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very good looking build, i love the naval paint job you did.

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Ah.. you bought it from Alex.. I noticed the price sticker just before you said :)

Lovely job James! :)

BTW James, I can't find pt 1.. am I being daft? [Probably!]

Excellent job, love the paint finish, panel lining and weathering

Hi James! I have this kit from 1983. I got mine from the 'bargain bin' at my local hobby shop for C$4.99 (about £2.50) It was my first 'successful' build on returning to the hobby last year. It's a real honey...

Going to make this one soon. I’m excited.

That is a cracking build. Lovely clean work (as in paint job and lines) with some nice, not over the top, weathering. Well done.👏👏👏👏

Top work mate👍

That looks like a very simple kit from Trumpeter James? Are the yellow and black stripes accurate??

What a suprise to see this kit on TH-cam. I bought one late last year for £18 at a show. I have photos of one crashed on deck my Uncle took when he was an aircraft technician in the Fleet Air Arm. Hence my interest in this kit and anything FAA. Will follow your build with great interest!

Just made it and painted etc , took my time 4 days with lots of cups of tea etc , not a bad fit , finished of blue part of hull with clear varnish. Comes up a treat , ps the real lifeboats inshore are just across the road 😊😊👍👍

I have good memories of making the Matchbox Mosquito. I used to make models for the local model shop displays when I was younger - I made a couple for them.

Great work mate !

Nice progress on the plane James.😊

Hiya James.. I'm guessing you keep birds and there's a toddler about the place :) as the birds were tweeting and toward the end I heard 'Daa.. ddy..' :)

Hiya TBG, looks a nice build. I won’t be on any streams for the foreseeable. But I will keep up with your videos. Hope your well hugs Ayesha x

Hi James.. I finally got round to subscribing to your channel! I've just watched a video from Nigel and he had a link to you :) He also said, and I agree, that the Shannon kit isn't really a /starter/ set, I think because the railings are fiddly and fragile. On that note there's no external frame to stop them getting bent or broken.

The coach brown looks more like a New South Wales Rail "red rattler" red.

The Tamiya 1/48 vehicles are lovely - quick, easy yet nicely detailed builds between more difficult kits. I build them, and my grandson makes dioramas out of them, sometimes with a few of my 1/48 aircraft. 20+ vehicles and tanks thus far, plus soldiers and accessories. BTW, I found your channel through Nigel's...

Super James

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Excellent TBG

Great memories James!!

I built several 1/72 Airfix mosquitos in the early 1970's probably 73/74, 4 of them as I recall

I rember building the Matchbox Douglas Dauntless 1/32 scale, pretty sure it was my first 1/32 kit. it went together nice but I do recall being disappointed there was not many parts.. Maybe thats why I like miniart now lol. Are you going to build it

Looks great 👍 😊

i have that matchbox kit in a revell box, and also the old tool airfix mosquito, simply because i have a fondness for the airfix gun nose mozzy, but also wanted a glazed nose version, and at the time i bought them (maybe 15 years ago now!) they were the only game in town.

Unfortunately there's no rose tinted glasses for me with this kit. I built it as a wee lad and sadly one half of the fuselage had a horrible twisted warp to it. Managed to get the halves glued together but it left the tailplane looking very lopsided, (maintaining it as battle damage)😂 Despite all that, older me really does appreciate how good Matchbox were at the time. Looking forward to the build!👍

great video matey.. cant wait to see you airbrush them

Will definitely be getting some outlaw paints

Hi James, I love the camouflage, simple but effective, cheers.

Very cool

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Thanks James, I'm sure it will all come good in the end, cheers.

Love it James

Nice one James!!

Y do modlers make it look hard to do when it's easy as pie simple but the way you go no if it's hard it's not

Cheers for the review 😊👍🏻

You need a pond dome mate

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Thanks for the update James, I am definitely going to buy this fabulous kit, nice one Airfix. Cheers James.

Must be huge boat in real life. Taken aback by the large size of the kit at 1/72. Looks to be decent quality for the price point too

Thanks for the review James, the fit of the parts looks superb, I shall enjoy this build.

Looks like a lovely little model James!!

very nice, looks great

Is there an aftermarket for this kit? Wish Meng added railing PE in the kit.

Good work Sir James, Toning in colours is a great trick- you’ve done it well… Regards, Z