Turning a $6 kit into an Award Winner - Airfix Spitfire Mk.1a Build
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 เม.ย. 2020
- Finishing up the 1/72 Airfix Spitfire Build including airbrushing, weathering, adding decals, and installing other small details.
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I personally would not want to accentuate the already overdone panel lines nor add the rather garish paint highlights, but I can't help really admiring the finished model. As you say, it's an artistic interpretation - a look which pleases you, and that's all that matters. It may not appear strictly accurate, but you've elevated a very basic model into something quite beautiful and inspirational. And the cockpit is a work of art!
Thanks, Ian. I know that a lot of folks find my work a little (or a lot) overdone. But as you say, that's the beauty of a hobby and an "art", if I can call it that. We can build in a way that pleases us and that hopefully inspires another build and maybe even others to build or try something new in their builds. Really appreciate your thoughtful and considerate comments!
I'm amazed by the extra detail you've added, lovely finished model. It's about 55 years since I built that very model and it's 50 years since I last built any model! Only last week my wife went out and bought me this model, a Hawker Hurricane, a FW 190 and a ME 109 for Christmas to give me something to do over the winter. I won't be going to buy an airbrush or anything like that, just going to enjoy building and painting them.
I find it incredible that Airfix are still manufacturing it. I'd love to find out how many they have sold!
As mentioned elsewhere I too was shocked to see the colour scheme you used underneath
it's the first time that I've seen it. I've googled it and found images of it. 👍👍 It's bit like finding Father Christmas dressed in blue! 🤣🤣
I would loved to have seen the iconic duck egg blue which most folk would recognise and relate to. Keep up the good work👍👍
I appreciate the feedback and am glad to hear that you are getting back into building. These little Airfix kits are great and you will really enjoy them. I'm not sure how many they have sold but given their cost, I'm sure it's a lot. As far as the underside color, I'm always a sucker for something different. Happy modeling!
One of my favourite kits. An Airfix 1/72 spitfire is a classic and this retooled kit is great. You have lifted it to a new level with an amazing build and finish. Great job. Thanks for the videos. I've just ordered this kit and I'm going to have a crack at some of your mods.
Thank you for taking the time to provide such positive feedback on a great kit. I hope the the videos and the techniques in them help and I hope that enjoy your next Airfix Spit build. Happy Modeling!!
Turned out okay?? This is world class work. Stupendous!
Thank you! really appreciate the good words.
Masterly! Interesting to note that obviously even British modellers havnt seen or heard of the underside black and white scheme. Many, many years ago I built a Hurricane like so. One side black but the other side wasnt literally plain white but a very ‚whitish creme‘ colour. I think I used the recommended Humbrol paint then. Anyway, this was inspirational, thank you.
Thank you for the good feedback. Lots of folks had not seen the black and white underside scheme given the comments I have received. I think it adds to the uniqueness. I'm glad you found the video and build helpful.
Great job
Thank you! Appreciate you taking the time to provide some feedback!
The Spitfire just looks right - fantastic work on that kit - thanks!
Thank you!
Another fantastic result.
Thank you!!
I think it turned out more than OK. That’s an excellent little kit.
It sure is. Thanks for the kind words on this build. Cheers!
@@FlyingSModels you’re welcome. I like the unique style you have in painting the kit. It really is art. Cheers and happy holidays, Any.
This looks amazing!
Thank you. Just a great little kit!
Brilliant work on the cockpit. While the panel line accents may initially appear overdone, I feel it works well on this smaller scale model.With quite a few of your model builds I notice that the photos at the end are more subtle than the video element.
Appreciate the kind words. I think you are correct in terms of the way things look sometimes on video vs. how they look when taken in with the still shots or the naked eye. Things are actually a good bit more subtle than they appear in the video. Maybe it's kind of like "the camera adds 10 pounds"...haha.
Beautiful build. Thanks so much for sharing your work. Although I will never achieve this level, It is inspirational.
Thank you, Mark. I hope that the videos are helpful. I'm sure that you will achieve and surpass what I'm doing with each new model you build. Happy Holidays!
Have spent a great lockdown afternoon watching your highly informative and entertaining videos. The finish on this Spitfire is superb. You are a virtuoso, sir. Many thanks for sharing.
Thank you, David. I really appreciate that. Lots more coming too! If there's anything specific you want to see, just let me know.
I think it turned out ok!! It turned out amazing
Appreciate the good feedback. Great little kit!
Gorgeous work!
Thank you! Cheers!!
Turned out great! Really enjoyed this build!
Thanks for the feedback. Now let’s see what’s next. Your little wildcat is inspiring me to maybe give that one a go.
Great job! Lovely kit, I have build it myself, but your result is definitely better!
Thanks! I"m sure that yours is even better! It's a nice little kit for sure.
Great build...must get one!
Thanks. You will really enjoy it!
You’ve done an excellent job 👍 Looking forward to more of your content. Subbed.
Appreciate the feedback and the sub. More content on the way!
Just stumbled upon your channel. Long time inactive modelmaker just returning to the hobby.
Great build.
Great to see someone explaining the method in their madness.
Looks like I will be spending quite a few hours going through your videos looking for tips and tricks.
Ten out of ten.
Glad you found it. Time to get active again and hope the channel helps!!
Wonderful work, I was wondered as you paint with no mask. how you do disolve the paint to get a clean aspect on it with not little points or similar?
Thank you for the good feedback. I do thin my paints pretty well so they can be sprayed in tight patterns with the airbrush. Usually somewhere between 30% and 50% thinner depending on the paints I'm using. Hope this helps.
Really nice.
Thank you! Cheers!
Beatiful 👍👍👍👍
Thank you! A really fun little quick build!
Very good build however the shades of colours are completely wrong but still looks great! 🇬🇧
Thanks for your feedback and perspectives on the paint colors.
Amazing build! Subbed.
Thanks for the sub, Rik, and feedback on the build. Now time for the next one...stay tuned!
I don't see any of the rivet counters posting any of their models!
Funny enough, you never see those counter's models, do you. I guess those that can't "do", criticize. Or so I've been told ;)
You thought that turned OK did you? Well, I thought it turned out bl**dy lovely! Subbed 👍🏻
Thanks for the kudos and that sub. Much more coming to the channel going forward!
Nice video i just don't understand why you have painted one wing black? I thought the underneath of the spitfire was duck egg blue? Not shure but it turned out Nice
Thanks for the feedback, Rob. I think if you check out your references, you'll find that many of the early British WW2 types (Hurricanes, Spitfires, Gladiators, etc.) had the undersides of their wings painted black and white. I believe it to be a form of identification for folks on the ground so that they didn't get excited and start firing on them thinking they were the enemy but I'd need to confirm that.
@@FlyingSModels thank you for that, yes it makes sense, didn't think of that.
I can only agree with the majority of the comments on here about your excellent modelling skills.
It's quiet inspiring and like one of two on here have already mentioned I to have just got back into the hobby. Never staying too far away just, as they say, getting my mojo back.
So what I'm going to state next might seem a bit churlish. Your overall finish is superb and I get the adage that it's for personal benefit and enjoyment but for the sake of accuracy your camouflage is wrong.
Specifically the soft edges. Battle of Britain Spirfires didn't have soft edged camouflage. This was applied to late war aircraft. Early war including the Battle of Britain aircraft were painted in hard edge between colours.
I've been to competitions and in one particular one I entered the same Airfix Spitfire kit. I painted mine in Sailor Malan colours. And same as you I sprayed mine free hand. Not that I was expecting any awards but on returning to my model I found a note stating that it was a shame about the finish because it would have got a prize but the camo was wrong. You live and learn. Check out any photographs of the period and you'll find that it's true.
I appreciate and value your input, perspectives, and experiences and thank you for taking the time to share them in a thoughtful way. As you can probably tell from many of my build videos, I'm not sure complete and 100% accuracy ranks at the top of my list of qualities and virtues. I know it's probably sacrilege to say but I'm one of those "if it looks right to me" kind of guys. It's definitely an area I need to improve on. I model almost more for the art form vs. historical and complete accuracy. And as you well know, art is entirely subjective. Like I said, I admit that it is one of my big weaknesses when it comes to this hobby, or at least a weakness if I were entering model contest (which I'm not). Sometimes I find that if I build it more technically accurate models, they look like toys in these small scales. For that reason, I typically throw in a fair amount of artistic license.
Again, just a personal preference. Thank you again for your thoughtful inputs. All the best to you and this great hobby!
@@FlyingSModels totally agree with what you state. As far as taking part in competitions that was a few years ago and its as rare as rocking horse poo on my behalf. I'll just enjoy the models on display and marvel at the work by the individual modellers involved.
I've still got my Spitfire in my cabinet so who cares. I'll take your modelling over the rivet counters any day. Just superb to look at your work and to admire your skill.
Good luck in everything you do. Long may it continue.
@@TheFulcrum2010 Words have never been better spoken, Fulcrum. I've never heard of that rocking horse saying so that gave me a good laugh for the day. Thank you. Please feel free to always provide constructive feedback here. It helps me and likely helps others in the little but growing community of Flying S Models. I am just like you in that I get far more out of shows from just being able to admire and learn from the works of others. Now take that Spit out of the cabinet and get to work...haha. All the best, Chad.
@@FlyingSModels I'm privileged to have come across your work. The Airfix Curtis Hawk was my first taste of you work Chad and the next thing I did was click on the follow tab.
Modelling, isn't it just a great hobby.....all say aye....AYE..
@@TheFulcrum2010 Amen, brother. And I appreciate your kind words and support to the channel. Hopefully we all can keep improving by building more and learning from each other!
What is that foam that you used to block off the wheel wells and the cockpit? Is that just random packaging material you had or is that something you buy?
You probably can buy it but I just use the stuff that comes in the resin sets I order from Aires. I'll try to look around and see if it's available for purchase. I'm sure it is, I just haven't ever looked.
What highlight colour range of oils would your recommend for RAF Dark Earth / Dark Green. I find that white adds too much in these cases.
I agree, white is too stark. I've started mixing white with a little yellow ocre for the Dark Earth and I use a light olive green shade for the Dark Green.
Great finish! Sub from me !
Appreciate the feedback and sub!
Still don’t get all the panel line accentuation. It doesn’t look realistic.
Totally understand. I build for a mix of realism and creativity so I use a little "artistic license" to finish the models in a way that looks good to my eye. But that's the beauty of modeling; folks can finish the models in a variety of ways that look good. Thanks for that feedback!
@@FlyingSModelsThe early "new mold" Airfix kits like this had somewhat broad panel lines. With that in mind, I think using a dark grey wash might be worth considering. That said, I like everything you have done....the pre shading is subtle, the open canopy and scratch-refined cockpit are just right! I just now stumbled on your channel and subscribed. I'm a retired 73 year old in BC, Canada who never "outgrew" god's scale, 1/72. Love your stuff, keep it up!
EDIT: Forgot to mention that You're a damn good painter too.
Thanks for subscribing and I appreciate your kind words. I think you have a great point on the size of the panel lines vs. the color of the wash. Definitely worth considering and trying. Glad to hear you never outgrew the one true scale. I think many shift to 1/48 and 1/32 due to eyesight and finger/handling issues but you sure can display far more 1/72 models in the collection.
Obviously a very nice build............I think the panel lines are too pronounced and looks unrealistic.
Thanks for your feedback. I appreciate your perspective on things. Happy New Year!
I am yet to see a real spitfire with black lines all over it.
Hahaha…keep looking, I’m sure there’s one out there somewhere.
Weather after decals it looks so cringe otherwise ameture hour
More like amateur 7.5 minutes vs. ameture hour but appreciate the feedback.
@@FlyingSModels just kidding mate ur models look fantastic it’s just some people put there decals on after weathering and it looks too shint
Erm.... why all the "veterans" modellers always do a panelizing so marked? Real planes didn't habe that kind of aspect.... ITS AN AERODINAMICAL FRAME, more reliefs on the surface = more resistance to the wind... Thats why we must do research of the plane and see it in REAL LIFE IN PERSON IF WE CAN. By the why.... thats not the correct brown... the raf used the DARK BROWN color...
Appreciate the feedback and since you asked, I figured I'd respond to your question. Not in any way to stir up controversy or dispute, but rather to explain why you see some "veteran" modelers finish their models this way. Some folks consider modeling an extension of an artform and appreciate the visual effects that are provided by various weathering techniques. Other folks prefer to build more of a clean airframe, believing that no real plane ever collected much grime or showed a lot of wear and tear. For me, I'm glad that there is room in this hobby for all kinds of finishes and I appreciate the representations that modelers who chose to finish one way or the other create. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) not many people and certainly not me are or were able to see a real Spitfire as it looked in 1940. We only have pictures and photos that are themselves, distorted and sometimes difficult to judge color and weathering. Rather than focus on what one builder does that might be right or wrong according to my own standards, I try to simply celebrate the fact that they have created something for others to see and if they are happy with it, so am I. Once again, I appreciate your thoughtful feedback and wish you all the best on your own modeling journey. Cheers!
@@FlyingSModels Thank you so much!!!! That was a question i had for years! And nobody told me the right answer. They only said, "we doi it because it has to be like that". Just for competition, if the judges of the events like Latin Militaire wanted a panelizing really marked, then most of competitors did that. I competed too, but i showed my planes being the most similar possible to the real ones. Like the Tamiya's Bf109 E-7 from 1/72 and the Revell's Hurricane MkII.c Trop. The first one with light witherings like smoke, burnt metal, some oil and scratches over the paint, and the last one with the same weathering but with a lot of sand under the wings and the landing gear.
Thats how i work my kits, the most realist possible, if the plane was in afrika then some dust over the frame. If the plane was in europe in summer, no mud at all. If the plane was plane in russia spring, then a lot of mud. Thats what makes me happy and satisfied...
I don't want to fullfill expectations of others i just want to build the perfect model for me, or the most realist model i belive i can make.
Im just a "rookie" modeller (just 22 kits built) not like the "veterans", who was years on this hobby (and most of them more than 80 kits built!). I had this existential crisis since 2019. And you cleared my mind with your answer.Your answer helped me a lot to realize that i dont want to win competitions, i prefer to be happy with the kit i built, how i did it and expose my work in this kind of events to be seen by others.
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
@@NickGalaz You have come to the most important realization out there and are so far ahead of most other modelers now. It's a hobby after all and by it's very nature is supposed to be fun and meaningful to you. Chasing what you believe others want to see while not remaining true to your own sense of "right" will only lead to disappointment. Just do what you like and what you think represents the real aircraft and you will be happy, satisfied, and in the end, build a lot more models. Have fun and never take this hobby too seriously. I know from experience that it will effect your ability to complete a model which isn't a good place to be. Thank you again for your feedback and follow on comments. Look forward to seeing some of your work if you want to share over on my facebook page. Cheers!
A Well presented and helpful video overall. A few detail comments which maybe of use. Wheels wells colour, much debated, but a maintenance film made in June 1940 clearly shows the wheel wells to be, the outer wheel part is underside colour(external area), in every photo I have seen where the outer well is visible, it is the same as the underside. See here th-cam.com/video/-IHSEBsaBdU/w-d-xo.html The inner leg part part is the internal colour, which was at this time, and until late 1943, aluminium paint. The only part in grey-green was the cockpit to the seat bulkhead. Again, shown in the maintenance films. The entry door crowbar is a later addition than this model, and they were never red in the war, period colour photos sh0ow black, natural metal and grey green. For an oil paint panel line wash, try a using a dirty grey, mix black, burnt umber and white. Add shadow, but is not too stark. You can make a really thin, fast drying wash using lighter fuel, the stuff used in Zippos, Also, do this after decalling, as it helps blend the decals in. The AK Dark Earth looks a little light, but this may just be the light used, but there are a a lot of poor matches sold in model paints for RAF colours. Also, well worth a read boxartden.com/reference/gallery/index.php/Camouflage-Markings/Supermarine-Spitfire Hope of interest/use to you and others.
Thank you, Troy. Really appreciate you taking the time to provide all of this valuable insight. Will definitely come in handy on my next Spitty and it is sure to help other modelers as well. Very good links, too. Really appreciate that!