Benny1707822363 Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 Does anyone know when the 2024 club membership will be opened up/able to register? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted September 21, 2023 Share Posted September 21, 2023 How about January 2024 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ratch Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Tuesday 16 th January 2024 The 2024 Airfix Club has landed! In 2024, the Airfix Club becomes more than a membership – it’s a mission of remembrance and honour. We are commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day with a special model kit duo, every part a testament to the bravery of those who flew into the pages of history on that fateful day 80 years ago. Whether it’s the joy of claiming free kits with Flying Hour tokens or simply being part of the vibrant Airfix community, the Airfix Club is the ultimate modellers hub. Join us in honouring history and celebrating a shared passion for all things model building today. Club Package – What’s inside? On signing up, every UK Club Member will receive the much desired ‘Red Box’, containing the following goodies: • Welcome letter • 2024 Limited Edition Exclusive Club Kit – D-Day Duo – 1:72 Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB & 1:72 Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX. • ‘Eat, sleep, Airfix, repeat’ Poster • Flying Hours Passport (to claim free kits!) • Airfix Stickers • ‘Remove Before Assembly’ flight tag • Airfix Club Pin Badge Plus • 10% Discount of ALL Airfix kits at www.airfix.com • 10% off Airfix products at the Wonder Works • Exclusive products and news • Three-yearly magazines • Annual Wall Calendar • Exclusive Vintage Classic Desktop Wallpaper • Exclusive competitions and giveaways • Exclusive experiences • Airfix Member’s Area The Airfix 2023 Club is priced at £35, a one-off cost for a 12-month membership. *ROW membership is priced at £15 and does not include the ‘Red Box’, which can be purchased separately for £25 (excluding postage). PRESS RELEASE 2024 Limited Edition Exclusive Kit – 1:72 D-Day Duo Although the 'Longest Day' is usually associated with the brave troops who stormed ashore at five beach locations along the Normandy coastline on the morning of 6th June 1944, and the thousands of airborne assault troops who preceded them hours before, Operation Overlord and the air operations supporting it started many months earlier and were crucial to the success of the operation. Flying from bases in England, thousands of sorties were flown by many different aircraft types prior to troops landing on the beaches, as Allied planners not only sought to gain an accurate picture of the enemy's defences, but to weaken them as much as possible, but without providing confirmation of where the impending assault would be directed. D-Day preparations were as much about deception as they were about the destruction of the enemy's ability to fight and re-supply. One of the most vital tasks allocated to Allied air forces was the gathering of aerial intelligence and the constant gathering of such information both in advance of and immediately following this monumental amphibious operation, a vital eye in the sky providing real time information which allowed planners a degree of certainty when making their objective decisions. In addition to photographing assigned locations of interest, these inquisitive high-flyers were trained to spot anything out of the ordinary and to ensure they returned with photographic evidence of their suspicions. Amongst many other things, these missions provided the first detailed evidence of the German's 'reprisal' weapons, when Photo Reconnaissance pilots noticed unusual installations on the ground, which turned out to be launch sites for V1 Doodlebugs and V2 ballistic missiles. Once the imagery had been verified, strike aircraft were sent to obliterate these sites, delaying the program by months, and ensuring their operations were under constant threat of attack, even causing sites to be relocated deeper into occupied Europe, at the very extreme end of the weapons range. The two kits included are: Kit A - Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB, No. 245 (Northern Rhodesian) Squadron, Royal Air Force Holmsley South, Hampshire, England 1944. Hawker Typhoon IB MN625 was the personal aircraft of pilot Bill Smith, who flew the aircraft extensively in the period around D-Day, pounding targets with rocket projectiles and cannon fire. The aircraft suffered an engine failure on take-off from Holmsley South on 20th June 1944 which attracted the attentions of the base photographer and was therefore well documented at the time. Smith survived the incident unscathed and whist his Typhoon would be repaired, it would not fly again operationally. Flying at extremely low altitudes and with the mighty Napier Sabre engine taking in air at a frantic rate, the dusty conditions over Normandy during the summer of 1944 did create significant problems for Typhoon squadrons and it's thought that many aircraft were lost during that period due to their engines literally choking on ingested dust. Ranked at skill level 1, the 1:72 scale Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB was tooled in 2013 and features 74 parts, with a wingspan of 174mm and an overall length of 134mm. Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX, No. 541 Squadron, Royal Air Force Benson, Oxfordshire, England, 1944. The Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX RM643 was one of the hard-working RAF Benson based photo reconnaissance Spitfires which made such a vital contribution in support of D-Day operational planning, before and after the landings themselves. The order to apply black and white identification stripes to many aircraft taking part in the aerial component of D-Day only came on 4th June, and ground crews worked tirelessly to add these markings to their aircraft. Initially, these were applied in some haste, using canvas sheeting to mask areas not receiving paint and using brush applied paint to touch up where necessary. In the weeks which followed, they had time to make a more refined job of the markings, although the representation of D-Day identification markings is a fascinating subject all of its own and one for a separate edition of Workbench. These magnificent 'Snooping Spitfires' would serve on well after the end of the Second World War and into the jet age, with the final operational sortie of an RAF PR.XIX Spitfire taking place on 1st April 1954. Ranked at skill level 1, the 1:72 scale Supermarine Spitfire PR.XIX was tooled in 2009 and features 44 parts, with a wingspan of 156mm and an overall length of 138mm. - END - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter-377580 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 Hi there, if I have a membership purchased in Dec, can I purchase this kit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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