Original Airfix Stuka from 1976!

[chris watton]

My boss just brought this into work this morning, given to him from a colleague from Russia! I almost shed a tear when I saw the original (and much better) box art! The Russians said that this is still one of the most detailed models of the Stuka on the market, the rivet detail is perfectly in scale, as are the panel details.

Anyway, Just thought I'd share this with you.....;

[chris watton]

Soovy said:

Sigh.

Simple pleasures. Happy times.

I know I was 9 when this came out, and I had it for Christmas, I remember being gobsmacked by its size and inside detail – I guess today’s equivalent for a 9 year old would be a PS3 or iPhone, many times the price.

[chris watton]

T89 Callan said:

There are quite a few on ebay. Are they all really old or are they a new release of an old model?

I really want to build a large scale Stuka (Favourite plane ever) but don't want a kit with brittle plastic and dried-up decals

I can tell you that the plastic in this 33 year old kit is still as good as the day it was moulded, still very flexible (which did surprise me, TBH) - the parts look as though they were made yesterday. it seems the decals have suffered, but upon peeling off the film, they're not as bad as I thought they'd be!