What A Bargain!

Well, it is if you're into building plastic models of aeroplanes. Which, funnily enough, I am. Since childhood, when we'd get up at the crack of dawn and help my Dad build a basal-wood Spitfire at the top of the stairs.

When I heard on the Airfix grapevine that they were trying a spot of promotion with the forthcoming re-release of their 1:48th scale HS Buccaneer, I was down my local model shop like a shot. Only to discover they didn't have one in stock :-(

Completely forgot about it, and time passed. Then, this morning, after having my bi-monthly hacking of hair, I popped in, on the off chance. And hey presto :-D

The promotion is to offer 2 kits in the box rather than one, but only for the first 1,000 kits. The idea being that it encourages people to go to their local retailer, and also the retailer to promote Airfix kits. Snag, it appears, is that the middle men haven't told the retailers this. So the only way of getting one of these kits is to guess. Which isn't that difficult, as the box is bulging, and a lot heavier than a normal one.

The box contains the 2 original kits, a S2B and S2/2C/2D/S50, along with all the necessary decals and instructions. Of course, I could make do with one, and sell the other on eBay, but that's kinda missing the point of building 2 large models of a true Yokrshire flying great ;-)

About Alan Bell

Lapsed: electronic engineer, scout leader, project controller.
Now: Oracle Primavera training consultant, business support manager, occasional website designer.

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