richard baker1707820250 Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Here are a few of my Airfix buikds. /media/tinymce_upload/3f20dd292502e930884d78dc385d9d75.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/c6101eca4783aab58d3d3635ff1d8179.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/4040953f82c7607b856176d1a219096e.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/3775ca493e02b0c39648caef5814ba7c.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/8fa07d7dad0ef0b6e729ebf42e3003cb.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/ee07cd50475f2103c14bc3695651413f.jpg/media/tinymce_upload/21e9e19677498ef1d5814bdf37cbdc44.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard baker1707820250 Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Hi all, sorry i did not name them, (as if you would not guess what they are)Airfix sherman crab tank.Airfix king tiger.Airfix tiger1. Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavidJC Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I don't do armour as, beyond visiting Bovington and similar museums as it's all part of that industrial/social/military history for me, it doesn't really interest me, but those models look really good. The flail looks particularly nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard baker1707820250 Posted September 14, 2015 Author Share Posted September 14, 2015 Thanks David, i swopped the plastic airfix flails for fine jewellery chain. rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntrocket88 Posted September 15, 2015 Share Posted September 15, 2015 Excellent wok on all these. The chains look great on the Flail and the added detail and overall finish of your Tiger 1 are very good too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard baker1707820250 Posted September 16, 2015 Author Share Posted September 16, 2015 Thanks very much Neil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard baker1707820250 Posted September 17, 2015 Author Share Posted September 17, 2015 Airfix stug./media/tinymce_upload/5276e1d8fa9a95c8af8f07e18073c769.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rael Posted January 20, 2016 Share Posted January 20, 2016 I've always wanted to get a Stug but never have. This has just convinced me to get one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard baker1707820250 Posted March 21, 2016 Author Share Posted March 21, 2016 Thanks Rael, despite its age,its a great kit to build, you can also do such a lot with it with a few addons / aftermarket bits.Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Paul B Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Hopefully 'Airfix Battles' will kick start interest in WW2 armour. For a Normandy game (and Eastern front) the Stug is essential as it was the most common type in the front line along with the Pz4. I am hoping to get back to armoured wargames this year so will be looking at some of these. New tools would be greatly appreciated (the Cromwell is very nice and could do with stable mates to the same standard). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ntrocket88 Posted April 1, 2016 Share Posted April 1, 2016 Very nice work on your StuG, Rich!The Airfix StuG III kit is remarkably good for it's age. As a note, in real life, the MG shield was held up by the forward edge of the open front loader's hatch, otherwise it just laid flat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard baker1707820250 Posted April 2, 2016 Author Share Posted April 2, 2016 Thanks for the info Neil, i did not know that. Rich. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jopres57 Posted August 11, 2016 Share Posted August 11, 2016 I've just been wondering what happened to the recently re-tooled Tiger 1, I noticed its not available in the current catalogue. A lot of kits seem to come and go quickly these days, is there any financial benefit to Airfix from this? As a builder of kits since the 1960's I was always used to the same models being available for years on end, is there any evidence that constant swapping and changing produces better sales in the long term? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Norton1707820138 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I've just been wondering what happened to the recently re-tooled Tiger 1, I noticed its not available in the current catalogue. A lot of kits seem to come and go quickly these days, is there any financial benefit to Airfix from this? As a builder of kits since the 1960's I was always used to the same models being available for years on end, is there any evidence that constant swapping and changing produces better sales in the long term?The Tiger 1 has been out of production for some time. It hasn't been updated since it was first released in the 1960's. The King Tiger was a new kit. I assume that Airfix produced enough in the initial production run to cover the development costs and will have another production run when they think there is sufficient demand. The problem with Airfix's small scale tanks is that, apart from the Cromwell and King Tiger, the moulds are 40-50+ years old, they are quite crude by todays standards and were never very accurate to begin with (the Tiger was, unfairly, voted the worst Airfix kit of all time). Finally they are 1:76 where most kit manufacturers have gone with 1:72. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmcabecadas Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 To me was also unfair to vote the Tiger I the worst, the Panther is worst. I like the Tiger, was my first tank and as I was a kit, the overlapping wheels are a difficult puzzle :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jopres57 Posted August 13, 2016 Share Posted August 13, 2016 I think I made a mistake with the Tiger 1! On checking my old catalogues the last release from a couple of years ago does seem to have been the same old kit in a shiny new box. I never actually bought this kit but I could have swore that I saw an article or two in the modelling press that claimed this was a new tool; it must have been a senior moment. Even so, like many recent re-releases, the kit seemed to come and go in a very short time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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