Lancfan Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I would buy one of these as a kit starter model.Lancfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Brown1707820213 Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Sorry to "rain on the parade" but according to Trevor Snowdon (Mr. Airfix), these moulds were never retrieved from Heller at Trun.According to Paul Davies (the decal man) they were last used by a company in Eastern Europe in the '90's(?) where they produced the kit in a 'disgusting' shade of blue! Unless, of course, anyone out there knows better? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeteOL Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 Really want this re-issued! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Browton Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I want two! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger_shrimpton Posted May 30, 2015 Share Posted May 30, 2015 I'd be up for this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom Phil Posted May 31, 2015 Share Posted May 31, 2015 Many kits have been replaced, have other manufacturers now, or have moulds lost or sold (such as the railway series). However, may I please make the case for the SR.53? As far as I know, no one else has kitted this kit, and the subject represents quite possibly the high water mark, or near there, of the British aviation industry. I am quite sure I would purchase one, or more, and I think many patriotic chaps will too. Might have to be a new tool as I was under the impression the tools disappeared when loaned out to a Russian outfit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C G W Bailey Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 If (Big If by the sound of it) the tools are still available, I'd go for an SR.53. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Osborne1707820201 Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Yes indeed an SR-53 please. BUT as already mentioned the tooling (moulds) for this kit vanished off into Europe somewhere and no-one seems to know exactly where. I have seen this marketed by a company called URSES from Eastern Europe and another company who's name I forget. But should the good people of Airfix like to 'clone' their own kit I would be happy to send them one from my collection. Forgot to mention, it is an unopened unmade kit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted June 2, 2015 Share Posted June 2, 2015 Astra, Poland.This firm began in 1994 but ended production after the kits listed were issued:Saunders-Roe SR.53 (ex-Airfix)Lublin R.XIIID (ex-Mackowski)Lublin R.XIII ter (ex-Mackowski)Ursus, Poland.This Polish factory (SR Ursus) issued a copy of the ex-Airfix 1/72 SR.53 in the late 1960's. Two other kits were planned but never issued: Polikarpov Po-2 & Sukhoi Su-9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O1707820202 Posted June 3, 2015 Author Share Posted June 3, 2015 Question for those in the know. If the moulds have disappeared, but original spruces are still around (assuming in good condition), how difficult/expensive would it be for a limited run, with new moulds made from the sprues? Possibly even in resin? It seems that the most popular Lazarus kit in this forum is the SR.53 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
O1707820202 Posted June 4, 2015 Author Share Posted June 4, 2015 That's a great pity. Still, thanks for letting us know. Hey ho, upwards and upwards! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles5 Posted June 5, 2015 Share Posted June 5, 2015 So do we know where the tool actually is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bentwaters81tfw Posted June 8, 2015 Share Posted June 8, 2015 Got a horrible one, all sprayed silver made in Poland or the USSR many years ago. Would love a brand new Airfix one and some "what if" markings.I have one built from this issue. Just checked my records and I didn't keep the instructions.If you still have yours, or the box, the address is printed in Polish. Can you send the address in and perhaps the mould can be retrieved. The company was called URSUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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