Airfix

[kitnut617]

Yep! 

[PR19_Kit]

I started work in 1961 and was getting 8 guineas a week then.

That's about £34.00/mth. 

[kitnut617]

I can remember that until I became 18, I wasn't allowed to do the overtime ----    EDIT: I should clarify that, I wasn't allowed to work more than 40 hrs, I don't think the other guys got overtime but they worked 50 hour weeks.

[KiwiZac]

I think I need to adjust my expectations - I wasn't expecting such a simple (to my mind) set to cost 24 Euros! 

IIRC the original Airfix 1/24 Spitfire I didn't even cost that much for the whole kit!

I'd love to know the original RRP for the kit and run it through the Bank of England's inflation calculator. A quick internet search only brought up the price for the Vintage Classics boxing of NZ$145 or so (72GBP/86.44EUR).

[elmayerle]

Those WERE the good old days Robert 
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Well, they were the old days, I'm not certain how good they were.  I graduated from college in May of 1973 and it took me until November of that year to find a job in my field; on; only to ly to get laid off 15 months later.  Mind you, I knew what pol to blame for that and I never trusted the idiot after that.  He managed to "fail upward" and died as Pres. Clinton's first SecDef.

[Nick]

I think I need to adjust my expectations - I wasn't expecting such a simple (to my mind) set to cost 24 Euros! 

IIRC the original Airfix 1/24 Spitfire I didn't even cost that much for the whole kit!

I'd love to know the original RRP for the kit and run it through the Bank of England's inflation calculator. A quick internet search only brought up the price for the Vintage Classics boxing of NZ$145 or so (72GBP/86.44EUR).

I found the 1971 Catalogue online. It's a bit blurry but the prices seem obvious. https://dokumen.tips/documents/airfix-catalogue-1971-568958fdaa462.html

Supermarine Spitfire 1a   £1.92 (30/10d) so about 2 days pay. This modern version is £95 so it's still about 2 days pay... 
The electric prop motor is only 40p (8s)!

[Gondor]

Supermarine Spitfire 1a   £1.92 (30/10d) so about 2 days pay. This modern version is £95 so it's still about 2 days pay... 

Depends if your saying pre tax or not for the pay.

Gondor

[NARSES2]

That catalogue brings back memories. I'd forgotten half of those OO/HO figure sets

[Gondor]

That catalogue brings back memories. I'd forgotten half of those OO/HO figure sets

I was thinking as I scrolled through the aircraft section, which one are they going to bring a new version of out next?

Gondor

[kitnut617]

I had a look through my copy of the 1975 catalogue (conveniently handy) but no prices unfortunately.

[zenrat]

That catalogue brings back memories. I'd forgotten half of those OO/HO figure sets

I was thinking as I scrolled through, which one are they going to bring a new version of out next?

Gondor

The Boy Scout?

A lot of stuff i'd forgotten about there.  I had a lot of the HO/OO soft plastic military vehicles.  I note that even in the catalogue pics they can't keep the gun barrels straight.

[Gondor]

That catalogue brings back memories. I'd forgotten half of those OO/HO figure sets

I was thinking as I scrolled through the aircraft section, which one are they going to bring a new version of out next?

Gondor

There you go zenrat, I added back in the part you failed to copy.

Gondor

[zenrat]

 

[NARSES2]

The Boy Scout?

Some of those large scale figures were nice, particularly for the time.

Didn't the Boy Scout tooling originally come with the Baden Powell style hat ? Like the New Zealand army hat

[crudebuteffective]

The Boy Scout?

Some of those large scale figures were nice, particularly for the time.

Didn't the Boy Scout tooling originally come with the Baden Powell style hat ? Like the New Zealand army hat

yes it had alternate hats  a beret or the new zealand/mountie hat