26 old stylee 1/72 Airfix kits ( List completed, thanks)

[PaulBradley]

...I am all ears...

And that's a good thing: if you were all thumbs instead some of these builds could be challenging...

And its hard holding parts with your ears.....

[SJPONeill]

Bulldog
Gazelle
Scout
Belvedere
Il-2
Meteor
MiG-23
Il-28
Dominie
Jetstream
Halifax
Lancaster
Stirling
Angel Interceptor
Boston
Grumman Duck
Sheridan
Bloodhound set
BV-141
P-61 Black Widow
He-177
Hs-123
Viggen
FW-189
Cessna O-2A
Sdkfz 234

[AndrewR]

Hmm, I can recommend a few (based on being good builds, not necessarily accuracy).

Meteor
Whirlwind fighter
Hurricane I
Spitfire I and Vb
Skyray
Banshee
Sopwith Pup
Lancaster
Sunderland

Bf-109G6 new tool, which looks like the old tool, with engraved lines. Terrible accuracy. Great build.

Bofors Gun and Quad
Churchill
Sherman
Buffalo AFV

Things to avoid like the plague

Tiger Moth
Grumman Duck/Widgeon
Mig-15
Spitfire Vc
Jeep boxed with the Buffalo
P-39

[Ian]

The Superkits, if you have them.

I do indeed have some Superkits Ian but not in 1/72 ....

Regards
Mark

D'oh!

[Eric Mc]

I've said it before but I think the following 1/72 "Old Era" Airfix kits are little gems -

Lockheed F-80 Shooting Star

Republic F-84 Thunderstreak

Douglas F4D Skyray

McDonnell F2H Banshee

If you can get them in original boxings, you will find they click together really well and have half decent interior details. The only obvious sign that they are from a different era are the raised panel lines.

The Banshee is very hard to find at the moment. I wish Airfix would re-release it.

[T-21]

Don't forget the B-26B Marauder nice kit with good detail.

[Eric Mc]

There are others. They all date from the 1973 to 1980 period (before Airfix MkI went belly up).

[Softscience]

A few more (and some are already on your list)

Old tool Lancaster I/III
Halifax
Do-17
Fw-189
skyservant
Chipmunk
P-61
Avro Anson
Battle I
Tempest (ok, its really a Heller, but...)
Devestator
Ju-52
Banshee
Gazelle

Ok, that's all I can think of right now

[Titan]

Ok here we go as a final list a bit of everything I think from most of your lists.

1. Whirlwind Fighter

2. SM 79

3. IL-26

4. Dinah

5. Super Freighter

6. Canberra B(I)6

7. Skyvan

8 Skyraider

9. Anson

10. Halifax

11. Kingfisher

12. Sterling

13. Mosquito

14.Sopwith Pup

15. Catalina

16 Harrier GR1

17. Thunderstreak

18. Super Mystere

19. Seasprite

20. Banshee

21. Meteor

22. P-61 Black Widow

23. Ju52

24. Whirlwind HAS mk22

25. Dominie

26. Sunderland.


I may have room for just one more kit.....mmmmm

Thanks all for your suggestions, that didn't take as long as I thought it would.
Now I will have to go and pull them out of the loft in the next few weeks and check the decals, the parts will be all there though so I am not to worried about that.
I'm looking forward to getting stuck into these, should have done it ages ago.

Regards
Mark

[PaulBradley]

Nice list, and an interesting project! For me, that would be an impossible target - I barely manage 15 completions a year.....

[Eric Mc]

You do know that the AIrfix Canberra 6 is serious misshapen around the nose?

[Titan]

I would like to be able to finish them within the year Paul and I will have a better Idea about half way through next year as to whether or not this is achievable. If I find that I'm not able to finish then I will carry on into the following year as I have a feeling some of these old kits are going to take a bit of sanding and filling to make decent and that is just OOB so my aim would really be to get these kits built, finished and out of the way so to speak regardless of time.

[Titan]

You do know that the Airfix Canberra 6 is serious misshapen around the nose?

I do indeed Eric, that is why I don't mind building it OOB as this is more of a nostalgia build, something I received and built over the Xmas period when I was twelve.

Regards
Mark

[Eric Mc]

It would still annoy me.I do have one in the stash but I also have an old Aeroclub vacform correction set somewhere.

[Eric Mc]

It would still annoy me.I do have one in the stash but I also have an old Aeroclub vacform correction set somewhere.