Memories....

[BarryW]

For those of us of a certain age....

enjoy

http://www.plasticmodelsworld.com/node/1140

[eddiesolo]

Lovely vid, does bring some happy times viewing those artworks. Thanks Barry for that trip down memory lane.

Si

[BarryW]

I have just taken a look at the box tops of my stash and they are so boring compared to those great old Airfix box-tops.

That Sunderland engaged in combat, for instance, really evokes a degree of excitment and interest that todays bland offerings just do not match. Even when an enemy aircraft is pictured there is no actual combat going on with the best you can expect being a bit of smoke coming from the engine.....dull as ditchwater in comparison to that old Airfix box-art.

[yak face]

Brilliant stuff Barry , cheers . The classic Roy Cross era artworks are so evocative of happy childhood modelling, in fact I'd go as far as saying that most of my knowledge of all the different aircraft came from poring over the airfix (and Revell) catalogues and box arts. As a kid these were our reference books!

cheers tony

[flyjoe180]

Nice little video that one. I still have a few kits around with Roy Cross's art work on the box tops, and remember many of the ones featured. Magic, and like Tony, they evoked interests in aircraft and history that stay with me to this day.

[Guest]

Just lovely. Thanks for posting this. Talk about bringing back memories - I was almost tearful. How I remember the Mk4 Hurricane with the rockets: it was my first ever kit. Others that were particularly vivid are the ones I remember coming out while I was a kid - the Black Widow, the Heinkel 177, the 88mm gun and half-track. I just had to go out and buy them. And yes, the Roy Cross artwork always hit the right note - exciting, dynamic, and beautifully drawn.

[john i am]

Turning 50 this year so it brought back some happy memories of getting my pocket money and going to my local model shop which normally resulted in a purchase of a 1/72 scale 50p went along way in those days lol thanks for the link still never have got that Sunderland :-(