tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post4950444551916473202..comments2024-03-18T23:25:24.574+00:00Comments on Megablitz and more: A History of Airfix HO/OO AFV kits - part 9 - 1967Tim Gowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-4989287185196501452013-01-03T15:19:21.888+00:002013-01-03T15:19:21.888+00:00Peter
A good old wallow in nostalgis does you good...Peter<br />A good old wallow in nostalgis does you good!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-73001492942390349182013-01-03T15:18:51.601+00:002013-01-03T15:18:51.601+00:00Archduke Piccolo
I'm sorry to hear you were tr...Archduke Piccolo<br />I'm sorry to hear you were traumatised by missing kit parts. Not a problem I've had with Matchbox. But you're right about the tracks being a bit snug!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-57234409364853476452013-01-03T14:52:33.210+00:002013-01-03T14:52:33.210+00:00Excellent models! It brings back childhood memorie...Excellent models! It brings back childhood memories! Thanks for sharing!<br /><br />Greetings<br />Peter<br />http://www.peterscave.blogspot.be/peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09450643635236807442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-51973493115666203232013-01-01T22:37:28.381+00:002013-01-01T22:37:28.381+00:00In mid-'70s Wellington (where I lived for 12 y...In mid-'70s Wellington (where I lived for 12 years) the Airfix kits available tended to be Panthers, T34s, the occasional IS3, and the dear old Pzpahwg 234/4. Carrier and 6pr; 25pr field gun , they would yurn up now and then (I still am fond of the 25pr kit, which gave you the whole ensemble: tractor, limber and field piece, with crews). I always felt ESCI separate Quad was a bit of a rip off, however good the kits were overall. Joy of joy when the Afrika Korp Recon kit turned up. I bought the shop's entire stock of 3.<br /><br />Never saw a PzIV, Tiger, 88 and tow. Never saw a WW1 vehicle (though that might have been because I wasn't looking). <br /><br />So I branched out very quickly into ESCI, Fujimi, and Matchbox. I always liked the elegance of Matchbox kits, but disliked what seemed a habit of missing bits of kit and/or wrong tracks (a Firefly came with PzIV tracks; a Honey lacked its glacis plate, and there were other niggling annoyances. Fujimi I always found a bit fiddly to assemble - at least to begin with - but end product I liked (my favorite probably being the KV2).<br /><br />Overlapping wheels? The trickiest bit about that was getting the bally things intact off the sprue...<br /><br />Cheers,<br />Ion Archduke Piccolohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533325665451889661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-16366910414387619022013-01-01T21:56:37.419+00:002013-01-01T21:56:37.419+00:00Paul
They wee good kits - and could usually be sav...Paul<br />They wee good kits - and could usually be saved no matter how bad the original build was!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-58517045539767094682013-01-01T21:55:09.157+00:002013-01-01T21:55:09.157+00:00Rodger
It's all coming back to you? Me too.Rodger<br />It's all coming back to you? Me too.Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-92102611484600319192013-01-01T20:40:21.773+00:002013-01-01T20:40:21.773+00:00I have dealt with a number of this kits (10-15ish)...I have dealt with a number of this kits (10-15ish) and in restoring I have never found any to have lost the rear discs or have had broken tracks. <br /><br />I can seem to remember in my last new built of these the tracks still did actually fit.<br /><br />The missing cable reels on the gun's wheel assemblies were its only real issue I think and the amusing crew on parade poses, but at least it had a crew!<br /><br />Any initiation should include a German Armoured Car rebuild to a 234/4 standard type.<br /><br />Model on.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666481879639671282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-81643806097058077832013-01-01T19:41:23.493+00:002013-01-01T19:41:23.493+00:00Great memories and cool kits!Great memories and cool kits!Rodgerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14447816347472085277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-59338618612439598672013-01-01T15:58:23.370+00:002013-01-01T15:58:23.370+00:00Steven Page
So you bought the kit - but did you bu...Steven Page<br />So you bought the kit - but did you build it?Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-55903398836057932462013-01-01T15:56:39.433+00:002013-01-01T15:56:39.433+00:00Ross Mac
Ooh, a secret society - I like the sound ...Ross Mac<br />Ooh, a secret society - I like the sound of that!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-86712483540346882352013-01-01T15:55:47.985+00:002013-01-01T15:55:47.985+00:00David Crook
You'll not be able to resist forev...David Crook<br />You'll not be able to resist forever!Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-44518120274016182662013-01-01T15:50:35.154+00:002013-01-01T15:50:35.154+00:00That was the hardest to find kit in the Airfix lin...That was the hardest to find kit in the Airfix line when I was young. I NEVER did get one built until the early eighties, because my two local shops could not keep one in stock. Finally I was able to pick one up through mail order!<br /><br />The MK! was a terrible tease...I just knew that any day I would go into Combat Hobbies and see an A7V, a Whippet and a Renault. such was not meant to be...<br />-SteveSteven Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06879645260438845222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-11056099498537943422013-01-01T15:08:02.611+00:002013-01-01T15:08:02.611+00:00What? Force people to build one? No No, they shoul...What? Force people to build one? No No, they should be taken off the market and purged from the shelves so those of us who have been initiated can lean back and say " Oh yes but you young fellas just have to deal with snap together kits, in my day wargamers were wargamers, did I ever tell you about the Airfix 88?"Ross Mac rmacfa@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04053555991679802013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-86108054205622725342013-01-01T12:01:16.156+00:002013-01-01T12:01:16.156+00:00Hi Tim,
The Airfix 88 was a great kit and I agree...Hi Tim,<br /><br />The Airfix 88 was a great kit and I agree totally about the overlapping wheels!I saw one in Modelzone and was so tempted to buy one just for the sheer hell of it.<br /><br />All the best,<br /><br />DCDavid Crookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497436789811496047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-56143855904630727742013-01-01T11:34:44.971+00:002013-01-01T11:34:44.971+00:00Paul
I thought I'd start the year off on a hig...Paul<br />I thought I'd start the year off on a high. It's all downhill from here. Perhaps building the 88 kit could form part of some initiation process for new entrants to the hobby? Or are we already doing enough to put people off?Tim Gowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561988214539953646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7152572458899289416.post-54714966687620394912013-01-01T10:35:37.078+00:002013-01-01T10:35:37.078+00:00Your best post of 2013 Tim, well done.
Anyone who...Your best post of 2013 Tim, well done.<br /><br />Anyone who has not built the 88 and Tractor should not be gaming.<br /><br />Fine conversions as well<br /><br />Great post.Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666481879639671282noreply@blogger.com