Airfix 2022 new range.

A couple of days ago, the very British brand, Airfix, unveiled their new range and plans for this year, and of course this include a well bunch of new model kits in 1/72 (or 1/76) scale.

As usual, some of them are classic/vintage kits coming back, but the list includes also several new tooled aircrafts for the fans delight. Sadly, this year, the catalogue doesn’t include any new model kit in the tanks or vehicles line, either in the plastic soldiers/figures line, which only will get some of the vintage references coming back.

The first in, already announced past year, and expected for this January month, is the back of the Sea Harrier, in the shape of Airfix – A04051A – BAe Sea Harrier FRS.1, focused in the Falklands war. The kit comes from 2010 moulds.

Also announced past year, a new tooled Hawker Tempest Mk.V with code number A02109 which is expected for this year spring. At some point in the past Airfix, released the Heller Tempest kit, also seen under Smer brand, but it’s the first time Airfix tool this interesting aircraft.

In the side of the classic vintage kits, the list of re-issues appearing in 2022 is quite long, but also interesting, since some of the kits haven’t been seen for a long time. Let’s deal first with the less appealing reissues, at least to our eyes.

In the vehicles line, we get the classic Airfix – A01319V – Japanese Type 97 Medium Tank Chi-Ha Tank (1/76) gets a new box, for a content dated from 1974. As well as does the even more classic Airfix – A01307V – Joseph Stalin JS-3 (since 1962).

The figures line, largely forget by Airfix, get two re-issues, Airfix – A00717V – WWII Russian Infantry (1/76) and Airfix – A00718V – WWII Japanese Infantry. Nowadays you can find better figures for both subjects.

The thing becomes some more interesting when we speak about the vintage aircraft reissues, since some of them has been out for a long time, and some of them, are still interesting and not common topics. Airfix will bring to life during 2022 the following kits:

As soon as the re-release date get closer we’ll add all of them to our listings.

The main bulk of the novelties comes now, with some new tooled aircraft and of course some re-release or decal update of older kits but not so old as the vintage classics mentioned above. They are 13 more sets with a bit of everything, extending the tooled kits of 2021 as you will see.

So, the Hawker Tempest Mk.V and the Gloster Meteor F.8 are new tools for this 2022, we think Airfix is reserving at least one more new tool for this year. We’ll see.

That’s all for now, a total of 25 kits in 1/72 (or 1/76) scale which will be released by Airfix during 2022, just over two new kits per month, which is pretty good, despite 10 of them are vintage classics and only two newly tooled kits, is a good effort to keep the catalogue updated.

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