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thanks! it had a bit of an iffy start, but I'm really enjoying this build now.

thanks! this kit deserved to have a bit of TLC, it was one of my favourite finished models.

thanks! I wasn't sure if that would actually work, or simply make the tab way too large for the slot!

thanks! I'm enjoying this simple build, and testing out some improvements to this channel at the same time.

oh, it'll be fine, the 1/350 tirpitz, the 1/72 shackletons (yeah I have two!) and the 1/24 hurricane might be a different matter!

I don't actually know what scale this is! it doesn't say anywhere on the box or instructions.

@@philsmodelmaking2260According to Scalemates, 1:775

@@philsmodelmaking2260 According to Scale Mates, 1/775

@@JMdfcv lol! scalemates is always the modelers friend.

Thank you! Cheers!

yeah, paint markers are something I want to check out, I have a bunch of silver pens I use for chipping, using a paint marker to simply draw the tips on sounds a bit easier!

thanks! as I write this reply I am working on a 1963 tooling airfix B 17, my stash of kits is probably about 70% older stuff against newer toolings. I have another project I want to start, then I will most likely turn my attention to the Bf 110

thanks! that harrier was always a favourite build of mine, it was about time i gave it some TLC!

yeah, it deserved to be sorted out after all this time

the stand is a tamiya item called a spray work painting stand set, you get the stand in my video, with some clips to hold stuff and another stand that has two spring loaded wires used to paint car body shells with.

that gives me an idea, maybe now I've built a flying suitcase, maybe I should build one of the two flying pencil kits I have!

thanks! I'm very happy with how this turned out, I seem to be getting the hang of this modelling lark!

thanks! it certainly took long enough!

yeah, I'm a big rik mayall fan! couldn't resist using that as an intro.

yeah! I have a feeling this will be an interesting build to say the least!

Glad you liked it

thanks! I've been enjoying building something different.

thanks! I've always said that Roy personally sold me many kits over the years!

@@philsmodelmaking2260 Me too. I remember buying the Hampden, and was so enthralled by the box art I walked straight into a lamp post on the way home. I must have been 14. Happy days.

thanks! this is a great little kit that I really enjoyed building.

it certainly is possible, a lot of my builds are older kits from the 70's, and being able to bleach decals is a really handy trick to have at your disposal, just simply leave them in a window (I've sometimes taped them to the glass) preferably one that catches the sun, for as long as it takes to bleach out the yellowing, and you're good to go.

I did think about re scribing mine, sort of wish I did, but as you say it does look great straight out of the box

i know! one moment of clumsiness could have messed up weeks of work! the model itself is quite sturdy and can take an anti aircraft box and still complete its mission!

thank you, its a cracker of a kit, and well deserving of its recent re-issue

hi! yeah I watched your video of your build last week, and I commented about how much better the new version of the decals were. don't think mines been on facebook though, but there are a lot of people building this kit at the moment.

thanks! I really ought to completely finish it!

yeah it was a nice build, at some point I'm going to make a start on some of the old airfix R.A.F. airfield vehicles. i have all three sets, recovery, emergency and re fuelling.

@@philsmodelmaking2260 Hi Phil. I have just recently done a job on the fire tender , I converted it into a tractor unit and then attached it to the Queen Mary recovery trailer. I then converted the original tractor unit into a covered truck. A lot of scratchbuilding was done. I have put a V2 missle on the trailer. I saw a picture of one on a Q.M. trailer. I will do a Ice Cold in Alex job on the ambulance. Not the reversing up the hill bit. Thats been done before. Good luck bud.

yeah I get what you're saying about the light, I took some still photos on a wooden neutral background I made that are a lot clearer and stuck them on the end of the video, as for the panel liner and washes, this kit was genuinely the first time I have used oils on a kit, so so I didn't want to go too bonkers with any of them, I definitely had fun using them, so its just a case of building up my experience and confidence with them.

thanks! took me a while to get there, I'm definitely happy with the end result.

good idea! I do have some tamiya spray cans, I'll look into using them for set and sol.

its got a new canopy on, and is actually finished now, I'm about to make an end of project video now! it has turned out really nice if I say so myself!

hello Brian, you're right, there are moulded on lines for the de icing boots on the wings and tailplane, and looking at my example, the rivets do stop on the empennage right where the boot line should be (its what I used to line up the flexi tape in the first place) so I actually shone a light over the tail which does show up an extremely faint line there, it looks like over time the moulds have gotten worn and some detail has been lost, the smaller clear parts have certainly suffered from this, and the larger clear parts have no frame lines whatsoever, as regards the tape, I have about 6 rolls of that auto detailing tape in various widths, i will probably be using some of that on the wings to paint the blue "V" and yellow wing tips. and finally, I'm glad you're enjoying what I'm doing, and I genuinely appreciate your kind words, thanks!

too right! I do have a bottle of that which I use for masking too (and its cheaper than dedicated modelling liquid mask!)

its gradually getting there!

для меня в детстве это определенно было волшебством, и эти удивительные произведения искусства на коробках, безусловно, были частью этого!

I know! I have to say if I had known how good this kit is I honestly wouldn't have bothered with any p/e, but thats the sort of thing us modeller like to do!

yeah, this is maybe my third kit with an airwaves set, and they are good in that they cover older, even out of production kits, but usually need quite a bit of fettling!

you know, when I build these old kits now, I sometimes wonder how on earth I managed to build them when I was around eight years old!

will that be a video? I'd be interested to see that being built.

its my pleasure, I can't sing this kits praises high enough.

thanks! this kit is turning out to be my favourite build this year!

Thanks a bunch! I've really enjoyed building this from the start.

absolutely! I've really enjoyed building these kits, its something a little different subject wise and the are all nice kits, at the moment though I really need to get other builds finished first, the B 17 and I'm also working on a couple of tribute builds that will be complete videos rather than a series, then I can turn my attention back to these kits.

thats called a mahl stick, I've been in the decorating trade for forty years, the gaffer's dad when I started, at that point semi retired, had been a champion signwriter at national level just after world war two. I've managed to find some tamiya masking tape for curves I forgot I bought! it will easily bend to match the profile of the tail, I will show its use in my next update