MG Writer 2 Posted October 30, 2023 Share Posted October 30, 2023 Airfix is to be congratulated on creating some new car kits, even if they’re 1/43 like many diecasts; however the company made its name in the model car kit field with its 1/32 scale ‘modern cars series’ which we’ve seen reissued in part - for example the MGB, Triumph Herald and TR4, Jaguar S-Type, Bond Bug, Ford Escort and several others. Some great classics from their back catalogue seem unlikely to return - some moulds were modified to create some ‘custom cars’ back in the seventies, some moulds were poorly stored and with some others nobody knows what became of them. Altogether though it could be the basis of a new range with more new models added gradually over time. The questions are therefore - is there an appetite for more 1/32 kits, if so what subjects and linked to this are the costs of creating the moulds as high as they were in the old days of analogue mould creation and higher volumes, or is it less costly to create these with modern technology? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer 2 Posted October 30, 2023 Author Share Posted October 30, 2023 To kick off the thought process it seems reasonable to ponder if some of the research that has been carried out and taken forward through Corgi and Scalextric could translate across to Airfix? And maybe simplify assembly in some way that is a halfway house to the easibuild approach? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leslie entwhistle Posted November 2, 2023 Share Posted November 2, 2023 i can remember airfix had a good selection of 1/32nd cars of which i built most of them back in the 60's early 70's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer 2 Posted November 4, 2023 Author Share Posted November 4, 2023 i can remember airfix had a good selection of 1/32nd cars of which i built most of them back in the 60's early 70's exactly - they were brilliant and got better; I too reckon I built most of them and quite a few of mine came from my local branch of Woolworths! But then they ran out of steam and all we got was reboxing of old stagers. It would be nice to see something new apart from the 1:43 models they’ve been making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer 2 Posted November 11, 2023 Author Share Posted November 11, 2023 If Hornby can engineer copies of their old Corgi models from the sixties and seventies could they reverse engineer their old Airfix kits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MG Writer 2 Posted December 10, 2023 Author Share Posted December 10, 2023 ….and all the detailed research they do for Scalextric and Corgi could surely come in useful for plastic kits too…? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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