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zenrat

#6075
March 04, 2023, 04:53:46 AM
Quote from: McColm on March 03, 2023, 11:40:22 PMIs there any reason why Airfix kits can't be manufactured in the UK?

Thatcherism destroyed the UKs manufacturing base.
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..

NARSES2

#6076
March 04, 2023, 05:50:41 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 04, 2023, 04:53:46 AM
Quote from: McColm on March 03, 2023, 11:40:22 PMIs there any reason why Airfix kits can't be manufactured in the UK?

Thatcherism destroyed the UKs manufacturing base.


Isn't the new tool 1/24 Spitfire manufactured in the UK ?
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

PR19_Kit

#6077
March 04, 2023, 06:00:11 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 04, 2023, 05:50:41 AMIsn't the new tool 1/24 Spitfire manufactured in the UK ?


I'll check when I get home tomorrow, but I believe that's the case, yes.
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

NARSES2

#6078
March 04, 2023, 06:32:07 AM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 04, 2023, 06:00:11 AM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 04, 2023, 05:50:41 AMIsn't the new tool 1/24 Spitfire manufactured in the UK ?


I'll check when I get home tomorrow, but I believe that's the case, yes.

Cheers Kit ?

By the way. The people who do the bookazine I got in Smiths yesterday on building the Buccaneer do one on the 1/24 Spit. Might be worth looking at next time you are in ?
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PR19_Kit

#6079
March 04, 2023, 10:18:36 AM
Ooooh, I might do just that, thanks. It looks MEGA complicated from the look of the instruction sheet.  :-\
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

Rick Lowe

#6080
March 04, 2023, 12:16:18 PM
Quote from: PR19_Kit on March 04, 2023, 10:18:36 AMOoooh, I might do just that, thanks. It looks MEGA complicated from the look of the instruction sheet.  :-\

'Sheet' or 'Tome'?  ;)

PR19_Kit

#6081
March 04, 2023, 02:36:52 PM
Yeah, tome is about right, there's 277 construction steps!
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

Martin H

#6082
March 04, 2023, 03:25:16 PM
Quote from: NARSES2 on March 04, 2023, 05:50:41 AM
Quote from: zenrat on March 04, 2023, 04:53:46 AM
Quote from: McColm on March 03, 2023, 11:40:22 PMIs there any reason why Airfix kits can't be manufactured in the UK?

Thatcherism destroyed the UKs manufacturing base.


Isn't the new tool 1/24 Spitfire manufactured in the UK ?
fair few of the newest tools are. Including the new 24th Spit.
Some are still being made in India, I suspect Airfix pulled out of China for the most part a few years ago.

And please keep political comments/views to your self. We dont all share the same opinions on here. Hence the no politics rule
I always hope for the best.
Unfortunately,
experience has taught me to expect the worst.

Size (of the stash) matters.

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IPMS (UK) Project Cancelled SIG Member.

jcf

#6083
March 04, 2023, 08:26:16 PM
Well, moulded in the UK at any rate, but does anybody know where the moulds themselves
are cut?

Weaver

#6084
March 04, 2023, 09:37:09 PM
Factory tour of Plas-tech in Newhaven where the Spitfires are being made:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW1EaiPpbWU

Boss confirms that the tooling is made in China.
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Weaver

#6085
March 04, 2023, 10:21:50 PM
I think we should call time on adding comments to this video now folks: it's been up for over a week.
"Things need not have happened to be true. Tales and dreams are the shadow-truths that will endure when mere facts are dust and ashes, and forgot."
 - Sandman: A Midsummer Night's Dream, by Neil Gaiman

"I dunno, I'm making this up as I go."
 - Indiana Jones

NARSES2

#6086
March 05, 2023, 12:19:52 AM
Latest IPMS magazine dropped through letter box yesterday afternoon, well actually my postie handed it to me, and there's a piece on the 1/24th Spitfire from initial design through to production.
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The Wooksta!

#6087
March 05, 2023, 12:41:54 PM
Apparently the Mosquito PR16 is out, there are many for sale of the bay of E and someone on Facebook is salivating over his post war Tempest.
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PR19_Kit

#6088
March 05, 2023, 02:02:42 PM
They sent an email shot out saying just that y'day.
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

KiwiZac

#6089
March 06, 2023, 01:55:01 PM
Quote from: Wardukw-NZ on March 03, 2023, 09:21:19 PMby some witch craft or fault in the time continuum a suggestion gets made it will be the price of the kit when it gets here.
Airfix are very near the top of the list here as the most expensive kits to buy.
We'll take a P-51 for an example..Tamiyas P-51D can be had for $50 or less..Airfix's is closer to $90nz ..Airfix's might be newer but it's 40 bucks more and 40 bucks is 40 bucks.
I am very excited by the work Airfix has been doing but the cost per kit in NZ had blown many of them out of the water for me - WNZ is dead on. There are UK-based sellers on TradeMe (our eBay clone) who offer free postage and are still somehow cheaper than NZ sellers. It's nuts.

One wants to support local businesses but when nearly half the price can be saved...
Zac in NZ
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