Airfix

[Doug K]

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

Yeah, it was old pre-1967 uniform

[Mossie]

I can understand why they went to the beret.  I got tired with the local kids knocking my Cubs cap off and throwing it on a garage roof, the hat would have frisbee'd for miles!

[Leading Observer]

The first price increase I remember impacting me was when Airfix kits went up from 2s 6d [the amount of my pocket money] to 2s 9d [if memory serves me right]. Cue disappointment in Woolworths and a campaign for an increase in pocket money to 3/-

[Nick]

I can understand why they went to the beret.  I got tired with the local kids knocking my Cubs cap off and throwing it on a garage roof, the hat would have frisbee'd for miles!

Cub caps went out in the 1989 uniform changes. Lots of groups had already stopped wearing them for your exact reason 

Berets were worn by UK Scouts between 1949 and 1989. Much cheaper than the Campaign Hat aka lemon squeezer hats and less likely to get squashed on camp!
They stopped the berets even earlier in Northern Ireland (around 1975) where they didn't want to be targeted as soldiers when going out on camp or wherever.

Air Scouts still wear Berets and Sea Scouts wear Royal Navy sailors hats.

You might still see scouts on parade wearing the lemon squeezer hats - they will be from the breakaway Baden-Powell Scouts who didn't like the changes being made in 1960 by the Scout Association.

[Nigel Bunker]

When I was in the Scouts in the 60s, my troop wore the Campaign Hat and also we wore shorts and long socks along with short sleeved shirts. Could be chilly on a winter's evening.

[rickshaw]

You might still see scouts on parade wearing the lemon squeezer hats - they will be from the breakaway Baden-Powell Scouts who didn't like the changes being made in 1960 by the Scout Association.

Splitters!  Bunch o' splitters!   

[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

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

Thanks, glad I wasn't going mad 

[Old Wombat]

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

Thanks, glad I wasn't going mad 

Oh, you're going mad, Chris; absolutely! Just not senile.

[NARSES2]

 

[NARSES2]

Not my scale but I thought some might be interested by this

https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/new-buccaneer-s2-go-big-or-go-home?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Airfix+Workbench+%7C+New+Buccaneer+S+2&utm_campaign=Airfix+-+Workbench+-+Week+44+2021%2F2022

[Old Wombat]

Not my scale but I thought some might be interested by this

https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/new-buccaneer-s2-go-big-or-go-home?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Airfix+Workbench+%7C+New+Buccaneer+S+2&utm_campaign=Airfix+-+Workbench+-+Week+44+2021%2F2022

That would be me!

Hopefully they'll produce more in the first run so (when I pre-order it) I'll get one ... Unlike the 1/72 Beaufort.

[Mossie]

Not my scale either but looks like a beauty.

[AeroplaneDriver]

Great article.  I'm as excited about this release as any I can remember.  I see some overtime in my future just to support purchases of this thing. 

[zenrat]

Meh.  Where's my Rotodyne.

[NARSES2]

Not my scale but I thought some might be interested by this

https://uk.airfix.com/community/blog-and-news/workbench/new-buccaneer-s2-go-big-or-go-home?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Airfix+Workbench+%7C+New+Buccaneer+S+2&utm_campaign=Airfix+-+Workbench+-+Week+44+2021%2F2022

That would be me!

Hopefully they'll produce more in the first run so (when I pre-order it) I'll get one ... Unlike the 1/72 Beaufort.

I can always ship one from the UK mate ?