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The price of most models kits is pushing me out of the hobby :(, they have become so expensive i can no longer afford them, revell are generally cheaper than airfix and tamiya along with other manufacturers.
Whilst the newer and more technically advanced kits are sometimes a bit more expensive (although value can be a rather subjective and personal thing) there are still many model kits which are pretty cost effective. For example, the 1/144 scale Academy range of aircraft typically retails for around £4 a model here in the UK and most of the smaller Airfix/Revell kits are in the region of £10 or less. I think it also depends on where you shop, sometimes the second hand market can be a good place to get a bargain (but also sometimes it isnt't!) and taking time to shop around and not buy it in the first place you see it can result in a deal - expecially if there is a discount promotion running
I built 2 main makers when I started modelling , 1st was an Airfix P-39 Aircobra and second was a F.R.O.G. F-104 Starfighter ! Unfortunately frogs molds were destroyed in a warehouse fire in France ??? Then magically reappeared as Novo kits made in the USSR !!!! The frog Shackleton appeared in Revells hands , where did that come from ? Itis said that old molds don't dissapear they just resurface elsewhere !!!
Yes, Novo did have some Frog toolings, I also know that Revell and Emhar also have had some which have reappeared in ranges over the years
Airfix are Crap
care to elaborate?
I'm like you. I have a deep love for Airfix and recall building dozens as a child. Revell are everywhere here in Germany (I'm an Essex boy that's lived in Germany for over a decade now) and don't hold any love for me.
AS A 50S.KID,MY MODELS WERE AURORA,MONOGRAM,REVELL,HAWK.AND LINDBERG.THEY WERE CHEAP AND EVERYWHERE YOU SHOPPED.I GOT HOOKED ON AIRFIX MODELS IN THE 70S.,THANK TO DONALD FEATHERSTONE WARGAMES BOOKS.THE ARMOR,THE MILITARY FIGURES,SHIPS AND THE PLANES.NEVER BEEN DISAPPOINTED BY AIRFIX MODELS I BUILD FOR MY GAMES. TAKE CARE
thanks for sharing!
I can agree with just about everything you've said here. I do think Airfix has been doing some great work lately. The club and such promotions don't really hold much water here in Canada, but the kits are pretty well available here. While I have the new 1/24 Spit in my stash, for the most part I think that scale is too big for me to display. If Airfix would embrace 1/32 scale some day, I'm sure i would build them.
How many hours does IT take yOu to make this model excluding drying time?
this kit took 3 days to build, so if I try and remember back that far I would expect that I probably spent a good 15 - 20 hours working on this over that time
Always enjoyed building and final results of their WWI Aircraft kits.
Thanks for your very enjoyable channel. Im a reborn modeller 7 years ago from making Airfix kits as youngster in the 70s. Tgeres so much nit-picking and air time for critical personalities who have probably created very little and the fact that Airfix is the bedrock of model making and has survived so long as a business is incredible. My 25p pocket money the exact price of a series 1 kit for years saved ne from what would have been a very dull childhood. They taught me history and creative skills. They have come along way since then and would we have the hobby and all the other companies that have stemmed off its creation. No modellers no kit companies. Ive been gifted 2 books on Airfixs history and regardless of opinions the byword for model kits is Airfix. As Hoover is for vacuum cleaners. We are a spiult fussy lot and theres a lot of posturing on youtube. Your video was balanced,honest and refreshing. You have a pleasant voice to listen too that matches your positive approach. I love the many other model companies (with the exception of Mistercraft) but will always be loyal and eternally grateful that Airfix laid down the road we now travel. Keep up the good one. Des. Fellow plastic nut!
Thanks so much for the super chat and the kind words! I'll try to keep the enjoyable content flowing :D
It was always great getting an Airfix kit, the Roy Cross artwork sent your imagination soaring.. Like many, returning to the hobby after a long break and Airfix just happen to have a lot of what I want to build..
I do like Airfix. Like many of you, this was the starting point for me, way back in the '70s. I think the Airfix SR1 Hovercraft was my very first kit back in '73 or there abouts. Today's kits have certainly come a long way from those old models I built as a kid. Today, though, I like to compare what Airfix does to what other kit makers are doing. For example, I am doing back to back He111 builds using the Revell and Airfix kits. Both are impressive, I must say, with maybe the Airfix kit having a slight edge over its Revell counterpart. Still two wonderful models, though. Oh, and a shout-out to Airfix's sailing ships. I love em! 🙂
Based in Australia, I build mostly cars and bikes from Japanese manufacturers, mostly Tamiya. 2 years ago, I built my first Airfix kit with the Endeavour ship, as it has some historic significance for Australia and interested in testing building ship, it was great experience. The quality was good, no problem. It was a recent kit and actually it was the box which I find made an impact, good quality box, nice artistic picture of the subject and nice historic description at the back with all details. Price in Australi might need not as good as UK for obvious reason. Haven’t try an airfix car yet. Cheers
Looks like a Starfix kit to me. I don’t think they did that aircraft but the tooling and moulding reminds me of them for sure
I've not experienced a starfix kit, but this is supposedly a Frog tooling
I build kits from varying manufacturers but still love my Airfix. I started in the 60's, had a break and have now returned to the hobby. I cant wait for them to re-release the E. boat.
ive only just got back into modeling after 18 ish years lol and trying to re kickstart my youtube :D weve all been there
What will be the biggest model in a 1 to scale?
people have made 1:1 scale models of things
Thank you
You're welcome
What can we in the US do with our flying hours? Is there someone we can donate them to?
You could post them to Models For Heroes in the UK, but I'm not sure there is a similar US based charity
There seem to be more brands now than when I was a kid. The quality of moulding and plastic has improved. I just love the hobby, having come back to it a few years ago. Airfix is a brand I grew up with, and one that is looking to improve its range and quality.
I find it hard to believe the acrylic isn't just eaten away by the mineral spirits, or any thinners. If all it takes is simple water to wash away acrylic paint, why would one believe mineral spirits or a thinner isn't going to just wipe out any acrylic paint on the model?
When acrylic paint is cured, water should not be able to reactivate it. White spirit from my experience of using this technique, has only removed acrylic paint on about 2 occasions and that was probably due to the paint not being fully cured or an overly excessive amount being applied. I mean, if I can show that this method works in this video, surely it must work most of the time?
A few years ago I bought my first Airfix kit and loved it. Since then, when I'm looking for a specific model, I usually end up getting the Airfix kit. Basically, the same reasons. Thank you for the video!
Thanks for sharing!
It was Airfix that brought me back into the hobby 10 years ago, the 1/72 Zero starter set. I live in the states and got it at Barnes & Noble
People are unhappy with your choices? Maybe they should worry about they're own choices an not worry about yours?
I build the odd airfix but the main reason I don't build many is they don't make aircraft or tanks in that interested in building. The ones I have build end mostly being highly modified into something different from what's on the box. In saying that I'm building the Wellington at the moment that actually going to be done as a normal one.
I started building Matchbox and Airfix kits in the 70's. They were the only brands I was aware of. Matchbox no longer exists, so when I returned to modeling a few years ago I went back to Airfix.
I think that Revell purchased a lot of the Matchbox toolings, so some of them do turn up at times in the Revell range
With Airfix you get what you pay for, if you want ultimate detail then buy tamiya, Eduard or Miniart. 85% of my stash is probably Airfix, that's down to price and subject matter.
good points
I built a 1976 Italeri Messerschmitt Me321 Gigant in 1/72 - one of the most impressive and fun kits I've ever built!
that does sound fun!
For me personally, I don't really enjoy Humbrol paints. I prefer Hataka, Revell's aquacolour and Tamiya's acrylics - they give me amazing results on brush painted large scale models!
Thanks for sharing!
The Airfix models I have started out with is the Airfix British Royal Navy ships model kits. Mostly Royal Navy destroyer ship model kits. The Airfix WW11 airplane kits. NUMBER ONE is the British Royal Airforce Spitfier. The other FAMEOUS ONE is the German Luffafa F 109. Those two model aircrafts from Airfix are the iconic WW 11 model fighter aircrafts will be made until the end of time. I still like them. I, myself had a fue Airfix model ships and model aircraft not complete parts on sprue trees. That has happened sometime over the years. That means dramas. One instance, there was a incomplete propeller on a Airfix Tyfoon model aircraft. I put the model Airfix Tyfoon together, painted a light brown and dark brown cammafloge. Get a hold of sculpture mold from Woodland Scenes, Modelrailroad scenery product. Go visit a used building product store. Get hold of some blue colored insulated form board. The blue colored( North American spell chqueking again) 2ft. 1.500 CM wide, and 8ft. 2.500 M long. Cut the 8ft. Long in half, using a hot hard foam cutter or a hobby knife. Cut the 2ft. wide in half. Place the two four ft. blue foam and glue together, with white glue or Gorilla Glue. Wait for one half day so the glue to set. Start another Airfix kit. After the glue dries, put one half of the two foot wide on the middle one four foot section. Then put the other one foot section on the other four foot foam board. Mix up your sculpture mold, add water to used plastic mixing bowl, add you sculpture mold slowly. Keep adding sculpture mold to the mixture until it like cake, cookie batter. Now sue it to make two mounts of dessert sand .Let dry. Now, to find light colored sand and use an old electric fry pan or an old burned sauce pan. Heat to low heat and use an old spoon. Let cool off. First use a spray bottle. Waterer down white glue and spray it on the sculpture mold. Now, mix white glue to the dried out light colored sand. Like the sculpture mold, mix in white glue to the dried sand until it is like cake and cookie batter. Apply the sand mixture to the mold. Spray the wet sand mixture watered down white glue. Let to dry over night. After the sand is dry, use Gorilla Glue to glue the airfix aircraft model to the dessert scene. Mike
I appreciate that you build and showcase affordable models, far too often some other KZreadrs are building kits that they get through sponsors ect that are just not “available” for the average modeler, it’s put me off many of them that I had subscribed to, and seems to cause many to unsubscribe. Keep up the good work!
I do, on the rare occasion, receive a model kit as something to review - but this will always be disclosed in the video (this is the same for any tools or painting products). About 99% of the kits I build are things that I have bought either as a suggestion from the community or because I'm interested in building them :)
@@ModelMinutes your transparency and honesty is why I like your channel, and once again, showcasing the models that are good and affordable !
I agree with all positive points on Airfix . Especially releases from last years. Wishes to improve were: 1. Better EU customer service ( missed parts story etc.) 2. Maybe name colors in the instruction ( make sense for beginners outside UK, since Humbrol is not available everywhere even in Germany). 3 . Maybe find new topics ( 1/24 or even some 1/12 detailed British classic Sportcars will definitely find their customers (IMHO this chance Hornby shouldn't pass so easy to Tamiya, Revell and co.).For example AM V8 Vantage , Lagonda, Jaguar XK 120 etc. I love their 1/43 range but still miss their 1/24 releases. To sum up i wish Airfix as part of Horbny long future and new interesting projects !
some good suggestions for improvement!
When I was young I saved and saved to get the 1/24 scale Airfix Hurricane and BF 109- they where awesome (late 70's- early 80's)
I dont build a lot of airfix, i think their older kits are pants. But i love the newer releases with modern tooling tech. I like that they are from the UK and have a long running history, cant beat a good old fashioned British business. But like with a lot of UK companies, they took a while to catch up. When it comes to what you build Matt, I enjoy what you put out either way, be it old airfix or whichever manufacturer.
Thanks! I think you do wonders whenever you build an airfix kit :D
Good kits, good price and good subjects 👍
I bought the d day set and 4 of the paints was bad so I contacted thennand they sent me the whole paint collection need for that set in gen 2 dropper bottles
I'm glad they managed to fix the problem for you
@@ModelMinutes personally my self I think airfix is a fantastic company with great customer service
Great video. I have only built a couple of Airfix models but I think I will purchase a couple more in the future. Be a nice break from my train layout. Cheers to folks across the pond.
I can understand why you build a lot of Airfix. In the UK the company is practically synonymous with plastic kits. If they're available and offer the subjects you want, why wouldn't you have lots of them? I mostly build model cars, which are a subject that Airfix has a bit of an on-off relationship with. My formative modelling experiences were with Tamiya, which probably explains why I've got more Tamiya kits (having branched out into aero and armour subjects) than any other brand. Some people may find the Tamiya building experience boring, but I would say that they are (at their best) textbook examples of how the Japanese understand designing for ease of assembly. Not only do the parts fit perfectly, practically every time, but they are generally designed so that only the right part will fit in a particular place. Where an assembly involves left- and right-handed parts, the pegs are either differently shaped or differently positioned so that you can't get things the wrong way around. The engineer inside me finds that very satisfying. Where I will give Airfix credit is its after sales service. I've had one Airfix kit with missing parts, which were replaced quickly and without quibble. Airfix has also been good at providing spares when I've managed to lose something, I've had to pay for the part and postage but the cost was reasonable. I also have to say that the Airfix representatives who I've met at shows have been true model enthusiasts. I know Airfix isn't perfect (nothing is in this world) and that retailers have some gripes with the way the company works (particularly in supporting smaller, independent shops). Maybe you could have offered some opinions on what Airfix could improve, but there are enough negative opinions out there and it's nice to hear someone being positive.
Airfix is a well known brand, one that has changed hands over the years. What I like about the current company is their drive to improve the quality of their products. The model world is very competitive and with the advance of technology plastic quality and especially moulding detail has exploded off the scale.
thanks for sharing your thoughts Edit: I intended this video to primarily an exploration of why I buy so many Airfix kits, but if there were some areas I would like them to improve it would be: 1. Quality Control (particularly the India-made products) as these suffer from missing components (decals etc) or short shots that I have experienced on occasion. 2. The flying hours scheme - it needs updating for the modern age (perhaps a code that can be redeemed in an online account) as collecting tokens from the box and then sending in a cheque for "free" kits is very 1980's. 3. Overseas support - whilst I'm not directly affected by this, it is an area that is quite commonly mentioned as an area that Airfix could improve As for their businesses practices, as I don't run a shop and only deal with them as a consumer, i'm not sure I have much I can add or reflect on that area
Tamiya as the kits just go together so easy and love the plastic they use for their models. And I do agree with the points you made except for the model prices in Canada are higher than Europe prices as I hope one day they will be cheaper to buy here.
I like Airfix too. I think half of my kits are from Airfix.
Great build of an old kit. Built several of these and lovedcthem for wargaming. Nit everyone needs to be a pro 'down-to-the-last-tiny-detail' modeller. Younger hobbyists, who are the future, will take great inspiration from builds like these while older ones can bask in nostalgic glory fir days gone by. Well done...!👍
Well said! I do like to have fun with my builds and I hope that shows :)
an airfix advert,airfix is sub par
not an advert, just sharing an opinion
Sorry, aber die Spraydosenlackierung geht gar nicht. Viel zu grobe Pigmente.
in such a small scale, it can be a problem - but for larger scales it can work quite well
Built my first Airfix kit this month - a P-40. It was alright. The only issue I had was cross referencing Humbrol paints.
Whilst I find humbrol paints to be useable for the most part, they are not my favourite range (and it can be hard finding a stuitable like-for-like alternative from the painting instructions)
when I started making models as a kid, Arfix was about hte only kits I could find. Didn;t have a specialist model shop I could easily get to, and there was no internet or online retailing. The only mail order stuff was small ads in the back of magazines, and my pocket money didn;t cover the cost of those, let alone the stuff they were selling. But I could get airfix kits from local newsagents and toy shops. Ahh...I remember saving up to buy the Airfix B-29. £4.95! Took me weeks to scrape the funds together for it. Haven't actually made one for a few years....but I plan to.
I hope you enjoy when you do get another one! :D
My favourite kits are the cheap Airfix Vintage classic tanks. The cheapest ones only cost 8 euros and you can be 100% sure you're getting a fun yet challenging build. My personal favourite is the Universal Carrier with the 6 Pdr gun. Hoping to find a second one soon because I want to scratchbuild the gun and the carrier together to make a tank destroyer.
Possibly because Airfix do various subjects. I have built Revell and Hasegawa mostly as well. Aside from those 3, I haven't done many others. Done some, but not same ratio as those 3 brands.
Nice to see this :-)
Glad you like it!
Nice. 😀
Thanks 😁
Great model and building . Clear and concise commentry. Watching is very relaxing. 😊😊😊 Thanks master modeller. Dave
Many thanks!
This really feels like an airfix advert, all model companies have their relative paint numbers with their kits, i remember when their aircraft came with a stand to show it in flight, the me410 you showed hasnt any pilot and backseater, whats next no decals, their new tooling is good granted but they are a bit pricey so i buy in the sales, ive always got at least one in my stash 1/48 buccaneer newest arrival, but they aint the wonders you've made them out to be my friend.
Not an advert, just expressing an opinion