Airfix are about to release a 1:72nd scale Spitfire IX and a 1:24th scale Mosquito this year. You'd be forgiven for not knowing as these kits have been nearly completely overshadowed by Tamiya's 1:32nd scale Spitfire release.
Poor old Airfix never seems to get it right these days. A far cry from their heyday in the 1960's and early 70's when they seemed to be able to do no wrong releasing a constant stream of new kits to a receptive market. You really couldn't pick a worse time to release a kit.
I'll be one of the tiny number of people who actually buys the massive Mosquito kit. Why oh why they went for the Mosquito is this scale I'll never know. Surely they must realise that a model of this size and cost is going to have limited appeal.
How much will they cost? The little Spitfire around $15, Mosquito $250 and Big scale Spitfire around $180. Expensive? imo for what you get, its pretty good value for money.
