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24th November 2015, 17:57 | #1 |
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A Christmas present for a 13yo girl...?
Well an Airfix kit of course......
Spent 45m in Chester's model city (nice people) on Sunday with my daughter looking at all the kits. A trip down memory lane for me as I remember clutching my well earned pocket money and going into Perth on a Saturday morning and choosing a model then later when we moved to Edinburgh to Wonderland Models on Lothian Road. Good to see Airfix on the up as I recall they went through a shaky patch some time ago. Anyway we went for the 1:72 Bae Lightning starter kit that's a good size and fairly straightforward so that's the winter evenings sorted In case you're wondering of the bizarre choice - she's just joined the Air Cadets and loving every minute of it. Back to Airfix - they used to have a factory near Hull docks and had a Hunter gate guardian (ex Raf Leuchers I think) - still there? Loved the box art and although they toned down the action some years ago most of the box art is back to its former glory. I was impressed with the Hawker Typhoon low level tank attack picture |
24th November 2015, 18:05 | #2 |
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The Hunter gate guardian was as far as I know a full scale replica, which still exists after being secured for preservation following Humbrol/Airfix's move down to Hornby at Margate, and is now at Fort Paull a few miles up the road:
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24th November 2015, 18:07 | #3 |
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I used to buy them from Woolworths for I think 2s 6d
in a plastic bag with a folded cardboard top http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgur...CD0QMwhtKEcwRw when we had too many we used to hang them from a tree and shoot them with an air rifle
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Used to do the exact same thing, all those hours of glueing and painting Most of my old Action Men and their equipment got the same treatment too
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>>>A Christmas present for a 13yo girl...? <<<
A rich 14 year old boy?? ... |
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