Hobby Bounties’ July 2022 blog

We had our mini-Airfix Falklands War 40th anniversary competition https://www.airfixcup.com/competitions/15/results on Saturday 18th June 2022 together with the ‘Kits for kids’ charity event at ITE Central. We had 19 entries, of which 5 came from the schools. Even though it was an online event, many people were able to bring their completed models to display at ITE Central. We had a guest-of-honour, Tan Chuan-Jin, for the prize giving on Saturday. We are pleased that Kits for Kids managed to raise their targeted money for Shine.

Our next competition is the mini-Airfix AFV diorama competition which is held at Hobby Bounties shop on Saturday 13th August 2022. We are also in discussions with various potential places to host our annual ‘National Airfix Aeronautical Model Engineering Competition 2022’ in November this year.

We continue to bring in the new Airfix items like the Airfix 72nd Vickers Valiant B(PR)K.1 https://hobbybounties.com/airfix-a11001a-1-72-vickers-valiant-b-pr-k-1/, Airfix 72nd De Havilland Mosquito B.XVI , Airfix 48th North American F-86F-40 (in Norwegian and Japanese markings), Airfix 72nd BAe Sea Harrier FRS.1, Airfix 48th Supermarine Spitfire F. Mk.XVIII, Airfix 48th Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XII, Airfix 48th Supermarine Spitfire Mk.XIV, Airfix 48th North American P-51D Mustang etc. There is also the Airfix range of Top Gun models https://hobbybounties.com/search.php?search_query=Top%20Gun§ion=product All these are available at www.hobbybounties.com

On the Scalextric slot cars and Hornby trains front, there continues to be interest in the film themed cars (such as James Bond, Batman, Back to the Future etc) and trains (Harry Potter, Beatles etc). All these are available at www.hobbybounties.com

We have a photoshoot of models on our last Saturday of the month gathering on Saturday 25th June 2022. Yee Soon Tuck set up outside Hobby Bounties and photographed some lovely ship dioramas, Leslie Choy’s 48th Wessex Humphrey, Ee Keok Lye’s PT17 etc.