Awesome Job! I also have the same exact model kit that you have there. I haven't gotten around to building it yet but I'm hoping to get it done eventually one of these days. Also Palmiro Campagna has recently released a new book on the subject with it being a new 2nd Edition of his most latest title: "The Avro Arrow: For the Record". In that new 2nd Edition he's recently discovered some newly declassified U.S documents directly from U.S. archives, which finally help answer the question of whether or not the United States wanted Canada to continue the Arrow’s development. It's a very well researched read of a book and I would highly recommend picking it up if you ever get the chance to do so.
Thanks. Glad you received it. I sent your out in the same batch as others who got it long ago, so yours was definitely slower than the others. Better late than never.
You did an amazing job on this build, I think the panel lines look great to bring out the detail. Excellent work with the putty and sanding. I hate that part and I'm not good at it but your persistance paid off. Very nicely done. I like all the special effects in the video also, great shot with the pie. 😄😂
Thanks. Doing my best is why it sometimes takes me so long to build a model,. But I'd rather 'do it right' than rush it, especially for this model. Pieing 'the Dief' was definitely therapeutic. While puttying is rarely fun, I must say that I hate seem lines and do my best to get rid of them. This also takes time to cure and dry (depending on which putty I'm using) which also adds to the build time.
I enjoyed your build! Brave to tackle this now-rare kit. I have a couple in my stash from the 1980s when they were in every shop. Mine unfortunately are the original issue where some of the surface detail on the top of the wing was supposed to be on the bottom. You have the later corrected one. I was just screaming REPLACE THE DECALS because you can get so much better RCAF insignia and lettering on the aftermarket now, even some specific sheets for the 105 with some hunting. Despite that, your plane came out nice.
Hobbycraft reissued this kit several times, making improvements along the way. Mine is not the best either as the issue with the air scoops was corrected in a later release, but I can't complain either as it was certainly a nice kit. As for the decals, the minor flaking I had on those i put on are pretty much hidden and for those long black stripes that I could not use I'm hoping to get generic 'black stripe' decals. Hitting my local hobby shop later tomorrow and with any luck they will have some. Thanks for watching.
Well done with a kit that is not the best to start out with. I built one as a kid and another a few years ago as a gift for my uncle. The kit is not without its charm but it is definitely a kit from 40+ years ago. I still think people are crazy to pay the prices I have seen for this kit but I suppose if you must have an Arrow....
I can't understand why other companies have not put out any newer Arrow kits. It's such a universally lauded aircraft and recognized as one of the best looking planes. It's talked about on other channels often enough. (PS: I heard you were one of the scheduled local TH-camrs that were going to present a panel at the last Ottawa 'Armoury' show at the end of September and was hoping to meet you. Unfortunate that you had to cancel.)
@ I was scheduled to be there but I caught a wicked cold and I didn’t want to cough all over everyone. I really wanted to go, it’s one of my favourite shows.
The kit you built was the last and most correct version of the Hobby Craft Arrow. If you think this kit was basic....if you ever get the opportunity to see the original Aurora kit of the Arrow, now that kit from about '64 was basic!
I can just imagine how rough that Aurora kit must be given the year they made it, basically as soon as they knew what the plane looked like. Mine is the 199x kit from Hobbycraft but I know Hobbycraft put out a revised kit just a few years after mine with a slightly different decal set and they corrected the air intake issue I mentioned. The bottom of that newer box has color images of the paint schemes which my box does not have. You can see the later version in this video (bottom box at 5:07 time) th-cam.com/video/eGJN60EWna8/w-d-xo.html
it is so sad that small creators like this man and many others spend painfully long periods of time assembling these fine craft, only for some kid making a phonk edit in 4 minutes gets 1 million views. what happened to youtube man?
Well at least you got to enjoy this. I don't have 1 million views 😁 but I enjoy making them and others enjoy watching them, and that's all that counts.
I don't have links to the photos I used. Some I got by googling "Avro Arrow" and some of them I got from "The Aviation Titan" "Facebook group (facebook.com/aviationtitan).
Proper job on this vintage Arrow! Well done 💥👍💥
A lovely build of a beautiful plane.
Thanks Max. Means a lot to me you saying that. Trying to get a better pic for your "Viewer Submissions" :)
Awesome Job! I also have the same exact model kit that you have there. I haven't gotten around to building it yet but I'm hoping to get it done eventually one of these days. Also Palmiro Campagna has recently released a new book on the subject with it being a new 2nd Edition of his most latest title: "The Avro Arrow: For the Record". In that new 2nd Edition he's recently discovered some newly declassified U.S documents directly from U.S. archives, which finally help answer the question of whether or not the United States wanted Canada to continue the Arrow’s development. It's a very well researched read of a book and I would highly recommend picking it up if you ever get the chance to do so.
Just make sure you use that Decal Film solution and you should be fine. Hope you have as much fun with it as I did.
Great job on a cool jet that never made production. Very advanced looking bird.
Happy modeling.
Bill
It was 'advanced' at the time which makes it's destruction all the more infuriating and sad. 😥
Turned out nice.
I got your shopcard over the weekend..boy did it took its time to show up lol.
Thanks. Glad you received it. I sent your out in the same batch as others who got it long ago, so yours was definitely slower than the others. Better late than never.
You did an amazing job on this build, I think the panel lines look great to bring out the detail. Excellent work with the putty and sanding. I hate that part and I'm not good at it but your persistance paid off. Very nicely done. I like all the special effects in the video also, great shot with the pie. 😄😂
Thanks. Doing my best is why it sometimes takes me so long to build a model,. But I'd rather 'do it right' than rush it, especially for this model. Pieing 'the Dief' was definitely therapeutic. While puttying is rarely fun, I must say that I hate seem lines and do my best to get rid of them. This also takes time to cure and dry (depending on which putty I'm using) which also adds to the build time.
Looks good despite the issues!
Not perfect (are they ever?) but happy with the result.
I enjoyed your build! Brave to tackle this now-rare kit. I have a couple in my stash from the 1980s when they were in every shop. Mine unfortunately are the original issue where some of the surface detail on the top of the wing was supposed to be on the bottom. You have the later corrected one. I was just screaming REPLACE THE DECALS because you can get so much better RCAF insignia and lettering on the aftermarket now, even some specific sheets for the 105 with some hunting. Despite that, your plane came out nice.
Hobbycraft reissued this kit several times, making improvements along the way. Mine is not the best either as the issue with the air scoops was corrected in a later release, but I can't complain either as it was certainly a nice kit.
As for the decals, the minor flaking I had on those i put on are pretty much hidden and for those long black stripes that I could not use I'm hoping to get generic 'black stripe' decals. Hitting my local hobby shop later tomorrow and with any luck they will have some. Thanks for watching.
Nicely done, my man!
Thanks Jason. It took a while and definitely had it's hurdles, but I'm satisfied with the end result.
Well done with a kit that is not the best to start out with. I built one as a kid and another a few years ago as a gift for my uncle. The kit is not without its charm but it is definitely a kit from 40+ years ago. I still think people are crazy to pay the prices I have seen for this kit but I suppose if you must have an Arrow....
I can't understand why other companies have not put out any newer Arrow kits. It's such a universally lauded aircraft and recognized as one of the best looking planes. It's talked about on other channels often enough. (PS: I heard you were one of the scheduled local TH-camrs that were going to present a panel at the last Ottawa 'Armoury' show at the end of September and was hoping to meet you. Unfortunate that you had to cancel.)
@ I was scheduled to be there but I caught a wicked cold and I didn’t want to cough all over everyone. I really wanted to go, it’s one of my favourite shows.
Really nice!
Thanks for watching.
The kit you built was the last and most correct version of the Hobby Craft Arrow.
If you think this kit was basic....if you ever get the opportunity to see the original Aurora kit of the Arrow, now that kit from about '64 was basic!
I can just imagine how rough that Aurora kit must be given the year they made it, basically as soon as they knew what the plane looked like. Mine is the 199x kit from Hobbycraft but I know Hobbycraft put out a revised kit just a few years after mine with a slightly different decal set and they corrected the air intake issue I mentioned. The bottom of that newer box has color images of the paint schemes which my box does not have. You can see the later version in this video (bottom box at 5:07 time) th-cam.com/video/eGJN60EWna8/w-d-xo.html
it is so sad that small creators like this man and many others spend painfully long periods of time assembling these fine craft, only for some kid making a phonk edit in 4 minutes gets 1 million views. what happened to youtube man?
Well at least you got to enjoy this. I don't have 1 million views 😁 but I enjoy making them and others enjoy watching them, and that's all that counts.
Nice work on Canada's version of our TSR2. Our governments were so short sighted.
Can I have the reference photos? Can you post a link to them in the comments?
I don't have links to the photos I used. Some I got by googling "Avro Arrow" and some of them I got from "The Aviation Titan" "Facebook group (facebook.com/aviationtitan).