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BAC · Last edited by BAC on Wed 26 Nov 2008 11:14 am; edited 2 times in total

This is something new I want to do. About once a week I'll pick a kit from the Airfix range that hasn't been around for a while and post up some box arts and sprue shots. Just a bit of nostalgia really.

No. 1
The first kit is the Henschel Hs 126A-1

Taken from the History section;
Henschel Hs 126 03028-7/9 03028/03028
1/72 scale. Available from 1978 to 1982. Reissued as a limited edition in 1993. Also issued by USAirfix as kit number 30060 (1980?). R. Humm

So it's been a while since it was last out! Look at the box art it still has the Swastikas on the tail! -Those were the good ole days before all this PC nonsense when we used to lick wooden toys with lead paint and smash up old asbestos roofing so you could get it all in a skip.
Anyway...

(BAC)

Here's the sprue shot.
Some nice detailing including fabric effect control surfaces, quite well detailed cockpit and a nice figure of the observer leaning out of the cockpit with a camera -I hope he doesn't drop it!

Two colour schemes were offered with this kit. The usual two greens over light blue or white over light blue for the Eastern Front. Swastika decals were included too back then.

Here's one I did a number of years ago.

(BAC)

This kit fetches around £10-£14 on E-bay, it all depends on the day. I've seen some go cheaper and others over £20 but that is usually two people having a fisticuffs over it!

Do you think Airfix should be re-releasing this one? I do.
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glen3312 · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 20:41 pm Post subject:

yeh i"d buy it for sure

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DH764 · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 20:44 pm Post subject:

Great idea BAC

Looks like a German Lizzie......interesting little kit .

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BAC · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 20:49 pm Post subject:

feanor · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 20:52 pm Post subject:

Ayup Bri...

THIS is what we should be seeing in the re-release schedule ! #

look at the lovely detail on the fuselage cockpit section, and with the observer posed in a different plane as it were, than facing forwards, it's just so interesting... plus it looks like a little scratching could be added...

Thanks, Nice thought.
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AFCBGeorge · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 20:59 pm Post subject:

reminds me of the polish CZL/PZL models rather than a Lizzy. Not my cup of tea tbh but looks a lovely kit.
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ColinM · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 22:42 pm Post subject:

Hi Brian

This is a wonderful idea, I look forward to seeing more from your archive.

Thank you.

Colin
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A true Airfix gem, surprising that it's locked up in the Airfix archives.

Komet · Posted: Wed 19 Nov 2008 23:01 pm Post subject:

I've picked one of these up, same box art as the one pictured (1977). Being "new" at the time the mouldings are very crisp and the amount of cockpit detail is surprising.

I too am surprised at the ommission of this one in the current Airfix line-up given some of the much older moulds still being punted.

My only dilemma is whether to go for the Norway 1940 scheme like yours or the 1942 Eastern Front job in white...

Sgt.Squarehead · Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008 00:12 am Post subject:

Fantastic little kit and very high on my wants list!

For what it's worth & all the best
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Brews · Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008 02:33 am Post subject:

The Norwegian scheme is quite attractive, and one that would go well with the Bf 110C.

Competition includes the Matchbox (generally worse) and Italeri. I haven't seen the Italeri for some time, and my recollection is poor.

Airfix could gain some points by increasing the range of markings offered, especially bearing in mind the possibilities of attractive schemes for operations in the Balkans, Greece and North Africa against Commonwealth forces.
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fluff75 · Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008 07:09 am Post subject:

This is a very good idea Brian.
I am sure that others will think the same.
Looking forward to others in this series.
The AIRFIX Hs126 was certainly one of the best Luftwaffe kits that they produced, mine is collecting a little dust in the display cabinet, must get it out, clean it up and photo it.
Perhaps AIRFIX have this one lined up for re-release in 2010, maybe with their excellent Me163? Both would prove very successful sales-wise.
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Ron.
PS Very nice to meet at Telford BTW.

tempestfan · Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008 11:23 am Post subject:

Yep, I fully agree it's a very nice kit that should be reissued with new good artwork. The "white box" pic from the 90s is among the worst ever done by Airfix - IMHO. The 70s one is not bad, but not great either. BTW, the shape of things to come is there already - the swastikas have a separate section of the decal sheet. The - I assume - second run of the kit in the 70s featured the same artwork minus swastikas and "new" flash.
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daniel7891 · Posted: Thu 20 Nov 2008 12:44 pm Post subject:

Great idea Brian, that is one great looking kit, I would love to see it re-released
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I would defiantly buy one
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walrus · Posted: Fri 21 Nov 2008 17:32 pm Post subject:

feanor

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Richard M · Posted: Fri 21 Nov 2008 19:29 pm Post subject:

For a recon and liason bird that's a heck of a big bomb slung underneath it! Reading up it seems it could carry up to 150kg of bombs, but that seems a bit big for a 50kilo bomb and the other main types start at 250 kilos? Quite a short service life for the aircraft too, 1938-42.
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