Old Airfix Magazines online

Started by Rick Lowe, April 13, 2021, 07:33:33 PM

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Rick Lowe

Hey, All

Just found a mention of this site and have spent a good while indulging in nostalgia. And I'm going back for more!

https://archive.org/search.php?query=airfix+magazine&and%5B%5D=subject%3A%22airfix+magazine%22&sort=titleSorter&page=2

Perhaps not much of use in this day and age, but OTOH there just may be.

Cheers

PR19_Kit

I don't need to check them online, the originals are still up in The Loft.  ;D
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

Rick Lowe

Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 14, 2021, 02:47:29 AM
I don't need to check them online, the originals are still up in The Loft.  ;D

;D

Yeah, I noticed more than a few familiar covers...

NARSES2

Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 14, 2021, 02:47:29 AM
I don't need to check them online, the originals are still up in The Loft.  ;D

Mine are in the coal hole
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.

Doug K

Bloody hell I think I have them all, up to about 1974. My dad collected them for 10 years, and I devoured AW Hall's conversions.

JayBee

Quote from: Doug K on April 14, 2021, 09:52:02 AM
AW Hall's conversions.

AH! Yes. How to make a Hawker Hector out of an Airfix Hawker Hart. I did!

Alle kunst ist umsunst wenn ein engel auf das zundloch brunzt!!

Sic biscuitus disintegratum!

Cats are not real. 
They are just physical manifestations of collisions between enigma & conundrum particles.

Any aircraft can be improved by giving it a SHARKMOUTH!

Rick Lowe

Quote from: JayBee on April 14, 2021, 01:45:04 PM
Quote from: Doug K on April 14, 2021, 09:52:02 AM
AW Hall's conversions.

AH! Yes. How to make a Hawker Hector out of an Airfix Hawker Hart. I did!

Some of Mr Hall's conversions are still pretty impressive today - and also still the only way to get some of the subjects. (talking about converting, not necessarily the specific method)

And some of the old Chris Ellis conversions are still the only way to get some of the Armour subjects...

Doug K

Quote from: JayBee on April 14, 2021, 01:45:04 PM
Quote from: Doug K on April 14, 2021, 09:52:02 AM
AW Hall's conversions.

AH! Yes. How to make a Hawker Hector out of an Airfix Hawker Hart. I did!

Yep, the 2 seater ME262 was one of my favourites

PR19_Kit

I made a Wasp from a Scout, and still have it, but I didn't do it Alan's way.

He suggested using FOUR Airfix Hudson tailwheel struts and FOUR Jet Provost nosewheels for the landing gear! OK for him, he could get them free from Airfix, but what would you do with all the left over bits?  :-\

I used a Caravelle for the wheels and scratchbuilt the struts from styrene.
Kit's Rule 1 ) Any aircraft can be improved by fitting longer wings, and/or a longer fuselage
Kit's Rule 2) The backstory can always be changed to suit the model

...and I'm not a closeted 'Take That' fan, I'm a REAL fan! :)

Regards
Kit

crudebuteffective

i hated all the conversions and scratch builds

they were ok IF you could afford plasticard or use two kits to make one

if i  had money it was for A kit OR a sheet of plasticard and if i bought  2 kits I BUILT BOTH

RANT BUTTON OFF
Remember, if the reality police ask you haven't seen us in ages!
When does "old enough to know better" kick in?

Captain Canada

Some great photos in those oldies !
CANADA KICKS arse !!!!

Long Live the Commonwealth !!!
Vive les Canadiens !
Where's my beer ?

Rick Lowe

Quote from: PR19_Kit on April 14, 2021, 02:24:13 PM
I made a Wasp from a Scout, and still have it, but I didn't do it Alan's way.

He suggested using FOUR Airfix Hudson tailwheel struts and FOUR Jet Provost nosewheels for the landing gear! OK for him, he could get them free from Airfix, but what would you do with all the left over bits?  :-\

I used a Caravelle for the wheels and scratchbuilt the struts from styrene.

True, some of the methods were a *bit* of a stretch for those without massively deep spares boxes, but they showed what could be done and sometimes thinking of other ways can be part of the fun - and it certainly helps you learn to think outside the box.

Quote from: crudebuteffective on April 14, 2021, 02:32:13 PM
i hated all the conversions and scratch builds

they were ok IF you could afford plasticard or use two kits to make one

if i  had money it was for A kit OR a sheet of plasticard and if i bought  2 kits I BUILT BOTH

RANT BUTTON OFF

I hear you; back in the day I couldn't afford many kits either and 'spares' were for the rich modeller...
- and as for styrene available by the sheet? Only in overseas magazines or my dreams - I had to make do with round plastic trays that had held cheese segments. And which fractured across the radius of the disc, if you weren't careful.

Gondor

I remember two long running articles, one was converting figures for the "Return of the Light Brigade" or something like that where the builder recreated a painting. The second article I remember was how to build a Mulberry Harbour. Both articles took a couple of years to complete in the magazines.
I might have a look to see which magazines I have.

Gondor
My Ability to Imagine is only exceeded by my Imagined Abilities

Gondor's Modelling Rule Number Three: Everything will fit perfectly untill you apply glue...

I know it's in a book I have around here somewhere....

Rick Lowe

Quote from: Gondor on April 14, 2021, 10:24:36 PM
I remember two long running articles, one was converting figures for the "Return of the Light Brigade" or something like that where the builder recreated a painting.

Gondor

Exactly that, as painted by Elizabeth Southerden Thompson Butler

https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/balaclava-204619

Again, a project for the deep of pocket, or those with access to untold quantities of free Airfix kits...

NARSES2

Quote from: Rick Lowe on April 14, 2021, 01:51:59 PM

And some of the old Chris Ellis conversions are still the only way to get some of the Armour subjects...

Back in the day I have to admit I was more into these then the Aircraft ones. Had a whole line-up of special purpose vehicles based on the Churchill.
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.