Yes, 2007 we welcome back Airfix! New kits include a Nimrod, a Canberra, and, er, well, other stuff too. Hornby have taken over Airfix, are moving the headquarters to their own site, in Margate, Kent, and have out-sourced production to China.
There is a rumour that the only reason that Hornby bought Airfix (and Humbrol) was due to the Airfix Farewell GB ![Smile [:)]](/emoticons/icon_smile.gif)
, so let's all jump in, and build another Airfix kit, and remind ourselves what's so good (and, not so good), about possibly the oldest surviving kit manufacturer.
This GB is for any kit marketed under the Airfix name (including Arii, Trumpeter, etc kit that Airfix sold under their name), from trains, figures, space, aircraft, birds, sci-fi, buildings, cars, tanks, to just about anything else that takes your imagination. If you want to start now, well, I do say that it can be already started...(just don't finish before the start date!)
Badge:
Rules (almost the same as the Farewell build):
1. Must be sold as an Airfix kit, or be from an original Airfix mould.
2. OOB, bar ariels, rigging, decals, and seatbelts (in other words, plastic stays the same)
3. Can be combined with any other GB
4. Kit can be already started
5. Any kit, any scale
6. Make it a celebration of the wonderful Airfix company!
7. If possible, a scan of the box art
Onboard:
- osher ~ TBA
- jwb ~ surprisingly enough, a Spitfire
- razordws ~ 1/72 Dornier Do-217 E/J
- PanzerWulff ~ 1/72 Vosper MTB
- Thunderbolt379 ~1/48 Spitfire F.24 (TBC)
- Sidure ~ 1/48 Seafire III
- traveller~ 1/48 Super Etandard
- TGregory ~ 1/72Bf 110C/D
- Duke Maddog ~ 1/72 DHC Beaver ~ Finished and displayed
- jeff ~ 1/72Seafire FR.46
- paul_toz ~ 1/72 Bristol Belvedere
- taxtp ~ 1776 British Grenadier
- yardbird78 ~ IL-28 Beagle ~ Finished and displayed
- jeaton01 ~ 1/72 TSR.2 (brave man!)
- flippersdad ~ 1/72 DH.Mosquito
- ollie - TBA
- jboutin - 1/72 Tornado GR.4
- chasd25 - TBA
- SimonL -1/72 DH.Heron ~ Finished and displayed
- Bondoman - 1/72 Ford Trimotor