Dave the OAP
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[Misc] Airfix/Revell etc. model kits.
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Loved painting these
Dave the OAP
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Same here. In the end I bought a self-help book called 'Airfix Glue for Dummies.' I couldn't put it down.
Soylent Blue
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- Mar 13, 2019
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https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/
https://www.airfix.com/us-en/
The US store has a bigger variety, nerdgasms.
https://www.airfix.com/us-en/
The US store has a bigger variety, nerdgasms.
Well done for sticking with it.
As well as the obligatory WW2 aeroplanes I also did a few 54mm Napoleonic War figures, the most memorable being the 10th British Hussar, the Scots Grey and the French Cuirassier.
The most challenging parts were painting the beading on the Hussars jacket and the eyes. As a finishing touch I also always used to coat the base with glue and then sprinkle them with a coating of sand.
The most challenging parts were painting the beading on the Hussars jacket and the eyes. As a finishing touch I also always used to coat the base with glue and then sprinkle them with a coating of sand.
I also did these Airfix 1/12 scale figures which included Oliver Cromwell, Julius Caesar, King Charles I and Life Guard Trumpeter (those long black shiny boots taking forever to dry as was always the case with the gloss paints).
My models of choice were always dictated by what I was given for Christmases and birthdays and were never based on my own personal choice or requests.
My models of choice were always dictated by what I was given for Christmases and birthdays and were never based on my own personal choice or requests.
Worried Man Blues
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Same as although 60/70's WW2 and WW1 I know the difference between an Albatross and a Camel, covered in dust and consigned to the dustbin by mum having a hissy fit................
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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- Oct 4, 2003
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Sussex Model Centre? Yes but it's moved from Teville Gate to Broadwater Road, no idea how long ago the move happened.
Fignon's Ponytail
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Randomly, my company produce the Airfix packaging these days. Enjoy seeing all the aircraft prints, and have had a few on my office wall over the years. Never done a model though...
I particularly remember doing the 1/8 scale model of Dracula with a picture of Bela Lugosi on the box. I've* just discovered it was manufactured by a US company called Aurora.
The Dracula model was first produced in 1962 but in 1969 to combat dwindling sales they introduced a glow in the dark version in a new square box instead of the original rectangular one.
I can't remember which version I had even though I usually remember the boxes as well as the actual models but not in this case.
The Dracula model was first produced in 1962 but in 1969 to combat dwindling sales they introduced a glow in the dark version in a new square box instead of the original rectangular one.
I can't remember which version I had even though I usually remember the boxes as well as the actual models but not in this case.
Cowfold Seagull
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Dave the OAP
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Yes, unfortunately many of the models that were made are now unavailable. Airfix used to produce a great variety ranging in size and price. So the smaller models like Spitfire, Hurricane, ME109 would sell for 2/- (10p). Next range - Mosquito, ME110 would go for 3/6 (17p) and then you would get the “biggies” like the Lancaster, Stirling, Sunderland etc. for 7/6 (35p). And, of course, many more models at varying prices - warships, tanks, cars, buildings, and then you would paint them using Humbrol paints according to the instructions.
As with all kids at that age the novelty would wear off. Many of the aircraft I built were destroyed by being attached to fireworks (rockets mainly) for their final flight!
Indeed. I had a collection of the two bob ones I lined up on that shelft thing above the bedroom curtains. I didn't put the stickers on because I always vowed to paint them, but never did. They collected dust till I went to uni, where they then collected dust in a box in the attic, to be thrown out at some point.
Cowfold Seagull
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Nice to see the B17 in something other than the ubiqitous siver, found on the great majority of WW2 USAF kits.
Cowfold Seagull
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Ah yes, the glue. I suspect I was a bit of a glue sniffer aged 12.
And here l am preparing to take it up at the age of 63, whatever next?
Grombleton
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- Dec 31, 2011
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I work down the road from there and drive past it on the way to/from work...i could easily and happily spend hundreds on trains if I had the chance. I still intend to recreate the railway station my village used to have, when I have the time and money.
This is another of my models which sat on one of the shelves in my Mother's house, gathering dust, for nearly 30 years after I had made them. I don't think she had the heart to throw them away, bless her.
The models were notorious dust gatherers because if you dusted them bits would tend to fall off and so hoovering them was also a definite no no.
My mother's house was a shrine to all my childhood eclectic model making efforts of varying degrees of success and dimension; from WW2 aeroplanes and armoured vehicles, 54mm scale Napoleonic soldiers, both mounted and unmounted, various 1/12 scale notable figures of history such as Oliver Cromwell and Julius Caesar, my 1/8 scale Dracula, Galleons and Viking ships.
Over the years as the parts dropped off the dismembered part would be left where it had fallen so my Airfix British 10th Hussar's arm, still brandishing its sword lay for years at its horse's feet, looking like a limb lost in the heat of battle.
This 1/60 scale Drakkar Oseberg Viking Ship was made by Heller. For that added touch of realism I covered the plastic sails in cloth and painted the dragon design on that. Inevitably over the course of the following 30 years some of the shields dropped off the side.
The models were notorious dust gatherers because if you dusted them bits would tend to fall off and so hoovering them was also a definite no no.
My mother's house was a shrine to all my childhood eclectic model making efforts of varying degrees of success and dimension; from WW2 aeroplanes and armoured vehicles, 54mm scale Napoleonic soldiers, both mounted and unmounted, various 1/12 scale notable figures of history such as Oliver Cromwell and Julius Caesar, my 1/8 scale Dracula, Galleons and Viking ships.
Over the years as the parts dropped off the dismembered part would be left where it had fallen so my Airfix British 10th Hussar's arm, still brandishing its sword lay for years at its horse's feet, looking like a limb lost in the heat of battle.
This 1/60 scale Drakkar Oseberg Viking Ship was made by Heller. For that added touch of realism I covered the plastic sails in cloth and painted the dragon design on that. Inevitably over the course of the following 30 years some of the shields dropped off the side.