Airfix builds

Luc B
Wooow, great model and picture 👍

Steve Wilson
Hey Mike great build, Airfix never of guessed it, well done 👍8)👍

Tim Vereecke
Awesome scheme on the Buffalo!

Augie
Oh my God... thats amazing scheme on buffalo..

Burkhard D
Awesome, more so as this is 1/72 👍👍👍
I would have guessed the Albatros is 1/32!
The pre-WW2 experimental scheme on the Buffalo is cute, it re-appeared in the 1970s on living room tapestry 😄

Mike Grant
@Burkhard 😄

scalemates
Rofl 🙂

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
LOL @Burkhard
I remember my Parents dancing in front of this tapestry to "The Hustle" 😄
By the way,very very great models.

Burkhard D
ROFL - yeah, mine were dancing to this 😄 😄

myvideo.de/watch/589..rpy_Cheep_Cheep_1972

Markus Kutsch The Plastic Bench
At least that was some kind of Dancing.I can only shake my Head to angry and noisy guitar musik. 😉

Pascal GARAT
Stunning Bulldog!
Especially when you know the kit base....
Others are great too of course😉

Mike Grant
Thanks for the comments, guys. And Burkhard, thanks for the video link... I think 🙂

Philip De Keyser
Wow, what a beautifull colorfould bird colection, great job Mike, espacialy the Bulldog
Greetz Phil

Mike Grant
Thank you Phil!

Michel Huijghe
Just love that Buffalo sheme! And of course the O-1. Dirk where are you? Have you seen this one?😉

Mike Grant
Thanks Michel 🙂

Dirk Heyer
Wow!
And all in 1:72!!!
The fantastic woodgraine on your Albatros D V!! Did You paint them??
The fine engine cylinder details on your Bulldog! I`m a great fan of detail painting like this one!!
And your Birddog is absolutely fine! I`ve built one, but mine is far away of this colourful and clean built!
Great, great models!
Wanna see more of your amazing craftsmanship!
Greetz
Dirk

Dirk Heyer
And hey....have in mind...all of them are Airfix models!
Unbelievable work!

Mike Grant
Thanks Dirk for your kind comments. Yes, the woodgrain is painted on the Albatross. Glad you like them, I'll post some more Airfix kits in this Gallery.

Dirk Heyer
Hi Mike,
you are sanding down all recessed panel lines and nuts, I think?!
The Chipmunk and Kingfisher are outstanding and shows the same clean finish as the previous Airfix models.
I like build models like this one, as they are not the easy way!
All the lil`details like the generator on the lower wing of the Bulldog or the fine photo etched MG`s of the D.V, the extra detailed landing lights of the Birddog, shows a high level of modelling skills.
Do you know Andrea Vignocci?
He is an italian modeller who builds Airfix models in the same skill level like you:
modellisti-it.org/newsite/in..view&id=325&Itemid=1
I`m a fan of this little gems!
Thx for sharing.
Greetz

Dirk Heyer
Sry, the link didn`t works!
Here again:
modellisti-it.org/ne..;id=325&Itemid=1

Sebastijan Videc
amazing what a combination of master modeller and a good basis of a kit can do! That Buffalo's scheme is amazing!

ole moller
you have some mad skills going on there,those planes are fantastic,the detail is amazing at such a small scale

Mike Grant
@Dirk Thank you again for your comments, and for the link to Andrea Vignocci's work: superb stuff!

@sebastian and Ole Much appreciated 🙂

Pierre-Christian Baudru
Outstanding job on these 1/72 scale models.....

Christian Meyerhoff
Who ever said, that there are bad kits arround ? You have made the best out of that limited kits from the last century. Your modells are pieces of art. Pass them over to the Airfix Museum. They will take place in the first row. Simply outstanding!

Mike Grant
Thanks Pierre and Christian, I'm glad you like them. I've just updated the gallery with a couple more Airfix builds, the Mirage F.1 and Gazelle helicopter.

Vitor Costa
Hello Mike,
Amazing kits, congratulations 🙂

Mike Grant
Thank you Vitor 🙂

Luc B
Fantastic Gazelle you have built! love it 👍

Bernd Korte
Great collection!

Keith Goodman
There's an Airfix kit under all that extra detail and customizing you added?! 🙂 Excellent Job!

Mike Grant
@Luc @Bernd @Keith Thanks for the kind words!

Sebastijan Videc
oh wow, Gazelle looks spectacular! How did you do the mesh conus at the engine?

Dirk Heyer
As I said previously,
outstanding, amazing and mind blowing Airfix models you built!
Chapeau!
🙂

Michel Huijghe
Nice Gazelle. You make simple Airfix model into a stunning result. 🙂

Mike Grant
Thanks a lot guys. @Sebastian, I made a decal of the mesh which looks fine at actual size.

Sebastijan Videc
Nice trick! Thanks!

Michel Huijghe
@Mike
Did you build the entire collection from Airfix?😉

Christian Keller
Wow..........Congratulations Mike, unbelievable what you can conjure from the good old Airfixkits :-D

Mike Grant
Thanks you guys 👍 Michel, it sometimes feels like I've built the entire range😉 There's some that I have no desire to ever build, but they have produced lots of great kits over the years.

Pascal GARAT
Hi Mike,

The "Ford" is Fantastic!! I love the SKYRAY😉
The Kingfisher and the F1 are so nice too!
BRAVO!

Christian Meyerhoff
Excuse me if I say it again, but outstanding work! The Henschel could be in 1:48 as well. Nice, nice , nice!

Michel Huijghe
@Mike
It's the first time that I see how beautiful those models are. Personally I don't like the factory finish but the way you make it is very well done.

Dave Flitton
Excellent collecton, all finely built!!!

Pierre-Christian Baudru
I love all of them, specialy the Bird Dog. Great job Mike !

Mike Grant
Thank you my friends 🙂

komoras
Hi Mike, what did you use for rigging on the Albatros?

Roberto Rocat
Turning some of these kits into masterpieces...Not easy! Bravo.

Ben STONE
Beautiful clean builds Mike

Christian Ristits
So many amazing builds, you can be very proud of this collection Mike!

Es-haq Khosravi
You are an awesome modeller! I love your models and also the way you take pictures of them!

Łukasz Gliński
Very nice idea to put all these outstanding works together in one gallery, thanks

Andi Little
Must add my Huzzah's to this thread - excellent builds of some quite (great) old kits. Kind of makes one feel all warm and fuzzy inside. ......................... Well done.

Thomas Bischoff
Truly outstanding work on these old kits!

Mike Grant
Thanks so much guys! 🙂
@komoras Thanks for resurrecting this thread 🙂 I used E Z Line for the Albatros rigging.

Jamie Leggo
Man those are really beautiful Mike, and the photo work is top-notch too!

Kerber
Beautiful bird, as always!

Brent Devitt
I told myself that the 1/72 was a typo due to the detail on the Bulldog and the D.Va until I came to the photo with the paint jar. Great paint work with the wood grain and rigging (EZ line is not always so easy) Thanks for the photos