Somewhat nerdy question re Airfix/Revell models

[jakarta]

This thread takes me back to early teenage years, trying to get all of the millions of machine guns in the right location on Flying Fortresses and having squadrons of Spitfires and Me109s to refight the Battle of Britain.

And the little white tubes of glue which smelt wonderful and would send me off to sleep after an hour or so......

 

[Everest]

think thats the Sussex Model Centre, bright yellow place?

That's the one, corner of Queens St. Has it's own customer car park too.

 

[KJP]

That mini is amazing, wish I had the patience and skill to do something like that

 

[Spun Cuppa]

If you like sticky bits.

The ladies love a bit of my sprig

 

[surrey jim]

Just finished a diorama with a 1960s Mini Cooper set in the Monte Carlo rally era
Everything handmade and airbrushed, just bought the kit for the car

Looks amazing. How long did that take?

 

[Publius Ovidius]

After rediscovering plastic model making, I am now into wooden plank on plank hull ships, billings, etc. I use www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk and have made a few Amati, caldercraft Nelson's navy vessels, and have this on the go now:

http://www.cornwallmodelboats.co.uk/acatalog/mantua_brittannia.html

It's actually pretty huge, being 1/60th scale. But I have the frame started and the hull planking prepared, it's double planked, and my daughter who has a small sideline of sewing, making various bags, iPod/ iPad covers etc, is going to do the sails for me as I am not very good with a sewing machine.

The sackville road models shop is excellent and can be used for very old or discontinued photo etch parts etc.

 

[Publius Ovidius]

Moggy...that is the tamiya mini isn't it. I built that last year.

BTW I have just seen the dustbin cart pull away with a whole bag pull of all my old built kits that I decided to chuck and start againI had loads of tamiya, revell! air fix, kits in that bag and will miss my tamiya 350 scale ships, I had around 5 of them spending around £50 each on photo etch stuff. Few hundred pounds worth of kits, but I couldn't give them to a chariteeee shop as they are not suitable as toys!

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Well, I dropped by the LSA place. Was like stepping back in time, shelf after dusty shelf stacked floor to ceiling with kits. Got what I was after, so thanks, nerds of NSC, you're all great :thumbs up:

 

[KZNSeagull]

Well, I dropped by the LSA place. Was like stepping back in time, shelf after dusty shelf stacked floor to ceiling with kits. Got what I was after, so thanks, nerds of NSC, you're all great :thumbs up:

It's the dust that makes modelling great!

 

[moggy]

Looks amazing. How long did that take?

About 30 hrs to build the mini and airbrush it, also had to get a driver seperate as that wasn't included in the £16 kit.
Base and ground work about 20 hours

 

[Norman Potting]

Moggy...that is the tamiya mini isn't it. I built that last year.

BTW I have just seen the dustbin cart pull away with a whole bag pull of all my old built kits that I decided to chuck and start againI had loads of tamiya, revell! air fix, kits in that bag and will miss my tamiya 350 scale ships, I had around 5 of them spending around £50 each on photo etch stuff. Few hundred pounds worth of kits, but I couldn't give them to a chariteeee shop as they are not suitable as toys!

Doooh - you should have freegled them!

 

[Butch Willykins]

This thread takes me back to early teenage years, trying to get all of the millions of machine guns in the right location on Flying Fortresses and having squadrons of Spitfires and Me109s to refight the Battle of Britain.

And the little white tubes of glue which smelt wonderful and would send me off to sleep after an hour or so......

Strange. I spent my teenage years masturbating.

 

[moggy]

Moggy...that is the tamiya mini isn't it. I built that last year.

BTW I have just seen the dustbin cart pull away with a whole bag pull of all my old built kits that I decided to chuck and start againI had loads of tamiya, revell! air fix, kits in that bag and will miss my tamiya 350 scale ships, I had around 5 of them spending around £50 each on photo etch stuff. Few hundred pounds worth of kits, but I couldn't give them to a chariteeee shop as they are not suitable as toys!

Yes mate, it's the tamiya mini, readily available and cheap, 1/24 scale

 

[Socialist Sid]

Strange. I spent my teenage years masturbating.

Me too, and the types of models I were looking at weren't in the airfix brochure.

 

[Dick Head]

Me too, and the types of models I were looking at weren't in the airfix brochure.

Were they in the Kays Catalogue?

 

[Telscombe Seagull]

Were they in the Kays Catalogue?

Nah, surely it was the Beatties xmas book?

 

[Lady Whistledown]

Nah, surely it was the Beatties xmas book?

Presumably didn't need any glue either.

 

[Socialist Sid]

Were they in the Kays Catalogue?

I've got class.

It was the lingerie section in Grattan.

 

[Smirko]

Presumably didn't need any glue either.

Added own glue.....

 

[The Lemming Stomper]

There used to be a Modelzone on West St/Cranbourne St in Brighton but I think the company folded.

There used to be an origami shop next door but that folded too.