Thanks for the heads up Harry. Very useful as I have both the Airfix and Revell boats to do.The reference book for painting is very useful too. Much appreciated. 👍
Fantastic comparison video Harry, really interesting to see the difference in these kits from different era's. I've never built a ship or boat before but seeing your vids has definitely given me the bug! Like you I love Airfix so I'd love the e boat and I've also seen the Flower class kit but they are ridiculous money, even the revell reboxes are like 200+quid on flea bay! Anyhoo, great video mate, will be watching the build vids next. Cheers Bobby 👊
I already built the Revell kit and with additional PE accessories it makes a very nice model in my opinion. It is also reasonably priced. I would love to build the other two versions as well but the Airfix is hard to get where I live. Airfix made a very nice kit when taking its age into consideration. The Fore kit is rather pricy but you do not have to buy additional accessories and I will definitely have a go at it. All the best from Norway.
Thank you. Been looking forward to this. Airfix has made a 1/72 MTB years ago I so want to do both the S boat and the MTB in 1/72 some day. It will go great with the Revel PT 109 I did last year.
Built the Airfix kit about50 years ago. Doing it again, taking my time and adding details. I love the early boats. I have the Revell S-100, one of these days. One thing about the Airfix, I found a lot of sink marks on the deck which were annoying to fix, and the hull deck joint needed a fair amount of filling and sanding. The deck fits differently as you go down the length.
You might have a later release than my original white box Airfix kit, so the moulding or plastic may not be the same. I did not notice any sink marks on my deck and the dry fit, although a little fiddly, clicked together nicely. I have a full video review on the Airfix E-Boat as well.
Thanks for part 2 of a great comparison , Harry. Having immersed myself in (and thoroughly enjoyed, several times over !! 👌) your build series on the Revell S-100 kit, you’ve already ‘cost’ me snagging one ( with the 3.7cm rear gun, not the later (quad) Flak Vierling version, plus the Eduard PE set !! (about 5 shekels for the kit) You’ve mentioned 3D-printed side railing stantions a couple of times now. Are these commercially available? (in the UK ?) I got the impression when you showed them during your S-100 build that it was just a favour for a mate. But in this comparison, you seemed to suggest that they might be more widely available ? Can you enlighten me, please? Superb job on the Revell kit by the way. Look forward to seeing how the Airfix build compares. Happy modelling, stay safe, and thanks for all that you bring us, Harry. Greetings from Old Mid Wales !!! as opposed to NSW !! 🤪🤪 👍👍
Thanks Mark. Craig now has a website for his 3-D printed parts, but the stanchions were so popular they sold out in a day. No doubt he will print more. www.mousemuffinsdesign.com/shop
Well there is a lot to think about Lucky for me I pick up a white box airfix e boat at a good price it’s the kit I always wanted as a kid but my parents couldn’t afford it so my mind set is buying kits from the 1970s yeah they have there problems but that modeling for you lol It’s kind of thing I like,I am impress with the newer models but for now I settle with the swearing Lol good review Harry simple straight foreward
Built 3 of the Airfix E-boat in the 70's 80's, each one was different to sort out not a problem realy, one i gave away to next doors kid, one was deliberatly sunk in an old mine lodge (pond) hit by .177 Diana air rifle and the last went to sea made up with water tight marine glue with the propeller motor pod (from the QE-2 boatinglake effort from the 70's) attached underneath. happy days
I have an odd question maybe, when I was young I was a model geek. All my models had interiors that you put together and painted, the whole nine yards. Now I am older and I would love to make models again, but I can not find models with buildable interiors. Do they still make them? Where can I find some, anyone know?
Depends on what u are building. Takom, ryefield, gecko, afv club, miniart makes armor kits with interiors. Eduard profipack has nice aircraft 1/48 and 1/32. Miniart has some detailed aircraft as well.
Ital-scary put out a 1/35 S-100 many years ago and just added the S-38 in that scale as well last year. www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-5603-schnellboot-typ-s-100--109976
Harry. you spoke too soon. I see Fore Models is releasing a 1/72 S-38 with the armoured bridge shortly :) the review will need an update in a few weeks.
The S-7 is locked in for April, but as I said in the video the S-38 won’t be for some time, and I haven’t even finished my current S-100. So that S-100 Flak 38 version is years away.
I have never heard an English native speaker pronounce the word "Schnellboot" so well. Have you ever learned the German language in your live? It is sometimes so terrible to watch documentations of WW2 and the narrator talks about German tanks, ships etc and the pronunciation is so bad.
My Father was South African and also spoke German so picked some up, as well as chatting with German friends over the years, I might have absorbed the accent. When I played the German Doctor live on stage in “Murder on the Nile” I had people coming up to me after the show asking if I was German. LOL
@@HarryHoudiniModels Thank you for your response. Very interesting heritage.I can absolutely confirm that you speak the words like Schnellboot, Flak etc like a German. By the way I like your videos, there are informative, well done and I have learned a lot. Have a nice day.
Thanks Harry it's a great series. Hope you're on the mend and back to yourself soon mate. Cheers 👍😀🐈⬛ and note no thumb up the cats bum....
Wow Super Thanks Angus… I better get my digit out the cats hole then.
Thanks for the heads up Harry. Very useful as I have both the Airfix and Revell boats to do.The reference book for painting is very useful too. Much appreciated. 👍
Glad to help Gerry
Fantastic comparison video Harry, really interesting to see the difference in these kits from different era's. I've never built a ship or boat before but seeing your vids has definitely given me the bug! Like you I love Airfix so I'd love the e boat and I've also seen the Flower class kit but they are ridiculous money, even the revell reboxes are like 200+quid on flea bay! Anyhoo, great video mate, will be watching the build vids next.
Cheers Bobby 👊
Glad you enjoyed it Bobby… on my list for retirement in a few years
All 3 of them will be great builds. Thanx for sharing.
Thanks matey
Oh cool Harry...!! taking a looksee now...about 5am here..got the coffee on...
Good man
I already built the Revell kit and with additional PE accessories it makes a very nice model in my opinion. It is also reasonably priced. I would love to build the other two versions as well but the Airfix is hard to get where I live. Airfix made a very nice kit when taking its age into consideration. The Fore kit is rather pricy but you do not have to buy additional accessories and I will definitely have a go at it. All the best from Norway.
My words exactly. Good on you Arild.
Thank you. Been looking forward to this. Airfix has made a 1/72 MTB years ago I so want to do both the S boat and the MTB in 1/72 some day. It will go great with the Revel PT 109 I did last year.
Yes they should all look great together on display Blaine.
Built the Airfix kit about50 years ago. Doing it again, taking my time and adding details. I love the early boats. I have the Revell S-100, one of these days. One thing about the Airfix, I found a lot of sink marks on the deck which were annoying to fix, and the hull deck joint needed a fair amount of filling and sanding. The deck fits differently as you go down the length.
You might have a later release than my original white box Airfix kit, so the moulding or plastic may not be the same. I did not notice any sink marks on my deck and the dry fit, although a little fiddly, clicked together nicely. I have a full video review on the Airfix E-Boat as well.
Thanks for the comparison. Very helpful if you were going for 1/72?
My pleasure Basil.. now I have to build all of them… maybe not for a while though ;)
All look bloody hunnish - I'll go with Revell. Thanks Harry.
Well they are Schnellboots not Ferries LOL
Thanks for part 2 of a great comparison , Harry. Having immersed myself in (and thoroughly enjoyed, several times over !! 👌) your build series on the Revell S-100 kit, you’ve already ‘cost’ me snagging one ( with the 3.7cm rear gun, not the later (quad) Flak Vierling version, plus the Eduard PE set !! (about 5 shekels for the kit)
You’ve mentioned 3D-printed side railing stantions a couple of times now. Are these commercially available? (in the UK ?) I got the impression when you showed them during your S-100 build that it was just a favour for a mate. But in this comparison, you seemed to suggest that they might be more widely available ?
Can you enlighten me, please?
Superb job on the Revell kit by the way. Look forward to seeing how the Airfix build compares.
Happy modelling, stay safe, and thanks for all that you bring us, Harry.
Greetings from Old Mid Wales !!! as opposed to NSW !! 🤪🤪
👍👍
Thanks Mark. Craig now has a website for his 3-D printed parts, but the stanchions were so popular they sold out in a day. No doubt he will print more. www.mousemuffinsdesign.com/shop
Great review. It's a pity Hasegawa haven't brought out a Schnellboot - their ship kits are pretty well unparalleled.
As are Fuijimi. Fore Hobby just announced an S-38b kit. Which has the prototype armoured bridge like the S-100
@@HarryHoudiniModels Really? where?
Well there is a lot to think about Lucky for me I pick up a white box airfix e boat at a good price it’s the kit I always wanted as a kid but my parents couldn’t afford it so my mind set is buying kits from the 1970s yeah they have there problems but that modeling for you lol
It’s kind of thing I like,I am impress with the newer models but for now I settle with the swearing
Lol good review Harry simple straight foreward
You are not enjoying it David, if your lips don’t slip out a few cuss words during the build.. LOL
@@HarryHoudiniModels your right mate looking forward to next project all the best
Wow, thanks for the plesiosaurus. Without it I wouldn't have guessed the relative size of each boat 😂
It’s always good to have a yard stick, or a dinosaur, to help you visualise.
@@HarryHoudiniModels Absolutely. We, relatively old people, might have seen one or both (the yard sitck and the dinosaur...)
Built 3 of the Airfix E-boat in the 70's 80's, each one was different to sort out not a problem realy, one i gave away to next doors kid, one was deliberatly sunk in an old mine lodge (pond) hit by .177 Diana air rifle and the last went to sea made up with water tight marine glue with the propeller motor pod (from the QE-2 boatinglake effort from the 70's) attached underneath. happy days
so you are only in it for the sinking?
@@HarryHoudiniModels lol bored kid syndrome,love to do one again to go with the others ive kept since the mid 90's 👍👍👍
Airfix for the win!
Yes that old 70’s kit still stands up well in the 21st century
I have an odd question maybe, when I was young I was a model geek. All my models had interiors that you put together and painted, the whole nine yards. Now I am older and I would love to make models again, but I can not find models with buildable interiors. Do they still make them? Where can I find some, anyone know?
A lot of us scratch build our interiors. I do know of a Revell U-Boat with an interior, but it’s an old kit
Depends on what u are building. Takom, ryefield, gecko, afv club, miniart makes armor kits with interiors. Eduard profipack has nice aircraft 1/48 and 1/32. Miniart has some detailed aircraft as well.
Still say they need a 1/35 scale one
Ital-scary put out a 1/35 S-100 many years ago and just added the S-38 in that scale as well last year.
www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-5603-schnellboot-typ-s-100--109976
Harry. you spoke too soon. I see Fore Models is releasing a 1/72 S-38 with the armoured bridge shortly :) the review will need an update in a few weeks.
Yes I saw that just after I uploaded this video… maybe they will send me one for free to review?
@@HarryHoudiniModels Definitely worth asking them. But I think you'd need to do a priority build as well.
nice review ...
Thank you 🙂
I sure would like to see a Farmille class or German R-Boot in 1/72 scale.
we can only live in hope…or scratch build one!
Cheers Harry. 😊
Thanks Angus
im likin the Airfu ummm i mean Airfix kit get building schnell schnell
Building April as a buddy build with David Eaves
I see that someone had laid a cable on the Airfix' poop deck
Indian rope trick on the fore deck, no pooping. LOL
Schnell schnell build ze boats!
The S-7 is locked in for April, but as I said in the video the S-38 won’t be for some time, and I haven’t even finished my current S-100. So that S-100 Flak 38 version is years away.
The word "boot" in German is pronounced "boat."
Donkey Sean
I have never heard an English native speaker pronounce the word "Schnellboot" so well. Have you ever learned the German language in your live? It is sometimes so terrible to watch documentations of WW2 and the narrator talks about German tanks, ships etc and the pronunciation is so bad.
My Father was South African and also spoke German so picked some up, as well as chatting with German friends over the years, I might have absorbed the accent. When I played the German Doctor live on stage in “Murder on the Nile” I had people coming up to me after the show asking if I was German. LOL
@@HarryHoudiniModels Thank you for your response. Very interesting heritage.I can absolutely confirm that you speak the words like Schnellboot, Flak etc like a German. By the way I like your videos, there are informative, well done and I have learned a lot. Have a nice day.