Any of you mugs out there have any dealings with the Airfix 1/72nd Canberra kits???
Nein.
photos of the sprues:
http://www.militarymodelling.com/news/article/airfix-1-72-canberra-pr-9/5345/
No PE or resin in the kit.
Ordered this MOJ0:
Is Herr General developing an obsession for British kits?
Possibly due to his experience in the Bang Seat of a West German variant of the Canberra a/c.
Gotta admit it looks pretty cool in this scheme…
It seems its one of the new-tool offerings. Reading about this thing it seems it has lasted over 60 years in a lot of countries’ air-forces… ’
Lasted that long in part due to, from what I understand, durable construction and low wing loading.
Even the USAF used a variant
Was that the B-57???
In various, variations!
I ordered this MOJ0 as well to learn-up on these MOJ0’s…
Oh yeah----got the Eduard colored PE set for the pit…looks to be like a pretty interesting a/c…
…turns out the Argentine’s flew them against the Brits in '82…lost two shot down…one from a sidewinder and one from a sea-dart…
Looks very fallout new vegas to me
Fallout Neu Vegans???
I’ve seen one flying around Southern Houston a few months back. was really cool to see
So this is another new-tool?? Can’t decide if I like it or not. I kinda like the quirky offset cockpit and tip-tanks, but the wing is soooo thick.
Yeah, its one of their newer (thus much better than the old Airfix) offerings…loads of model for the money…full bomb bay with different stores options…
Airfix is becoming the next Revell of Germany…of course Airfix is in Britain, and Revell is not Airfix…but other than that…
Anyone know what type of bang-seat this MOJ0 had? I do know that only the pilot had one—the navigator/bomber had to bail out the old-fashioned way…
According to Wikipedia…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_Electric_Canberra
Each crew member has a Martin-Baker ejection seat except in the B(I)8 and its export versions where the navigator makes use of an escape hatch and parachute.[citation needed]
…roger…over…
Yeah, I know—the B(I)8 is the one I ordered…some refs imply maybe a Martin Baker Mk2 seat…
I hope it’s all new as the old 1/72 Airfix Crannies were crap.