±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: cgsimpson
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6645

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 745
Total: 745
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Downloads
02: CPGlang
03: Home
04: CPGlang
05: Home
06: CPGlang
07: CPGlang
08: Community Forums
09: Your Account
10: Community Forums
11: Community Forums
12: CPGlang
13: Community Forums
14: Community Forums
15: CPGlang
16: Community Forums
17: Community Forums
18: Home
19: Community Forums
20: Community Forums
21: CPGlang
22: Home
23: Member Screenshots
24: Community Forums
25: Your Account
26: CPGlang
27: Community Forums
28: Community Forums
29: Community Forums
30: Community Forums
31: Community Forums
32: Statistics
33: CPGlang
34: Community Forums
35: Community Forums
36: Community Forums
37: Community Forums
38: News Archive
39: Photo Gallery
40: Community Forums
41: Community Forums
42: Home
43: Community Forums
44: Community Forums
45: Community Forums
46: Community Forums
47: Community Forums
48: Community Forums
49: Home
50: Community Forums
51: Community Forums
52: Community Forums
53: Photo Gallery
54: Home
55: Photo Gallery
56: Photo Gallery
57: Home
58: Photo Gallery
59: Community Forums
60: Community Forums
61: Community Forums
62: Community Forums
63: Community Forums
64: Your Account
65: Community Forums
66: Photo Gallery
67: Community Forums
68: Community Forums
69: CPGlang
70: Home
71: Community Forums
72: Home
73: Community Forums
74: Community Forums
75: Photo Gallery
76: Community Forums
77: Community Forums
78: Community Forums
79: Community Forums
80: Community Forums
81: Community Forums
82: Community Forums
83: Community Forums
84: Photo Gallery
85: Community Forums
86: CPGlang
87: Photo Gallery
88: Community Forums
89: Community Forums
90: Your Account
91: Community Forums
92: Community Forums
93: Member Screenshots
94: Community Forums
95: Home
96: CPGlang
97: Community Forums
98: Photo Gallery
99: CPGlang
100: Community Forums
101: Your Account
102: Community Forums
103: Photo Gallery
104: Community Forums
105: Member Screenshots
106: Community Forums
107: CPGlang
108: Community Forums
109: CPGlang
110: Community Forums
111: Community Forums
112: Community Forums
113: Community Forums
114: Community Forums
115: Community Forums
116: CPGlang
117: Home
118: Member Screenshots
119: Community Forums
120: Photo Gallery
121: Community Forums
122: Member Screenshots
123: Community Forums
124: Photo Gallery
125: Community Forums
126: Community Forums
127: Community Forums
128: Community Forums
129: Photo Gallery
130: Community Forums
131: Statistics
132: Community Forums
133: Community Forums
134: Home
135: Community Forums
136: Photo Gallery
137: Community Forums
138: Community Forums
139: Community Forums
140: Community Forums
141: Community Forums
142: Community Forums
143: Community Forums
144: Home
145: Home
146: Home
147: Community Forums
148: Home
149: Community Forums
150: Photo Gallery
151: Community Forums
152: Community Forums
153: CPGlang
154: Home
155: Community Forums
156: Community Forums
157: Community Forums
158: Photo Gallery
159: Home
160: Photo Gallery
161: Photo Gallery
162: News
163: Community Forums
164: Downloads
165: Photo Gallery
166: Home
167: Community Forums
168: Your Account
169: CPGlang
170: Community Forums
171: Community Forums
172: News
173: Downloads
174: Community Forums
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Photo Gallery
178: Photo Gallery
179: Home
180: Photo Gallery
181: Community Forums
182: Community Forums
183: Photo Gallery
184: Community Forums
185: Your Account
186: Downloads
187: Community Forums
188: Community Forums
189: Community Forums
190: Community Forums
191: Your Account
192: Community Forums
193: Photo Gallery
194: Community Forums
195: Community Forums
196: Photo Gallery
197: Community Forums
198: Community Forums
199: Community Forums
200: Community Forums
201: Photo Gallery
202: Community Forums
203: Community Forums
204: Community Forums
205: Photo Gallery
206: Photo Gallery
207: Treasury
208: Community Forums
209: Community Forums
210: Community Forums
211: Community Forums
212: Community Forums
213: Photo Gallery
214: Community Forums
215: Photo Gallery
216: Community Forums
217: Community Forums
218: Photo Gallery
219: Community Forums
220: Community Forums
221: Home
222: Downloads
223: Community Forums
224: Community Forums
225: Community Forums
226: Community Forums
227: Community Forums
228: Home
229: Photo Gallery
230: Member Screenshots
231: Downloads
232: Community Forums
233: Community Forums
234: Home
235: Community Forums
236: Photo Gallery
237: Home
238: Photo Gallery
239: Photo Gallery
240: Photo Gallery
241: Photo Gallery
242: Community Forums
243: Community Forums
244: Community Forums
245: Community Forums
246: Community Forums
247: Home
248: Downloads
249: Photo Gallery
250: Home
251: Photo Gallery
252: Photo Gallery
253: Community Forums
254: Photo Gallery
255: Your Account
256: Community Forums
257: Community Forums
258: Community Forums
259: Community Forums
260: Community Forums
261: Home
262: Community Forums
263: Photo Gallery
264: Photo Gallery
265: Community Forums
266: News
267: Community Forums
268: Community Forums
269: Photo Gallery
270: Home
271: Community Forums
272: Community Forums
273: Community Forums
274: Community Forums
275: Photo Gallery
276: Community Forums
277: Photo Gallery
278: Photo Gallery
279: Photo Gallery
280: Community Forums
281: Community Forums
282: Community Forums
283: Downloads
284: Member Screenshots
285: Community Forums
286: Community Forums
287: Home
288: Community Forums
289: Community Forums
290: Downloads
291: Photo Gallery
292: Statistics
293: Downloads
294: Community Forums
295: Community Forums
296: Community Forums
297: Community Forums
298: Downloads
299: Photo Gallery
300: Home
301: Photo Gallery
302: Downloads
303: Search
304: Community Forums
305: Photo Gallery
306: Community Forums
307: Home
308: CPGlang
309: Photo Gallery
310: Home
311: Community Forums
312: Home
313: Downloads
314: Community Forums
315: Community Forums
316: Community Forums
317: Community Forums
318: Community Forums
319: Photo Gallery
320: Community Forums
321: Community Forums
322: Community Forums
323: Community Forums
324: Community Forums
325: Community Forums
326: Community Forums
327: Photo Gallery
328: Community Forums
329: CPGlang
330: CPGlang
331: Home
332: Community Forums
333: Community Forums
334: Downloads
335: Community Forums
336: Community Forums
337: Community Forums
338: Home
339: Community Forums
340: Community Forums
341: Home
342: Statistics
343: Community Forums
344: Home
345: Community Forums
346: Photo Gallery
347: Community Forums
348: Your Account
349: Community Forums
350: CPGlang
351: News
352: Community Forums
353: Community Forums
354: Community Forums
355: Community Forums
356: CPGlang
357: Community Forums
358: Community Forums
359: Your Account
360: Home
361: Home
362: Community Forums
363: Community Forums
364: Community Forums
365: Photo Gallery
366: Community Forums
367: Community Forums
368: Home
369: Home
370: Community Forums
371: Photo Gallery
372: Community Forums
373: Community Forums
374: Photo Gallery
375: News Archive
376: Community Forums
377: CPGlang
378: Community Forums
379: Home
380: Community Forums
381: Your Account
382: Community Forums
383: Community Forums
384: Home
385: Community Forums
386: Community Forums
387: CPGlang
388: Community Forums
389: Community Forums
390: Downloads
391: CPGlang
392: Home
393: Community Forums
394: Photo Gallery
395: Community Forums
396: Community Forums
397: Community Forums
398: Community Forums
399: Photo Gallery
400: Home
401: Community Forums
402: Community Forums
403: Community Forums
404: Community Forums
405: CPGlang
406: Photo Gallery
407: Community Forums
408: Community Forums
409: Community Forums
410: Community Forums
411: Photo Gallery
412: Community Forums
413: Community Forums
414: Downloads
415: Community Forums
416: Community Forums
417: Community Forums
418: Community Forums
419: Community Forums
420: Photo Gallery
421: Community Forums
422: Community Forums
423: Home
424: Community Forums
425: Community Forums
426: Photo Gallery
427: Statistics
428: Home
429: Community Forums
430: Community Forums
431: Community Forums
432: Photo Gallery
433: Community Forums
434: Community Forums
435: Community Forums
436: Home
437: Community Forums
438: Community Forums
439: Community Forums
440: Community Forums
441: Community Forums
442: Home
443: Community Forums
444: Community Forums
445: Photo Gallery
446: Community Forums
447: Community Forums
448: Photo Gallery
449: Home
450: Community Forums
451: Community Forums
452: Community Forums
453: Community Forums
454: Community Forums
455: Photo Gallery
456: Community Forums
457: Member Screenshots
458: Community Forums
459: Community Forums
460: Community Forums
461: Photo Gallery
462: Community Forums
463: CPGlang
464: CPGlang
465: Community Forums
466: Home
467: Community Forums
468: Community Forums
469: Community Forums
470: Community Forums
471: Community Forums
472: Member Screenshots
473: Home
474: Photo Gallery
475: Community Forums
476: Community Forums
477: Photo Gallery
478: Community Forums
479: Photo Gallery
480: Photo Gallery
481: Community Forums
482: Community Forums
483: Community Forums
484: CPGlang
485: Community Forums
486: Home
487: Community Forums
488: Photo Gallery
489: Community Forums
490: Community Forums
491: Community Forums
492: Search
493: Community Forums
494: Home
495: Member Screenshots
496: Photo Gallery
497: Your Account
498: Community Forums
499: Community Forums
500: Photo Gallery
501: Community Forums
502: Community Forums
503: Community Forums
504: Community Forums
505: Community Forums
506: Community Forums
507: Home
508: Photo Gallery
509: Community Forums
510: Home
511: Community Forums
512: Community Forums
513: Community Forums
514: Community Forums
515: Community Forums
516: Home
517: Photo Gallery
518: Home
519: Community Forums
520: CPGlang
521: Community Forums
522: CPGlang
523: Community Forums
524: Community Forums
525: Photo Gallery
526: Home
527: Community Forums
528: Home
529: CPGlang
530: News Archive
531: CPGlang
532: CPGlang
533: Community Forums
534: Community Forums
535: Community Forums
536: Community Forums
537: Community Forums
538: Community Forums
539: Community Forums
540: Home
541: Community Forums
542: Photo Gallery
543: Community Forums
544: Community Forums
545: Downloads
546: Community Forums
547: Community Forums
548: Community Forums
549: Community Forums
550: Community Forums
551: Community Forums
552: Community Forums
553: Home
554: Photo Gallery
555: Photo Gallery
556: Community Forums
557: Photo Gallery
558: Photo Gallery
559: Community Forums
560: Community Forums
561: Community Forums
562: Community Forums
563: Photo Gallery
564: Statistics
565: Community Forums
566: Photo Gallery
567: Community Forums
568: Photo Gallery
569: Community Forums
570: Community Forums
571: News Archive
572: Community Forums
573: Community Forums
574: Community Forums
575: Community Forums
576: Community Forums
577: Community Forums
578: Community Forums
579: Photo Gallery
580: Community Forums
581: Home
582: Photo Gallery
583: Community Forums
584: Community Forums
585: Photo Gallery
586: Community Forums
587: Community Forums
588: Community Forums
589: Your Account
590: Community Forums
591: Community Forums
592: Photo Gallery
593: Community Forums
594: Community Forums
595: Home
596: CPGlang
597: Home
598: Community Forums
599: Home
600: Photo Gallery
601: Community Forums
602: Community Forums
603: Community Forums
604: Community Forums
605: Community Forums
606: Photo Gallery
607: Photo Gallery
608: Community Forums
609: Member Screenshots
610: CPGlang
611: Home
612: Community Forums
613: Community Forums
614: Community Forums
615: Photo Gallery
616: Photo Gallery
617: Community Forums
618: Your Account
619: CPGlang
620: Community Forums
621: Community Forums
622: Home
623: Community Forums
624: Community Forums
625: Community Forums
626: Home
627: News Archive
628: Your Account
629: Community Forums
630: CPGlang
631: Community Forums
632: Downloads
633: Downloads
634: Photo Gallery
635: Community Forums
636: Community Forums
637: Home
638: Photo Gallery
639: Community Forums
640: Photo Gallery
641: Community Forums
642: Community Forums
643: Community Forums
644: Downloads
645: Photo Gallery
646: Photo Gallery
647: Community Forums
648: Photo Gallery
649: Community Forums
650: Photo Gallery
651: Community Forums
652: Member Screenshots
653: Community Forums
654: Community Forums
655: Community Forums
656: Home
657: Community Forums
658: Community Forums
659: Community Forums
660: Community Forums
661: Community Forums
662: Community Forums
663: Community Forums
664: Photo Gallery
665: Statistics
666: Community Forums
667: Downloads
668: Photo Gallery
669: Community Forums
670: Member Screenshots
671: Community Forums
672: Community Forums
673: Photo Gallery
674: Home
675: Member Screenshots
676: Home
677: Photo Gallery
678: Community Forums
679: Community Forums
680: Community Forums
681: Home
682: Community Forums
683: Photo Gallery
684: Member Screenshots
685: Community Forums
686: Member Screenshots
687: Community Forums
688: Photo Gallery
689: CPGlang
690: Home
691: CPGlang
692: Home
693: Home
694: Home
695: Community Forums
696: Community Forums
697: Home
698: Your Account
699: CPGlang
700: Home
701: Community Forums
702: Photo Gallery
703: Home
704: Community Forums
705: Photo Gallery
706: Community Forums
707: Community Forums
708: Community Forums
709: Community Forums
710: Community Forums
711: Community Forums
712: Home
713: Community Forums
714: Your Account
715: Community Forums
716: Photo Gallery
717: Photo Gallery
718: Community Forums
719: Community Forums
720: Community Forums
721: Downloads
722: Downloads
723: Community Forums
724: Community Forums
725: Photo Gallery
726: Community Forums
727: Community Forums
728: Community Forums
729: Community Forums
730: Photo Gallery
731: Home
732: Community Forums
733: Community Forums
734: Community Forums
735: Community Forums
736: Community Forums
737: Community Forums
738: Community Forums
739: Photo Gallery
740: Community Forums
741: Member Screenshots
742: Community Forums
743: Home
744: Home
745: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Bad news for modellers :: Archived
A general meeting place for all pilots!
Go to page 1, 2  Next
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  Officer's Club

Topic Archived View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Uhu_Rodion
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Nov 14, 2004
Posts: 1437
Location: L'Aquila, Italy
PostPosted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:36 pm
Post subject: Bad news for modellers

Just received this from Hannants:



We do not know if or when we will ever get another delivery of Airfix, Heller or Humbrol so we suggest you buy whatever you think you may want in the future as soon as possible.

If what you want is not on our website that means it has already sold out and is not currently available or expected so has been removed from the website.


Neutral
Marco
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website MSN Messenger Photo Gallery
C_Sherman
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 590

PostPosted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:41 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

31 redundancies out of 41 employees? That's left a cleanup crew to empty the files and sell the furniture. Any smart ones among those remaining will be headed for the doors forthwith! Too bad, really. I've not used their paints much, and it's been years since I built an Airfix kit, but I know there are folks who swear by both products.

C

_________________
A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it
will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort.
-Herm Albright

Sic gorgiamus allos subjectatos nunc!
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Russ_Buchan
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 26, 2006
Posts: 67

PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:05 am
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

Ouch!

Does that mean that the Heller brand will no longer be sold? Their Napoleonic stuff was the bee's knees!

There's this Gypsy-wagon I've been kicking around, and it will depend on Heller's horsedrawn vehicles....

Vigilance!
Russ
Back to top
View user's profile
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6473
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:02 am
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

Been in the news for a few days in the UK.
Sadly kids today have Playstations and find them a lot more exciting than glueing bits of plastic together.
And the kids are where the money is for this market.
Who hasn't built an Airfix kit, when they were younger, and then used Humbrol paint to finish it?
Sad

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Uhu_Rodion
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Nov 14, 2004
Posts: 1437
Location: L'Aquila, Italy
PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:42 am
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

When a child, I had tons of Airfix plastic soldiers and built both Airfix and Heller kits, eventually painting all of them with Humbrol enamels - the news is somehow like putting a tombstone upon memories of a past time. Crying or Very sad

The weird thing is that I'm still using Humbrol paints at present, and that this is the most diffused brand of enamels available here in Italy. I hope they'll try to save at least this production line, and possibly drag Airfix into the process.

Heller was in bad waters since years, and I guess the incorporation was not at all a good affair, and accelerated the worsening of things.

Yeah, children nowadays don't bother anymore building plastic kits, too much waste of precious time and unavailable patience, but there's little to complain: our generation is responsible for this, so if there's somebody we have to be angry with, that's us.

Rolling Eyes
Marco
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website MSN Messenger Photo Gallery
Kitform
Bar Maid

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 22, 2005
Posts: 2011
Location: Cleveland. UK.
PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:47 am
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

When I was a child, I built Airfix kits and as an adult I helped my children build model kits (a few years ago now :)).

Technology moves on and leisure time interests move with it,. Although the news about toys/models that occupied my time as a child are sad, we shouldn’t get too upset about it.

We accuse kids these days of being ‘couch potatoes’, stuck in front of computer screens and not getting enough exercise. (Just like all of us here :))

Yet thirty years ago we were probably blaming Airfix for the demise of the ‘Hoop and Stick’ factories. Kids sat in the house building models instead of running about outside.

Lastly, if it wasn’t for the kids playing with computers fifteen or so years ago, we wouldn’t be sat here now playing Jops or FS9.

In thirty years time we probably complain about kids not using a computer enough to develop hand/eye co-ordination.

(Now, where’s me glue…….sniff…sniff…)
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6473
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 11:22 am
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

<<< Couch-potatoiest

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Shadow_Bshwackr
Janitor

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 21, 2005
Posts: 7015
Location: Central Illinois, USA
PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 1:01 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

LOL Shades, I just noticed your new avatar...lol Great job!
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6473
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 2:27 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

heheh - ty.
Thought I'd delay it a bit, so it wasn't as noticeable.
Only took you minutes though (s.o.b! lol).
Wink

I'm working on the next one already.
It's totally different from anything I've tried before and rather time consuming.

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
Hangman
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Nov 19, 2004
Posts: 449

PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 7:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

lol @ shades...nice work..I'm a bit concerned as to what you could be coming up with for your next one though...please say it has nothing to do with a skwirrell possibly humping someone who shall remain nameless's leg now does it???..lmao..I just had to ask..
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Shades
Forum Tree-Rat

Offline Offline
Joined: Mar 07, 2005
Posts: 6473
Location: 3rd Branch up, 'Ye Olde Oak', Green Wood.
PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 8:57 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

lol
Nope.
No skwirrells (except in the name) of that one.
Although I'm still fantasizing about her legs.
heheh
Wink

_________________
Skwerl's place.

Com-Central's cutest, fluffiest, twitchiest, tail.
CPU > Intel i9-9900k (o/c 4.9GHz); COOLING > BeQuiet! Dark Rock Pro 4;
MOBO > ASUS PRIME Z390-A; RAM > 2x32GB Corsair LPX 2666MHz;
GPU > Gigabyte GEFORCE GTX650Ti PCI-e 3.0 2Gb GDDR5;
AUDIO > Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music (plus - Universal Audio UAD2 Quad Custom accelerator);
HDD > 3x1TB+ M.2. SSDs; LCD > DELL - S2419HGF (1920x1080);
PSU > 650W be quiet Straight Power 11 - 80+ Gold;
CASE > BeQuiet! SILENT BASE 601; OS > Windows 11 Home Advanced (64-bit).
Back to top
View user's profile Visit poster's website ICQ Number
A1Trigger_Happy
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 30, 2006
Posts: 778
Location: Alabama, USA
PostPosted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 10:05 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

down shades down! yeah i remember building models when i was younger. gotta have lotta paitence and time for it.
Back to top
View user's profile
RAF92_BattleHawk
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 12, 2005
Posts: 511
Location: British Columbia, Canada
PostPosted: Sun Sep 03, 2006 1:45 am
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

I am still technically 'a kid' and I still make models just none of em are very good so I usually destroy them after 6-7 months.

_________________
'Aut Pugna aut Morere'
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Adrian_Wainer
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jun 03, 2006
Posts: 255

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 7:00 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

The modeling business contrary to the doom and gloom in some circles is actually quite healthy with some really beautiful kits, Roden World War 1 aircraft are quite spectular. Airfix have a particular problem in that they were very much a mass market kit producer rather than the very high quality end of the industry and presumably have been hit particularly hard by the loss of young people to computer games. That said, the prospects for this company might be okay, in that that they might be able to piggyback on the current anger in the UK about political correctness and with the forthcoming Peter Jackson film "Dam Busters" there just has to be a special edition Airfix Lancaster for this film!

modelstories.free.fr/h..._Lanc.html

hsfeatures.com/feature...iiar_1.htm

modelingmadness.com/re...onlanc.htm

Best and Warm Regards
Adrian Wainer


Last edited by Adrian_Wainer on Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:47 pm; edited 1 time in total
Back to top
View user's profile
Shadow_Banshee
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Feb 03, 2005
Posts: 575

PostPosted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 10:45 pm
Post subject: Re: Bad news for modellers

Well rumors have it Hornby models are intrested in picking the bones of airfix, so maybe theres hope yet,
i personaly blew all my airfix models to bits "hanging from washing line"at the age of 13 with my new air rifle, my Hms Victory met a simular fate on the local canal complete with balast only this time i used lighter fuel too.

_________________
Lay me place and bake me Pie
I'm starving for me Gravy
Back to top
View user's profile
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Revive this topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  Officer's Club
Page 1 of 2
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page 1, 2  Next

Archive Revive
Username:
This is an archived topic - your reply will not be appended here.
Instead, a new topic will be generated in the active forum.
The new topic will provide a reference link to this archived topic.