My First Scale Model In 50 Years

Just after Christmas 2024 I bought the Airfix ‘Battle of Britain Memorial Flight’ scale model kit as my first scale model in 50 years when it was on offer at only $35 on Amazon. The kit contained 3 models; a Spitfire PR XIX, a Spitfire MKIIa and a Lancaster B III.

The kit I chose to reignite my interest in the hobby was the Spitfire PR XIX, mainly because it was a single color which meant I didn’t have to cope with an intricate camouflage pattern. The kit went together pretty smoothly and the main reason for that was because I bought some initial tools and paints to ensure that I wouldn’t struggle too much. If I had any problems then it would be down to me and not because I was missing tools I would need to build it well.

It was lucky that I had bought paints because the Humbrol paints, supplied in the kit, were awful and at least 40% of them were unusable. Airfix need to sort out this quality control issue because a lot of potential new customers would be put off just because of that reason.

I had no real issues with the kit and below are photographs of the progress:

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