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ChernayaAkula:
"markmaples" just posted he following list of Airfix news for 2012 HERE on ARC.


--- Quote ---special ltd club members specials

piccys of a meteor boxing
piccys of a puccura boxing

kits

1/72

new tools
mustang
109e-4
gnat
spitfire mk22
koerean mustang
109e trop
skyhawk!
swordfish floatplane
mig29
valiant Bmk1 sprue set


re release
CHIPMONK!!!
dauntless
TUCCANO!
handley page 0/400


1/48 new tools

lynx army
lynx navy
raf merlin
landrover
landrover etch parts
jackle
cayote
jackle / cayote etch parts
british army troops
british army vehicle crew
2x different afghan buildings


1/48 re release
sea harrier frs1
harrier gr3
seafire 46/47


1/350 new tool
HMS Daring


1/76 new tool
King Tiger
2x differning bridges


1/32 New Tool
ford fiesta WRC
mini cooper


1/12 re release
bentley 1930


engenering new tools
Petrol engine 4 stroke
maudsley perton engine
--- End quote ---


Really looking forward to that Spit Mk.22, MiG-29 (wonder what version they'll go for and hope it won't be trenched) and, finally, the re-release of the Tucano (gonna need  a few of those!)!

EDIT: Rumour on ARC now has it that the MiG-29 is a re-issue, not a new tool.

Jeffry Fontaine:
Hyperscale has just uploaded some images of the Airfix 2012 Forthcoming Releases from the catalog for all to see along with a list of the kits that mirrors Moritz' initial post.  The Vickers Valiant PR & Refueler Parts - Kit No. A65000 caught my eye and I like this for the potential it provides for the model builder to modify other kits.   


(image source: Hyperscale/Airfix)

Weaver:
Why on Earth have they bothered doing a new tool King Tiger in 1/76th? It's not like the world is short of King Tiger kits..... ???

jcf:

--- Quote from: Weaver on January 04, 2012, 08:49:30 PM ---Why on Earth have they bothered doing a new tool King Tiger in 1/76th? It's not like the world is short of King Tiger kits..... ???

--- End quote ---

... most likely because anything Nazi-era German is the modelling equivalent of the old journo adage
'if it Bleeds, it Leads' which almost always translates into $$$$$$.
That said I don't mind too much if the generated income subsidizes proper subjects.
 :D

ChernayaAkula:
There are lots of pics of sprues and built kits of new Airfix stuff HERE, HERE and HERE on the Airfix Tribute Forum.

Looks like Airfix is going to get a lot of my money this year!

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