The Unofficial Airfix Modellers' Forum

When I was younger.....MUCH younger I built every Airfix airliner except one. I never got my hands on the L1011 Tristar. Thay has now been rectified. One Airfiix Tristar now in the to build pile.

All the best.

Greg.

My first ride in one of those was in a cabin full of screaming kids on their way to Disney World ... never got over that ...

Gregers wrote:When I was younger.....MUCH younger I built every Airfix airliner except one. I never got my hands on the L1011 Tristar. Thay has now been rectified. One Airfiix Tristar now in the to build pile.

All the best.

Greg.

Oh, so looking for a Tristar!!. Not jealous. Much... (I do have a Hasegawa 1/200 scale one but the Airfix one would be nice and fit into my other stuff).

God its been a long time since I bought a 1/200 Airliner!

Back from the Bolton show with some new additions.

Airfix 1/72 McDonnell Douglas Phantom FG.1
Modelcollect 1/72 M983 HEMTT Tractor with Pershing II Missile Erector Launcher
S&M Models 1/72 English Electric Canberra T.4
RAM Decals 72-001 Early British McDonnell Douglas Phantoms
1mm & 2mm micro chisels and a bench vice
Hataka Paint Sets - Falklands Conflict paint set vol. 2 & USAF Paint Set (European Camouflage)

chrism wrote:My recent additions are some resin wheels and stowage that will fit into either a Jackal or Coyote from the Airfix Afghanistan range... and then some bits and bobs from Atlantic (they can speak for themselves )...

Looks like someone is planning on building some old Frog ships.

Maverick231 wrote:God its been a long time since I bought a 1/200 Airliner!

I think it's 1/200, I don't think Hasegawa did 1/144th??. I did want to convert it into an RAF Tristar but not got around to it yet.

jRatz wrote:My first ride in one of those was in a cabin full of screaming kids on their way to Disney World ... never got over that ...

That must have been a complete headache, in more ways than one. you could have been 'nice' to them and explained that Mickey was in fact a six foot rat with rabies. That may have subdued their enthusiasm.

All the best.

Greg

MarkyM607 wrote: Oh, so looking for a Tristar!!. Not jealous. Much... (I do have a Hasegawa 1/200 scale one but the Airfix one would be nice and fit into my other stuff).

I got the Hasegawa one too. For the same reason. I now have both Tristar and DC10 in Airfix and Hasegawa. Going to be time to break out the 'bone saw' when I build them.

All the best.

Greg

Gregers wrote:When I was younger.....MUCH younger I built every Airfix airliner except one. I never got my hands on the L1011 Tristar. Thay has now been rectified. One Airfiix Tristar now in the to build pile.

jRatz wrote:My first ride in one of those was in a cabin full of screaming kids on their way to Disney World ... never got over that ...

My first sight of one was when I went up to what was Aldergrove Airport 15 miles from Belfast to watch one arrive. No one told them an empty jet landing uses less runway than a full one to take off. It sat there for 9 months until they extended the main runway

Up to today my main stash has had its own post code. In the coming days half of it will have its own vehicle registration number

This arrived today, and will be the centre-piece of my Armistice Day GB build. If anyone would like an in-box review, then shout!

More Fords...




A Chevy..


And a Fezzer!

arni wrote:
And a Fezzer!

I'm not big on car kits Arni, but I don't ever recall seeing that Matchbox Ferrari; was it generally available in the UK? Looks interesting!

The Airfix new tool B-25C/D has landed
It looks very nice inside the box, and a brief look through the instructions reveals the presence of some crew , and also a couple of interesting build techniques; integral open bomb doors with the bomb bay internals for example.



Another WWI tank, again this looks to be an excellent kit in the box



And to make the order up to the free postage value from Airfix, I added this to the B-25 order; the newly released Mk.Ia Spitfire; all together now: you can never.......



Interestingly, both orders were delivered in cardboard outers, thereby helping to protect the kit boxes from damage....unlike a certain online supplier from Somerset who only uses polythene bags and then ignores letters sent by registered post concerning resulting damage

Oooooh, that new tool Mitchell looks interesting. Any chance of a look at the contents in the forum's review section?