Model Kits

[darren]

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[Mulletino]

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Nope, but i'd have loved one! (still would)

[marc]

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Did anybody have one of these kits?

[darren]

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[darren]

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[darren]

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[darren]

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HERE IS A FEW.

I NEVER KNEW AIRFIX ETC DID MODEL KITS BASED ON FILMS.

THESE ARE STUNNERS.



I THOUGHT THEY JUST DID THEM ON SAY FAMOUS AIRCRAFT SHIPS FROM VARIOUS WARS 1ST 2ND WW.

[Mulletino]

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Airfix produced some kits in the 1980s called Snap'n'fix. They were aimed mainly at the younger modeller.

Aye, I had the Cosmic Clipper from this page:



Mind you, I always wanted the ones from this range:

[marc]

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Airfix produced some kits in the 1980s called Snap'n'fix. They were aimed mainly at the younger modeller.

[Richard1978]

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I had a snap together kit of a helicopter, I think was made by Revell.

[staffslad]

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I remember seeing some snap together kits advertised in comics but don't think I ever saw one for sale around here.

[victorbrunswick]

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Anybody remember the snap together kits? The one I remember having was the Monogram kit of a Sopwith Camel piloted by Snoopy.

[marc]

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Some of those kits were bloody hard ! Especially if the pieces didn't fit together very well as they did sometimes. Could never do those car ones

Anyone remember Frog kits ? Now they were damnmed hard and the instructions were terrible !

I believe Frog kits were bought out by a company called Novo (Nova?). They might have been produced in Russia.

[staffslad]

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Some were a bit fiddly, particularly the ships, I thought, as there were lots of quite small parts. Jet aircraft were not so bad--no propellers or moving parts usually. I almost always built aircraft with landing gear retracted, as they seemed to last longer--fewer parts to break off.

I am pretty sure I brought in the Battle of Britain kit for the junior school build. I also remember that the cheapest Airfix kits came in a plastic bag, rather than a box.

[darren]

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ID HAVE THOUGHT THEY WHERE QUITE HARD TO PUT TOGETHER YOU NEED A LOT OF PATIENCE.

I made a fair few models, usually aircraft, but also ships and the odd tank. Mainly they were from Airfix, but also Matchbox, Revell and Frog. I also hung some from the ceiling of my bedroom from string. Some I can recall:

Airfix Lancaster--the dambusters version
Airfix Panavia Tornado
Airfix HMS Fearless
Airfix HMS Devonshire
Airfix F86 Sabre
Airfix Battle of Britain set--Spitfire + Me109
Airfix Me262
Matchbox Sherman Firefly in a diorama
Frog? F100 Super Sabre
Revell HMS Ark Royal
Airfix Harrier

In the last year of junior school, all the boys had to bring in a model to make, while the girls did sewing.