This is, of course, the ancient Airfix kit (1964?) but I got the much more recent(!) 1970's boxing from
There was a thread on this site a while back about the nostalgic reasons why people buy certain kits. I remember, as a child, my gran buying this kit for me and my brother for the princely sum of 50p (which was a decent sum for my gran on her pension). She was then most put-out when we had assembled it and were flying it round the lounge room about 10 minutes later. Being moulded in dark blue, it didn't even need painting I don't know what happened to it but I have always associated this kit with childhood days spent at my gran's and for years I have had a hankering to have another go at one of the old boxings. So when skypirate turned up at the model club with one going cheap, how could I refuse?
It's all oob except I put in a bulkhead behind the pilot and an IP. All brush painted as per usual. It's never going to win any prizes (I'm nowhere near the standard of some of you guys on here) but it's special to me.
Cheers
Springy