AIRFIX KITSTARTER: A NEW WAY TO BRING BACK OLD KITS
AIRFIX KITSTARTER IS AN EXPERIMENTAL concept in retro-modelling. It’s your chance to decide which selected vintage Airfix kits are put back into production for a limited edition run. SMN report: The Airfix model kit archive includes a staggeringly wide variety of subjects, ranging from historical figures and birds to ships and aircraft - and even a few dinosaurs. Airfix sources say that more kits will be added each month to grow the KitStarter project, a method of judging popularity so that early kits can be reintroduced to enthusiasts. There is an online forum so modellers can discuss ideas for further suggestions. One of the popular KitStarters at the moment is the 1:72 scale de Havilland DHC-2 Beaver, a classic little kit if ever there was one. In fact, I didn’t recall that the original came with a floatplane option, which makes it much more interesting to me, as I flew in one many years ago over the lakes, trees and mountains of British Columbia, Canada. Kitstarter makes an in...