Davie muddlin

Sent via an email I recently requested a 1/24th scale pilot from either the original 1970s 1/24th Spitfire kit or the 1/24th Typhoon kit to convert my 1/24th Hurricane kit pilot that was bought some years ago, (I felt the original moulding around his flight boots was poor & undersized and needed updating.) I admit to getting some kit details wrong but after a few messages, trying to work with the Airfix spares department, I felt that I was becoming a pest!! They said there was no pilots in stock end of subject! The Airfix spares department was always politely helpful but this day something had changed? I believe back in the Heller owned Airfix days they had one guy who's job it was to find & remould missing kit parts? I know this as he used to send me my missing parts in tiny cardboard boxes. I thought Airfix had a small store of old kits to harvest missing parts from? I can see its a huge operation to refit an old tool just to press new parts and probably not financially viable to Airfix? Maybe a vlog on youtube giving us modellers an insight into the limitations of the spares department would be useful? When requests like mine go flat it feels like a very trivial and unimportant issue with Airfix as it's only a hobby! So please, please, please Airfix educate us modellers about your spares department limitations to help us both not waste our time!

Hi guys, the resin sets out there, especially WW1 subjects holding the wings and spinning the prop let's say, are really overly expensive! The lure is of course it makes for a very interesting diorama subject. Ive recently seen an entire 1/32nd Lancaster bomber crew, in resin, walking away from an aircraft after what seems a very fraught mission. Very much in the same style as masterbox 1/35th scale figures. The differing sizes of pilots seems a problem that in the 21st century shouldn't happen really? However, I still find the standard of sculpture on most Airfix figures from the 1970s onwards still captivating. Also it was educational.

Hi guys, here is a subject I've saved as my first post to you alI. I have recently heard something alarming from a youtuber that Airfix are considering removing the pilot figures from thier future kits in order to save plastic? As far as I understand it most modellers disregard the figure as abit of 'folly' preferring to have the safety harness instead draped over the pilots chair? If this is true it'll be a truely disappointing day as I always thought the standard of sculpture in uniform detail, especially on the larger scale pilot figures, was par none! However, as a modeller that likes including the pilot and crew I do have a suggestion to this problematic issue. What about new sets of pilots and crew with interchangeable expressive heads and posable arms? They can be separated by scale, era & nationality? I have bought resin crew sets recently for my Airfix kits so this idea has kinda already been done but in resin! It'll bring the Airfix multipose idea back from the 1970s and raise the bar in aviation figure sets. Yes there's an argument here that this could be left to the aftermarket industry but Airfix mustn't forget its traditions forging ahead. Living in Portsmouth we have numerous historic ships here begging to be reimagined in miniature. I think the Airfix brand needs new tooled ships and figure sets within its product range? More business opportunities I hope Airfix will strongly also consider that'll help support museums like Portsmouth historic dockyard?