@Legoreviewer98 Flash is plastic that has leaked around the parts when the plastic was injected into the mould, due to the mould being old and worn.. It can be tricky to remove sometimes, but if you don't remove it the parts won't fit or look right.. You will find it mainly on re-releases of old kits and not so much on any newly tooled kits..
Thought I might watch this video again, because as I said on your channel, I've just bought this kit, which I'm regretting now that I've remember the problems with the decals.. :( My stash is growing very quickly at least.. :) :) Luckily there is quite a lot of room for me to add weights, like you did, which you really do need with this model. Do you use that useful electric sander of yours to sand down the all of the filler? I really like what you've done with this kit.. :) Very nice job!
@2002And Yes, this kit needs a LOT of weights.. :) The decals are troublesome, but if you want to you can have my spare set.. that will increase your chances! If not, then there's always after market decals... :) I can't remember if I used the sander or not.. but yes, the model turned out acceptable in the end.. it is one of my favourites... :)
@BasicModelling I'll bet!... :) I'll try the kit decals first, but thanks for the back-up plan.. :) :) I hope I'll do OK with this kit, because it is one of my favorite Light bombers too.. :)
done mine in the RAAF version where they modified it by painting the nose and fitting 5 extra 303 machine guns in the nose, one trainable and 2 extra browning machine guns in the rear, took alot of weights to get the nose to stay down.
@BasicModelling is there anychance you have any bombers you can build because i really want to see what you can do to a bomber like a lanncaster or a b17 or another heavy bomber.
@lkj802 I have started a B-17, but it needs a total repaint and sorting out, which is why it is delayed.. I will build a 1/72 Lancaster in July when I'm on holiday and can put a lot of time aside for modelling.. I have built a B-24 Liberator in 1/72 scale only recently, that video should be easy to find on my channel.. I also hope to build 1 or 2 B-25's, and a Halifax.. as well as maybe a German bomber or two.. The builds will be spread out over the rest of this year, most likely.. :)
@BasicModelling thanks i can't wait because im mad on bombers now since i find that they are practically the work horses of thee war constantly flying and so im going to put them on my ceiling in my room also do you know how to put them on the roof is it just a screw and then some fishing line around each wing
@lkj802 I'd use a secure hook, as you may want to remove the model from time to time and dust it.. but yes, fishing line is strong and should work well,, :)
The nacelles and landing gear of the 1/72 airfix mossie is so FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The two halves of the framework go around the wheel, have a mudguard in between them and then fit crudely into the nacells
@Aerolseventh It is an autogyro, or gyrocopter.. There are a few different designs, but they all basically work in the same way, with an auto rotation (not powered) rotor / wing on top and a push (or pull) propeller at the back (or front).. The autogyros can't hover like a helicopter, and they do need a runway as they can't take of or land vertically, so in effect they are more like aeroplanes than helicopters.. but they are safer to fly than planes, because of the autorotation.. :)
@BasicModelling not correct, Juan de la Cireva not only designs the autogiro but also improves the design and found the way to make vertical take offs
@DuhMulti Nope.. I build military vehicles and tanks, the odd car and sometimes ships and submarines.. but my main interest lies with the aircraft, be it planes or helicopters! I'm going to try a figure before too long too, got the kit.. just haven't got the time.. :) Too many other projects on the go..
@a24218361 I'm happy with 'reasonable'.. Personally I do not believe the perfect model exists! :) Handbrush or airbrush are different techniques, and as with everything it takes practise to make good. I'm far from perfect, though.. but apart from the fact that I have nowhere to airbrush, I have a feeling my airbrushing would be worse, than my handbrushing is now.. The only bit I miss by not airbrushing, is the various weathering techniques, which are so much easier to apply, if you airbrush.. :)
Agreed, those old models are cheap! I got a Chinese tank for €9,99. It was made in 1991! And it was crappy! All the tanks in the 60s through 90s where motorized but had no moving parts! (except for Tamiya in the 70s)
@ModelbuildingTANKS Good... I find tanks easier, generally, than planes.. that's why I did the T-55, to get a break from the plane I was doing, and finish something quick.. :)
... if you say that your models are ok, then my models are relatively shit, so I say: Your models are fantastic! ^ ^ ... No, jokes aside ... ! For me your models are fantastic .. and know that you yourself also ...
@ColaWhiski Thank you.. My models are far from brilliant, but I build for my own bit of fun.. not to win competitions!! :) :) So from that point of view I'm quite happy with them.. :)
@VVojtekSoldierBear Thank you.. I will try and do a few more bombers.. :) When I have cleared some more space by my workstation I should get going on the Short Stirling.. but it will be BIG.. :)
... if you say that your models are ok, then my models are relatively shit, so I say: Your models are fantastic! ^ ^ ... No, jokes aside ... ! For me your models are fantastic .. and know that you yourself also ...
Kraznaya armiya Slava! Well done! The white wash is perfect! Gawd, I remember the old Revell Boston I had when I was, oh... 15 or so. It was more like 1/87 instead of 1/72. I'm going to have to do a short video of the Eastern Express Fairey Gannet I've picked up over the weekend. Talk about basic, there is no interior, just pilot and crew heads protruding from the fuselage halves! Well done again! :)
Thank you.. the challenge is to be able to make something decent out of a kit like that.. which I know you are more than capable of!! Having a spell 'off' modelling again, but your comments have ignited a bit of the spirit.. Just stuck on a dreadful HobbyBoss F-15, which rather killed the model mood.. :)
I love that worn-out look; it makes it so realistic.One question on how to attach strings: don´t you put anything to the ends of the thread -or whatever you use to imitate radio cables- rather than gluing them straightaway to the model?
And talking about classic 1/72 Airfix models, I recetly finnished the Avro Anson (painted overall yellow)... after an incredible struggle with the AWFUL quality of its pieces. It was a miracle that finally I could manage to keep calm...
No, I don't put anything much on the ends, it's tricky enough to get it right as it is.. but a guess a blob of superglue would do the trick for an insolator.. :)
I remember the Nimrod from my Air Force days.. constanly flying over Swedish territorial waters.. the RAF was more of a pain than the Soviets at the time, to be honest!! A great plane, a model of which will keep you busy for quite a while.. I hope you have plenty of filler... :) :)
I think the standard procedure was to send up a Draken or Viggen fighter plane, take some photos as evidence and log another formal complaint at the British Embassy.. :) :)
It was in the early 80's, just as the cold war was beginning to come to an end.. I remember we had to keep a close eye on East Germany and especially Poland at the time as 'Solidarnosc' had just started to make themselves known.. But just how close and what we could see I can not tell you.. :) We were expecting refugees and a bit of action, which luckily never came to pass..
i know you would have loved a bit of action though yeah thank god and also thank god the russian outposts didnt lauunch the missiles after getting cloud formations, to be honest i always hated clouds
Speaking of Russians, it was always interesting to see what they werre up to, especially when they did combined Navy & Air Force exercises in the Baltic sea.. Let me just say that 'chaff' works well in blocking radars, but there are easy ways around it.. :)
One of your best vids. I liked the mix of pics and live video. I have really enjoyed some of the clips you've been pasting on the front of the videos lately , too.
I try and make it interesting as and when I can.. :) My next video will have more of me in it though, so best watched with the monitor turned off.. :) Ha ha ha ha.. :) Hope to get the model done by tonight and a video posted by tomorrow, as I will be off YouTubefor a while.. not sure for how long, it depends on what they discover on Thursday, when they will probe and poke me at the local hospital..
..and even if all goes well after that, I won't be allowed to do ANYTHING for at least 48 hours, and can't be left on my own, so will stay at my mother-in-laws.. My son and wife are in London for what we hope will be my sons second to last or maybe even last chemotherapy session, and won't be home 'til Friday at the earliest.. :)
I won't put that plane in a diorama, but I will do a winter diorama later on with either a T-34-85 tank, or an IL-2 Sturmovik.. or both.. :) :) Quite like the idea of an Sherman ion wintercamo too.. :)
Well, I rarely use the original Airfix decals anyway, as 'after market' stuff normally is better.. :) But I do have a real liking for most of the old Airfix kits.. quite nostalgic these days!! :)
Well, it has puzzled me , and many others a great deal.. they spent the time and effort adding all that whitewash.. and then left the great big red stars.. But I guess overall the camo must have worked... :) :)
Very nice I need to work on my washing and weather, I just completed a B-25 and it looks like it just rolled of the factory floor. My next kit I plan to add some age to it.
Very nice video I liked the video clip at the beginning.
Yes, they are a bit out of scale.. a 1/72 model should really have very little in the way of panel lines and rivets, if any at all.. they're really only there to be pleasing to the eye and to allow some weathering et.c to be done.. but if you have seen my Airfix Blenheim video, you'll know that the model looks so much better if the rivets are sanded down, or removed altogether!.. :) Got started on my next Spitfire but not sure when I can complete it.. soon I hope! :)
That's exactly what I did... when I wasn't taping the planes to my bicycle handle so I could cycle with them, watching the propeller spin.. I used to build endless Airfix 1/72 P-40 Kittyhawks, just gluing them together.. great fun! If anything it's probably the kit I have built the most!! One day I will get nostalgic and build another one! Trouble is, things have moved on.. and the Academy kits are so much better. :) But nothing beats the carefree modelling of yester years.. sigh.. wipes tear..
Thank you.. They mainly used waterbased whitewash, which peeled of and wore through very quickly in the harsh winter weather.. so some winter camo'ed planes were more green than white in the end.. :)
Honesty is good.. it hurts like hell, but it's good!! Do I detect you're in a bad mood?? :) Anyway, it was supposed to show a well worn winter camo, and I think it does!! :) So I'm perfectly happy with it..
..as for me not watching or commenting on your video, I can only blame YouTube, it hasn't shown up in my subsbox!! But please send it to me in a PM and I will watch it as soon as I can.. your videos are entertaining too!! :) :)
Really? But the video was posted about 4 weeks ago!
And for the model (I love the plane I am actually going to try to find one in the summer to build) (I love Russian bombers)
and about me not liking the model, I DO like the model! :P The build is fantastic and the dirt gives the model a certain glow but I dislike the Idea of puting so much of it over the red stars....
Ok, fair enough.. I don't think I put any over the red stars, and if I did it was only to show a bit of wear and tear.. the quality of the paint at the time was such that the planes never stayed white for very long when used in the cold war winters.. I have periods off YouTube, and sadly they no longer offer the service they used to do, when all videos ever posted by your subs showed up and you could go back for weeks to watch anything you had missed.. Now you only get a handful of videos.. :(
Good job! I rember i did the same kit a hundred years ago.. and had a coin in each nacelle as weight!.(plus stones n the fuselage) the camo looks really good!
Thank you.. for a first attempt of a winter camo it's not too bad, I guess! The fact that the kit is old and full of rivets actually helped to make it look worn, so in this case it was a good thing! :) Now I nned to go back to the tackle shop and buy some more weights, though.. :)
WOW!!! Fantastic work bro, looks so realistic as the real thing!! The kit does look ancient, but with your special touches to it, you built it very well!! That is so cool, peace!!!
I've seen your killer model skills for a long time , but everything was so old ,this is the first time I ever found you on line live . Im a a ancient model builder , but I would like to share my vast archives with the you tubers . Could you e- mail me any info on how to ? Im reaching out to a select few what I consider elite you tube model peeps . Thanx for all your work .
I had this kit in my stash but it was so bad that I decided to sell it on! nevertheless you've made a great job of it , good to see some other decal options too!
Selling it on was probably the best option!! :) I could have done an even better job of this, scratchbuiling and so on.. but it didn't turn out too bad in the end! And the decal strips saved the canopy and nose, there's no way I could have painted those lines on.. :) :)
Well, the wheels are well front of the center of gravity, so I always knew it would take a lot of weight.. but even I was surprised! Now I need to go back to the tackleshop and get some more weights.. :) Thank you.. :)
Snow drift? The French flew it, initially in RAF markings but after D-Day they were allowed to fly them in French colours.. The beard is all year round, but bigger in winter, and it really makes a difference for keeping warm!! :)
As for the Havoc, I'd love to get a kit, as I have a thing about Night Fighters too.. :)
I think there's quite a few of various versions left.. mainly in Australia, it seems.. There's about 3 or 4 or more in the US, some on display and some being restored. Also, they keep finding crashed WWII Bostons in Russia still, so the numbers are on the up! :) The former Soviet Union is a great source of many aircraft, as they used so many US & British types during WWII, as well as their own.. not to mention all the wrecked Luftwaffe planes that turn up here and there.. :)
Thank you.. Had it not been too late I may have entered it in your competition.. not that it would have done any better than the tank, but all the same.. :)
I always try new things, if there's anything new to be tried.. :) :) And as long as it is in any way beneficial to the build.. :)
I did wonder if anyone would notice.. :) :) Well spotted!! It's been in that state for a while, but the way I work I could well get the urge to finish it at any time.. right now I'm busy working on something else, though.. :)
They are notorious tail sitters. Since you don't actually "use" the movable control surfaces, i wonder if you though of modifying them to sit better in their designated areas? A scale 1 foot gap on the elevators and ailerons is a bit startling!
I was going to do that, after I had painted it the first time, and saw just how bad it looked.. but I tried the winter camo and it covers up the worse of the bad bits, so I left it as was. But I agree, and had I built it for anyone else but myself I would have done a lot more work to it, like scratchbuilding some of the interior and putting some figures in to fill up the void! I guess it's not technically too late to rectify the movable control surfaces, should I feel the need to do so! :)
It's always worth checking the balance before gluing the fuselage together, as it's normally too late to add any extra weights once everything is glued in place!! I was lucky I could fit some extra weights behind the engines, though, as I still needed some... :)
Thank you! I use 'invisible' elasticated thread, which bonds very easily with superglue! The big advantage is that it stretches, so if touched accidentally it won't break. It can also be stretched quite thinly, which is good for 1/72 scale models.. Finally it can also be painted, without losing the ability to stretch.. :) Brilliant stuff.. :)
The figures would still have filled up the cockpits and other areas nicely, though.. As for the music, I thought I'd trick you, by starting of with the Stars'n'Stripes... :) :)
Thanks for the review - it was quite helpful for deciding whether to buy or not !
antartis73 1 month ago
@BasicModelling sorry i am a beginer but what does flash mean
Legoreviewer98 1 month ago
@Legoreviewer98 Flash is plastic that has leaked around the parts when the plastic was injected into the mould, due to the mould being old and worn.. It can be tricky to remove sometimes, but if you don't remove it the parts won't fit or look right.. You will find it mainly on re-releases of old kits and not so much on any newly tooled kits..
BasicModelling 1 month ago
Rob with glasses! :D
Fredfiscars 1 month ago
@Fredfiscars Oh yes.. :)
BasicModelling 1 month ago
what is the plane of the 0:52
camilo000001 2 months ago in playlist Liked videos
@camilo000001 I'm not sure.. I can't hear what the man is saying. :P
BasicModelling 1 month ago
i got this plane............ i dropped it :(
emochiken99 4 months ago
@emochiken99 Not a good idea.... :P
BasicModelling 4 months ago
Thought I might watch this video again, because as I said on your channel, I've just bought this kit, which I'm regretting now that I've remember the problems with the decals.. :( My stash is growing very quickly at least.. :) :) Luckily there is quite a lot of room for me to add weights, like you did, which you really do need with this model. Do you use that useful electric sander of yours to sand down the all of the filler? I really like what you've done with this kit.. :) Very nice job!
2002And 5 months ago
@2002And Yes, this kit needs a LOT of weights.. :) The decals are troublesome, but if you want to you can have my spare set.. that will increase your chances! If not, then there's always after market decals... :) I can't remember if I used the sander or not.. but yes, the model turned out acceptable in the end.. it is one of my favourites... :)
BasicModelling 5 months ago
@BasicModelling I'll bet!... :) I'll try the kit decals first, but thanks for the back-up plan.. :) :) I hope I'll do OK with this kit, because it is one of my favorite Light bombers too.. :)
2002And 5 months ago
What are the names of the 2 tunes (First one starts at 1.00 and the second starts after it)?
CLASSICMONSTERGUY95 6 months ago
what filler do u use??
0h4yd3n0 6 months ago
@0h4yd3n0 Squadron White putty... it's the fine grade.. :)
BasicModelling 6 months ago
done mine in the RAAF version where they modified it by painting the nose and fitting 5 extra 303 machine guns in the nose, one trainable and 2 extra browning machine guns in the rear, took alot of weights to get the nose to stay down.
buidseach 7 months ago
@buidseach Yes, it is a bit tail heavy, to say the least... :) :)
BasicModelling 7 months ago
I did my Boston like that, the decals I kept from my Airfix 1/72 IL2
Giselle76502 7 months ago
@Giselle76502 Good idea... never waste decals left over, as they may be handy for something else.. :)
BasicModelling 7 months ago
this is so simmilar to the b25 like the way it is put together and also the way the wheels are and also the tailsitting part
lkj802 9 months ago
@lkj802 Yes.. I agree... :)
BasicModelling 8 months ago
@BasicModelling is there anychance you have any bombers you can build because i really want to see what you can do to a bomber like a lanncaster or a b17 or another heavy bomber.
lkj802 8 months ago
@lkj802 I have started a B-17, but it needs a total repaint and sorting out, which is why it is delayed.. I will build a 1/72 Lancaster in July when I'm on holiday and can put a lot of time aside for modelling.. I have built a B-24 Liberator in 1/72 scale only recently, that video should be easy to find on my channel.. I also hope to build 1 or 2 B-25's, and a Halifax.. as well as maybe a German bomber or two.. The builds will be spread out over the rest of this year, most likely.. :)
BasicModelling 8 months ago
@BasicModelling thanks i can't wait because im mad on bombers now since i find that they are practically the work horses of thee war constantly flying and so im going to put them on my ceiling in my room also do you know how to put them on the roof is it just a screw and then some fishing line around each wing
lkj802 8 months ago
@lkj802 I'd use a secure hook, as you may want to remove the model from time to time and dust it.. but yes, fishing line is strong and should work well,, :)
BasicModelling 8 months ago
just finishing this exact kit, did it in a few hours, just to put the screens on and decide which version to choose.
buidseach 9 months ago
@buidseach If I remember corectly, you get to chose between a US version, South African and British?? But I may be wrong.. :)
BasicModelling 9 months ago
Nice I always thought they were lots bigger like Lancaster big
thehjupo 9 months ago
@thehjupo The Boston was classed as a medium bomber, I think.. The Lanc is definetely a HEAVY... :)
BasicModelling 9 months ago
An old man my mum now was a tail gunner on a boston
dontmakepatarangry 10 months ago
I got that kit ages ago and when i finally got to do it the wings bottemes and decals
had dissapeared!UUUUUGGGGGG!!
eyelidddd 10 months ago
@eyelidddd I know that feeling.. :)
BasicModelling 10 months ago
The nacelles and landing gear of the 1/72 airfix mossie is so FRUSTRATING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The two halves of the framework go around the wheel, have a mudguard in between them and then fit crudely into the nacells
MilitaryAircraft101 1 year ago
@MilitaryAircraft101 I know.. and I have 4 of the *&^" things to build... :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
You use a power sander? YOU BLOODY CHEATER! :-D
GoodwoodAlpha 1 year ago
@GoodwoodAlpha I use my little mini-drill (with various attachments) when I have no other options.. :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
at 0:56 is that a hybrid of an airplane and a helicopter??
Aerolseventh 1 year ago
@Aerolseventh It is an autogyro, or gyrocopter.. There are a few different designs, but they all basically work in the same way, with an auto rotation (not powered) rotor / wing on top and a push (or pull) propeller at the back (or front).. The autogyros can't hover like a helicopter, and they do need a runway as they can't take of or land vertically, so in effect they are more like aeroplanes than helicopters.. but they are safer to fly than planes, because of the autorotation.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
@BasicModelling not correct, Juan de la Cireva not only designs the autogiro but also improves the design and found the way to make vertical take offs
tocamadera 1 year ago
nice plane
mrjippythunderwood 1 year ago
@mrjippythunderwood Thank you.. :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
do you only work with aircrafts
DuhMulti 1 year ago
@DuhMulti Nope.. I build military vehicles and tanks, the odd car and sometimes ships and submarines.. but my main interest lies with the aircraft, be it planes or helicopters! I'm going to try a figure before too long too, got the kit.. just haven't got the time.. :) Too many other projects on the go..
BasicModelling 1 year ago
god i dont know how you do it, im crap with paintbrushes and models
you always get them looking really reasonable. im an airbrush guy a cheat maybe
anyway as aalways keep the vids coming i love watching them
a24218361 1 year ago
@a24218361 I'm happy with 'reasonable'.. Personally I do not believe the perfect model exists! :) Handbrush or airbrush are different techniques, and as with everything it takes practise to make good. I'm far from perfect, though.. but apart from the fact that I have nowhere to airbrush, I have a feeling my airbrushing would be worse, than my handbrushing is now.. The only bit I miss by not airbrushing, is the various weathering techniques, which are so much easier to apply, if you airbrush.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Agreed, those old models are cheap! I got a Chinese tank for €9,99. It was made in 1991! And it was crappy! All the tanks in the 60s through 90s where motorized but had no moving parts! (except for Tamiya in the 70s)
ModelbuildingTANKS 1 year ago
@ModelbuildingTANKS Yes, I remember them well.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
@BasicModelling Well, it'll be done and finished soon. I'll enjoy it!
ModelbuildingTANKS 1 year ago
@ModelbuildingTANKS Good... I find tanks easier, generally, than planes.. that's why I did the T-55, to get a break from the plane I was doing, and finish something quick.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
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... if you say that your models are ok, then my models are relatively shit, so I say: Your models are fantastic! ^ ^ ... No, jokes aside ... ! For me your models are fantastic .. and know that you yourself also ...
ColaWhiski 1 year ago
@ColaWhiski Thank you.. My models are far from brilliant, but I build for my own bit of fun.. not to win competitions!! :) :) So from that point of view I'm quite happy with them.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Nice to see the bomber for a change. Very nice plane and paint, brushing gives a very nice effect.
VVojtekSoldierBear 1 year ago
@VVojtekSoldierBear Thank you.. I will try and do a few more bombers.. :) When I have cleared some more space by my workstation I should get going on the Short Stirling.. but it will be BIG.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
@BasicModelling - it was a heavy bomber after all :)
VVojtekSoldierBear 1 year ago
@VVojtekSoldierBear True.. Not a very succesful one, but that was mainly down to design.. Larger wings and it would have done a lot better! :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
nice video with appropriate music - Your models are fantastic ...
ColaWhiski 1 year ago
@ColaWhiski Thank you.. Fantastic they're not.. but they're ok, I guess.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
... if you say that your models are ok, then my models are relatively shit, so I say: Your models are fantastic! ^ ^ ... No, jokes aside ... ! For me your models are fantastic .. and know that you yourself also ...
ColaWhiski 1 year ago
Kraznaya armiya Slava! Well done! The white wash is perfect! Gawd, I remember the old Revell Boston I had when I was, oh... 15 or so. It was more like 1/87 instead of 1/72. I'm going to have to do a short video of the Eastern Express Fairey Gannet I've picked up over the weekend. Talk about basic, there is no interior, just pilot and crew heads protruding from the fuselage halves! Well done again! :)
justplainerica 1 year ago
Thank you.. the challenge is to be able to make something decent out of a kit like that.. which I know you are more than capable of!! Having a spell 'off' modelling again, but your comments have ignited a bit of the spirit.. Just stuck on a dreadful HobbyBoss F-15, which rather killed the model mood.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
I love that worn-out look; it makes it so realistic.One question on how to attach strings: don´t you put anything to the ends of the thread -or whatever you use to imitate radio cables- rather than gluing them straightaway to the model?
And talking about classic 1/72 Airfix models, I recetly finnished the Avro Anson (painted overall yellow)... after an incredible struggle with the AWFUL quality of its pieces. It was a miracle that finally I could manage to keep calm...
AlanMartinNala 1 year ago
No, I don't put anything much on the ends, it's tricky enough to get it right as it is.. but a guess a blob of superglue would do the trick for an insolator.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
i hated making this model i still need to finish it but i was away from youtube for a while and am hoping to get back into making models
JNstudios1 1 year ago
Well, the winter camo helped covering up some of the worst bits.. :) I hope you won't bin yours, it'll look good when done, I'm sure... :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
@BasicModelling i wont bin it ill burn it XD nah but i will get it done eventually + iam thinking about buying a bae nimrod
JNstudios1 1 year ago
I remember the Nimrod from my Air Force days.. constanly flying over Swedish territorial waters.. the RAF was more of a pain than the Soviets at the time, to be honest!! A great plane, a model of which will keep you busy for quite a while.. I hope you have plenty of filler... :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
@BasicModelling you said that about the lancaster and it took me 5 hours but yeah you said about the nimrods, did you ever actually engage them
JNstudios1 1 year ago
I think the standard procedure was to send up a Draken or Viggen fighter plane, take some photos as evidence and log another formal complaint at the British Embassy.. :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
@BasicModelling was this around the time of the cold war, as it would be pretty understandable people being worried about a hot war
JNstudios1 1 year ago
It was in the early 80's, just as the cold war was beginning to come to an end.. I remember we had to keep a close eye on East Germany and especially Poland at the time as 'Solidarnosc' had just started to make themselves known.. But just how close and what we could see I can not tell you.. :) We were expecting refugees and a bit of action, which luckily never came to pass..
BasicModelling 1 year ago
i know you would have loved a bit of action though yeah thank god and also thank god the russian outposts didnt lauunch the missiles after getting cloud formations, to be honest i always hated clouds
JNstudios1 1 year ago
Speaking of Russians, it was always interesting to see what they werre up to, especially when they did combined Navy & Air Force exercises in the Baltic sea.. Let me just say that 'chaff' works well in blocking radars, but there are easy ways around it.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
One of your best vids. I liked the mix of pics and live video. I have really enjoyed some of the clips you've been pasting on the front of the videos lately , too.
Love the snow camo!
NaturalTwentyFilms 1 year ago
I try and make it interesting as and when I can.. :) My next video will have more of me in it though, so best watched with the monitor turned off.. :) Ha ha ha ha.. :) Hope to get the model done by tonight and a video posted by tomorrow, as I will be off YouTubefor a while.. not sure for how long, it depends on what they discover on Thursday, when they will probe and poke me at the local hospital..
BasicModelling 1 year ago
..and even if all goes well after that, I won't be allowed to do ANYTHING for at least 48 hours, and can't be left on my own, so will stay at my mother-in-laws.. My son and wife are in London for what we hope will be my sons second to last or maybe even last chemotherapy session, and won't be home 'til Friday at the earliest.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Thank you my hero =)
trainfart 1 year ago
You're welcome.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
looks great!!
5*
thedefiantrebel 1 year ago
I know I do.. but the model is quite ok too!! :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
5*****
yes i did ... And if you have read it this far you deserve a medal! Thank you.. . LOL
petrwarry72 1 year ago
Well done, it's in the post!! :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
that is a nice one!
Inky261 1 year ago
Thank you.. I am quite pleased with it.. :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
I won't put that plane in a diorama, but I will do a winter diorama later on with either a T-34-85 tank, or an IL-2 Sturmovik.. or both.. :) :) Quite like the idea of an Sherman ion wintercamo too.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
loved that old footage to get into the mood of this model
for me brought back the memories of the old decal's used by airfix, yes I am a old guy on the teen networks of the tube.
for some reason I remember warm water was the trick with removing those pesky airfix decals, I do remember ripping so many.
I was only 4 years old...lol
leokimvideo 1 year ago
Well, I rarely use the original Airfix decals anyway, as 'after market' stuff normally is better.. :) But I do have a real liking for most of the old Airfix kits.. quite nostalgic these days!! :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
well that was an interesting one. Good camo - from above they would just look like bright red stars whizzing by... hmmm...
MrRandomWritings 1 year ago
Well, it has puzzled me , and many others a great deal.. they spent the time and effort adding all that whitewash.. and then left the great big red stars.. But I guess overall the camo must have worked... :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
It does look good in winter camo...
fehquig 1 year ago
Sure does!! I like it when an experiment turns out quite well.. :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Very nice I need to work on my washing and weather, I just completed a B-25 and it looks like it just rolled of the factory floor. My next kit I plan to add some age to it.
Very nice video I liked the video clip at the beginning.
MisplacedTexan4 1 year ago
Thank you.. I saw your B-25 video earlier and you did a good job.. :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
aNOTHER AWESOME AIRPLANE VIDEO lOVE TO CHEW IT SOMEDAY
Love ApplePie
FrenchBullDogAPPLE 1 year ago
In that case you will get an upset stomach.. and the plane is bigger than Pie, anyway.. so there.. ha ha ha ha..:)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
You can still buy those little engines, I got one back in the summer, which I'm thinking of using in a 1/48 scale aircraft at some point.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
That winter camo was really cool - excuse the pun. Actually don't, it was intended! ;)
On a 1/72 scale, those raised rivets must actually look like golf balls in life size! Ah, how they did things in the past...
BradThunder 1 year ago
Yes, they are a bit out of scale.. a 1/72 model should really have very little in the way of panel lines and rivets, if any at all.. they're really only there to be pleasing to the eye and to allow some weathering et.c to be done.. but if you have seen my Airfix Blenheim video, you'll know that the model looks so much better if the rivets are sanded down, or removed altogether!.. :) Got started on my next Spitfire but not sure when I can complete it.. soon I hope! :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
This model isn't bad ;) I will building some models soon.
Virlando2 1 year ago
Good good.. I had great fun as usual, building this.. always nice to try something new, and I sure will make more snow camo'ed aircraft.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
That's exactly what I did... when I wasn't taping the planes to my bicycle handle so I could cycle with them, watching the propeller spin.. I used to build endless Airfix 1/72 P-40 Kittyhawks, just gluing them together.. great fun! If anything it's probably the kit I have built the most!! One day I will get nostalgic and build another one! Trouble is, things have moved on.. and the Academy kits are so much better. :) But nothing beats the carefree modelling of yester years.. sigh.. wipes tear..
BasicModelling 1 year ago
I've never seen the snow weathering effect. I sure like it. Great idea.
ToppervisionEnt 1 year ago
Thank you.. They mainly used waterbased whitewash, which peeled of and wore through very quickly in the harsh winter weather.. so some winter camo'ed planes were more green than white in the end.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Airfix prices does not always reflect the quality of their kits... :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
really wonderful.
I want this :D
★★★★★５！
himesworld 1 year ago
Thank you.. Glad you enjoyed it!! :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
@lapispinoza yes but the kit is still not bad!
aguyfromsweden 1 year ago
..no, it's rather awful.. :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Even though I love your models, I must say, only because I'm honest, This model did'nt come out to great. :P
But the video was entertaining!
And how come nobody besides Capt.Lagos has commented on my Part two of how not to build models?
terminator363 1 year ago
Honesty is good.. it hurts like hell, but it's good!! Do I detect you're in a bad mood?? :) Anyway, it was supposed to show a well worn winter camo, and I think it does!! :) So I'm perfectly happy with it..
..as for me not watching or commenting on your video, I can only blame YouTube, it hasn't shown up in my subsbox!! But please send it to me in a PM and I will watch it as soon as I can.. your videos are entertaining too!! :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Really? But the video was posted about 4 weeks ago!
And for the model (I love the plane I am actually going to try to find one in the summer to build) (I love Russian bombers)
and about me not liking the model, I DO like the model! :P The build is fantastic and the dirt gives the model a certain glow but I dislike the Idea of puting so much of it over the red stars....
:P
terminator363 1 year ago
Ok, fair enough.. I don't think I put any over the red stars, and if I did it was only to show a bit of wear and tear.. the quality of the paint at the time was such that the planes never stayed white for very long when used in the cold war winters.. I have periods off YouTube, and sadly they no longer offer the service they used to do, when all videos ever posted by your subs showed up and you could go back for weeks to watch anything you had missed.. Now you only get a handful of videos.. :(
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Good job! I rember i did the same kit a hundred years ago.. and had a coin in each nacelle as weight!.(plus stones n the fuselage) the camo looks really good!
BaronKrolok 1 year ago
Thank you.. for a first attempt of a winter camo it's not too bad, I guess! The fact that the kit is old and full of rivets actually helped to make it look worn, so in this case it was a good thing! :) Now I nned to go back to the tackle shop and buy some more weights, though.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
WOW!!! Fantastic work bro, looks so realistic as the real thing!! The kit does look ancient, but with your special touches to it, you built it very well!! That is so cool, peace!!!
cwazmann1 1 year ago
I've seen your killer model skills for a long time , but everything was so old ,this is the first time I ever found you on line live . Im a a ancient model builder , but I would like to share my vast archives with the you tubers . Could you e- mail me any info on how to ? Im reaching out to a select few what I consider elite you tube model peeps . Thanx for all your work .
uzidown138 1 year ago
Was this aimed at me or cwazmann1?? :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Thank you very much.. :) :) The fact that the kit is old and full of raised panel lines and rivets actually helped in this case.. :)
But I wouldn't have missed a more modern kit, to be honest.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
I had this kit in my stash but it was so bad that I decided to sell it on! nevertheless you've made a great job of it , good to see some other decal options too!
dave41184 1 year ago
Selling it on was probably the best option!! :) I could have done an even better job of this, scratchbuiling and so on.. but it didn't turn out too bad in the end! And the decal strips saved the canopy and nose, there's no way I could have painted those lines on.. :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Good one !!
tyrbolo 1 year ago
Not bad!! Thank you.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Now THAT is how I imagine a used Russian plane to look like. I like this one a lot.
And that song will drone in my head tonight for sure.
PuppyZwolle 1 year ago
Stars & Stripes forever?? :) Coming from a man of your artistic talent I take this as a huge compliment.. Thank you.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
You know it's been a day and that song IT STILL is bouncing around. You got a link to where I can get the MP3?
And the compliment is indeed intended as that. Even by your impeccable standard a masterpiece.
PuppyZwolle 1 year ago
Well done.
Really liked the faded and worn paint job.
I'm surprised it took so much weight to keep it from tail sitting.
wildwyckedknight 1 year ago
Well, the wheels are well front of the center of gravity, so I always knew it would take a lot of weight.. but even I was surprised! Now I need to go back to the tackleshop and get some more weights.. :) Thank you.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
You got it Rob that s history .*****
joluqa 1 year ago
,,and history is interesting!! :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Moveable flaps? I can live with that ;) Good canopy work too!
I think the French flew Havocs as well. A lot of these medium American bombers seem to be tricycle geared :s
Nice beard you have going there, it must be the winter weather.
P.S. Cool music change halfway, but I would have used 'More than a a feeling' if you get my drift ;)
GerbilEssences 1 year ago
Snow drift? The French flew it, initially in RAF markings but after D-Day they were allowed to fly them in French colours.. The beard is all year round, but bigger in winter, and it really makes a difference for keeping warm!! :)
As for the Havoc, I'd love to get a kit, as I have a thing about Night Fighters too.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
My internet is being a pain right now, but I will try and watch your lovely boston video tommorrow :)
GerbilEssences 1 year ago
That was a short night!! :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Wow Rob !
Very nice done.
Greetings, Ferd.
Zjwaamseliedjes 1 year ago
Thank you very much.. :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Kewl looking craft... Do you know if there are any left?
PappyStu 1 year ago
I think there's quite a few of various versions left.. mainly in Australia, it seems.. There's about 3 or 4 or more in the US, some on display and some being restored. Also, they keep finding crashed WWII Bostons in Russia still, so the numbers are on the up! :) The former Soviet Union is a great source of many aircraft, as they used so many US & British types during WWII, as well as their own.. not to mention all the wrecked Luftwaffe planes that turn up here and there.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
great stuff rob :)
first it's always good to see you do some work live but it also looks like you tried something new this time?
looks really good :D
svinehunden 1 year ago
Thank you.. Had it not been too late I may have entered it in your competition.. not that it would have done any better than the tank, but all the same.. :)
I always try new things, if there's anything new to be tried.. :) :) And as long as it is in any way beneficial to the build.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
oh rob you tease... dont think i didnt see the vulcan on your chair ;)
cestrianvlogger 1 year ago
I did wonder if anyone would notice.. :) :) Well spotted!! It's been in that state for a while, but the way I work I could well get the urge to finish it at any time.. right now I'm busy working on something else, though.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
THIS PLANE IS AWSOME!!:) GOOD jobb with the paint:)
MrHobbyPro 1 year ago
Thank you.. I saw a picture of one in a magazine, and decided I wanted something like that in my collection.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
I have a few of these, by Ertl, in 1/48th.
They are notorious tail sitters. Since you don't actually "use" the movable control surfaces, i wonder if you though of modifying them to sit better in their designated areas? A scale 1 foot gap on the elevators and ailerons is a bit startling!
Blargaldalien 2 years ago
I was going to do that, after I had painted it the first time, and saw just how bad it looked.. but I tried the winter camo and it covers up the worse of the bad bits, so I left it as was. But I agree, and had I built it for anyone else but myself I would have done a lot more work to it, like scratchbuilding some of the interior and putting some figures in to fill up the void! I guess it's not technically too late to rectify the movable control surfaces, should I feel the need to do so! :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
Nice
tankman13p66 2 years ago
Tanks.. erh, I mean thanks,... :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Beautifull =D
spanish111japan 2 years ago
Thank you.. I like winter camo, but this is the first time I've actually made a plane in such a scheme.. :0)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
Hello. Thanks for the tip of the balancing test :)
joelalcantar69 2 years ago
It's always worth checking the balance before gluing the fuselage together, as it's normally too late to add any extra weights once everything is glued in place!! I was lucky I could fit some extra weights behind the engines, though, as I still needed some... :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
great job like the decals and what do you use for rigging just string
ECWoriginal95 2 years ago
Thank you! I use 'invisible' elasticated thread, which bonds very easily with superglue! The big advantage is that it stretches, so if touched accidentally it won't break. It can also be stretched quite thinly, which is good for 1/72 scale models.. Finally it can also be painted, without losing the ability to stretch.. :) Brilliant stuff.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
Thank you.. I just thought I'd do something a bit different.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
super but if the plane is on the ground, you don't need crew sitting inside...your music is great so all is brilliant.:)
granskare 2 years ago
The figures would still have filled up the cockpits and other areas nicely, though.. As for the music, I thought I'd trick you, by starting of with the Stars'n'Stripes... :) :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
Sousa will present you a discarded tuba...with lutefisk inside...mmm good..
granskare 2 years ago
Better than a comfy chair... :) :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
this lutefisk is prepared by George W. Bush :)
granskare 2 years ago
Gasp... Sounds like a WMD to me, now Britain better invade the US and hunt the former dicta.. erh, no.. perhaps not.. :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
we are prepared to repel an invasion by Sweden...just by selling weak coffee !
granskare 2 years ago
A very cunning plan! Don't tell myhuxpo.. :) There's no risk he'll see your comment, as he doesn't watch my videos anyway.. :) :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
we did repel one invasion of Nebraska and we can do it again..weak coffee does it everytime..care for a cuppa? you can see the bottom of the cup :)
granskare 2 years ago
AAAAAAAARGH.. too thin.. TOO THIN!!
gURGL... gasp..
BasicModelling 2 years ago
it always works (rubs hands together with vigor and shrieks with obvious pleasure) :)
granskare 2 years ago
What you do in your spare time and behind closed doors is none of my business... :) :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
vell, ve shall make te coffee even thinner yet and make it der national swedish drinken :)
granskare 1 year ago
Skål!
BasicModelling 1 year ago
fine job. I knew, when I saw the info about sending these planes to russia, that you will make a soviet one :)
ArtistNR 2 years ago
You know my taste in models only too well, by the sound of it!! :) But I think my next project may surprise even you... :) :)
Don't worry, it will still be an aeroplane... :) :)
BasicModelling 2 years ago
Will it be the Avia? :D
ArtistNR 2 years ago
Nope, that will be a while as I'm waiting for the old decals to fade, and the after market sheet to arrive in the post.. :)
BasicModelling 1 year ago
Ok, I will let surprise myself then :D
ArtistNR 1 year ago