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                        80 Years of Airfix GB

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                        Real G
                        • Member since
                          May 2011
                        • From: Honolulu, Hawaii
                        Posted by Real G on Sunday, December 2, 2018 1:26 AM

                        Hey Bish, I have a suggestion - let’s share our “Airfix Stories” once the GB starts.  You know, our first Airfix kit, special ones from our past, etc.  it will be like Christmas all over again! Stick out tongue

                        “Ya ya ya, unicorn papoi!”

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                        JOE RIX
                        • Member since
                          August 2009
                        • From: MOAB, UTAH
                        Posted by JOE RIX on Saturday, December 1, 2018 10:25 PM

                        Hey Bish. Believe I will end my long absence from any GB's by joining in on this one. Looks to be too much fun and I've been dying to cut my teeth on one of the Airfix new molds I've accumulated. With that said, I'm going to build the 1/72 A-4B/4P Skyhawk with goodies.

                         

                        "Not only do I not know what's going on, I wouldn't know what to do about it if I did". George Carlin

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                        lewbud
                        • Member since
                          June 2008
                        Posted by lewbud on Saturday, December 1, 2018 8:47 PM

                        I'm in. With what, I hae no idea.

                        Buddy- Those who say there are no stupid questions have never worked in customer service.

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                        goldhammer
                        • Member since
                          August 2014
                        • From: Willamette Valley, Oregon
                        Posted by goldhammer on Saturday, December 1, 2018 8:46 PM

                        Picked up the new P-51D in 1/48, an hour ago.

                        Will start off with that one and if time left either the1/24 Stuka or Hurricane

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                        Real G
                        • Member since
                          May 2011
                        • From: Honolulu, Hawaii
                        Posted by Real G on Saturday, December 1, 2018 5:53 PM

                         Bish, please count me in as well.  1/72 Vampire T.11

                        “Ya ya ya, unicorn papoi!”

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Saturday, December 1, 2018 4:08 PM

                        Got you all added, great looking line up already.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        Keyda81
                        • Member since
                          August 2016
                        Posted by Keyda81 on Saturday, December 1, 2018 3:55 PM

                        I'm in with a 1/48 P-40B.

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                        jeaton01
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Northern California
                        Posted by jeaton01 on Saturday, December 1, 2018 3:24 PM

                        I'm in with the 1/48 B-57B Canberra and the 1/72 DH-125-1A.  Bout' time I built the 125, it was one of the corporate jets I was typed in.

                        John

                        To see build logs for my models:  http://goldeneramodel.com/mymodels/mymodels.html

                         

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                        checkmateking02
                        • Member since
                          September 2003
                        • From: AandF in the Badger State
                        Posted by checkmateking02 on Saturday, December 1, 2018 3:16 PM

                        I'll enter the GB with Airfix's 1/72 Spitfire Mk I.

                        Doing a count, I seem to have collected thirteen of them.  Surprise

                         

                         

                         

                         

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                        DasBeav
                        • Member since
                          October 2016
                        • From: .O-H-I-O....
                        Posted by DasBeav on Saturday, December 1, 2018 2:51 PM

                        Count me in. Hurricane Trop 1\48th.

                        Sooner Born...Buckeye Bred.

                         

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                        modelcrazy
                        • Member since
                          July 2014
                        Posted by modelcrazy on Saturday, December 1, 2018 2:16 PM

                        I'm in Bish, definitely a 1/72 Dakota Mk.IV and others.

                        Steve

                        Building a kit from your stash is like cutting a head off a Hydra, two more take it's place.

                         

                         

                        http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/

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                        keavdog
                        • Member since
                          April 2003
                        • From: USA
                        Posted by keavdog on Saturday, December 1, 2018 2:16 PM

                        I'm in.  1/48 Defiant.

                        Thanks,

                        John

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                        Greg
                        • Member since
                          May 2013
                        • From: Indiana, USA
                        Posted by Greg on Saturday, December 1, 2018 2:00 PM

                        Count me in! I won't know quite which kit until spring.

                        I'm pretty excited to build and Airfix and watch them be built.

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                        Mopar Madness
                        • Member since
                          April 2015
                        Posted by Mopar Madness on Saturday, December 1, 2018 1:50 PM

                        Bish, I’ll start off with the 1/72 English Electric Lightning F.6! There will be many more to follow!

                        Chad

                        God, Family, Models...

                        At the plate: 1/48 Airfix Bf109 & 1/35 Tamiya Famo

                        On deck: Who knows!

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        Posted by Bish on Saturday, December 1, 2018 1:38 PM

                        Roster

                        68GT 1/72nd F-15A (Completed)

                        Armor_Aficionado 1/72nd P-51D (Completed)

                                                      1/48th P-40B (Completed)

                        Bish 1/72nd Gladiator Mk II(Completed)

                                1/72nd Mosquito Mk VI (Completed)

                                1/72nd He 111P-2(Completed)

                                1/600 HMS Belfast (Completed)

                                1/72nd SM. 79 (Completed)

                        bufflehead 1/72nd Bf 109E-4 (Completed)

                                          1/72nd P-51D

                                          1/72nd Fw 190A-8 (Completed) 

                        castelnuovo 1/48th Ju 87B (Completed)

                        checkmateking02  1/72 Spitfire Mk I (Completed)

                        crown r n7 1/48th Sea Fury FB.11 (Completed)

                        cwalker3 1/72nd Lancaster B.III (Completed)

                        Daddyman 1/72nd A6M2b Zero

                        damouav TBD

                        DantheMan85 1/72nd He 111H-6 (Completed)

                                               1/48th Curtiss P-40B (Completed)

                                               1/48th NA P-51D

                        DasBeav 1/48th Hurricane Trop

                        Eagle90 1/72nd Spitefire Mk Ia (Completed)

                                      1/72nd Nimrod (Completed)

                        falconmod 1/72nd Swift (Completed)

                                          1/72nd A6M2b Zero (Completed)

                        fotofrank 1/72nd Meteor III(Completed)

                                        1/72nd F2A Brewster Buffalo (Completed)

                                        1/72nd TBD-1 Devastator (Completed)

                                        1/72nd TBD-1 Devastator (MPC boxing)

                                        1/72nd P-51D(Completed)

                                        1/72nd F-80C Shooting Star (Completed)

                                        1/144 Boeing 314 Clipper (Completed)

                                        1/144 Boeing 314 Navy Clipper (Completed)

                                        1/72nd B-29 converted to WB-29

                                        1/72nd P-39

                                        1/72nd F6F-3K Hellcat Drone (Completed)

                                        1/72nd A-26B (Completed)

                        goldhammer 1/48th P-51D

                        Greg 1/32nd Monty's Humber

                        Jacknewblll 1/72nd F-14A Tomcat (Completed)

                        jeaton01 1/72nd C-47 & ground vehilces

                                        1/48 B-57B Canberra(Completed)

                                        1/72 DH-125-1A (Completed)

                        Joe Rix 1/72 A-4B/4P Skyhawk

                        keavdog 1/48th BP Defiant

                        kensar 1/48th P-40B (Completed)

                        Keyda81 1/48 P-40B (Completed)

                        lewbud 1/72nd Dogfight double Spitfire Mk I v Bf109E-4(Completed)

                                    1/72nd F-86D (MPC Boxing)

                        lostagain 1/72nd Vampire T.11 (Completed)

                        Modelcrazy 1/72nd Bv 141(Completed)

                                           1/72 Dakota Mk.IV

                                           1/72nd Blenheim Mk IV (Completed)

                        Mopar Madness  1/72 Folland Gnat "Yellowjacks"

                                                  1/72 EE Lightning F.6 (Completed)

                                                   1/72nd Jet Provost (Completed)

                                                   1/48th Bf 109E-7/Trop (Completed)

                                                   1/72nd Sea King HAR.3 (Completed)

                                                   1/72nd Fulmer Mk I/Mk II (Completed)

                                                   1/72nd Kamov Ka-25 (Completed)

                                                   1/1 Bluetits (Completed)

                                                   1/72nd Spitfire Mk Ia (Completed)

                                                   1/48th Ju 87B-2/R-2 (Completed)

                                                   1/32nd Crusader Mk. III

                                                   1/600 Prinz Eugen (MPC Boxing) (Completed)

                                                   1/48th Lightning F.2A

                                                   1/76th LCM & Sherman (Completed)

                        MrStecks 1/32nd 1910 Type B Omnibus (Completed)

                        PFJN 1/32nd Monty's Humber

                        Real G 1/72nd Vampire T.11

                        taxtp 1/76th Matador & 5.5inch gun (Completed)

                                 1/76th Panther (Completed)

                                 1/76th Tiger I (Completed)

                        Tel Afar Dave 1/72nd Lancaster B.II

                        tempestjohnny 1/72 Bf110E-2/Trop

                                                1/72nd P-51 x5 (Completed)

                                                1/72nd Gnat Red Arrows (Completed)

                        Theuns 1/72nd Swordfish (Completed)

                                     1/48th Sea Fury

                                    1/72nd Kate (Completed)

                        TheWaggishAmerican 1/72 Tomahawk (Completed)

                        Tomcat 1/72nd lunar module (Completed)

                        stikpusher 1/32nd 17 Pounder (Completed)

                        Svenne Duva 1/24th Typhoon 1B

                        UnwaryPaladin 1/72nd Vampire T.11(Completed)

                                                 1/72nd Me 262(Completed)

                        Completed Builds

                         

                        kensar 1/48th P-40B

                         

                         

                        checkmateking02  1/72 Spitfire Mk I

                         

                         

                        Eagle90 1/72nd Spitefire Mk Ia

                         

                         

                         Keyda81 1/48 P-40B

                         

                         

                        Modelcrazy 1/72nd Blenheim Mk IV

                         TheWaggishAmerican 1/72 Tomahawk

                         Armor_Aficionado 1/72nd P-51D

                         stikpusher 1/32nd 17 Pounder

                         Bish 1/72nd SM. 79

                         fotofrank 1/144 Boeing 314 Clipper

                         castelnuovo 1/48th Ju 87B

                        Theuns 1/72nd Swordfish

                         cwalker3 1/72nd Lancaster B.III

                         Modelcrazy 1/72nd Bv 141

                         UnwaryPaladin 1/72nd Me 262

                         Mopar Madness 1/72 EE Lightning F.6

                         Mopar Madness 1/72nd Jet Provos

                         MrStecks 1/32nd 1910 Type B Omnibus

                         fotofrank 1/144 Boeing 314 Navy Clipper

                        crown r n7 1/48th Sea Fury FB.11

                         Jacknewblll 1/72nd F-14A Tomcat

                        fotofrank 1/72nd A-26B

                        Mopar Madness  1/48th Bf 109E-7/Trop

                         Mopar Madness 1/72nd Fulmer Mk I/Mk II

                        jeaton01 1/72 DH-125-1A

                         Tomcat 1/72nd lunar module

                         Mopar Madness 1/72nd Sea King HAR.3

                        keavdog 1/48th BP Defiant

                         Eagle90 1/72nd Nimrod

                         Bish  1/72nd He 111P-1

                         Armor_Aficionado 1/48th P-40B

                         Mopar Madness 1/72nd Kamov Ka-25

                        fotofrank 1/72nd F-80C Shooting Star

                         falconmod 1/72nd Swift

                         falconmod 1/72nd A6M2b Zero

                        fotofrank 1/72nd P-51D

                         Mopar Madness 1/72nd Spitfire Mk. Ia

                         Mopar Madness 1/1 Bluetits

                         fotofrank 1/72nd TBD-1 Devastator

                        UnwaryPaladin 1/72nd Vampire T.11

                        jeaton01 1/48 B-57B Canberra

                         

                        68GT 1/72nd F-15A

                         Mopar Madness 1/48th Ju 87B-2/R-2

                         fotofrank  1/72nd F2A Brewster Buffalo

                         Mopar Madness 1/600 Prinz Eugen (MPC Boxing)

                         DantheMan85 1/48th Curtiss P-40B

                         tempestjohnny 1/72nd P-51 x5

                         Bish 1/72nd Gladiator Mk II

                         Bish 1/72nd Mosquito Mk VI B.O.A.C.

                         Mopar Madness 1/76th LCM & Sherman

                        taxtp 1/76th Matador & 5.5inch gun

                        taxtp 1/76th Panther

                        taxtp 1/76th Tiger I

                         lostagain 1/72nd Vampire T.11

                        fotofrank F6F-3K Hellcat Drone

                        tempestjohnny 1/72nd Gnat Red Arrows

                         jeaton01 1/72nd C-47 & ground vehicles

                         Bish 1/600 HMS Belfast

                        Theuns 1/72nd Kate

                        Mopar Madness  1/72 EE Lightning F.6

                         DantheMan85 1/72nd He 111H-6

                        bufflehead 1/72nd Bf 109E-4

                        bufflehead 1/72nd Fw 190A-8

                         lewbud 1/72nd Dogfight double Bf109E-4

                        fotofrank 1/72nd Meteor III

                         

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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                        Bish
                        • Member since
                          December 2002
                        • From: Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England
                        80 Years of Airfix GB
                        Posted by Bish on Saturday, December 1, 2018 1:38 PM

                        Hungarian businessman Nicholas Kove founded the Airfix company in London in 1939. At first it made inflatable rubber toys. Shortly after the end of WW2 he was the first person to bring a plastic injection moulding machine into the UK and the company was now making combs. Soon after Airfix was commisioned to make a TE20 tractor as a promotional model and it was decided to also sell the tractor through wolworths to help reduce production costs. In the early 50's the owner of Woolworths suggested making a model of the Golden Hind ship, which at the time was being sold in the USA as a ship in a bottle. And so begain Airfix's association with plastic model kits.

                        By the 70's and 80's, the brand was synonymous with the hobby in the UK, and even today, if you tell someone who is not as fortunate as we are to partake in this great joy we call a hobby, they will mention Airfix. And for those of us of a certain age, Airfix is the brand we grew up with and cut our modelling teeth on. After some decline and troubles in the 90's and early 2000's, Airfix was bought by Hornby in 2006 and since than has had a re-birth with a great range of mostly well recieved new kits.

                        So, to mark 80 years of this important company in our hobby, what else but a Group Build. And all you need to take part is an Airfix kit. Your kit can be anything in Airfix packaging, whether it is an Airfix original or an Airfix re-box of someone else kit. But also re-boxing of Airfix original kit also count, Airfix and MPC had a thing going back in the 80's and there may be others. Scalemates will have the final say.

                        Your kit can be OOD or full of After market, including decals.

                        It can be any genre, planes, ships, tanks, TV, cars or anything else Airfix may have produced.

                        Take plenty of pics.

                        GB starts on jan 1st and ends on Dec 31st 2019

                        Partially started kits are fine.

                        Enjoy yourself.

                        Anything i may have missed, just ask.

                        And, once you have finished one build, apart from being very welcome to build more, you can proudly fly the flag.

                        So drop me a line and sign yourself up.

                        I am a Norfolk man and i glory in being so

                         

                        On the bench: Airfix 1/72nd Harrier GR.3/Fujimi 1/72nd Ju 87D-3

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