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Model Forum / General / Models / January 2006Airfix - Beginner's Tips Anywhere?
Hi, Any good sites with tips and tricks for the novice plastic kit modeller anywhere? Cheers, Fred. > Hi, > > Any good sites with tips and tricks for the novice plastic kit modeller > anywhere? > > Cheers, Crazy I know but you could try here; <http://airfix.com/cs/forums/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=6> BTW, I wonder how many people still have the old magazines in their attics ? Richard. >> Hi, >> >> Any good sites with tips and tricks for the novice plastic kit modeller >> anywhere? >> >> Cheers, Airfix magazine produced a series of beginner's guides. They show up on Ebay occasionally and are pretty good for the complete beginner. And yes, Richard, lots of us still have our old Airfix magazines. >>>Hi, >>> [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > And yes, Richard, lots of us still have our old Airfix magazines. If we sent a nice enough email to Airfix I wonder if they minded if we set up an international database of articles, assuming they no longer have the full stock of magazines ? After all, it would help them without any outlay by themselves! Richard. Richard Brooks <richardbrooks@kdbanglia.com> wrote > If we sent a nice enough email to Airfix I wonder if they minded if we > set up an international database of articles, assuming they no longer > have the full stock of magazines ? After all, it would help them > without any outlay by themselves! > > Richard. You've just been elected spokesman, Richard. Orf ya go! RobG > Richard Brooks <richardbrooks@kdbanglia.com> wrote > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > You've just been elected spokesman, Richard. Orf ya go! You've got it! As a snotty-nosed kid I did send a drawing for waterline hull (?) dioramas for want of a better word, i.e., an area of water to paint up for battleships and it actually got made. I'm sure it was quite a large request though! See you later, Richard. I doubt if Airfix have anything like a full set of back issues of Airfix Magazine. Publication of the magazine was always a separate undertaking from the kit making business. In addition, the magazine changed hands a number of times before it went out of publication altogether and the various new publishers said that they didn't have complete sets either. I can't imagine that Airfix would mind anyone setting up a database of articles. Gordon McLaughlin > >>>Hi, > >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Richard. > I doubt if Airfix have anything like a full set of back issues of Airfix > Magazine. Publication of the magazine was always a separate undertaking [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Gordon McLaughlin Email sent (informing them of all the benefits to them) and now the same to do to the Aeroplane magazine for their wonderful WWII articles. Richard. I have an almost complete set of Airfix Magazines. Looking for the last format Vol.2,#4 to complete the set. Was there anything published after Vol.4,#10? I also have their Annulas from #1-6 and the Annual for Aircraft. Scale Aviation Modeller is now running a series of pull-out booklet pages in each issue sponsored by Airfix. They started in September, 2005. Glossy heavy card, eight pages each. Frst three are: In the Marketplace, Getting Started and Interiors and Details. Lots of good tips. Tom >I have an almost complete set of Airfix Magazines. > > Looking for the last format Vol.2,#4 to complete the set. What was on the cover of that issue Tom? Don't know as I don't have it. There was also a series of Airfix Magazine guides. I have #11, RAF Camouflage of WWII. Their best work, though, were the hardcover books on building each of their 1/24 scale kits. As far as basic modeling tips you can't beat the Fine Scale Modelng books. Tom Tom, I'm aware of the books they did on their WWII kits in 1/24, but was there ever one on the Harrier? Martin > Don't know as I don't have it. > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > > Tom I don't think that they ever got to the Harrier. Tom There were 6 Classic Aircraft books 1 Spitfire 2 Me Bf109 3 P-51 Mustang 4 Hurricane 5 Ju 87 Stuka 6 Lancaster I assume that the Lancaster book was aimed at the 1/72nd model. The others related to 1/24th scale kits. > There were 6 Classic Aircraft books > [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > 5 Ju 87 Stuka > 6 Lancaster plus: 7 Mosquito (un-numbered) B-17 > I assume that the Lancaster book was aimed at the 1/72nd model. The others > related to 1/24th scale kits. The Lancaster looks at converting a 1:72 kit (not necessarily the Airfix one) into a Manchester, B.II, B.VI, Air Sea Rescue or engine testbed Lancaster, Lancastrian or York; and detailing the Tamiya 1:48 kit. The Mosquito book looks at detailing the 1:32 Revell kit. The B-17 book looks at detailing and converting the Monogram 1:48 kit. Jon. > There were 6 Classic Aircraft books > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > I assume that the Lancaster book was aimed at the 1/72nd model. The others > related to 1/24th scale kits. There was a seventh, the deHavilland Mosquito I believe. Bill Shuey > >>>Hi, > >>> [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Richard. Didn't they get sold to Hall Publications back in the '90s? ISTR that happened before the whole thing went into receivership. Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. > Didn't they get sold to Hall Publications back in the '90s? ISTR that > happened before the whole thing went into receivership. > > Bill Banaszak, MFE Sr. Yes. Hall Park Publications were the last owners of the title as far as I know. They produced quite a few issues, to their usual minimum production standards, before they packed up. Gordon McLaughlin Here's a cute fact, this group has a Frequently Asked Questions. If you read through it you'll get all the info you need: http://www.ninfinger.org/~sven/models/rms_tips/rmsfaq.1.html hth The Keeper |
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