Quote Originally Posted by 79blue View Post
As I wrote earlier in this thread, I started making Airfix models to pass the time due to mobility issues.

I have just ordered Airfix's biggest and most complex model, The 1/24 scale Mark IXc Spitfire. Which is made of more than 430 parts, with the engine being a work of art in itself. This should keep me occupied for the next 3 months. It quite expensive and paint will cost a lot, but it appears worth the price.

Here is what some else made which I hope to replicate.spitfire.jpgengine.jpg
Applying the paint to the main parts, with a paint brush or airbrush?

Another question... are Airfix the leaders in model manufacturing, or is there some obscure company that makes higher quality stuff? (I'm guessing Japanese or South Korean)

I remember when I was a kid, my stepfather painstakingly putting together a Formula One model of a 'John Player Special' racing car.
He spent ages putting it all together. It had active steering, suspension - the lot! He even had a wooden plinth made for it!
I soon got my hands on it, and completely fecked it up, by trying to drag it across our living room shag-pile carpet!