No time for Airfix

Wah bombers! Those tikam kit finally has bomber aircraft. Steady!

I always loved World War 2 bombers. Armed to the teeth, with guns all over the fuselage, they flew high and in flocks like birds, deep into enemy territories.

I bought 2 box of the bombers. Hopeful I am able to get at least a B-24J Liberators. I like those liberators. Big, metallic, heavy, ugly, but still, the workhorse of the 8th air force at that time. The workhorse does not really have to be the most pretty entity around. As long as it works, able to carry out its job well, returns again and repeat the whole process, then everything else is considered secondary. Such is similar to the workplace as well. The prettiest, sweetest, well spoken person in the office may not neccessary (and most of the time) the person the workhorse of the team.

And how lucky I am. I got the best possbile combination of what I can get from these 2 boxes, a liberator, and a jap type 24 bomber. Heheheh! Both are so beautifully done! Well assembled, it looks like a painstakenly moulded, assembled, and airbrushed, 1/144 scale airfix bomber! I had in my collection, warships, fighter jets, tanks, world war 2 fighters, trains, buildings, and even a cake shop. Today these 2 bombers shall be commission ino my fleet...

Looking at the planes, I recalled a few years ago, I was learning airfix modelling from a Japanese guy who started his own model shop, selling kits at rockbottom prices, much to the dismay and frustration of the other model shop owners. Now, it seems that with the evolution of tikam style toys..., into full fledge, highly detailed, superbly factory painted, ready to assemble kits, everything in the hsitory and meaning of airfix is gone. The airfix market has seen a major revamp and revolutionary change. From kits that requires one to assemble and paint, to kits that are fully painted and detailed and only requires one to plug in the wings and wheels into the fuselage, and walah...! You have a detail airfix kit to grace your desktop.

This revolution in the concept of model kit design is in line with many of our "advances" in life. Every single product line and merchandise seems to be facing some sort of revolutionary shake-up, and ending up as a simple to have and built product which requires little to no maintainace. Well suited and targeted at our busy lifestyle.

So who has time to assemble the airfix and mix the paint and thinner for the airbrush?