Airfix Advent Calendar 2018

KiwiZac · December 15, 2018, 01:56:59 PM

Quote from: zenrat on December 13, 2018, 02:29:16 AMThe 2019 calendar has, for one of the later months, a picture of a Concorde. Does this mean a release is planned for next year?
A new mould is possible as there are some to scan but part of me is hoping this means they are going to widen their classic kits line to include aircraft. Such as the Rotodyne.

Someone over at Britmodeller saw a product code for it with the A suffix denoting a reissue. Maybe it'll be the flagship of Airfix Classics' aircraft released next year?

zenrat · December 16, 2018, 02:10:42 AM

Obviously the Rotodyne would be the flagship, but yes that would be good.

NARSES2 · December 16, 2018, 05:26:02 AM

Quote from: KiwiZac on December 15, 2018, 01:56:59 PM

Someone over at Britmodeller saw a product code for it with the A suffix denoting a reissue. Maybe it'll be the flagship of Airfix Classics' aircraft released next year?

Purely from a nostalgia point of view I'd like them to release some of the old historical figures - were they 12th scale - I for one would buy a couple. Maybe even the 54mm figure range ? Although you can quite often pick up the more common of the later at shows.

PR19_Kit · December 16, 2018, 06:29:19 AM

Quote from: zenrat on December 16, 2018, 02:10:42 AM

Obviously the Rotodyne would be the flagship, but yes that would be good.

Obviously.............

KiwiZac · December 16, 2018, 01:29:53 PM

I knew little about the figure line until KitStarter, when I started to see all these weird and wonderful suggestions for what should be available. I'd quite like a few of them. Likewise some of the birds. I'd like to try large figures.

Weaver · December 16, 2018, 02:58:33 PM

I'm SO tempted to go for today's lunchbox prize just so I can walk into work with it, but no, dammit, no!

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AS.12 · December 16, 2018, 11:43:15 PM

Quote from: Weaver on December 16, 2018, 02:58:33 PM

it's for kids...

Nah, you have to be over 16 to enter. That makes it fair game

zenrat · December 16, 2018, 11:45:47 PM

I use either Spiderman or Super Mario Brothers lunch bag for work.

I built a few of mounted 54mm figures as a child. I'd like to get them again so I can whiff them by adding more modern weapons. The Indian Lancer with an AK-47 for example.

NARSES2 · December 17, 2018, 05:46:42 AM

Quote from: zenrat on December 16, 2018, 11:45:47 PM

I built a few of mounted 54mm figures as a child. I'd like to get them again so I can whiff them by adding more modern weapons. The Indian Lancer with an AK-47 for example.

The Bengal Lancer was one of the really good ones. I've seen a display at a show where a guy had painted a fair few up as the various units of lancers that served in Indian Army under the Raj. Surprising how many units there were. He'd also done one in WWI khaki.

jcf · December 17, 2018, 10:32:28 AM

Quote from: zenrat on December 16, 2018, 11:45:47 PM
I use either Spiderman or Super Mario Brothers lunch bag for work.

I built a few of mounted 54mm figures as a child. I'd like to get them again so I can whiff them by adding more modern weapons. The Indian Lancer with an AK-47 for example.

No partition and based in the NW Frontier on the border with
Afghanistan?

Weaver · December 18, 2018, 04:11:03 AM

Quote from: NARSES2 on December 17, 2018, 05:46:42 AM
Quote from: zenrat on December 16, 2018, 11:45:47 PM

I built a few of mounted 54mm figures as a child. I'd like to get them again so I can whiff them by adding more modern weapons. The Indian Lancer with an AK-47 for example.

The Bengal Lancer was one of the really good ones. I've seen a display at a show where a guy had painted a fair few up as the various units of lancers that served in Indian Army under the Raj. Surprising how many units there were. He'd also done one in WWI khaki.

One of these years I'm going to have a go at a MiniArt 120mm Roman Legionary, updated to the 1960s with a Berretta SMG and a radio...

Nick · December 18, 2018, 06:59:22 AM

Quote from: joncarrfarrelly on December 17, 2018, 10:32:28 AM
Quote from: zenrat on December 16, 2018, 11:45:47 PM
I use either Spiderman or Super Mario Brothers lunch bag for work.

I built a few of mounted 54mm figures as a child. I'd like to get them again so I can whiff them by adding more modern weapons. The Indian Lancer with an AK-47 for example.

No partition and based in the NW Frontier on the border with
Afghanistan?

Did you know that the Indian Army still operates one of the last active horse cavalry units in the world? On border patrol no less.

A Roman legionary with submachine guns and tanks? Jesus Christ Superstar!

NARSES2 · December 19, 2018, 06:17:09 AM

Quote from: Nick on December 18, 2018, 06:59:22 AM

Did you know that the Indian Army still operates one of the last active horse cavalry units in the world? On border patrol no less.

In certain parts of the world a sensible solution to patrolling the border.