What are you working on right now?

[Schaf]

Finally finished the decals on this, moving on to the weathering and final details now. maybe I can get it finished over the coming weekend, I really want to move on to a new project.

 

[Glenn S]

Finally finished the decals on this, moving on to the weathering and final details now. maybe I can get it finished over the coming weekend, I really want to move on to a new project.

I like it. Pleasantly different subject. What's the scale and make of the kit?
Would you recommend it?

 

[Littlemarten]

Finally finished the decals on this, moving on to the weathering and final details now. maybe I can get it finished over the coming weekend, I really want to move on to a new project.

Nice! I second the request for kit manufacturer.

 

[Schaf]

I like it. Pleasantly different subject. What's the scale and make of the kit?
Would you recommend it?

Nice! I second the request for kit manufacturer.

The kit is the Airfix Spitfire Tr.IX trainer that was released last year. It is a fantastic kit, well detailed, and the fit is superb. I can setup a thread for it later that shows the construction details. I wasn't sure if anybody would be interested in that as I am almost finished with the kit.

 

[Littlemarten]

Airfix …? AIRFIX!?!? … AIRFIX?!?!?!?!?!? You're not joking?

Last I knew (a very long time ago) Airfix kits were horrible. Haven't looked at them since, just ignored any ads. When did this change?

 

[BarleyBop]

anybody would be interested in that as I am almost finished

Haha! Scale model ADDICTS: finished, in progress, in the stash, just thinking about it... We'll take whatever you got!

 

[Pantherman]

Airfix …? AIRFIX!?!? … AIRFIX?!?!?!?!?!? You're not joking?

Last I knew (a very long time ago) Airfix kits were horrible. Haven't looked at them since, just ignored any ads. When did this change?

I am building the Airfix Bristol Bulldog and that's an excellent kit, great detail, great fit, well engineered and the decals are the best I've ever used. The rigging instructions are superb. Pantherman

 

[Schaf]

Airfix …? AIRFIX!?!? … AIRFIX?!?!?!?!?!? You're not joking?

Last I knew (a very long time ago) Airfix kits were horrible. Haven't looked at them since, just ignored any ads. When did this change?

I would say several years ago, when they released their 1/72 B-17 and 1/48 Sea Vixen Airfix started a gradual progression into a top notch kit producer. Progressive releases have shown steady improvement. The 1/24th scale Bf-109 released at the end of 2025 is also excellent.

 

[Edbert]

I would say several years ago, when they released their 1/72 B-17 and 1/48 Sea Vixen Airfix started a gradual progression into a top notch kit producer. Progressive releases have shown steady improvement. The 1/24th scale Bf-109 released at the end of 2025 is also excellent.

I was going to say that everyone says that the newest kits are very good, some disagreement about the exact date that changed, but not that it changed.

I've been meaning to try one out, but I think Airfix is the only choice for the two-seater.

 

[Jakko]

Last I knew (a very long time ago) Airfix kits were horrible. Haven't looked at them since, just ignored any ads. When did this change?

Ten, fifteen years ago? When Hornby had taken over and started releasing new new models instead of new boxes with old models.

The thing is that you need to be careful when buying an Airfix kit, because especially in 1:72 scale aircraft, they may have both an old and a new kit of the same subject, and the old kit may by now be sixty years old. The price is usually a good indicator: if you find two versions of what looks to be variants of the same kit but one costs half what the other does, then the low-cost one is ancient.

 

[Schaf]

Haha! Scale model ADDICTS: finished, in progress, in the stash, just thinking about it... We'll take whatever you got!

Well, in that case I have plenty of each

 

[Littlemarten]

Thank you all, that's good to know … or maybe bad, considering the size of my stash …

 

[Tommergun]

I don't understand and I don't appreciate the comments like "you're building a Monogram kit, why waste you're time", or "an old Airfix kit, are you joking?" or "that kit is such a POS why bother?". Why be disparaging? Who cares what kit it is as long as we're building something? Who cares how it comes out as long as we've accomplished something. My ire got up, and I lashed out, and then I name called and that was especially wrong of me. I sincerely apologize for that and I will take a step back now.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

You have to build crappy kits so that you can have a big s*** eating grin when you spend a little bit more money and get a quality kit that goes together like a breeze. Am I allowed to b**** and moan and groan because I'm building a complicated 1/32 Biplane and the other guy is building a 1/72 biplane that has a total of eight pieces? Not hardly.

 

[Rockin' Rob]

Here's what I'm working on. I almost and I mean I came this close to quietly put it in the Box and tape it up and throw it up on the Shelf of Misfit Toys. The PE rigging got to me and I ripped most of it out. I'm going to have to do it right.

 

[Edbert]

My ire got up, and I lashed out, and then I name called and that was especially wrong of me.

Let it out, then let it go. Nothing to apologize for or feel bad about. That's my thoughts on things.

 

[Littlemarten]

I don't understand and I don't appreciate the comments like "you're building a Monogram kit, why waste you're time", or "an old Airfix kit, are you joking?" or "that kit is such a POS why bother?". Why be disparaging? Who cares what kit it is as long as we're building something? Who cares how it comes out as long as we've accomplished something. My ire got up, and I lashed out, and then I name called and that was especially wrong of me. I sincerely apologize for that and I will take a step back now.

A gentleman apologizes, and appreciates one when he gets one. You misinterpreted what I said because you are having a bad day, and perhaps because I did not convey my meaning—surprise—as well as I might have. Schaf, Edbert, and Jakko understood and replied with the information I needed. And I understand having a bad day.

Since I did not see your original post, I was not offended. I probably would have responded as I did in my personal message, because as long as I've been reading your posts, I've never seen you be offensive. So something—possibly something entirely unrelated—primed you for that sort of response. I'm sincerely sorry you are having such a bad day, and I've no doubt you don't deserve one. Happens to everyone. I hope yours gets better.

As for Airfix, I'm delighted they are now putting out high quality kits! (My bank account is terrified.) As for Monogram, etc. I still have some old kits in my stash, and am hoping to get as much pleasure from them as I did building them fifty years ago.

 

[Tommergun]

You Sir, are the true Gentleman in the matter.