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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #100 on: November 27, 2013, 10:27:35 PM »
A Vickers Wellesley in 1/48th & 1/72nd, & decent production runs. >:D

(I want one to make a Vickers Wellesllington tri-motor torpedo-bomber/reconnaissance plane. ;) )

:)

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #101 on: November 28, 2013, 02:51:52 AM »
Requests:

1/48 Supermarine Scimitar
1/48 Supermarine Swift
1/48 Bristol Beaufort
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Offline Daryl J.

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #102 on: November 28, 2013, 11:08:25 AM »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #103 on: November 28, 2013, 11:45:46 AM »
Lynx Wildcat, 1/72, 1/48, and 1/35! ;D
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #104 on: November 28, 2013, 03:29:25 PM »
Make sure you all vote in their Poll!!!
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #105 on: November 28, 2013, 08:53:14 PM »
Asked for:

1/72nd Martin Baker MB.5
1/700th new-tool Leanders
1/76th FV432 APCs
1/76th Ferret scout car
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #106 on: November 29, 2013, 01:18:40 AM »
 ;D And here's me asking them to phase out the 1/76th stuff & replce it with 1/72nd! ;D
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Offline ChrisF

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #107 on: November 29, 2013, 04:02:16 AM »
Quote from: Old Wombat on November 29, 2013, 01:18:40 AM
;D And here's me asking them to phase out the 1/76th stuff & replce it with 1/72nd! ;D

Here here !!  (Apoligies to our train loving friends but...)
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #108 on: November 29, 2013, 10:58:39 AM »
Damn! I knew I forgot to ask for something! :o

I'm going to add the AC Sentinel family of tanks in 1/35th (& 1/72nd / 1/48th, if you desire) in about 30 seconds! :D

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #109 on: November 29, 2013, 11:14:35 AM »
Leaks, spoiler alerts, and presumptions available on Britmodeller daught kommm.   ;D

I'll be quite content hoping the Swift FR.5 is 1/48. 
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #110 on: December 19, 2013, 02:36:46 AM »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #111 on: December 19, 2013, 02:41:22 AM »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #112 on: December 19, 2013, 02:47:54 AM »
From an enthusiast's point of view:  Ambivalence.
From a business owner's point of view:  Solid new release lineup.
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #113 on: December 19, 2013, 03:04:30 AM »
Quote from: GTX_Admin on December 19, 2013, 02:36:46 AM
The Airfix 2014 Range

Meh!!


Heh.

I like the decal options on the 727... but man does that kit need updated tooling!

Also, squeeeeeeeeee!! on the Swift being 1/72!

And another dose of squee for the Lightning F.6!
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #114 on: December 19, 2013, 03:51:06 AM »
I like the re-released Magister (the old ones can be thin on the ground now), and although I don't like the Swift as a whole, it does have a pair of sexy wings that could find their way onto all sorts of whiffy things.

Big scale military folk should note that the 1/32nd multi-pose figures are back: these have been very popular in the past since they're particularly good for conversions and modifications.
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #115 on: December 19, 2013, 06:20:22 AM »
I was hoping their FE Lancaster would have the proposed Tiger Force 1,200 gal saddle tank option:



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Offline Queeg

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #116 on: December 19, 2013, 06:26:08 AM »
Of topic ......

But if you changed a few things and extended that ridgeback all the way to the tail (sort of  Liberator stlye) you could make a pretty neat looking heavy bomber whif .....


Update - Ok couldn't resist and as I had photopaint open ........

« Last Edit: December 19, 2013, 07:05:06 AM by Queeg »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #117 on: December 19, 2013, 08:01:25 AM »
If they wanted something different for the 727, markings for the various military users might be an interesting "rif".  Either that or there's an interesting decal sheet possibility there.
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #118 on: December 19, 2013, 12:18:17 PM »
Well, that does absolutely nothing for me. :uuu:

When are they going to learn that by persisting with 1/32nd they are losing out on a bigger large-scale armour modelling market share? ???

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #119 on: December 19, 2013, 12:30:32 PM »
"Old Bill" and civilian buses in 1/32 can be rescaled to 1/35
 Swift in 1/72 looks nice. If it's at all like their Vampire T 11, it should be a good model.
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Offline Rickshaw

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #120 on: December 19, 2013, 01:59:12 PM »
The difference between 1/32 and 1/35 are minor.  In particular the difference in scale for figures can be put down to natural variations in the human population.   For vehicles, as long as you don't pose two of the same type, from the two difference scales side-by-side, you'll never notice the difference (and anyway, how often do two difference manufacturers get the same object the same size?).  In the case of the Old Bill, there is no other manufacturer that I'm aware of, so I wouldn't worry about it, overly much.
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #121 on: December 20, 2013, 02:16:24 AM »
Prezackly.  :)

The kits in question are re-releases of existing mouldings, and anyhow the scale of the bus
is in line with the other Airfix 1/32 scale civilian vehicles, and anyhow it was originally released
as a city bus. The WWI extemporized transport version was a later release.
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Offline Old Wombat

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #122 on: December 20, 2013, 09:41:59 AM »
Actually the difference is that 1/32nd is almost 10% larger than 1/35th.

That's not so bad with figures, as has been said a 10% discrepency in height is nothing (however there are quite enough big figures put out by Dragon, thanks), but I, personally, find that the difference niggles at my brain & eyes when I see 2 kits together in those scales , especially if they are of similar subjects (ie: 2 tanks or 2 cars).

That may, of course, just be me. :-\

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Offline Rickshaw

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #123 on: December 20, 2013, 06:56:22 PM »
You're assuming that 1/35 scale subjects are accurately 1/35.  Ditto for the 1/32 ones.  Stop being so JMN, Guy!   ;D
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #124 on: December 21, 2013, 04:49:07 AM »
At least we can have a friendly "scale discussion" here and not a flame debate like on other sites !!!!  :icon_ninja:

Interestingly 1/32nd Monogram armour was the first stuff to really open many modellers eyes to the possibilities of realistic finishing and dioramas. Shepard Paine was THE diorama master and had no issue pairing 1/32nd armour with the only figure options often available which were 1/35th.

Airfix has brought some of the scale questions on itself. While most understand it, their traditional branding and scale of OO/HO (from their train days) vrs 1/76th vrs 1/72nd has caused some confusion. Along with later mislabeling of the scales in some releases ........

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