Airfix kits. Are they good kits worth building?

[JakeD]

Thanks. Any additional kits besides the P-40 you'd recommend from Airfix? I've been enamored by all the Cold War jets they offer but have been scared by the plastic issue…

There are a lot of excellent reports on the 1/24 scale new tool Spitfire which was released last year. Plenty of builds of it on YouTube. I have one of the kits, still in its box, ready to start in the fall.

 

[Pantherman]

This is my first 1:48 scale by them. I do have a 1/48 Spitfire in the stash but I have not looked at it yet

I will be building my Airfix 1/48 Spitfire shortly. Pantherman

 

[Pantherman]

There are a lot of excellent reports on the 1/24 scale new tool Spitfire which was released last year. Plenty of builds of it on YouTube. I have one of the kits, still in its box, ready to start in the fall.

Been seriously looking at the 1/24 Spitfire but it's just finding space to put it. A colleague of mine has bought 2 of them and he says that they are amazing. Pantherman

 

[Down Time]

1/48 Mustang, one of my first builds getting into this. I found it easy to build.

 

[TimM63]

1/48 Mustang, one of my first builds getting into this. I found it easy to build.

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That's a great build. Looks really good

 

[BlackSheepTwoOneFour]

Here's the Airfix P-40B Warhawk I did early 2023. Kit is 1/48 scale. A great kit with zero fit issues. I used stretched sprue for the rigging…

https://www.spamodeler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6661

 

[ohbejuan]

Here's the Airfix P-40B Warhawk I did early 2023. Kit is 1/48 scale. A great kit with zero fit issues. I used stretched sprue for the rigging…

https://www.spamodeler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=6661

I built that one too. Really nice kit.

 

[Mycatistypingthis]

Thanks. Any additional kits besides the P-40 you'd recommend from Airfix? I've been enamored by all the Cold War jets they offer but have been scared by the plastic issue…

The Hawker Hurricane and Spitfire mk XII sets I have look really good.

 

[GumNuts]

Thanks. Any additional kits besides the P-40 you'd recommend from Airfix? I've been enamored by all the Cold War jets they offer but have been scared by the plastic issue…

1:48 hurricane mk 1
Beautiful kit!

 

[duck]

Scalemates lists a kits history. That way you can determine if the kit you're interested is a newer mold and by whom. Like the 1/32 Hobby Craft P-40C is the same molding as the Trumpeter P-40B. Also, look for build reviews. Some kits are fantastical engineered and go together like a dream, other will fly against the wall from frustration.

Personally, I've built a few of the newer 1/72 kits and not encountered too many issues; Phantom II, Spitfires, P-40's, F-35 beginners kit, off the top of my head. The latest were the Lightnings, F2A and F6. Lovely kits, no notes

 

[128mm Tank Killer]

I'm working (halfway done) on an Airfix 1/72 Kate that I'm setting up to be on a piece of the IJN Kaga flight deck. It's taking a while to complete due to work and real life.

 

[the Baron]

Scalemates lists a kits history...

Provided someone took the time to upload it . That's good to keep in mind. It's a wiki, so it relies on members to share the info.

 

[BarleyBop]

Beautiful kit!

Thanks for chiming in!
Once you are able, I think after 3 posts, you can start a thread in Introductions for everyone to greet you!

 

[Gball]

Airfix kits have improved greatly in recnt years. Check out the 1:48 Seaking.

 

[Edbert]

Good to hear about Airfix recovering their reputation. I built a 1/24 P51 in the 1990s that was a mess, last kit I've even considered from them, until reading this.

 

[PatW]

My RAF Flight Sargent father introduced Airfix kits to me in 1956. Yes they were crude in the start but are a stable start to any prospective modeller today, and I still build them although I am 77 on Monday coming!

 

[BarleyBop]

77 on Monday coming

Congrats, and a pre-emptive Happy Happy!
I always liked the multiple of 11 years (I'm now 66). My grandpa lived to 99!

 

[PatW]

Congrats, and a pre-emptive Happy Happy!
I always liked the multiple of 11 years (I'm now 66). My grandpa lived to 99!

AH but as I'm going to be two sevens I shall be 14 again!