5 Airfix kits I made as a boy and I loved them! 1970s British childhood hobbies and nostalgia.

[@morgandude2]

We seem to have very similar memories and favourite kits. I'm not alone after all!

[@NORTHERNROVER1]

Nice video! I was a child of the late sixties/early seventies in Canada and Airfix kits were widely available and quite affordable. I bought three of the Bloodhounds, chiefly for the Land Rovers and actually still have them. The Mosquito too and the Tiger plus many more. I really liked the the 1/32 scale cars and wish they would reissue more of them, especially the mk1 mini. Cheers!

[@Snobiker13]

I built the Mosquito and the Bloodhound. My brother built the DUKW and our cousin built the Saturn V. Only the tank was missing in our collection. :)

[@philsmodelmaking2260]

great list! the only kit in it I've never managed to get my hands on is the Saturn V, and I picked up my first ever bloodhound kit last year thanks to it being a vintage classic now. on the subject of David McCallum, I remember him more for starring in the invisible man TV series, and of course the brilliant sapphire and steele!

[@modelermark172]

Greetings from America! I'm also "of a certain age," and I built many of these, myself. Where I lived, Airfix kits imported from the UK were only available in hobby shops. But I did build plenty of Airfix kits sold under the MPC label, including the DUKW. I never saw the Airfix Saturn V until I was in high school, but I did build the Monogram 1/144th scale offering. From what I understand, both Saturn V kits suffer from an undersized C/SM and LM Adapter. Also, the Monogram offering had poorly detailed J-2 engines on the S-II stage, (or more accurately, none at all.) But the Monogram kit allowed for the entire flight plan to be demonstrated due to a hinged LM Adapter and working landing legs on the Descent Stage. It's my understanding that the latest issues of the Airfix kit now provide a corrected (and Block-2) SM and LM Adapter, and looks much better as the full stack than the classic Monogram (now Revell) kit. Thanks for sharing this with us! 3rd Like.

[@davidwheeler254]

Hello modelermark from across the pond! It's great to connect on a global level to follow modelers. I didn't know there was a Monogram version of the Saturn V but have only just recently spotted some Airfix kits that were made/adapted for the US market at the time. Working landing legs also sounds great! They may not have been the best kits by today's standards but some heart warming memories of those simple days. I hope you continue to enjoy this channel or feel free just hop in now and again. I'm not sure how easy it is to get Airfix kits in the States nowadays but the new ones are world's apart - the recent Sea King has been one of their best in my view. Wouldn't it be great to see an Apollo Recovery '66' version from them in 1/48 scale? I made the 1/72 scale one twice as a boy and have recently bought the old kit again. Ah memories! Anyway Happy Holidays and thanks for the comments. Hope Santa brings you some kits this year - fingers crossed for me!

[@modelermark172]

@@davidwheeler254 I recently picked up a few of the Revell (ex Monogram) 1/144th scale Saturn V rockets to try kit bashing some of the proposed follow-on Saturn MLVs (Modified Launch Vehicles) proposed for the stillborn Apollo Applications Program. My motivation was a book written by your fellow countryman Mat Irvine titled, "Lost American Projects: A Spacecraft Modeller's Guide," that featured his take on the augmented Saturn V launch vehicle. Of course, he used the Airfix Saturn V with its better S-II stage J-2 details. But the Monogram kit would have offered Mr. Irvine one advantage: The S-II to S-IVB adapter is separate in the Monogram kit, but had to be cut off the Airfix kit to achieve the look Mr. Irvine wanted. One of my plans along these lines is to build a launch vehicle for the recently reissued "Pilgrim Observer" Spacecraft originally made in 1970 by MPC, and reissued around 2011, since the pamphlet included with both issues says that the proposed launch vehicle was an "uprated Saturn V." Though that kit is stated as 1/100th scale; the measurements of the size of known-components, like the J-2 engines and the Apollo Capsule, strongly suggest this kit is closer to 1/144th - as do the measurements stated in the aforementioned pamphlet. As a sidebar, when I was in school, Revell originally had their massive Saturn V in 1/96th scale, while Monogram went with the smaller 1/144th scale. But when Revell became the 'face' of the combined Revell/Monogram around the turn of the century; Revell now has both Saturn V kits in their catalogue. The only other Saturn V kit I know of is the 1/200th scale offering from AMT, which is currently available from Round 2 on its own or as part of a set including the Saturn 1B, Gemini Titan, and both Redstone and Atlas Mercury launch vehicles. Throw in a 1/200th scale shuttle (formerly produced by Lindberg) and the new Artemis in 1/200th scale, and all American national launch vehicles are covered. (As far as I know, the only way to get models of Space-X hardware in any scale is either scratch building or 3D Printing.) Happy Modeling!

[@ChrisBelfontaine]

Boring!!