discussion Airfix 1971 1/72 Islander SOS kit

[john i am]

Hi everyone I've managed to complete this little 1/72 Airfix islander. It came as a job lot from a "friend" lol who promised everything was in good order inside. From the 15 I acquired from him 6 have been scraped due to missing parts like fuselages! All of the 9 remaining kits are in similar condition to this one. So never trust your mates and always look in the box when buying secondhand kits lol.


Anyways I set the fairy power spray into action and with ease it removed the enamel paint.View attachment 112656



Having got the kit back to its original condition and after a bit of simple construction and some paint and decals here's the result. For a kit tooled in 1971 it went together nicely with no gaps or badly fitting parts so thanks for looking and any comments that you leave cheers John


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My little flight school as now doubled in size.
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[Guest]

Lovely model.


Excellent repaint work, looks very good

 

[monica]

very nice clean build John ,looks good,

 

[eddiesolo]

That looks gorgeous John, lovely build mate.


Si

 

[PaulTRose]

wow...excellent save!


that looks really nice

 

[flyjoe180]

Great job John! Your Bongo Van looks superb.

 

[john i am]

Great job John! Your Bongo Van looks superb.

Glad you like it Joe as the markings are from Queenstown New Zealand (Milford Sound Flightseeing)


No mention of bongo van in the instructions lol.

 

[papa 695]

A great recovery and a great build John

 

[Guest]

Great job on this, turned out nice

 

[peterairfix]

What a transformation a Lovely little build.

 

[Bigfoot57]

Ugly duckling into a swan great build and restore well done unusual aircraft haven't seen many of them built before

 

[colin m]

Great job. I love to see a classic kit being built.

 

[Guest]

Very nice bringing back memories. They used to fly in and out of Jersey to the Islands.


The last Trilander in Jersey designated "JOEY" famous in the islands amongst the kids is just retiring.


Laurie

 

[Guest]

Beautiful work and a nice save.


Scott

 

[Robert1968]

Nice to see old kits and what can be achieved with them


Very nice build, and clean construction


Well done


Regards


Robert

 

[Guest]

Wow what a great restore project! Very nicely done Sir!

 

[Guest]

You've worked wonders here John. It looks fantastic - you'd never guess the age/state of the original.

 

[Gern]

That's beautifully recovered from the mess you started with!

 

[Guest]

I really enjoy seeing old kits built to a modern standard and brought up to date with modern techniques and materials. What takes this to a totally new level however is that fact that you had to return it to the basic kit before you could start, making this a superb build.


Beautiful job and so satisfying to see a lovely model built from something that many would throw away.

 

[selrach]

Beautifully done indeed!