{"id":197,"date":"2020-09-08T11:23:52","date_gmt":"2020-09-08T11:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jadlamracingmodels.com\/?p=197"},"modified":"2020-10-12T11:52:25","modified_gmt":"2020-10-12T11:52:25","slug":"airfix-supermarine-spitfire-starter-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jadlamracingmodels.com\/2020\/09\/08\/airfix-supermarine-spitfire-starter-set\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Can you build an Airfix Spitfire in a day?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A note from the author…<\/h3>\n

I’m Rob the modeller, a normal guy who just enjoys making his model kits. I’m not a ‘professional’ and represent your average modeller! All views and opinion expressed in every review are my own, I don’t want to be buying the bad models either! Hope you enjoy each post and find it useful, happy modelling!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Featured in this review is the Airfix A55100 Supermarine Spitfire MkIa Starter Set 1:72 Aircraft Model Kit. Want one? Shop here!<\/a><\/h5>\n

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When I was growing up making a model spitfire was almost a rite of passage. These would usually be a Matchbox, frog or Airfix kit picked up for a couple of pounds from the local corner shop, yes that\u2019s right in the eighties your local newsagent of hardware stores would also have a small selection of kits. You would save your pocket money for a couple of weeks, get your spitfire and go home and build it from start to finish in a day (often just an afternoon) You might even paint it\u2026 As part of my ongoing midlife crisis I thought I would try and recreate the model builds of my younger days. I got hold of the Airfix Spitfire starter set and gave myself a day to build it. I also decided to go old school with the tools I would use for the build. So all I would use for the build would be what comes with the kit, a few cocktail sticks, a general purpose craft knife, a nail file and a bit of masking tape. No fancy airbrush paint jobs or pre-shading here.<\/p>\n