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Re: Airfix
« Reply #600 on: May 25, 2025, 12:36:28 AM »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #601 on: May 25, 2025, 12:38:12 AM »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #602 on: May 25, 2025, 02:08:57 AM »
I just want them to do a re-pop of these!

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #603 on: June 30, 2025, 01:02:23 AM »
Back in production apparently:

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #604 on: June 30, 2025, 01:03:21 AM »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #605 on: July 29, 2025, 06:40:12 AM »
Missing-Lynx Forums > Brett Green provides an in-box review of the new Airfix 1/35th scale Alvis FV622 Mk.2 Stalwart





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« Last Edit: July 29, 2025, 06:43:59 AM by Jeffry Fontaine »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #606 on: August 10, 2025, 01:31:42 AM »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #607 on: October 16, 2025, 07:38:22 PM »
« Last Edit: October 16, 2025, 08:15:25 PM by The Big Gimper »
Work in progress ::

I am giving up listing them. They all end up on the shelf of procrastination anyways.

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #609 on: November 06, 2025, 12:40:20 AM »
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Offline Spey Phantom

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #610 on: November 06, 2025, 02:01:25 AM »
i love that there's a Belgian version in the box, too bad its not my scale  :-\
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #611 on: November 06, 2025, 07:14:48 AM »
Any mention of box top artist name(s)? Those last two 1/48 Spitfire box illustrations were gorgeous  :-*
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #612 on: November 08, 2025, 12:14:35 AM »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #613 on: December 16, 2025, 01:54:29 AM »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #614 on: January 15, 2026, 05:25:38 AM »
Airfix have dropped a list of 2026 Releases

top of the pops for me....


Some new tools
1/72nd Canberra B.2
1/72nd Ju 52
1/48th Phantom FG.1
1/24th Bf 109G-6
1/35th Alvis Saracen Mk.5

and loads of re-pops/extra parts updates.

More at
https://uk.airfix.com/

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #615 on: January 15, 2026, 09:33:45 PM »
 :smiley:
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #616 on: January 15, 2026, 11:34:53 PM »
I'll definitely be waiting for the Canberra (RCAF?), and the Skyvan (floats?)
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Offline robunos

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #617 on: January 16, 2026, 12:18:06 AM »
Don't know if you're interested , but Kovozavody Prostejov have re-released the old Frog Canberra , with new clear parts , and several marking options . . .

https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/canberra-bi-mk-12/

https://www.kovozavody.cz/produkt/canberra-bi-mk-8-vintage-kp/


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Re: Airfix
« Reply #618 on: January 16, 2026, 01:28:36 AM »
Airfix have dropped a list of 2026 Releases

top of the pops for me....

1/35th Alvis Saracen Mk.5


Oh yeh!  Saracen to follow the Stalwart! Going to have to get both although doing a whiff job on either would seem more than a little sacrilegious…  ;)
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #619 on: January 16, 2026, 04:58:14 AM »
And, hidden amongst all that lot, part of the repop with extra parts releases
Stalwart update with the Limber Jib fittings  :smiley:



Now I have a reason to get an Airfix Stalwart to complement the Accurate Armour offering

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #620 on: January 16, 2026, 09:01:08 PM »
Not too shabby!  :smiley:

Particularly;

1/48 Phantom FG.1 (I'd like to do this as a RAN version - but I have an F-4E already ... Decisions! Decisions!)
1/48 Fairey Gannet AS.1/AS.4 (has RAN markings, unlike the first issue, which I already have - so I really just need the decals)
1/48 SEPECAT Jaguar T.2 & T.4 (possibly do it, along with my Jag GR.1, as an Austraian Army equivalent of my RAN TA-7G/A-7E strike combo)
1/35 Alvis Stalwart Mk.2 Limber (possibly - I already own 2 of the 1st release, so do I really need another Stolly?)
1/35 Alvis FV603 Saracen Mk.5 (interesting but unlikely to buy)



Please note these choices need to be made in the knowledge that SWMBO has now seen the full extent of the Wombat Stash™ & has threatened violence if I do not make serious attempts to reduce its size.
« Last Edit: January 16, 2026, 09:10:13 PM by Old Wombat »
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #621 on: Yesterday at 03:32:05 AM »
...
Please note these choices need to be made in the knowledge that SWMBO has now seen the full extent of the Wombat Stash™ & has threatened violence if I do not make serious attempts to reduce its size.

Alternatively, might well-camouflaged Wombat Sub-Stash™ caches be a solution for future expansion?
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Re: Airfix
« Reply #622 on: Yesterday at 01:33:18 PM »
Please note these choices need to be made in the knowledge that SWMBO has now seen the full extent of the Wombat Stash™ & has threatened violence if I do not make serious attempts to reduce its size.

Kit boxes only or has the full aftermarket/accessories extravaganza been exposed as well  :o

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Re: Airfix
« Reply #623 on: Yesterday at 06:27:19 PM »
Alternatively, might well-camouflaged Wombat Sub-Stash™ caches be a solution for future expansion?

Unfortunately she is aware of the sub-stashes, as well.


Kit boxes only or has the full aftermarket/accessories extravaganza been exposed as well  :o

Yup, the lot!

Mind you, she's been able to see the resin all along (especially the 1/350 ship parts & 1/35 helicopter bits), as I keep it in the modelling room (where the temperature is more stable) on shelves.
"This is the Captain. We have a little problem with our entry sequence, so we may experience some slight turbulence and, ah, explode."