Hi all, I saw on another website that Airfix (I thought they had gone bust! ) are going to be releasing a 1:24 scale Mosquito kit (the plane not the insect ). I have fond memories of building their 1:24 scale Harrier Jump Jet way back when. All the best, Paul..................
I thought this was going to be a reference to the upcoming 1:1 scale Spitfire build from James may: BBC - BBC Two Programmes - James May's Toy Stories, Airfix, Help from Dad with the Supersize Airfix Looks like a pleasing sized kit, but I've had reports on other recent Airfix releases like their TSR2... not good reports Other Airfix threads: Airfix RIP Airfix Catalogue
Looks like a pleasing sized kit, but I've had reports on other recent Airfix releases like their TSR2... not good reports That's a shame. I must admit I haven't built an Airfix kit for many, many years as I have tended to concentrate on resin figures in the larger scales. Hopefully this 'Mossie' will be a good 'un!
I must admit I was tempted by the 1:24 Mossie until I saw the price....................................................................... £129.99 Pete
I must admit I was tempted by the 1:24 Mossie until I saw the price....................................................................... £129.99 Pete Prices really have gone up over the last few years , but I suppose that is a fact of life with most things. Regards Tom
I was staggered by the prices for the large ones. i fancied doing a 1/32nd Spit or FW190 and was knocked back short of breath! They were never expensive to that comparative level back in the day!
I thought the TSR2 was actually a good kit. Bit spartan on the detail, so i got the resins, but I really enjoyed it.
All things considered, time, inflation, it’s a snip now at £125.99! Airfix 1/24 De Havilland Mosquito FB.VI # A25001A - Plastic Model Kit
Those were the days - two shillings for a Spitfire or an Albatross DV in a plastic bag from Woolworths. I got half a crown pocket money
I’d forgotten that Albatross. Ah, happy days indeed. Grandad always used to slip me a tanner when Nan wasn’t looking. All the Black Jacks, Fruit Salads and liquorice pipes you could buy for that back then.
Later this year they are re-issuing, in the same order as they did in the early 70s, the 1:24 Spitfire, the 1:24 Me 109 and the 1:24 Hurricane. Oh, the memories of those 70s Christmases when they were bought for me, but Dad did most of the building. Happy days. (I also have a feeling that on a value-for-value comparison they are "cheaper" than they were then?)
I think, if my hazy memory serves me right, that I made their 1:24 P-51 Mustang back then. Pretty sure it was 1:24, could be wrong. Anyway, whatever it was, it was certainly the largest model I, or dad and I, ever put together. That and a large Zero, but I don’t think that was Airfix.
Yes, the Mustang was next after the Hurricane; we made that too.... the silver paint was a challenge. We stopped with the 1:24 Stuka as that was expensive...