Cfalk From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 6398 times:
When I was a kid, I built a lot of airfix models. They made fantastic models that were much bigger and more complex than most competitors. My favorite was one I built of the Ju-87 Stuka. That hung from my bedroom cieling for years, until one day the string broke and it really did dive-bomb me!
Kieron747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 3, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 6396 times:
The largest of my Spitfires once became detached from it's thread on my bedroom ceiling when I was a kid, and that too caught me on the head. A scratch for me, a catastrophic airframe failure for the Spitfire.
Easily fixed though. All of my models are in the loft of my parents' house. Will have to dig them out one day to take another look.
Cfalk From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 6376 times:
Quoting Kieron747 (Reply 3): The largest of my Spitfires once became detached from it's thread on my bedroom ceiling when I was a kid, and that too caught me on the head. A scratch for me, a catastrophic airframe failure for the Spitfire.
LOL, seems to be a pattern
I don't know if you built the Stuka, but of all the single engine models of that scale, I remember the Stuka as being by far the heaviest. That fishing line I used to hang it must have gotten brittle over time.
But I had the whole Battle of Britain above my bedroom. Me-109s and 110s, Stukas, Ju-88s, Do-17s, He-111s, and of course the Hurries and Spits. (I also hung up a B-17 that was decidedly out of place, but it looked cool . But the Stuka was the heaviest, and that's the only one that crashed.
Kieron747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 6, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 6367 times:
Quoting Ba757gla (Reply 5): they also made commercial ones as well like THE UA 747 ive got!
Well i used to have a BA 747-100 in landor colours, it was massive, and a nice BA 737 with a world tail. I preferred my fighter planes back then though.
One of my favourites was the He-111. I always used to add to the standard paint work and make them look battle damaged though. I still remember when I made my own (my dad used to make and paint them for me) - anyone remember what a bitch those transfers were!
I hope it is not over yet. Otherwise, I would be very sorry.
At the moment, this is the only manufacturer that produces decent DC-9-32 and B-737-200 kits and I really want their DC-10.
Quoting David L (Reply 1): I thought I heard that it was the owners, Humbrol, who were in trouble
I heard the problem was French supplier Heller.
Quoting David L (Reply 1): It would be a tragedy if they disappeared.
Columba From Germany, joined Dec 2004, 6802 posts, RR: 5 Reply 8, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 19 hours ago) and read 6353 times:
Quoting Ba757gla (Reply 5): they also made commercial ones as well like THE UA 747 ive got!
They made really great commericial ones. I used to have a BA 737-200. I mostly had Revell Kits back then and was trying to build an airport model. As I have found the BA 737-200 I was totally excited because Revell never had a 737 back then. Later I found an Airfix KLM Dc 9 which was also great. What I like best on the Airfix models that you could build the aircraft with open doors an option you did not have with Revell.
I also had a larger model of a Fokker F-17 I think it was a British Midland, T totally ruined it.
The other day I found a kit of a Braniff 747-100 on E-bay and was bidding on it.
The price went rediculously high and since I have not build an aircraft model for a long time and was afraid that I could ruin it I was not bidding any higher. It was sold for more than 70 Euros.
It will forever be a McDonnell Douglas MD 80 , Boeing MD 80 sounds so wrong
Gman94 From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 1239 posts, RR: 0 Reply 9, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 6332 times:
Sounds like some good news, they just had a report on Sky News Business report that train set and Scalextric makers Hornby is planning to step in and save Airfix.
Kieron747 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 10, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 6330 times:
Quoting Gman94 (Reply 9): Sounds like some good news, they just had a report on Sky News Business report that train set and Scalextric makers Hornby is planning to step in and save Airfix.
Sweet, hope it all works out. All this talk has made me kit-hungry, think I might find a toy shop and buy a model!
Aleksandar From Serbia, joined Jul 2000, 3229 posts, RR: 34 Reply 12, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 6307 times:
Quoting Gman94 (Reply 9): Sounds like some good news, they just had a report on Sky News Business report that train set and Scalextric makers Hornby is planning to step in and save Airfix.
This is good news.
Speaking of Airfix, I haven't seen anything new from them in a very long time. I do hope with the new investor they'll treat us with some new kits.
Quoting Kieron747 (Reply 10): Sweet, hope it all works out. All this talk has made me kit-hungry, think I might find a toy shop and buy a model!
David L From United Kingdom, joined May 1999, 9219 posts, RR: 42 Reply 13, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 18 hours ago) and read 6306 times:
Quoting Kieron747 (Reply 10): All this talk has made me kit-hungry, think I might find a toy shop and buy a model!
I might have to go wild and start buying and hoarding.
I made four Concorde trips, each on a different aircraft, so for some time I've wanted to get four Airfix kits and make one with each registration. How sad is that? I might have to do it now.
I shouldn't worry too much about that. I mean all of us here have signed up to a bloomin' aviation website, not really something you'd mention on a first date!
Now my challenge is to find a toy shop in London that won't charge me an arm and a leg!
AirworldA320 From United Kingdom, joined Sep 2005, 316 posts, RR: 0 Reply 17, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 6235 times:
Quoting Gman94 (Reply 9): Sounds like some good news, they just had a report on Sky News Business report that train set and Scalextric makers Hornby is planning to step in and save Airfix.
They also saved Lima (the Model Trains maker) lets hope they can do the same for Humbrol (Airfix).
Jetjack74 From United States of America, joined Jul 2003, 7336 posts, RR: 52 Reply 19, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 6216 times:
Well, if they actually fold, someone will buy the molds. There's still Revell and Minicraft.
Quoting Aleksandar (Reply 12): Well guys, I recently bought a very nice Minicraft 707 with Lufthansa decals and Conway engines that is begging me to build it.
I have the RAF tanker VC10 by the Airfix hanging around somewhere. I should put that one together. But my next project will be to convert a 1:72 scale French Air Force E-3D to a USN E-6A. I need the space though
Aleksandar From Serbia, joined Jul 2000, 3229 posts, RR: 34 Reply 20, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 6203 times:
Quoting Jetjack74 (Reply 19): I have the RAF tanker VC10 by the Airfix hanging around somewhere.
Will you build it as an airliner or tanker?
I have a DC-9 and 737-200 from Airfix. I should finally put this DC-9 together and try to find those missing signs for engine cowlings. Somehow, if Airfix definitely goes out of business I will never forget myself for not buying their DC-10 and A300B kits. In fact, I already think about punishing myself
Again, all of those kits could be replaced with something new, but I don't know who can replace Humbrol enamels?
Gman94 From United Kingdom, joined May 2004, 1239 posts, RR: 0 Reply 21, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 6 days 1 hour ago) and read 6173 times:
Quoting Aleksandar (Reply 20): have a DC-9 and 737-200 from Airfix. I should finally put this DC-9 together and try to find those missing signs for engine cowlings. Somehow, if Airfix definitely goes out of business I will never forget myself for not buying their DC-10 and A300B kits. In fact, I already think about punishing myself banghead
JGPH1A From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 23, posted (6 years 8 months 3 weeks 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 6139 times:
Quoting Aleksandar (Reply 20): I have a DC-9 and 737-200 from Airfix. I should finally put this DC-9 together and try to find those missing signs for engine cowlings. Somehow, if Airfix definitely goes out of business I will never forget myself for not buying their DC-10 and A300B kits. In fact, I already think about punishing myself
Ahh the good old Airfix - we used to be able to buy those at boarding school. I had loads at one point, all hanging from the ceiling of my room. I had a Braniff 747-100, a UTA DC-10, an AF A300 that I repainted in Air Inter colours, a TAP 727, a SABENA A310 and a Safair 707. I even built an MD80 out of 2 DC9-30's - in Swissair colours. I kind of grew out of them, and let my brother shoot holes in them with his air rifle.
Funny, my first model kits were not Airfix, but VEB Plasticard, kits made in East Germany. Then, some company imported Heller's DC-10 and 727-200 and put some JAT decals with them which was a huge business success in early 1980s, but Airfix will always remind me of my childhood vacations spent in Greece. Every time I was in Thessaloniki, I went back home with few Airfix kits.
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25 FlyingColours: There is a TWA L1011 in a shop near me thats been there for years, I think I'll buy it this week. I hope they don't go under, I have still got my Red
26 Jetjack74: I'd probably remove the tanker boom ports and make it a Gulf Air 1115 with a decals for F-Dcal. I'll need to find a main-deck cargo door.
27 Capital146: I bought that one many years ago (so long ago, I was still considered a minor ) Had a choice between TWA and Cathay Pacific liveries, chose TWA! Had
28 Aleksandar: I don't want to disappoint you, but there are good reasons why nobody wants that kit. It is very inaccurate. If you want a decent Tristar, try Welsh
29 TSV: It amazes me how quickly this gets updated and also amazes me how inaccurate it can be : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airfix "Airfix was forced to dec
30 Tom in NO: The 737-200 kit is a classic. I put one together with Air California colors and won a regional IPMS contest with it back in 1977. Tom at MSY
31 Egmcman: They did make a tanker kit from memory. Sad to see them go into administration hopefully a buyer will be found soon.
32 David L: I thought HO and OO were the same scale but different railway guages.
33 Kieron747: What's this IPMS? Have you got any photos of your plane? Kieron747
34 Express1: Oh well back to building with Plasticine,the old play school doh!!!,or matchsticks dave
35 TSV: You might be right as I can't remember (Oldtimers disease) but I though one was 1/76 and the other was 1/87. One of my old MAFVA journals had an arti
36 Kieron747: ...And a piece of coal and an orange for Christmas? Kieron747
37 Aleksandar: International Plastic Modellers Society Almost every country has its own branch of this society and in the UK, you can visit the annual competition a
38 David L: No, you're right, though OO is apparently 4mm to 1ft or 1:76.2 ( ). They both seen to have a 16.5mm gauge.
39 Express1: Hornby "makes tracks" for Airfix. (Daily Mail 2nd Sept 06.) Airfix may be saved for the nation by Hornby, it emerged yesterday. The model firm's paren
40 Tom in NO: International Plastic Modelers Society: US chapters..... http://www.ipmsusa.org Working on scanning the laminated (kind of cheesy, but cool) certific
41 Pawsleykat: I've got both and just recently I bought and built a BA 707 in the 70's colours (red at the top of the tail). I think it looks pretty cool JG
43 Aleksandar: Is it a Minicraft kit with Conway engines? Few weeks ago, I had to choose between that one and the one with Lufthansa decals. Bought Lufthansa.
44 AirEuropeUK733: Humbrol (Airfix parent company) are also the UK distributors for GeminiJets and at present all orders I have are on hold until a buyer is found Bearin
45 Tom in NO: Here you go.....pardon the sidewise tilt.....just figuring out how to upload to Photobucket... Tom at MSY
46 Kieron747: That's pretty cool! Did the kit come with Air California decals or were they your own addition? Kieron747
47 Jasond: This is really sad news not just for model makers but also for the employees. I sincerely hope their jobs can be saved. All the kits I bought from my
48 Tom in NO: Thanks.....I had a lot of fun building that one... I bought the decals separately.....I can't remember what decals came with the kit, I'm thinking ei
49 Aleksandar: Actually, decals for both AF and BA were with the kit, but AF decals are not extremely accurate and blue is too light.
50 Tom in NO: I had a flashback over the weekend.....I'm thinking that in those days (almost 30 years ago) that kit actually came with LH decals. Tom at MSY
51 Aleksandar: It is possible. I only saw version with BA and AF decals, but it doesn't mean they didn't have it with LH decals. Also, Airfix had A300 with AF and L
52 Jasond: As a side note I have 8 kits still in the cupboard I haven't built yet some with the decals I want and others without. I did some 'googling' and foun
53 Aleksandar: Yes, variety of after-market decals is so big, you can actually build a kit in any livery you want to. There are also e-shops that stock so many deca
54 Tom in NO: I'm actually going to revisit my model building childhood, and build again an Air California 737-200. I picked up a new Airfix 737-200 kit from an int
55 Kieron747: Any reason why you want to build the Air California version again? Or is it just your favourite livery? I'd love to make a 737-200 in the old British
56 Tom in NO: My first one disappeared years ago..... That, too..... Tom at MSY
57 David L: Good news for Airfix fans. Hornby's buying them, along with the Humbrol brand: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6134988.stm
58 Fanofjets: For those of who (like myself) grew up with Airfix kits, I recommend the following book: Airfix: Celebrating 50 Years of the Greatest Kits in the Worl
59 David L: I'll definitely look into it but I have a huge backlog of unread books at the moment.
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