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Thorvic

#4005
February 21, 2018, 11:34:51 PM
Quote from: Gondor on February 21, 2018, 02:45:55 PM
Got a message from Airfix earlier tonight saying that the 1/72 Sea Harrier F/A2 was available again.

Gondor

Aye at £18.99, i'm pretty sure that came out at £9.99 as a series three kit  :angry:
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PR19_Kit

#4006
February 22, 2018, 12:25:35 AM
I'm aware of the difficulties of scaling, viz the craziness of the Airfix TSR2s, when went the other way.

But, the major job of getting the external shape correct has already been done once, whichever way you go, and the structural changes should be easier to handle.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

AS.12

#4007
February 22, 2018, 01:13:42 AM
Quote from: Thorvic on February 21, 2018, 11:34:51 PM
Aye at £18.99, i'm pretty sure that came out at £9.99 as a series three kit  :angry:

Maybe I was out of the modelling scene too long, but that price shocked me.  £19 for a 1/72 kit?  That's three hours pre-tax minimum-wage pay.

No wonder kids aren't engaging in modelling any more.

PR19_Kit

#4008
February 22, 2018, 01:52:00 AM
Quote from: AS.12 on February 22, 2018, 01:13:42 AM
Quote from: Thorvic on February 21, 2018, 11:34:51 PM
Aye at £18.99, i'm pretty sure that came out at £9.99 as a series three kit  :angry:

Maybe I was out of the modelling scene too long, but that price shocked me.  £19 for a 1/72 kit?  That's three hours pre-tax minimum-wage pay.

No wonder kids aren't engaging in modelling any more.


It's peanuts compared to the price of some (old....) 1/72 Hasegawa kits, at least in the UK anyway. But still reprehensible nonetheless.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Mossie

#4009
February 22, 2018, 02:21:13 AM
Quote from: Thorvic on February 21, 2018, 11:34:51 PM
Quote from: Gondor on February 21, 2018, 02:45:55 PM
Got a message from Airfix earlier tonight saying that the 1/72 Sea Harrier F/A2 was available again.

Gondor

Aye at £18.99, i'm pretty sure that came out at £9.99 as a series three kit  :angry:

It was a Series 4 when released (the FRS.1 was series 3), but still a bit of a climb up.  I was talking about this last night with a friend, the prices of kits are getting to the point where we're voting with our wallets.  I've wanted a modern 1/72 Delta Dart for years and was chuffed to bits when the Meng and Trumpeter kits came out.  I ended up buying the Hasegawa kit at around a tenner as I just couldn't justify thirty quid for the Trumpy kit. :o
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Thorvic

#4010
February 22, 2018, 04:22:30 AM
Nope it came out in 2010 as a series 3 SHAR FA2 - I have a few in the stash

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/100284-airfix-a03079-sea-harrier-fa2

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NARSES2

#4011
February 22, 2018, 06:04:23 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on February 15, 2018, 01:14:20 AM
The next planned issue of the B-25 (as far as I'm aware anyway) will be in RAF colours.



Yup a Mitchell Mk II announced at Nuremberg
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Green Dragon

#4012
February 22, 2018, 07:17:38 AM
Prices really are getting crazy though the HLJ sales can be a good cheap source of Hasegawa now and then. Got the 1/72nd Me262 with resin WGR rocket pods limited edition for around £8 including postage from Japan to the UK a while ago. UK price was around £35.
Recently pre-ordered three Mirage 4000's for just under £100 but it's rare for me to do that anymore as I like to eat food! Was going to get the Anigrand kit but that's about £47 each.

Revell are starting to up there prices too much now. £18.99 for a 1/72nd Hunter is too steep and charging 50 euro's for that Haunebu I is crazy when you can still get it from HLJ for£25 plus postage.

Paul Harrison
"Well, it's rather brutal here. Right now we are advising all our clients to put everything they've got into canned food and shotguns."-Gremlins 2

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1/72 Space 1999 Eagle, Comet Miniatures Martian War Machine
1/72nd Quad Tilt Rotor, 1/144th V/STOL E2 Hawkeye (stalled)

Mossie

#4013
February 22, 2018, 09:24:08 AM
Quote from: Thorvic on February 22, 2018, 04:22:30 AM
Nope it came out in 2010 as a series 3 SHAR FA2 - I have a few in the stash

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/100284-airfix-a03079-sea-harrier-fa2

Cheeky buggers!
I don't think it's nice, you laughin'. You see, my mule don't like people laughin'. He gets the crazy idea you're laughin' at him. Now if you apologize, like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

AS.12

#4014
February 22, 2018, 02:02:08 PM Last Edit: February 22, 2018, 02:05:11 PM by AS.12
Quote from: Thorvic on February 22, 2018, 04:22:30 AM
Nope it came out in 2010 as a series 3 SHAR FA2 - I have a few in the stash

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/100284-airfix-a03079-sea-harrier-fa2

That's a great website, thanks for the link.

I remember the old Airfix 'sprueprints' boxes, they gave me hope since I could sometimes turn-out better models than the one on the box!

e.g. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/141161-airfix-9-02072-british-aerospace-harrier-gr-mk-3

In contrast the 'modern' Airfix look leaves me indifferent.  I suppose they want the box-art to look appealing and dynamic but given the price of the kits I don't know how many people will be impulse-buying based on a racey CGI-painting of a Valiant.

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PR19_Kit

#4015
February 22, 2018, 02:33:17 PM
Quote from: AS.12 on February 22, 2018, 02:02:08 PM

I remember the old Airfix 'sprueprints' boxes, they gave me hope since I could sometimes turn-out better models than the one on the box!

e.g. https://www.scalemates.com/kits/141161-airfix-9-02072-british-aerospace-harrier-gr-mk-3


A good friend of mine, now sadly dead, built most of those box top models, but as Airfix always wanted them in ultra-quick time, he usually only painted the surfaces that the camera could see.  ;D

I'll bet that Harrier didn't have any paint at all on the starboard side.  ;)
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

AS.12

#4016
February 22, 2018, 11:23:38 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 22, 2018, 02:33:17 PM
A good friend of mine, now sadly dead, built most of those box top models, but as Airfix always wanted them in ultra-quick time, he usually only painted the surfaces that the camera could see.  ;D

It's a pity that he has passed as I would have liked to have met him and told him that when I was 11 or 12 I wanted to be the 'Airfix box-top model builder person'. 

Once they switched back to box-art I was stumped for a career and never did find a proper one :)

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Thorvic

#4017
February 22, 2018, 11:42:44 PM
To be honest I prefer the artwork, Airfix are trying to emulate the impact of the Roy Cross artwork and are succeeding I think. I actually find the model photos can actually be off putting, Revell tend to show photos of the built model in macro shots but find they can be a bit heavy on the paint and can appear rushed which actually puts me off getting the kit. When I saw the new PT-109 I actually thought they had reissued the old kit and the new tool was a typo.
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zenrat

#4018
February 22, 2018, 11:56:37 PM
Quote from: AS.12 on February 22, 2018, 11:23:38 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on February 22, 2018, 02:33:17 PM
A good friend of mine, now sadly dead, built most of those box top models, but as Airfix always wanted them in ultra-quick time, he usually only painted the surfaces that the camera could see.  ;D

It's a pity that he has passed as I would have liked to have met him and told him that when I was 11 or 12 I wanted to be the 'Airfix box-top model builder person'. 

Once they switched back to box-art I was stumped for a career and never did find a proper one :)

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I wanted to be Gerry Anderson's model builder.
Fred

- Can't be bothered to do the proper research and get it right.

Another ill conceived, lazily thought out, crudely executed and badly painted piece of half arsed what-if modelling muppetry from zenrat industries.

zenrat industries:  We're everywhere...for your convenience..

AS.12

#4019
February 23, 2018, 02:34:04 AM
I do feel sorry for the poor sod who was stuck with building the original Airfix Tiger Moth for the box-top. 

https://www.scalemates.com/kits/170912-airfix-01015-de-havilland-tiger-moth

And on that subject I am delighted to see that Airfix retooled the Tiger Moth, and it now looks like the one at my local airfield.  But it seems that they are doing a switcheroo and reissuing with new decals and a £4 price-hike.  Seriously, the kit itself should be £4 if they want any newbies to have a go at the hobby.
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