Airfix news 2020 - 2023

[Peter]

Never seen this from Airfix:



https://www.airfix.com/uk-en/shop/new-a ... layer.html

[Erich von Manstein]

It‘s a reboxing of an 2009 variant of their original 1/76 Churchill kit (from 1961).
As one can guess, the kit is quite basic and has some problems. The then added bridge is incorrect afaik.
The similar 1/76 Matchbox (now Revell) kit is imho better (alas far from being great though).

[Bessiere]

ROCO from Austria used to make one of these in 1/87 I believe.

[Peter]

Found this on Facebook:

Coming soon: Airfix IWO JIMA. With US Marines, Japanese Infantry, US tank Firefly, Japanese Medium tank Type 97 Chi Ha, large diorama base Iwo Jima (Bellona D17).



If I find more information, I post it here.

[Susofrick]

Saw it too, and I thought it was fiction. There is a guy that makes his own dreamed up Airfix-boxes. They are very good and it's great fun so I thought he had done something.

[Peter]

Saw it too, and I thought it was fiction. There is a guy that makes his own dreamed up Airfix-boxes. They are very good and it's great fun so I thought he had done something.

The person who posted this on facebook Gunnar is a person we know as a collector of this kind of stuff. I can't believe he would fool us.
But it is possible because the number on the box is from the WW1 Western Front box. And I found nothing on the Airfix website. So we wait.

[Peter]

Sorry but it is fake. It was to good to be true.

You can buy all sets and kits and the plate seperate.