Airfix Winter Sale starts

[Mutley]

http://www.airfix.com/uk-en/shop/winter-sale.html?...

Perfect timing! the new tool Lancaster reduced to £18.99, 3 days after I bought one at full price from my LMS. Though, I would rather give him my trade, but just annoying on the timing.

[spitfire-ian]

So tempting to spend a bit of money in the sale but I've been pretty much banned by the Mrs from buying any more until I finish what I've got!

[Starfighter]

Tempted by the big Bentley blower at that price. Does anyone know of a photo etch sets for this kit?

[mcdjl]

Starfighter said:

Tempted by the big Bentley blower at that price. Does anyone know of a photo etch sets for this kit?

I've been tempted by that for a while. And a C47. Temptation over....

[Eric Mc]

Be prepared for some work on the Bentley. It was originally issued way back in 1971 so it will not be to modern moulding standards -



However, it can be built to a fantastic standard. A much worked on rendition did very well in the model competition at Scalemodelworld this year -

[bristolracer]

So whats the difference between the 1/24 kits?

Are the spitfire and me109 inferior models to the typhoon?

TIA

[dr_gn]

bristolracer said:

So whats the difference between the 1/24 kits?

Are the spitfire and me109 inferior models to the typhoon?

TIA

Yes, the Typhoon is pretty much brand new, the others (even including the Mosquito) are from a different era in terms of quality. They aren't bad models, but not up to modern standards in terms of fit, accuracy and detail.

I you want to check the provenance of a kit, put into into this database:

https://www.scalemates.com/

It'll tell you when it was released, re-released and if any new-tool or updated versions are available.

Edited by dr_gn on Sunday 27th December 15:14

[wijit]

Eric Mc said:

Be prepared for some work on the Bentley. It was originally issued way back in 1971 so it will not be to modern moulding standards -



However, it can be built to a fantastic standard. A much worked on rendition did very well in the model competition at Scalemodelworld this year -

When you say be prepared for some work, what degree of work is needed? Is it just smoothing edges or is it more substantial?

[Eric Mc]

I've never built the Bentley but because the kit is over 40 years old - and having built many, many Airfix kits of that vintage, and older, I do know that the moulds will not be in a pristine state any more. There will probably be some flash (excess plastic on the parts) that will need removing and you might find that some bits may not be as exact as they once were. Also, the detail may not be as great as you would expect from a similar model today.

To be honest, fettling and sorting parts for fitting is part of what plastic model building is all about as far as I am concerned. I am happy to build a kit from any era. But if you are out of practice building kits or are only used to the very exact and tight fits of modern kits, you might find a kit like this a bit "flabby".

And it's not a particularly cheap kit either.

[dr_gn]

There's a very good (honest) review here:

http://www.scaleplasticandrail.com/kaboom/index.ph...

IMO the wheels will let it down the most, but if you can live with them I can't see any other real issues with it. Building "out of box" would seem fairly straightforward, and adding more refined detail such as wire mesh and metal nuts wouldn't be difficult either.

Revel recently re-released the old Heller Bentley in 1:24 scale. That's a very nice alternative and obviously quite a lot simpler.

[Eric Mc]

Excellent review.

Is there any aftermarket stuff available for this kit?

[s111dpc]

I can remember building that Bentley with my Dad about 35 years ago!

Sorry can't comment on the quality as my memory isn't that good and I was only a nipper at the time.