Exciting Airfix News

 BAC TSR.2
Okay, so this isn't going to be exciting for most of you, dear readers, but certainly for myself, and possibly the Landlord ;-):

Test shots of resin mould of Airfix TSR.2
Test shots of Airfix Spitfire MkIXc

Reminds me of the hedy days of A-level studies and spending many a study period down at Humbrol looking at the latest releases with the R&D man, Trevor Snowden. It was like an Aladdin's cave, with all the new and re-released kits in various stages of build, strewn across Trev's desk ;-) I'd then take them home, build them up, as well as trying out new paints, and some rather smelly glues. I even had the task of fixing up some of the huge range of display models before and after the shows.

The Spitfire is a gorgeous kit already, and this latest one was to be a cut and shut job, using the new wing made for the earlier 1:48th releases (Seafire and F22/24). But it looks like they've binned that idea and gone for a completely new fuselage. I've still got the 1:72 scale Mk1a I built as a kid. And amongst the stash, a 1:24th scale Spit. Beautiful aircraft. Might even take one into work and replace my modern desk models with a proper plane ;-)

Rumour is that the 10,000 run for TSR.2 is sold out, and there's demand for 14,500 at the last count :-O Again, a fantastic looking aircraft, and if it hadn't been cancelled, would've made the British aerospace industry a very different place to what it is now.

About Alan Bell

Lapsed: electronic engineer, scout leader, project controller.
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