James has always been the most internet and media savvy of all of them. his persona on Top Gear was honestly an injustice comparted to how he is on literally anything else
Hi James, that is a lovely kit! It is still manufactured today, by a model railway company called Dapol. It no longer comes in the nice box, instead in a plastic bag.
Ya know, I remember watching a show hosted by James May and it was a series that covered the history of a specific toy in each episode. I remember watching it with my mom and after we watched the airfix episode, we went to the hobby shop and picked a 1/72 scale tank. I don't remember if it was a Sherman or a Churchill but I remember how that episode had inspired me to start building models, all the way up until now when I'm working on the bugger 1/35th scale tanks and 1/48th scale planes e.t.c. Thank you James May for being a wonder inspirational figure 😁
My god, my soul almost left my body after laughing way too hard at that ending. It reminds me of the older videos where I crank it up the audio to the max. I am so proud of James right now.
This is just brilliant ! I don't know how you do it, but I have to say that you've been the funniest person I've seen in a while. Such a great taste in humor ! Looking forward for more content Bim :D
Takes me back to my childhood. My dad had a great train set with quite a few engines. This one was my favourite. Always reliable and didn't derail as easy as the bigger ones. :)
I'm just working my way through the building process of the Airfix Spitfire and yes, it is fiddly! Still I think it's somehow relaxing and comforting... love these videos!! Hoping for more to come!
I motorised one of these, back in the early 1990's, using Romford axles, wheel & brass axle bushes The motor and worm were in the cab and even made it DCC with a Hornby Zero One chip in the cab. Painted it and then..... Dapol brought out a ready to run version a month later. I still have my motorised Airfix Pug and it still runs all these years later. I also have the Dapol version, but the one I built myself will always be the special one for me.
Love how he bleeped himself with the first chime of Big Ben's bells (Elizabeth Tower/Clock Tower bells, whichever you prefer :p) seems very May-ish of him.
I had many airfix kits as a child, ships,aircraft but my favourite were the engines. My lovely father built then as extras on my train layout and they all moved Happy days Thank you Dad xx
Just discovered this channel and the first video i watch ends with the audio quality of 300£ worth of stereo for me tunes. Well, that was 1,55 mins of fun!
Looks like a nice model. Would be fun to see you paint these step by step. As for that music blast at the end....... I will say my ears are definitely unemployed now.
Dr. May, Bim, if I May, it is a pleasure to be subscribed to your personal TH-cam channel. Thank you very much for making nice programmes that entertain and educate.
That was extremely interesting. I’ve got an Airfix Standard 4MT kit that I’ve never made up somewhere, might actually have a go at it someday. Keep safe and well Captain Slow :)
if anyone is wondering, the underlying meaning of these videos is that if you are after the experience of making an airfix kit, then watching videos of people putting them together instead of doing it yourself is pointless, because it deprives you of the _EXPERIENCE_ of building it. this applies to all things, the entire spectrum of recreational activities, from airfix to sexual intercourse.
All jokes aside that looks really nice, as a fellow modeller I am enjoying this series! Currently working on a 1:72 RAF EE Lightning F.6 from malta/cyprus myself
Hope you sanded and filled the joint lines, James. You'll get better decal adhesion by clear coating over the paint, applying decals, then clear coating over 👍🏼
@@jmsunemploymenttube9191 A trick with ancient decals that may crack etc...... You can brush on some clear decal solution (available from Hannants) over them before allowing to dry; then release them in water as usual. Or buy some aftermarket decals (usually more expensive than the kit 😂👍🏼).....
Got one of these in the very same box. Only difference is I made it soon after buying it. One day, in perhaps another 40 years, I’ll get round to painting it.
Bimfilms Express! I had one of these as probably my first model as a kid; Miss the box more than kit however; dapol still makes the kit in a bag like the box was missing
James really went on iMovie and did 500% volume at the end there
Yep, even the intro card
Oh no James has discovered the art of earrape
I need James to tell me to like and subscribe, and to ring the notification bell!
That was unexpected
oh cock
The future will be quite interesting now that this history changing history event has occured
at this rate we will be getting YT Poops made by James
I had headphones on and just crapped myself at the end of the video
Appreciate the warning, saved me
bruh, I had mine on 40% volume and I had a heart attack imagine 100%
IN THE BEGINNING, BACK IN NINETEEN FIFTY-FIVE
You could sue him out of his pub, H&S legal advisor on a no-cure-no-pay contract, what's there to lose ?
@@MathewWithOne_T man didn't know bout a rock n roll show and that jive.
May is now $hit posting, yesssssss
Ps I man Bim
Nice to see you here!
Indeed, it is nice to see ya here m8 :)
I’ve missed James May’s Unemployment tube...
Best channel by far
*A BIMFILMS UK PRODUCTION*
I didn't need those eardrums anyway
@@AndrewTaylorNintyuk ye wouldn't expect a earrape from James May. kek
Hey, Bim, guess what?
@Caene do you live in or near the dead sea? Because dayum you're salty
@Caene Hey Bim, guess what?
Honestly, i didn't mind being earraped by ACDC. Thanks Bim
I think this is exactly what I needed.
Yep
Me too
Did... did James May just call me a jazz cabbage enthusiast? 🪴😆🪴
Called it like he smoked it.
*W2S has joined the chat*
Who would have the patience to build model trains without jazz cabbage?
*I think James loves Trains more than he does Cars...*
He says he loves model railways not real trains as much
He could be a Thomas narrator, but it's absolutely ruined now
He did say something like that in his toy series
@@Bigbigpoopi you have a point there
@@Bigbigpoopi yep
The outro was a bit quiet but nice video. I feel like you’re gonna make it on TH-cam!
I love the outro, such calm and peaceful music
Why do my ears have to suffer like this James? It was just calm and peaceful and the Outro came out of nowhere to ruin it all...
James: uploads
Everyone: a blessing from the lord
Dat b da trooth!
The blessing: 1:48
@@maplemayhem1988 he learnt how to earrape lol
@@maplemayhem1988 he has learned how to earrape
"how to draw an owl" James May edition.
Ah yes making the outro 3 times loader than the video to scare those guys watching in the middle of the night good work mate
Currently watching on the phone without earphones. It's 1:33am. Everyone's asleep... hopefully still.
@@spazbandicoot ah yes relatable lol
James is embracing his status as a living meme quite well, better than Jeremy, even.
James has always been the most internet and media savvy of all of them.
his persona on Top Gear was honestly an injustice comparted to how he is on literally anything else
Hi James, that is a lovely kit! It is still manufactured today, by a model railway company called Dapol. It no longer comes in the nice box, instead in a plastic bag.
Came for the Airfix, stayed for the ear rape.
that rock music at the end freaked the shit outta me
Ya know, I remember watching a show hosted by James May and it was a series that covered the history of a specific toy in each episode. I remember watching it with my mom and after we watched the airfix episode, we went to the hobby shop and picked a 1/72 scale tank. I don't remember if it was a Sherman or a Churchill but I remember how that episode had inspired me to start building models, all the way up until now when I'm working on the bugger 1/35th scale tanks and 1/48th scale planes e.t.c.
Thank you James May for being a wonder inspirational figure 😁
James May’s Toy Stories
Please do more of these, James. I love Airfix.
Any other TH-camr when they can't balance audio levels... I rage.
James May with ear splitting music at the end. I experience pure joy and laughter
A new standard for model building videos.
My god, my soul almost left my body after laughing way too hard at that ending. It reminds me of the older videos where I crank it up the audio to the max. I am so proud of James right now.
This is just brilliant ! I don't know how you do it, but I have to say that you've been the funniest person I've seen in a while. Such a great taste in humor ! Looking forward for more content Bim :D
Takes me back to my childhood. My dad had a great train set with quite a few engines. This one was my favourite. Always reliable and didn't derail as easy as the bigger ones. :)
Thanks James, I ordered my first model, a 72 car Amtrak 1/17 scale and with these simple steps it will be done in 10 minutes.
I'm just working my way through the building process of the Airfix Spitfire and yes, it is fiddly! Still I think it's somehow relaxing and comforting... love these videos!! Hoping for more to come!
I clicked like there was no tomorrow
how do you know there is tomorrow though
@@lladerat We have a long patern we can follow
That's the best kinda airfix cut out the boring bit in the middle, well done
What a journey, thank you for bringing us along for the ride!
I like that the censor was Big Ben lol
Also the outro music got me lol
A little late to the party here, but it's still appreciated. Many thanks, Mr. May, keep the trains a' rolling
Great stuff as usual awesome to see people like you building miniatures helps spread this great hobby
James discovering an earrape is a big no-no
Imagine if Jeremy learns of it…
I motorised one of these, back in the early 1990's, using Romford axles, wheel & brass axle bushes The motor and worm were in the cab and even made it DCC with a Hornby Zero One chip in the cab. Painted it and then..... Dapol brought out a ready to run version a month later.
I still have my motorised Airfix Pug and it still runs all these years later. I also have the Dapol version, but the one I built myself will always be the special one for me.
Thanks for showing! Was struggeling with this one, but now everything is clear!
The 'Let there be rock' at the end really sets this off.
Thanks James been looking for this tutorial forever
Love how he bleeped himself with the first chime of Big Ben's bells (Elizabeth Tower/Clock Tower bells, whichever you prefer :p) seems very May-ish of him.
james being insanely comedic at the very end
Thank you so much James !
I love this kind of content so much
This man provides costantly. He's a treasure
I had many airfix kits as a child, ships,aircraft but my favourite were the engines. My lovely father built then as extras on my train layout and they all moved Happy days Thank you Dad xx
Wonderful James, airfix is my hobby so I very much enjoyed this 👌
Very interesting video with some cool music at the end. 10/10. Thanks Bim
Just discovered this channel and the first video i watch ends with the audio quality of 300£ worth of stereo for me tunes. Well, that was 1,55 mins of fun!
Love this man, I just about pissed myself laughing at the end.
It’s after 03:00 here. Thanks for the deafening rock music at the end there! 👍🏼
Hey Bim, love the 1 second of Let There be Rock at the start.....
nice work James, really in depth, nice work, can't wait for more mr. may
Nicely built Mr May!
HELL YEAH! A new upload to this channel is always an exciting event
Looks like a nice model. Would be fun to see you paint these step by step. As for that music blast at the end....... I will say my ears are definitely unemployed now.
This is exactly what I needed, including the ending.
Wish he had shown himself actually assembling it, I have got an unmade, still boxed, 40 year old kit of a Vauxhall Prince Henry, maybe one day 🤔
James you are the greatest human.
Dr. May, Bim, if I May, it is a pleasure to be subscribed to your personal TH-cam channel. Thank you very much for making nice programmes that entertain and educate.
James never disappoints.
wake up babe , james may just posted
ridiculously loud music at the end to tell everyone to wake up and fuck off lol 10/10
That really is an amazing piece of work
I have the same birthday as James. Best day of the year!!!
"I am a fully rigged, rate A1, Ocean-going, Pillock!"
Thank you James for this video!!
That was extremely interesting. I’ve got an Airfix Standard 4MT kit that I’ve never made up somewhere, might actually have a go at it someday.
Keep safe and well Captain Slow :)
I need daily doses of James May videos.
James may is now shitposting. We have reached the peak of humanity
Presumably this is how James was created, too. With his father still wrangling the instructions, he emerged fully formed to boisterous fanfare.
Immaculate video James
if anyone is wondering, the underlying meaning of these videos is that if you are after the experience of making an airfix kit, then watching videos of people putting them together instead of doing it yourself is pointless, because it deprives you of the _EXPERIENCE_ of building it. this applies to all things, the entire spectrum of recreational activities, from airfix to sexual intercourse.
Very true. Can we blow this comment up?
I think these are just UK boomer shitposts man
@@veggielord1740 there is no such thing. boomers have no understanding of doing something for no reason.
Nice to see an old-timer who’s so familiar with the art of shitposting. Warms the heart.
All jokes aside that looks really nice, as a fellow modeller I am enjoying this series! Currently working on a 1:72 RAF EE Lightning F.6 from malta/cyprus myself
0:22 Is that your stomach making noises? :p
It’s the boiler.
@@jmsunemploymenttube9191 Doesn't sound like a boiler.
Unless ur stomach is playing the role of a boiler.
Hope you sanded and filled the joint lines, James. You'll get better decal adhesion by clear coating over the paint, applying decals, then clear coating over 👍🏼
I did that, but the decals are ancient.
@@jmsunemploymenttube9191 A trick with ancient decals that may crack etc...... You can brush on some clear decal solution (available from Hannants) over them before allowing to dry; then release them in water as usual. Or buy some aftermarket decals (usually more expensive than the kit 😂👍🏼).....
James has mastered the art of speedrunning
I recently had to get glasses, and now thanks to the end of this video I might need to invest in some hearing aids too, cheers James
Got one of these in the very same box. Only difference is I made it soon after buying it. One day, in perhaps another 40 years, I’ll get round to painting it.
“We need to move on from the past.”
Gets 50 year old train
Made this one enjoyed smells from my childhood the plastic, cardboard and polystyrene cement.
James should definitely make a model railroad, would love to see what he would come up with
probably most interesting thing ive seen all month
Fascinating endeavour Mr. May. However, you will be receiving a strongly worded letter for the deafness you've graciously imparted upon me
Bimfilms Express! I had one of these as probably my first model as a kid; Miss the box more than kit however; dapol still makes the kit in a bag like the box was missing
You should build a Gundam kit! Not planes but giant robots and the detail is amazing for a snap build kit
The starting price of the Airfix Saddle Tank on ebay has now 'shot through the roof'.....Thanks James.....
.....I have 20 to sell !!!!!
Ah yes. Bim has remembered his TH-cam password. Excellent.
hi james, is there an upcoming video thats a bit longer than these? like a real step by step video, i'd love to see that
I love this so much
Holy crap, the ending theme of this video made my ears feel like exploding. Cause I'm wearing headphones. 🎧
Jaymz - You Rock dude!
James has discovered the art of ear rape, hell yes
That looks cool! Nice channel James
Thank you James.. I have given your address for the hospital bills for my collapsed ear-drum
Love the vid james
I think that is a perfect amount of time building the air fix 👍
Very informative, thanks Bim
Imagine a series of were James May builds model trains.
I missed this channel!