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by **toprob** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 11:32 am

For the rest of the month, there's some nice savings on Airfix, but the thing which caught my eye was the fact that you can go into the draw to win a $165 Mustang kit.

Mighty Ape Airfix sale

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 12:25 pm

All those toys , I do like the Airfix box artwork, all the unbuilt models I have here I got from Marty , maybe they need to put on sale Tamiya paints and glue

I still pull the 1/72 B-52 out and study it .

by **Splitpin** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 12:33 pm

toprob wrote:
QUOTE (toprob @ Aug 24 2014,11:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
For the rest of the month, there's some nice savings on Airfix, but the thing which caught my eye was the fact that you can go into the draw to win a $165 Mustang kit.

Mighty Ape Airfix sale

Mmmm ..... a lot of these kits have been re tooled , so much better quality than the original ones . Those 1/48 Lynx kits look good.
I have a book here on super detailing the 1/24 Hurricane , and if you succeed , you end up with a superb model . My eyes and patience are over kit bashing sad to say.
Good find Rob.

by **Ian Warren** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 12:48 pm

My worst thing I did with kit builds was lending my model paint spray gun out, like some books it never come back, mind you it is surprising what can be achieved with the paint brush and the water based paints today.

by **FunkymonkeyNZ** » Sun Aug 24, 2014 10:44 pm

I'll weigh in on this subject.

Being a avid modeler myself i cant speak to highly of Airfix kits. a good portion of them are just releases of casts from the 1970's. If anyone here has tried putting together the 737-200 kit you'll know exactly what im talking about

Currently working on a Hasegawa 1:200 747-400 with current ANZ livery.

by **Yob** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 12:54 am

FunkymonkeyNZ wrote:
QUOTE (FunkymonkeyNZ @ Aug 24 2014,8:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'll weigh in on this subject.

Being a avid modeler myself i cant speak to highly of Airfix kits. a good portion of them are just releases of casts from the 1970's. If anyone here has tried putting together the 737-200 kit you'll know exactly what im talking about
Currently working on a Hasegawa 1:200 747-400 with current ANZ livery.

Oh you airline guys....

I am a 1/48 ww2 modeler Aviation/Tanks any thing to do with ww2 in 1/48....

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:08 am

FunkymonkeyNZ wrote:
QUOTE (FunkymonkeyNZ @ Aug 24 2014,11:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I'll weigh in on this subject.

Being a avid modeler myself i cant speak to highly of Airfix kits. a good portion of them are just releases of casts from the 1970's. If anyone here has tried putting together the 737-200 kit you'll know exactly what im talking about
Currently working on a Hasegawa 1:200 747-400 with current ANZ livery.

Hasegawa and Tamiya would be the top brands for superb quality today, Airfix did rule the roost along with Revell forty years back, make sure you post some photos of your ANZ 747 Chris

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:13 am

Yob wrote:
QUOTE (Yob @ Aug 25 2014,1:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I am a 1/48 ww2 modeler Aviation/Tanks any thing to do with ww2 in 1/48....

And you to EJ , post some photos .. 1/48 .. was the Monogram in 1974 .. their Dauntless and Avenger .. Superb... Tanks the Lee/Grant was a goodie.

by **Yob** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 2:24 pm

Ian Warren wrote:
QUOTE (Ian Warren @ Aug 25 2014,3:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hasegawa and Tamiya would be the top brands for superb quality today, Airfix did rule the roost along with Revell forty years back, make sure you post some photos of your ANZ 747 Chris

No... Eduard/Kittyhawk and Meng rule the quality now Ian.......

by **Splitpin** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 5:22 pm

Yob wrote:
QUOTE (Yob @ Aug 25 2014,2:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No... Eduard/Kittyhawk and Meng rule the quality now Ian.......

Expensive product Ej ..... you do fine scale modeling , correct ? What about the trumpeter stuff ? any good ?

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 7:52 pm

Yob wrote:
QUOTE (Yob @ Aug 25 2014,3:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
No... Eduard/Kittyhawk and Meng rule the quality now Ian.......

Never seen those brands .. think I was speaking for the more well known brand's , Dragon is another quality product .

by **Yob** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:47 pm

Splitpin wrote:
QUOTE (Splitpin @ Aug 25 2014,3:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Expensive product Ej ..... you do fine scale modeling , correct ? What about the trumpeter stuff ? any good ?

Your correct Marty, I am working on RAF 485th and 487th squadrons. I am building the whole squadron. I haven't tried trumps but apparently there 1/35th Armour line is nice.

But with my modeling it takes me about 6 months a Mossie since i linger and get all the facts right. also the fact that i have ************************************* sorry censored for NDA......

No but i have a lot of resources on the mossie that allows me to build a very nice model.

by **Ian Warren** » Mon Aug 25, 2014 8:56 pm

Again post screens EJ .. follow the build

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