Recently completed this model, wonder if anyone on here makes models ?

 few more pics 😄 

Used to build Airfix aircraft models when I was a lad (a long long time ago now), but never achieved that sort of standard. Very nice indeed!👍

Nice Lancaster Ian. 
Yep, I build model kits (mostly Airfix) and have plenty of completed kits sitting on shelves etc. 

This would be about my model building limit! 😂

I bet you've put some hours into yours, nice details with the painting.

Was AJ-J David Maltby's aircraft on the dams raid?

Yes, AJ-J was his aircraft.  

Just looking at the current price of this model on the Airfix site - £36.99. I think the price range was from 2 bob up to 17/6 when I last built them! 

Better than the weekly ones they advertise on TV.

Latest one is the Bismarck.

If you complete it then you'll pay out about £1200 for it. [emoji54]

 

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Yeah, that sort of thing really annoys me,  like those instant loans at 1,294% apr or over 50 plans where people pay in more than they get back!😠

22 hours ago, Ian Lanc said:

Recently completed this model, wonder if anyone on here makes models ?

I used to build them when I was a kid many years go  to many years ago ☺️

Bye the way you models look fantastic well put together you must be very proud of them 😊

51 minutes ago, dezwez said:

I used to build them when I was a kid many years go  to many years ago ☺️

Was that back in the 40's when that plane was the latest in aviation technology Dez?😉

2 minutes ago, WES180 said:

Was that back in the 40's when that plane was the latest in aviation technology Dez?😉

sometimes feel like it was but not that old ☺️

12 hours ago, WES180 said:

This would be about my model building limit! 😂

I bet you've put some hours into yours, nice details with the painting.

I haven't seen those polystyrene planes for years!!  Used to get them from airshows about 20 years ago...  Can you still buy them?

 

5 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

I haven't seen those polystyrene planes for years!!  Used to get them from airshows about 20 years ago...  Can you still buy them?

 

You sure can!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tobar-Polystyrene-Glider-x/dp/B0012IPXOC

2 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

I haven't seen those polystyrene planes for years!!  Used to get them from airshows about 20 years ago...  Can you still buy them?

 

really showing my age they were made from balsa wood 😊

5 minutes ago, WES180 said:

You sure can!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tobar-Polystyrene-Glider-x/dp/B0012IPXOC

Wow!

For some reason I always thought they were expensive, it was a rare treat to get one!

 

 

11 minutes ago, TomsFocus said:

Wow!

For some reason I always thought they were expensive, it was a rare treat to get one!

 

 

I am surprised you can still get them but yet again you can get anything off the interweb 😊 

when I was 11 years old me and my late brother built  a Saturn rocket model

Dezwez, Airfix are re-releasing their Saturn V/Apollo model kits in a few months for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing by Armstrong and Aldrin. 

6 hours ago, Nick Y said:

Dezwez, Airfix are re-releasing their Saturn V/Apollo model kits in a few months for the 50th anniversary of the moon landing by Armstrong and Aldrin. 

thanks for the info I will be buying one just to do it again 😊

As will I Dez. Expected release date is June for both the Saturn V and the Lunar Landing set. 

looking forward to June ☺️

Airfix have actually got some great releases this year, including some of the classic kits like Concorde and the Concorde prototype. 

I need a lot more space to continue building models and displaying them. I've actually built 68 in just over 3 years and they vary in size. I usually opt for 1/72 scale kits but even some of the 1/144 scale kits I have built are quite large (airliners).