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Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:50 pm
by Ansett A330
Seeing the photo of the box of Leigh's Airfix 737-200 build and looking it up on Scalemates as the 1973 issue made me realise that this was a 45 year old kit being made! Looking at the other boxings and years of issue of this particular kit made me wonder what the "distribution" was of the year of issue of the kits in the current Challenge build.

I couldn't see a "Poll" type Thread format so listing them below and putting a Number count beside them which can be edited it will be interesting to see how many of which particular issue is being built.

1969 Number =
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1973 Number = 1
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1975 Number = 2
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1977 Number =
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1980 Number =
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1982 Number =
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1987 Number = 1
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1993 Number = 3
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1995 Number = 1
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2011 Number = 4
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2014 Number =
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Re: Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:51 pm
by Ansett A330
Saturday August 18 Thread started and F-27pax's 1973 boxing counted.
Sunday August 19 hrtpaul's and Cap'n Wannabe's 1975 and 2011 "so far" boxings counted.
Sunday August 19 BradG's 1993 boxing counted.
Wednesday August 22 RayS's 1993 boxing counted.
Saturday August 25 oz rb fan's 1993 boxing counted.
Sunday September 2 Cap'n Wannabe's Lufthansa "Yellow" scheme and Mark Air 2011 boxings counted.
Monday September 3 TheChronicOne's Saudia 1987 boxing counted.
Tuesday September 4 Ansett A330 1995 boxing counted. (Strange as no Date on Box and Instructions say 1988?)

Re: Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 8:57 pm
by Ansett A330
Obviously just realised too that next year this is a 50 year old kit so in a way a rather apt tribute that it will feature so prominently at a 2019 event.

(To paraphrase Graeme after he saw the F-15 in the USAF Museum at Duxford "Wow I feel really old now!")

Re: Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Sat Aug 18, 2018 11:38 pm
by hrtpaul
1975 and 2011for me so far

Re: Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 10:29 am
by Cap'n Wannabe
hrtpaul wrote:1975 and 2011for me so far

Likewise

Re: Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Sun Aug 19, 2018 9:57 pm
by BradG
Mine was the 1993 box.

Re: Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Tue Aug 21, 2018 9:34 pm
by Ansett A330
Don't know the dates of these issues :


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so haven't added it to the timeline but also doubtful that anyone would have any of these issues anyway?

Re: Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Wed Aug 22, 2018 9:07 am
by RayS
1993 Edition for me as well

Re: Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Sat Aug 25, 2018 5:14 pm
by oz rb fan
93 for me as well.

Re: Interesting - the age of a kit being made

PostPosted: Thu Sep 13, 2018 4:12 pm
by Ansett A330
*BUMP*

Any additions please PM me.