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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Steve F on January 09, 2012, 08:36:20 PM

Title: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Steve F on January 09, 2012, 08:36:20 PM: From Airfix's "New for 2012" page

http://www.airfix.com/2012 (http://www.airfix.com/2012)

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Lots more releases in other scales and for the 20th century at that earlier link.

Isn't it nice to see the old dear up and about again?
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Arlequín on January 09, 2012, 08:53:23 PM: It certainly is good to see them in business. I'm hoping they'll ramp up the re-issues as well as the new stuff, there's one or two models I'd like to get hold of that haven't been available for a while.

:)
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Rob_bresnen on January 09, 2012, 08:54:10 PM: That is very exsiting for me! :o :o

I am hoping they will work for 28mm and not be too big.

Thanks for the heads up.
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Commander Vyper on January 28, 2012, 01:33:38 PM: Merlin is going to be nice I have to admit, lets see what comes out though.
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: hubbabubba on January 28, 2012, 02:25:25 PM: I hope the proportions on the actual figures are better that they are in the image of the british patrol :?
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Stu on January 28, 2012, 05:34:33 PM: But when will we see these? 2013?
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Gary Mitchell on January 28, 2012, 05:45:15 PM: Hopefully soon - my daughter already wants Prince Harry in 28mm
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Arlequín on January 29, 2012, 01:01:11 AM: I was watching a financial report the other day and apparently this is part of a long term plan to rejuvenate the Hornby group by producing more 'affordable' products. It follows a slump in sales of model railway products over the year, up to and over Christmas, which tend to be amongst their most expensive lines.
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Rob_bresnen on January 29, 2012, 11:46:43 PM: The wargaming market has to be one worth cutting into- its not exactly niche, given world wide sales. No one else has their expertese to produce this sort of product.
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Arlequín on January 30, 2012, 12:12:31 AM: Wargaming has traditionally been a niche area for plastic model companies, but with a decrease in the number of people making model kits, they have to take what business they can... note the recent forays into 1/100 plastic vehicle kits by Zvesda, clearly meant to cut into the 'Flames of War' market. 20mm used to be 'the' scale for wargaming WW2 etc, but the arrival of 15mm some time ago (80s), as model companies seemed to be failing or going to the wall, stole a lot of what business could have been capitalised on. Many wargamers don't have the patience to put together the numbers of kits required for a game and the survivability of a plastic model in the hands of your average ham-fisted gamer is quite low.

I'd like to get into larger games than the platoon sized games I currently buy for in 28mm and I constantly procrastinate between 15mm and 20mm or this. My inner child would love to go back to building 1/72 kits, especially some of the older models Airfix produced and if these appear again, along with a stream of new releases, I'll be sold on it.
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Blackwolf on January 30, 2012, 12:35:19 AM: I have been looking forward to the Landies and the Coyote since they were first mentioned,hurry up Airfix!
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: WuZhuiQiu on January 30, 2012, 01:06:56 AM: Back in 2008, I had replied to Airfix/Hornby's reply to a query of mine about the 1/32 jungle outpost, and suggested that they consider 1/48. I never heard back from them the second time, but it does look as though they might have woken-up to the possibilities...
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Commander Vyper on February 03, 2012, 10:36:25 AM: Unfortuantely though, these are all either mock ups or CGI shots at present, be good to see some plastic floating around soon.
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: plastic scouser on February 04, 2012, 01:40:03 AM: Pics of the plastic from Nuremburg toyfair in this thread pages 2 & 3 http://www.primeportal.net/models/thomas_voigt6/airfix/index.php?Page=2

Cheers Ian
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Slayer on February 04, 2012, 06:37:22 AM: looking good from those pics, shame no building shots tho
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Digitarii on February 04, 2012, 05:32:45 PM: I can definitely see these getting some PA love from me as well. :-*
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: The Dozing Dragon on February 04, 2012, 08:05:17 PM: That Coyote looks wow.......hope it'll work with the old Copplestone Future Wars stuff.....
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Old Goat on February 13, 2012, 01:53:47 PM: Come on Airfix, we've been drooling over the Snatch and WMIK's since last summer!
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: abhorsen950 on February 13, 2012, 08:55:15 PM: Some of these look very interesting! I'll see if I can get my hands on some as they are released.
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Rob_bresnen on February 15, 2012, 01:30:32 AM: Quote from: Old Goat on February 13, 2012, 01:53:47 PM
we've been drooling over the Snatch since last summer!

Oh ER! Sounds a bit rude :D
Title: Re: Airfix Modern 1/48 "New for 2012" (Image heavy)
Post by: Old Goat on February 18, 2012, 08:49:02 AM: Fair play Rob, I really shouldn't let my interest colide on this forum... ::)

The sad thing is even after being weaned on Carry On films I didn't actually mean that...My powers of double entendre are fading...