Weekend Topic 3

[Sailorman]

Name the first Airfix kit you remember buying (and when) and the most recent one.

In my case it was the Santa Maria some time around 1962 and the Hawker Typhoon a few months ago.

[Hurricane Boy]

Received a Bristol Fighter bagged kit in the top of my stocking for Christmas in 1961 and bought the 1/72 Hawker Hurricane mk1 kit A55111 about three weeks ago.

Tim

[Kenneth ONeill]

Firsts - Received HMS Ark Royal (91) Dec 25th 1969

Bought Spitfire IX (JE-J) Jan 1970.

Most recent - 2 Beach Buggies, on re-release as vintage classic.

[Pretty Mediocre Modeller]

The first kit I remember receiving and building with my Dad was the German Reconnaissance Set, in about 1975.

Latest Airfix kit brought and build is the new tool 1/72 Mosquito B.XVI

 

 

 

 

[96RAF]

Ferguson grey tractor followed by 4.5 L green Bentley, which I tried to motorise in the days before small motors and Scalextric - circa 1955.

I then went on to spend all my pocket money every Saturday on Airfix land, sea and air bagged kits until aero modelling took over the budget, before I joined the RAF as an apprentice in 1960.

All the rest is history.

[Shaughan]

Fireball XL5, Airfix produced for Lyons Maid. Zoom lollies I think you had to eat to amass enough tokens to get it. This led to Stingray and then to all things Airfix. By then I had a interest in war gaming. I could buy two or three tanks one day and have them on the frontline the next. It takes me a month or more to do one thing now. Lol. Probably to a better standard now though (that’s my excuse)

[dogsbody]

My first Airfix kit was the 1/72 Mosquito, in late 1967/early 1968.

The last Airfix kit I bought was actually two kit, that I ordered from Hannants.

The Curtiss Tomahawk IIB Starter kit and the newest repop of the Hurricane Mk.I, both 1/72.

Chris

[Ratch]

I have absolutely no idea which Airfix kit was my first, the last was the Blenheim delivered through Flying Hours last week.

[Heather Kavanagh]

I have a vivid memory of helping my dad build the Fairey Rotodyne. I also recall a bagged Northrop F5 from Woolworths.

The latest is a Lancaster B.MkII. Not my usual 1940 fare, but it’s going to be converted to a Manchester and donate a pair of engines to a Saro Lerwick vacuum formed kit.

[Captain Triggers]

First: 70s tool 1/72 spitfire VB, 2011ish.

Last: Hurricane Mk1 newish tool, March 2021.

[DoubleD]

First - Airfix Boomerang (1965 ish)

Last - New Mosquito & Beaufort (awaiting delivery)

[SD45elect2000]

The first was the Short Sterling with the bomb carts and tractor in the early 80s.

The last was last week when I got 6 of the Beauforts.

Randy

[sticky fingers]

Mmmmm.....think it was the Hawker Demon