I used to assemble Airfix kits as a child, as probably many here have done so either.
I loved the paintings on the covers of the kit boxes that always gave an artist's impression of the original that the kit reproduced as model in their (assumed) natural habitat.
Occasionally, spotting one of the old kit covers brings back sweet childhood memories.
Being especially interested in ships from an early age, I can well remember how much I coveted those from the ocean/transatlantic liners series.
Although in the 1970s the absolute prices for the kits were much lower than today, relatively, especially for a primary school boy's budget, they had cost a fortune, and I saved for weeks and months every penny of my pocket money to once buy me another of the boxes that were put on display in the shop window of a nearby stationery shop that I came past every day on my way from school.
I especially fell in love with the Airfix Kit of the SS FRANCE and QE2, and would very much like to get hold of one these days again since I long had lost my assembled model from the kit back then.
Does anyone know if Airfix kits, and in particular this one, are still available today?
Yep, I can see they hawk them on ebay.
Blimey, they must be joking,
nearly 280 bucks This I cannot afford, even with my absolutely higher income, but relatively much more meager, taking into account the many obligations that need to be met by it, of today.
I was mistaken. The above model wasn't built from the kit.
But there's a
Vintage Airfix Kit Page dedicated to it, and Wully has just sent me a PN with a link to an offered ebay kit on auction.
Thanks mate!
Well, the 60 GBP + 6 GBP postage still a bit hefty, though there hasn't been a bid yet for the well over 3 day lasting auction on this item.