Airfix for schools.

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:31 am

Just had a word which my kids head teacher and she is well up for doing this and with me helping out. She looking to get the kits and for the kids do them around the time of they are doing the WWII part of of their year but hopefully will have upto 30 kids building models within the year. Even if one child keeps at it or come back to it in latter life would be worth it and hopefully I can teach them a bit about the aircraft (spitfire or Me 109) and the life of the pilots and what it was like for them at the same time.

Wish me luck in this venture and ill report back soon.

Nige

Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 9:48 am

All the best Nige.

Went to Cosford last week, they do an Airfix birthday party where each child gets a spitfire to build.

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:05 am

UKscalemodeller wrote:All the best Nige.

Went to Cosford last week, they do an Airfix birthday party where each child gets a spitfire to build.

That sounds great we need to get the kids more involved in things like this and our own history which modelling helps with well i think it dose with my two.

Post by **Lee** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:35 am

Have you contracted Airfix direct? This is something they would definitely sponsor mate.

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 10:42 am

the school is doing it mate Airfix do a bundle for about £40 with 15 kits i think some paints, glue and brushes then its just me given up my time which i dont mind doing. There is a form on there website that the school has to send off. will just be the other tools that are needed which the school should have.
If any one else is intrested in doing this for there kids school check out

http://www.airfix.com/project-airfix

Its great project that airfix is doing.

Post by **Coen** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:05 am

First rate stuff Nigel.
You're a champ dude for doing this.
Someday one of this wee ones will thank you for it.
I know that I'm thanking you for it.

I tried once when my oldest was in elementary school to do the same sort of thing, unfortunately there wasn't much interest.
I really hope this works out.

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:31 am

Me to Michael like I said if I get one child interested it will be great. And if I get them interested in history or that time in history will be a bonus because some kids over here don't know any of our modern history.

Post by **Coen** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 11:33 am

You'd certainly be a hero to me if you got even one involved.
Scale modelling is, in part, preserving history, so participating is always win win I think.

Post by **FatFingaz** » Tue Sep 03, 2013 2:03 pm

That is great Nigel. Do keep us posted on how it goes

Post by **PhildaFish** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:02 pm

Nice one Nige and good luck with it.

On a similar note, I attend a weekly group for people who claim ESA (a sort of unemployment for people with disabilities) and we sometimes just have a natter but the people who run the group, Prospects, are always looking for activities to do to "keep our spirits up" or give us a "sense of achievement" and I suggested Project Airfix which, like Nige said, is a box of 15 Spitfires for £40. The Prospects management loved the idea and asked me to order them and I found out that Airfix were offering a buy one get one free so we got the 109's free! We've now built them all and Prospects have rolled the idea out to all their branches across the country, although I don't know how many have taken up the idea.

Post by **Daishi12** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:34 pm

Hi Nige, hope everything turns out all right with the project Airfix build. A lot of schools need to be reminded of the importance of WW2 and I think this is probably the best way that this can happen. I just wish a similar project had been available when I was a kid. I was always the odd one out because I was into modelling and so hence knew a fair amount of WW2 history when my class-mates didn't.

Post by **Matthew** » Sat Sep 07, 2013 11:49 pm

Yes m8 what a great idea I was 19 when I got in to it when I went to my uncles one night and he got me into it and if I would of had ago when I was in school I would of got it to it at a younger age

Post by **chief5437** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 12:21 am

Best of luck Nige! Well done for giving up your time to help out.

Hope the teachers aren't on strike when you do it! I'm sooo cynical! Lol

All the best mate.

http://www.youtube.com/user/longlance67 · Post by **longlance67** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 4:31 am

think its a great idea mate

Post by **gsxrdaz** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:52 pm

Yes great idea mate and i wish you all the best. Ive mentioned it to my wife who works at an infants school so who knows.....you might of kick started something here

Post by **Nige201980** » Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:00 pm

gsxrdaz wrote:Yes great idea mate and i wish you all the best. Ive mentioned it to my wife who works at an infants school so who knows.....you might of kick started something here

Hope it dose mate I think it should happen in every school when they do about WWII be it planes tanks or ships some kids just need a push in the right direction to get started.

Post by **Glen** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 4:30 pm

I work as a building surveyor in social housing, I mentioned this to another department who does kids clubs on various estates during the holiday's. They purchased the kits of the spitfire and I had to do the demonstration for them. To make things go a bit quickly I made up the required number of cockpit sections with pilot fully painted for each session. This was so the kids could put together the fuselage with the cockpit section already made and painted to be fitted. It might be a good idea to do something like this first.
Glen

Post by **Nige201980** » Mon Sep 09, 2013 5:33 pm

Glen wrote:I work as a building surveyor in social housing, I mentioned this to another department who does kids clubs on various estates during the holiday's. They purchased the kits of the spitfire and I had to do the demonstration for them. To make things go a bit quickly I made up the required number of cockpit sections with pilot fully painted for each session. This was so the kids could put together the fuselage with the cockpit section already made and painted to be fitted. It might be a good idea to do something like this first.
Glen

Thanks Glen great idea.

Just had a word with my sister who is a teacher and she is going to look into it for her school as well.

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 3:36 pm

Just had some fantastic news my kids school is definitely going to order the kits as years 3 and 4 are doing about WWII

Unfortunately I'm doing a course for the next six weeks so won't be able help

but at least they are giving it ago.

Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:02 pm

Great news, lets hope they take to it.

What course Nige?

Post by **Coen** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:06 pm

That is wonderful Nigel.
I hope is starts a few of them down the styrene highway.

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:18 pm

I'm doing a city and guilds in fibre optics and structured cabling telecoms I did it in 2001 so I'm out of date and hopefully it will help me get a job want to get back into telecoms it's what I did in the army but a bit rusty as I've not done it for since about 2008. Really looking forward to it too.

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 4:23 pm

I'm so happy that they are doing I don't live in one of the best areas so I was more hopeful than anything but the whole teaching staff love the idea some I'm over the moon at the moment.

Post by **Coen** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:21 pm

All for you Nigel. Great stuff buddy!

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Sep 12, 2013 5:38 pm

cheers Michael. hopefully ill not be to tired to model a couple of hours here and there.

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 3:33 pm

Well an update the school have just informed me that they have just taken delivery of a box full of kits and i will be going into see them tomorrow morning to things in motion. So i will again update you all in the morning.

Post by **Coen** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:03 pm

Awesome!!!!!
Now there's a build that I'll be wanting to hear about!

Post by **Filo387** » Thu Dec 12, 2013 8:20 pm

Well done pal.

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:10 am

So a quick update i will be going into school tomorrow afternoon to start these kits with the kids so it will be the glueing and painting the cockpit the after that it will be painting the rest wish me luck lol

Post by **Lee** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:14 am

Nice one Nige. Any chance of a couple of pics mate?

Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:16 am

Nige201980 wrote:So a quick update i will be going into school tomorrow afternoon to start these kits with the kids so it will be the glueing and painting the cockpit the after that it will be painting the rest wish me luck lol

Good luck Nige!

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:43 am

Lee wrote:Nice one Nige. Any chance of a couple of pics mate?

will try and get some of the WIP and finished kits

Post by **Bissyboat** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:55 am

Very glad to see airfix kits being introduced to the school kids. Great exercise for hand and eye coordination, and loads of fun. Best of both worlds! I wish all schools in Norway would do the same. It´s a great way of staying focused and it helps us to preserve the modeling legacy for generations to come.

Post by **Nige201980** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 9:58 am

Bissyboat wrote:Very glad to see airfix kits being introduced to the school kids. Great exercise for hand and eye coordination, and loads of fun. Best of both worlds! I wish all schools in Norway would do the same. It´s a great way of staying focused and it helps us to preserve the modeling legacy for generations to come.

I wish all schools over here would do it to mate. but hopefully these kids will enjoy it and there might even be one or two that take it up later in life.

Post by **Paul** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:05 am

Well done Nige

Post by **Bissyboat** » Tue Jan 07, 2014 10:09 am

Nige201980 wrote: I wish all schools over here would do it to mate. but hopefully these kids will enjoy it and there might even be one or two that take it up later in life.

Same here. Here´s hoping other schools will follow, for the better and good of the hobby.

Post by **Nige201980** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 3:41 pm

well i have just had a really enjoyable couple of hours at school build spitfires and Me 109s with year 3's (7-8 year olds) and tomorrow i get to do it again with year 4 (8-9 year olds). they really enjoyed it even the teachers have fun and i think we have a few buddy modellers who kept asking where they could get kits from.

Here is one bunch of them

and some WIP

roll on tomorrow

Post by **chief5437** » Wed Jan 08, 2014 11:33 pm

Nice one Nige!

Post by **UKscalemodeller** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:41 am

Epic Nice just EPIC.

Post by **DC87** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 12:58 am

Wow Nigel, well done - looks like so much fun, our hobby has a future

Did those safety scissors cut through the sprues?

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:21 am

Cheers guys was great fun.

Yeah dan just about.

Post by **Coen** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:39 am

Nigel.... You are a prince among men my friend for doing this.
Look at those faces!!!!
Buddy... you're a lucky lucky man to have been able to do that.
Well freaking done Mate!!!!

Sorry Andy... stealing a few.

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 8:40 am

cheers Mike gave me such a buzz i loved it

Post by **Bissyboat** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 9:47 am

I bet. The kids are very good at it. A pure joy to watch their happy faces. Good stuff!

Post by **Paul** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:07 am

Excellent Nige, a pat on the back is well deserved.

Post by **Coen** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 10:42 am

Paul wrote:Excellent Nige, a pat on the back is well deserved.

I couldn't agree more...
Very well deserved.

Post by **HamilkarBarkas** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 11:11 am

What an awesome thing man! We all know kids love to get glue on their fingers

I wish we did that in school aswell...

Post by **Nige201980** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 3:48 pm

So went back into school today and what another great day ALL the kids loved it and some want to join the airfix club and get some kits there self to do at home so this is where some of them got to

Just got to find time to go back in and finish them of and get some paint on them but will keep you updated

Post by **chief5437** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 5:55 pm

Brilliant! Well done Nige mate, really chuffed for you!

http://m.youtube.com/user/MrBobsBuilds · Post by **Rob** » Thu Jan 09, 2014 6:14 pm

Simply outstanding. A gold star for you Nigel - top of the class.