Airfix vintage series 1 nostalgia build

Rob Henderson
I cut my model building teeth on series 1 Airfix aircraft in the mid 1970's. My first ever kit was the series 1 Bf109G-6 back in 1976 when I was 4 years old.

I hear far too many people bad-mouth these little kits because they don't fall together with a perfect fit and don't have engraved panel lines. It's almost become trendy to do it.

They're series 1 kits. They're all 40+ years old tooling. Sometimes you've got to stop that rivet counting and just enjoy the hobby for what it is with some simple old-school model building.........

One thing these little models taught me back then was that dry fitting and fettling wasn't just about trying the next part before gluing; it could mean 2 or 3 parts at a time, a whole construction stage of a build sheet or more before that glue gets added.

So this project has come about to give them a little love, and hopefully show that they're not all bad, even out-the-box without any aftermarket extras......and that no kit needs to get the hammer treatment and go in the bin.