NIGHTFIGHTER wrote:Dear o Dear mate, I tell you what given the kit you had to work with that's one hell of a job you did. I really cant see how Airfix (who are not novices in model production) can get it so wrong! All those models I posted in my thread (winters work) are very old Monogram/Revell or Pro-modeler. Well thanks to your excellent thread we can see, that some things don't change, Airfix are useless at large scale models...Put this one down to experience, and to think i've got 2 to make..when I get round to them I willl let you know how they go.
NF,
You really have to watch what you are buying with Airfix and the comments there are a tad unfair. Thing is with these kits from older mouldings is New Airfix didnt have to spend a penny to develop them so im sure, used them to make money that is now seeing the rewards with the new toolings and the investment in technology used to develop them, eg Dornier 17 and He.111. 1/24th isnt my scale, but i am well aware of the age of this kit and the issues that surround it so i will always avoid, but i have seen some damn nice builds of it. On the flip side, i may just go out and buy a 1/24th Typhoon because of the reviews and builds i have seen.
An example is, you might have seen that ive built a few 1/72nd Airfix Spits, and from this i think you can consider 3 eras(at least) of Airfix. There is old Airfix where the well regarded, for accuracy, Mk.Ia, Vb and IX(JE-J boxing) come from. These moulds are now well past it but the Vb has been re-released in the last few years. Then there is transitional that gave us the accurate(i think) but disliked IXc, PRXIX and the one i really like, the MkI/Ia/IIa/(Va). Then when the new Mk.22 came out, i think this is where New Airfix started to come into their own which has now provided us with the ultimate 1/48th early Spitfires.
In summary, i think you have to consider that the current Airfix staff are comparative novices at this, but they really do look like they are learning from their mistakes.
Arabest,
Geoff.
