Airfix Catalogue 1978 15th Edition (Vintage Catalog) Page by Page in HD

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Today we have a look at the 15th edition of the Airfix catalogue from 1978.
This Catalog is over 40 years old
It's filmed in 1080p so feel free to go to the cog and settings and select the highest resolution possible in quality if you want you can also slow down the video by selecting the play back speed
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@SergioBallestrero 3 жыл бұрын

As you were flipping through the pages, I could remember almost each one of them, and all the hours spent dreaming and wondering which kit I might get for Christmas. I haven't built a model in maybe 30 years, but with this now I'm feeling tempted again 😆

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Scale models are great and they are better and easier to build now. Buy a starter set with the paints and get in touch if you need any help to build it. Thanks for watching

@daveduck4315 3 жыл бұрын

Once everything is open again,visit a model shop,the feeling is unbelievable,I bought a starter kit(German infantry)area years ago after many many years

@allburtromburtington9959 3 жыл бұрын

bought a kit last year after 25 years, now own 6 models to build an airbrush and all the relevant kit. Recommend getting back into it on any level. salute

@jamesgale9722 Жыл бұрын

Wow! That was a trip down memory lane. I had this very catalogue. Thanks for posting this it was a lovely nostalgic trip to a great childhood!

@MOS6510Models Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching matey.. I have a lot of old catalogues here on the channel

@shad9379 3 жыл бұрын

This is the first catalogue I had at 10 years old. I read it until it fell apart......thank you for the trip down memory lane. Keep up the great work.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

@jukkasavolainen5620 3 жыл бұрын

That was a total trip to memory lane, I had that exact catalogue back in 70's and also read it until it rended. Some of those kits were hard to get here in Finland back then, so you could only dream to build them. I also admired how cool they looked in catalogue, and how mine were not so sophisticated, as I was 13 back in 1978. Now it has been over 30 years since I have made any model, maybe its time to start warming old habbit...

@joncawte6150 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I had that catalogue, I remember it so well, every page turn brought back memories.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

They do bring them back :)

@davidhall5070 3 жыл бұрын

Sent my paper route money to the U.K. for this catalog, and waited for what felt like an eternity for it to finally arrive in the mail. Something I’ll never forget from my youth and how I literally wore the catalog out looking and dreaming and inspired by it all. I’ve just recently begun collecting vintage Airfix figure sets, both in 1/76 and in 1/32 scales. Your video was an inspiration for me to do so! Thank you for posting it!!

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the kind comments.. i have more to film so keep an eye out for thrm.. there is also a playlist of the catalogues that i have film already on my home page..

@davidhinkson8856 3 жыл бұрын

This truly warmed my heart! I got into the model kit hobby in 1978 and the 1980 catalogue, which I purchased for the large sum of 50p, actually has a lot of the same pictures in it as this one. I just realised I had quite a number of kits featured in this very catalogue, including aircraft (of course), the Maserati Indy, the Saturn V and three of the airliners (Concorde, the British Airways 747 and the Lufthansa A300), three of the 600th scale ships, the small Cutty Sark and four of the military vehicle kits which were all pretty disastrous! Thanks for the memories, and I'm still making model kits 43 years later!

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

and airfix are re releasing the concordes with the BOAC decals as a vintage classic soon

@MrPhantom1961 Жыл бұрын

Memories. I recall constantly pestering my dad every Spring to pick this up from the model shop in Bristol on release. I would wait for weeks eagerly anticipating getting hold of a copy and flipping through the pages to find the 'new' symbols for kits added to the catalogue that year.

@MOS6510Models Жыл бұрын

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@jefthing 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! I had that edition. Surprising to see how much was still available. I think they were at the pinnacle in 78/79. I began wargaming with Airfix ACW figures around that time and not long after they ceased production of all but the basic infantry sets. Seemed to indicate the start of the decline.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Yes i think the original decline was just after this.. then it lost its way thru the 80's.. but now its coming back slowly

@Simon_Nonymous 3 жыл бұрын

Yup - these kits got me into war gaming too, WWII in 1:72 scale.

@Simon_Nonymous 3 жыл бұрын

A great trip down memory lane - we'd just moved back from abroad, I'd gone to boarding chool, and this catalogue went with me! Made quite a few of those kits and dreamed about quite a few more.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@johnnoble01 2 жыл бұрын

78. The year i left school. I was a modeller from the 60's though when i was a little lad. I remember my uncle getting me the Saturn rocket for my Birthday. I also had the lunar module.

@jmccallion2394 2 жыл бұрын

Christmas 2022 has come early! Thanks, Moss for yet another trip down to childhood memories, and as always with Airfix, it has been reinforced by the always superb Ken Cross artwork!! I kept calling out all the kits that I had bought and built; a lot of pocket money but what memories!!!

@MOS6510Models 2 жыл бұрын

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@asicilia2464 3 ай бұрын

I remember .. i read it.. i love the Multipose and 54mm figure.. :) thanks..

@michaelevans205 3 жыл бұрын

Oh jeez! The number of kits from this catalogue which I built is frightening! One or two are in my stash awaiting attention from a now retired and (hopefully) better modeller. Thanks for a trip down memory lane.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for stopping by and watching. I have a few from the 80's in the stash :) hope you will subscribe for more catalogues

@tomroland2315 3 жыл бұрын

I remember giving up the hobby back in 1977 but I've always had a soft spot for Airfix despite their trials and tribulations. It's good to see they're producing new kits but sad to see the demise of the local model shop. Now retired I'm model making again. Recently did the Short Skyvan which proved to be very enjoyable...even painting the luggage.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Thats brilliant. Im really chuffed for you. you never really leave it.

@judebrad 2 жыл бұрын

My best mate at the time built the Skyvan, but lost patience with the tail assembly. We were about 12 at the time.

@TheophilusPWildbeest 3 жыл бұрын

Couldn't resist counting how many I had, I think it was 138, including several there I had forgotten about. I've still got some in a box in the attic.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

I love my catalogues.. i have never counted mine lol

@tracksidefilms5416 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! the old box art looks phenomenal! I really wish they made posters of them!

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Trackside Films thanks.. and you can buy them from Etsy if your willing to pay mega bucks for them

@martinolsen8271 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking back in time, I remembered that catalog like it was yesterday🙂 My first kit was from Airfix, I was inspired when I found a half finished B29 Airfix that my big brother had begun building but never finished, first models I ever build were Airfix "dogfight kits", Spitfire Bf-109 and I think it was a kit with Bf-110, I made most of the bombers and Fighters from WW2, also the US Japanese and Russian models, highlight was the Bf-109 1/24, one day I stumbled across a 1/35 scale kit from Tamiya, I was sold. Things happened(life happened lol) , years passed and now, I have the building itch again, being interested in history, I feel it's time to resume a fantastic hobby. Stay safe everyone and happy building.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

thank you Martin Olsen for leaving a comment. I have a few vintage catalogs from Airfix here.. kzfaq.info/sun/PLc2bfNWiJAEnzU2UYh5MB0LBUnGDqN8ds Please subscribe if you havent yet :)

@judebrad 2 жыл бұрын

I also had the Dogfight Doubles Spitfire and Bf110. It cost 50p at the time, and I thought it was a bit expensive, until I noticed the "&" in the kit box description and discovered there were two kits in the box. I had only intended to buy the Spitfire IX, but it was a hard kit to find in our small town.

@manweller1 3 жыл бұрын

Seeing the toy solider section at 5.03 brought pure joy to my soul thank you 🙏🏾❤️❤️

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the soldier line as well

@Sarah-JaneR32 3 жыл бұрын

Still have that catalogue as well :) feel old

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

brilliant

@judebrad 3 жыл бұрын

So nice to see this again. I used to know all the Airfix paint numbers off by heart.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it, im trying to learn the tamiya codes lol

@stejacjam660 2 жыл бұрын

Ah this brings back great memories.

@MOS6510Models 2 жыл бұрын

thank you Stejacjam for leaving a comment. I have a few vintage catalogs from Airfix here.. kzfaq.info/sun/PLc2bfNWiJAEnzU2UYh5MB0LBUnGDqN8ds Please subscribe if you havent yet :)

@DavidJones-wr3sb 3 жыл бұрын

What a blast from the past.. I can remember building the figures on horseback the historical figures and the birds. Bet they are hard to come by now.... Now I only do aircraft mainly 1/48 scale 😊👍

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

There is a dirty secret, they probably reboxed them untill 2005 most of these kits hahaha, just new decals, a scheme and box art and you have a new model lol. Ive just finished a hasegawa catalogue which goes live sunday.. from 1980 lol

@ericsjaunirsjoekoer8535 6 ай бұрын

Love the 70s music!

@brianartillery Жыл бұрын

I have made all of the 1/76 scale military vehicles - and have most of them unmade, in my stash. Too many aircraft to mention, but I'd love to see the F-86D Sabre Dog (most wanted of all), Cessna 02, Piper Cherokee Arrow, and Shorts Skyvan reissued as 'Vintage Classics', as well as some of those snap-fit forts - especially 'Fort Sahara'. My last one was converted into a building similar to those in the early parts of 1977's Star Wars movie. I even scratchbuilt a little landspeeder to sit outside. If I got one now, it would have DAK troops manning it. And a Kubelwagen instead of a landspeeder. 😄😄😄

@MOS6510Models Жыл бұрын

sound excellent matey

@wheresfekkesh7375 3 жыл бұрын

Omg that takes me back 1978, off the top of my head i had westland scout helo, gazelle, puma, sea knight (i liked helicopters) F14 tomcat AWSOME kit, too many tanks military vehicles to list, half the Royal Navy Hms amazon, leander, fearless, ark royal, victorious, belfast, and enough airfix soldiers to fill a black bin bag thats where they ended up when my dad had a clear out once😡

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

I have that puma in the stash..i did a vintage unboxing of it

@stephenjamison6124 3 жыл бұрын

I remember owning that catalogue

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Its a classic

@J.A.Hansen 3 жыл бұрын

If you look at this catalogue from 1978... Well sorry to say that but then you can thru the new Airfix catalogue into the trash... Airfix around 1978 was Top,just look at the shipmodells... So many great modells.... But then again times have changed and so are the companys. I still like Airfix and i'm ordering from time to time a modell.But to look at this catalogue from 1978(Revell is the same)........ Well no speech is needed to explain. How nice to see it all again. Thanks for your review👌

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jochen Amos Hansen you can watch more catalogues by clicking here - kzfaq.info/sun/PLc2bfNWiJAEm7ZtPBf3057CZbcCVSs1s6 Hope you will subscribe too :D

@J.A.Hansen 3 жыл бұрын

@@MOS6510Models Thank you.I did👌 In my personal opionen i believe that the art of the pictures on the Airfix Boxes are an Art by it self. Exellent.Together with Matchbox and the old Revell outstanding. Who knows what some Modellfans in the world have in their vaults... Around 1978 i was a boy 12 years old and i drove my father totally nuts by spending all of my pocketmoney for modells and James Bond Movies in the cinema😃 Those where the days.Thanks a lot for sharing your collection.Well done🔝

@smcon6467 3 жыл бұрын

Wow just found this vid. Great memories. Pontoon brigade & Waterloo sets 2 of the greatest presents ever !! I think I have a bag of mixed soldiers in my parents loft. If memory serves mainly german & us paras , French imperial troops. Glad I grew up in the late 70's not like my 2 lads on the xbox for hours.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

There is on my channel the first catalogue from airfix if you go looking lol... thanks for sharing

@judebrad 2 жыл бұрын

Airfix were starting to cut corners at this point, the C-130 in the early days included the Bloodhound Missile and Land Rover, but in this edition, it was not included anymore.

@MOS6510Models 2 жыл бұрын

i didnt know that.. cheers

@bilplaymo6121 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing : 3.25 min : 1/35th scale military : all are coming from Italeri ? what a surprise, but no fantastic italeri box art as Francois Verlinden have made......

@MOS6510Models Жыл бұрын

I think you are right... Thank you @bilplaymo6121 for leaving a comment. Please subscribe if you haven't as yet.. It really helps the channel grow.

@davidbanks7578 3 жыл бұрын

I built that one and that one and that one, trip down memory lane.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

I think many of us have built at least one kit even if its reboxed

@BOABModels 3 жыл бұрын

This was 9 years before I was born but I recognise some of these. I made both the Aston Martin DB5 and the Ford 3 litre GT in the last year or so... I wish Airfix would tool some new cars.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I agree.. but they tend to borrow tooling for cars from fujima and heller

@johnmorgan4124 2 жыл бұрын

I had that classic. 🙄 Sad most of its gone.

@MOS6510Models 2 жыл бұрын

I have enjoyed collecting them.. some real real treasures in there If you have a minute John Morgan, can you please subscribe to the channel.. It really helps us with the youtube algorithm.. Happy Modelling

@janjacobostfriesland1038 3 жыл бұрын

Yes I remember ! My family spent the vacations for some years in the summertime in Great Britain. I was a boy and entered a world of war memories and amazing models. And I got the Bentley ! With motor ! It ran for a few seconds and then the plastic cogwheels broke. And the Airfix stuff was cheap. 30 -50 % off from the german price. I was in paradise.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

That bentley will be released again so you could build it again :)

@spitfiremark1a768 3 жыл бұрын

I have this still. My favourite being the Lancaster with the wonferful box art. Still have my Airfix modellers club pack from the early 70s with welcoming letter from Dick Emery.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

theres one one for sale on ebay with that letter my friend at the moment.. i still have the orange jet sticker in my stash too lol

@spitfiremark1a768 3 жыл бұрын

@@MOS6510Models Yes, the satchel sticker. The small catalogue. The stamps with money off. 6p off a 1/24 scale Spitfire that cost about £4:99.

@joaoespecial4168 3 жыл бұрын

My first ever model was a serie 1 JSIII when i had 13 years. And my first wargaming figures were a box of 1/72 Ghurkas.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing.. that was a around the time i started

@kghwanadoo 3 жыл бұрын

Did most of these even some of the 12th scale figures. Mostly planes and military vehicles with the odd Saturn V and lunar lander thrown in for Xmas! I was only 14!

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

i wasnt even born lol

@happyfeet3728 3 жыл бұрын

Oh I built a few from there back in the day

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Which ones? lol

@wheresfekkesh7375 3 жыл бұрын

Same here

@pexobestia 3 жыл бұрын

@@MOS6510Models I built the DH Mosquito, and later used the box for years, storing my Humbrol solvent-base paints, alas the memories...

@meeluanistyn1644 3 жыл бұрын

I still have the skeleton, built and in its original box.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

did you use the paint that came with it?

@meeluanistyn1644 3 жыл бұрын

@@MOS6510Models In those days there was no paint included. You just bought Humbrol or Airfix paints separately. The kit came in cream plastic so I left it as it was.

@alexdrennan7654 3 жыл бұрын

well what can i say i used to tick off the models that i did all the planes , the space shuttle was an interesting one to do and as for the ho/oo soldiers and vehicles well i kept them up until a few years ago and war gamed with them , loved doing the ships as well as you can see . i was just totally into it

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Fair play.. I was stuck to what was available from the newsagents.. they had a far bigger range of corgi and matchbox.. the shuttle is what got me into scale modelling.. they missed a trick this year again not releasing space stuff in the latest releases.. you can watch it here kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jayAg62Yks-3hZc.html

@davidnash1220 3 жыл бұрын

Me too l was 8 fantastic l remember bodging lots of the kits but I had so much fun in my eyes they were simply brilliant My Brother Pete and l had a pasting table model bench hung the planes on the bedroom ceiling Cotton wool flames 🔥from the Germans getting a good bashing Lancasters and Stirlings limping home going to sleep looking at them all great stuff 👍

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Wow. some great memories there.. Thanks for sharing

@Theogenerang 3 жыл бұрын

Still have this catalogue along with a few others from that era. Cant remember if its the original from 1978 or a replacement I found later on but its a keeper. Airfix should run a new series of catalogues with the same style of imagery and content instead of the new glossy and advert heavy promotions they use now.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

i prefer the new airfix ones as they do deep dives on the models

@brianartillery Жыл бұрын

Quite a sad catalogue for me, as not long after this, Airfix nearly bit the dust, and not for the last time, either.

@AFV85 2 жыл бұрын

40p for it I noticed today the 2022 catalogue is £9.99!

@MOS6510Models 2 жыл бұрын

Yes.. when i was a child a mars bar was 20p

@Kojak0 4 ай бұрын

Yeah, I had this and read it to pieces - I did find another one online though, so I could get back into that feeling. One thing to note regarding Airfix is that their scales are all over the place - 1/72, HO/00, 1/32... it's weird - and yet its not until relatively recently they have dived into 1/48, making it worse... Also, unfortunately, it seems they couldn't decide on what they were making - model kits or toys, and imho they should have stuck to toys, because alas, as we can see, the quality of their kits wasn't that great. I think it has gotten better in recent years, but still far from many other manufacturers. That said, Airfix was pretty much the only player for manyy back in the day, and therefore was the gateway into a great hobby, and for that they deserve all the praise.

@MOS6510Models 4 ай бұрын

i think it standardised now which is better

@northred4930 3 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your channel fantastic , are there model builders out there who do this for a living ? As in build models for a fee ? Great vids so far bro .

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

North Red yes.. there are thousands of scale models who do it for a fee..

@northred4930 3 жыл бұрын

MOS6510 Models thanx mate how do I contact them I’m based in Ireland Belfast

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

go to the IPMS website and they should be able to put you in touch with someone who can build your model

@northred4930 3 жыл бұрын

MOS6510 Models thankyou so much mate live long & prosper 🖖🏻

@OllyAv89 2 жыл бұрын

i have the foke wulf fw 190D in that book i havent made it yet

@Vvoornth 3 жыл бұрын

Let's see now: Bismarck, Tirpitz, Graf Spee, the Vosper and the Leander class Frigate. Victory and Santa Maria, nearly all the 1:72 aircraft and all the 1:24 and 1:48 scale aircraft, the 88mm flak gun and tractor. Tried tanks but I never could get the tracks to fit on them

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Haha.. no different today with those bloody tracks lol

@richardvernon317 3 жыл бұрын

Hercules release without the Bloodhound Missile. Actually still had it on the instructions and complained to Airfix about its non inclusion. Was much later to learn that the RAF binned that version of the Bloodhound before they had even though of buying the C-130 (Though the RAAF did fly their Bloodhound Mk 1's around in their C-130s).

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

I never knew that, Thanks for sharing that. appreciate it

@OllyAv89 2 жыл бұрын

i have the foke wulf fw 190D in that book i havent made it yet and its from 1978

@MOS6510Models 2 жыл бұрын

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@mh53j 3 жыл бұрын

Still have a first issue E-Boat waiting to be built; not sure why I got it, not really what I usually built. Still have a Puma,Scout, Gazelle (re-releases). Tried the CH-46...it was horrible! Bought a couple of boxes of "Modern British" figures a few years back for ridiculous amounts of money. Many of these were available here in US under the MPC brand in the "Profile Series" with several marking options (a big thing in the 70s!), or even with extra crew figures included. Figures, vehicles, aircraft were combined together in the "Historama" series that also included a vacuformed base; looking at a DUKW with British commandos right now!

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

MPC is a brand i think airfix should use again for their cars or scales above 1/32,, Puma is a great build in my honest opinion. in fact i have two from the early 80's still boxed that im looking to build one of them in the future. Thanks for commenting and i hope you will subscribe

@DrewidDesktop 3 жыл бұрын

Space 1999 for me :-)

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

whats that hahah

@macker33 3 жыл бұрын

I'm getting some serious from when i was a kid vibes. I used dream the dreams.

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

thank you macker33 for leaving a comment. I have a few vintage catalogs from Airfix here.. kzfaq.info/sun/PLc2bfNWiJAEnzU2UYh5MB0LBUnGDqN8ds Please subscribe if you havent yet :)

@macker33 3 жыл бұрын

@@MOS6510Models Thanks for uploading them more importantly.

@peterpimentel5881 3 жыл бұрын

I remember good modeling times building the Airfix lancaster , Eagle transporter an others back in the day what I am wondering is why does it take airfix to come out with retool kits for so long ? I know they did a mosquito recently like that has not been done before why haven't they retooled their Val dive bomber ? I also heard Airfix corporation makes their kits in india now which is a bad thing because some of their quality control is bad, I recently purchased the Airfix FGR Phantom one of the tail stabs was not molded right an it sucks because you purchase a kit from Airfix now that costs like $40.90 here in the states for a 1/72 scale kit an expect quality an do'nt get it!

@MOS6510Models 3 жыл бұрын

Thats some interesting thoughts there.. A lot was said ast years when they said they were doing a spitfire MK Vc and we were all like, "why another spitfire???" They are releasing the Val as a vintage classic.. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/rbphitKI3qm7iJs.html heard the tooling is still good for it