discussion What Do You Make of This??

[Dave Ward]

I'm not posting this on 'Spots on the internet' - and it's not April 1st.....................
OK, it's Airfix's He 111 with Motorhead decals! with a DVD/CD!
Unless you're a fan of Motorhead, who is going to buy this? a lot of the younger generation wouldn't be familiar with them - I think the Airfix Marketing Crowd must all be fans of Lemmy!
Dave
( pre-order on Airfix website at £27.99)

 

[Steven000]

Never seen that before indeed! :smiling5:
Cheers

 

[Ian M]

As weird as it is, I read that this is an extra edition as the ones that they made in the first run got sold out in 'record' time so they did a second run.
It would seem that Motorhead are maybe more popular than we think. LOL

 

[Tim Marlow]

Another avenue for outlet on this is record collectors. If Airfix did it in vinyl they would ship a shedload......I’d probably buy it........

 

[PaulTRose]

wonder how many we will see built at next years shows?

not that original an idea........its only 2 years since Revell did Ed Force One

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[BattleshipBob]

Saw motorhead a few times, many years back lol. Ears still buzzing!!

 

[flyjoe180]

Iron Maiden 'Aces High' Spitfire next perhaps? Or a Beastie Boys 'Licensed to Ill' Boeing 727, or an Eminem 'Kamikaze' F-86?

The Heinkel is unique that's for sure.

 

[BattleshipBob]

Number of the beast, Stug G!

 

[Guest]

OK, it's Airfix's He 111 with Motorhead decals! with a DVD/CD!

Does it include the disc, or is it just that the box art includes the album sleeve and a record to show it’s an album sleeve?

Unless you're a fan of Motorhead, who is going to buy this?

Modellers who know a Motörhead fan who asked them to build it for them, I suppose. It’s why I ended up building the Ed Force One kit that Paul posted above.

a lot of the younger generation wouldn't be familiar with them

I wouldn’t say that too soon, if I were you. Apparently, people these days listen to a lot more varied music than us of older generations used to (I’m 45, I suppose I can count myself among those by now) — streaming services like Spotify make it very easy to come across old songs that you may like. Far easier than when the radio and buying a single or a whole album (or borrowing them off a mate, of course) were your only real way to hear music you didn’t know yet.

 

[Dave Ward]

Well,
judging by the number of visits, and replies, Airfix seem to have got it right!
Dave

 

[boatman]

OK i'll be the fall guy but who the heck is motorhead (pop group are they ) as bobs ears are still ringin:rolling: im totally out of this scene an know nothing about it an on the pic it shows a gun turret below the cockpit that's not correct is it ? an Dave it looks more like a vinly record than a dvd or cd ? totally mystified I am is this somrthing like a toon kit ? :rolling:
chris

 

[PaulTRose]

i dont think by any stretch of the imagination could you describe Motorhead as a 'pop group' :flushed:

metal band, now defunct since Lemmy died, were around nearly 40 years-ish

 

[Steve Jones]

No Sleep Til Hammersmith was a good buy for me back in the early 80's. Shame its a plane. I'll wait for the Lemmy Leopard tank. LOL

 

[Dave Ward]

As far as I can see, the vinyl/dvd/cd is just artwork only. It's a proper 1/72 kit, but Special decals - obviously
If you type 'Airfix motorhead' into Google , the top results are from Heavy Metal websites ( ie kerrang! ), so the marketing decision seems to work!
Dave

 

[Neil Merryweather]

I had seen this before and dismissed it. But looking at the complete artwork ,Dave ,I'm quite tempted ,in spite of myself.
Not a Motorhead fan particularly, but for accuracy's sake I would have to add a chin turret.....

 

[stillp]

OK i'll be the fall guy but who the heck is motorhead (pop group are they ) as bobs ears are still ringin:rolling: im totally out of this scene an know nothing about it an on the pic it shows a gun turret below the cockpit that's not correct is it ? an Dave it looks more like a vinly record than a dvd or cd ? totally mystified I am is this somrthing like a toon kit ? :rolling:
chris

Here you are Chris:

Enjoy!
Pete

 

[SimonT]

Pop group!!!! Wash your mouth out :smiling2:

Saw them a few times over the years

Even actually nodded off for a few minutes at Bradford St George’s hall - obviously not loud enough

 

[BattleshipBob]

Fell asleep :flushed: thought my ears were coming off lol

 

[Ian M]

The kids these days will never understand their parents or even grand parents listening to their classics. Deep Purple, Black sabbath, the stones, .... Those where the days...

 

[BattleshipBob]

Too true, my students just stare as if i am from another planet lol

Thin Lizzy, Judas priest etc