR19_Kit]

The 1/72 Sentinel is priced at $148 on the Anigrand site. That means around £200 by the time it's shipped AND the greedy b*****s at Customs and UK Border Control AND the GPO have had their cut.... 

[Ian the Kiwi Herder]

I'm looking forward to the 1/24th Typhoon - one of my all time favourite aircraft  

Already put in planning-permission for a new work-shed with the local council, (you need a permit for that sort of thing here !!), just to give me the elbow room to build & paint it  .

Ian

[Librarian]

I was so chuffed with the Spit XII that I popped out and picked up the Mk.I/II boxing and the Seafire XVII and FR.46 kits (don't much care for the FR.47). Much industry under way . I noticed in the I/II box parts that could hint at a V or even an VIII (retractable tailwheel, tropical Vokes). Has anyone else discussed this possibility?

The sprue with those xtra parts comes from the Mk. IX boxing....all the parts to build a Mk.VIII are there. What I do not understand is why the fuselage for the Mk. I, II and V has the option to cut out the section for a retractable tailwheel, unless there's a plan for a special edition Mk. III or IV.

[Green Dragon]

I just did the same Paul, only I forgot to add the aircraft that the Sentinel is based on to my wish list  I did add a new tool Vulcan and a Victor though. 

Gondor

I put the Sentinel (I'd like them to do the standard BD700 with extra add-ons for the sentinel) in my one Gondor, forgot to put in the Vulcan and Victor though! 

Paul Harrison

[The Wooksta!]

Only want three things from Airfix next year:

Spitfire V - with alternate canopies and both B and C wing.  Preferably interchangeable with their current I/IIa kit.

Spitfire XIV highback, with an alternate sprue for the lowback.

New tool Blenheim.  Starting with the mk V.

[Gondor]

I just did the same Paul, only I forgot to add the aircraft that the Sentinel is based on to my wish list  I did add a new tool Vulcan and a Victor though. 

Gondor

I put the Sentinel (I'd like them to do the standard BD700 with extra add-ons for the sentinel) in my one Gondor, forgot to put in the Vulcan and Victor though! 

Paul Harrison

Hind sight is a wonderful thing. Better than 20, 20 vision which I found out during my latest eye test a couple of weekends ago is actually not as good as its made out to be.

Gondor

[ChrisF]

I also asked for a mastiff... Amazing this beastie has been missed out by the major companies so far... And with Airfix's new 1:48th Afghan range it surely makes sense ?

[Librarian]

This is up for sale on Ebay, by one of the best modellers in the business, at a very reasonable starting bid. He also does commissions....

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/221321688461

[lancer]

Agreed, it does look nice, but; WHY buy a kit built by someone else? I'm a modeller, albeit not a good one, but I would rather do the best job I could at building it myself rather than just buying the finished product. Hell, for that price I could go out and buy a bloody die cast  and that's not what I want to do!!!

[Captain Canada]

Agreed Lancer. I can buy that kit for 8 CDN dollars. And with basic technics, get the same result. The kit falls together, the decals are awesome.....etc. etc.

[NARSES2]

Some people like to have models on display and perhaps either do not have the time or in some cases perhaps a handicap that prevents them from building. At the end of the day it's a free world 

Have to agree with the Capt though it is a superb kit package

[Librarian]

Just noticed I put the propeller on backwards on the Spit XII. Glad I'm human after all . Have to have a good rummage to find some spare decals.

[Mossie]

There's a sale on.  One or two big savings to be had, several of the gift sets have a few quid knocked off to bring them in line with the standard packagings, useful if you're after the different decals.
http://www.airfix.com/shop/sale/