Oh what memories of model making this brings back to me. I remember well building hundreds of them.
Only for them to meet their end hanging from fishing line in garage swinging back and forth while
we practiced anti aircraft shooting with the BB guns. Plastic parts flying all over the place.
Oh yes, then the fire with all them busted up models melting down.


Guess its time to get my 13 year old 8th grader a real model kit instead of those snap together models
he keeps buying. Oh yes, most of them are in pretty rough shape since he is always dog fighting with
them. Missing prop blades, landing gear.

I`ll have him watch this when he gets home from school.

Thanks for sharing and bringing it all back.

I think they were some of the original first plastic kits, but I could be wrong... more of a historic influence than a quality or market share thing I guess.

Yeah, back in the 50s and 60s Airfix was pretty much the only model kit maker on this side of the Atlantic. Monogram ruled the market in the US. Now of course there's Tamiya, Eduard, Revell(Monogram), Testors, Trumpeter and so on.

I currently have a Tamiya 1/48 Swordfish and an Italeri 1/48 C130 on the assembly line downstairs, with about 10 other kits awaiting their turn

Watching that makes me want to buy, paint and build a model airplane, for old times sake. Probably a modest 1:72 scale though.