What are you working on right now?
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I like it. Pleasantly different subject. What's the scale and make of the kit?
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.
Would you recommend it?
Nice! I second the request for kit manufacturer.
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.
Schaf
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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.
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?
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?
Haha! Scale model ADDICTS: finished, in progress, in the stash, just thinking about it... We'll take whatever you got!
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
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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.
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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
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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.
