Landships II

Kamil · Lieutenant-Colonel

New Airfix sets

PDA · Legend

I trust PSR and I really want this to be true, but there's this voice saying, "It's Airfix! How will they mess it up this time!"

Lothianman · Colonel

To be fair to Airfix they have been producing some very good models in other ranges of late. A friend of mine is very happy with the attention paid to detail and accuracy, with some imaginative little bonuses, in their recent RAF aircraft.

Kamil · Lieutenant-Colonel

Yes, new sets of Airfix aircraft are great - for example the Mitsubishi Zero (I've made few of them fom mine carrier), hoverer I am afraid about quality of Airfix figures. As for me the figures are most important in these sets

James H · Legend

Oh, dear.

Details of other sets also here: http://www.newmodellersshop.co.uk/airfix_dioramas.htm

RCD · Lieutenant-Colonel

The comment on PSR was interesting as the it indicated that the sets are an improvement on their last offering - the WW2 British. Hopefully they will be out on time but I do hope that they are up to the current standard of some of their planes (the floatplane swordfish is a cracking model ). However, the proof is in the eating!

However there are several questions

1. Are they 1/76 ?

2. Will they be compatable to say the early French made by HaT (assuming you can get your hands on this set in the first place)? One can only think back at the outstanding accurate 26mm figures of early Russian and German sets from a certain Russian manufacturer.

3. Accuracy - the only bits I have left of my RHA sets are the figures which must be unique in modelling as they look like they are actually manning the gun in action.

4. What are the other products they are considering producing? Lets hope there are some orginal poses and subjects - yes early highlanders is an obvious subject, maxim rather than Vickers, light Hotchkiss rather than Lewis etc

5. Will my bank account cope with all the other sets that are pending and the rest that will appear over the next four years!

The bottom line is that there are potentially some new sets one the way and this must be welcomed.

Pat · Commander in Chief

RCD wrote:
2. Will they be compatable to say the early French made by HaT (assuming you can get your hands on this set in the first place)? One can only think back at the outstanding accurate 26mm figures of early Russian and German sets from a certain Russian manufacturer.
3. Accuracy - the only bits I have left of my RHA sets are the figures which must be unique in modelling as they look like they are actually manning the gun in action.
4. What are the other products they are considering producing? Lets hope there are some orginal poses and subjects - yes early highlanders is an obvious subject, maxim rather than Vickers, light Hotchkiss rather than Lewis etc
5. Will my bank account cope with all the other sets that are pending and the rest that will appear over the next four years!
The bottom line is that there are potentially some new sets one the way and this must be welcomed.

Very much agree with your bottom line.

Re: 2. Can't think Airfix are going to produce 26 or rather 27mm figures like Zevezda. The Russians are awesome but the Germans seem unfiinished.

R: 3. The RHA gunners are even touching the guns, something obviously considered indecent by most manufacturers. However you cannot post, load, lay or fire a gun without touching it, so the recent improvements by HäT are most welcome.

R: 4. French colonial infantry would be top of my list, next to the French artillery crew as now promised by Airfix.

Re: 5. Hopefully we are going to see all the masters HäT have shown going into production, and the odd suprise from other manufacturers. Happy times for braille scale WW1 collectors! Regards, Pat

Pat · Commander in Chief

Slightly off topic, Airfix now has all the old sets back in production, including the American Infantry "with remote-controlled rifle" (??) and the German left-handed infantry in their famous blue-grey uniforms.

Even more off topic, the French trumpeter and the solo rider of the RHA are supposedly depicted after an actor of the 1960s (as were other boxart heroes, including the Foreign Legion and WW2 British infantry officers). Would anyone care to remind me of the actor's name please? Regards, Pat