I taught a model-building class to young students (9-12 years old) and used your videos frequently for inspiration and education. I hope some of them are subscribed because this video shows that you just don't start out being a great modeler--it takes practice and willingness to try new techniques and improve your skills. I also like that you very successfully use brush painting for your models, because most novices don't have the means to get into airbrushing. Keep up the good work and great videos!
Same, I was so confused with the decals, I ended up putting them way to long in water and not letting them dry out so when I applied them they just fell off after 10 minutes.
That B-17 is a masterpiece. I love the way you assembled the fuselage so it can open. Also i really admire that u withstand the smell of enamel paints which is a sevre pain to me.
I don't know if you are still reading these comments, but I want to say that this video is at once a little daunting and tremendously encouraging. I did a bit of model building as a kid in the 80s and 90s, but never knew how to do... anything. Never learned, never got better. Break of two decades and now I might try again!
I admire your perseverance and will to experiment. You got results after many fails but today you are one of my points of reference. I keep suggesting your channel to newcomers to the hobby or those who are coming back after many years. Keep it up!
Great to see your progression Owen, i'm a bit older and never had the experience when younger, but seeing where you started to the wonderful models you do now gives me a good bit of drive and inspiration. Keep it up mate, you do great work.
I am very new to modeling (I have done only 1 kit, the tamiya 1:35 scale m4a3 Sherman) and this video showed to me unlike other videos with super advanced techniques that if I keep trying and progress at my own pace I will get better! Thank you Owen.
1978, in the age of 15, I started building such models in scale 1:72 from Matchbox. My first one was the Douglas A-20. I could not stop and over the next two years my room was filled up with more than 25 warbirds, some of them in scale 1:32. Lack of space forced me to install some sylvester bangers into their fuselages. Then I blew them all up. It was great fun, now I'm a little bit sad of this. Greetings from Germany Jörg
I can have a go, I reckon it would take a lot of small scratch building (for medium and large calibre flak) which I'm not great at... this is quite a cool site with a variety of damage www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/contents.htm
To add damage, use different sized drill attachments for different sized holes, heat them over a flame and then when they're red, push it into the plastic.
Hey. I just saw a great vid from this guy, Night Shift. He's a nice laid back modeller. have a look. I think you would like his channel. He's a great fine detail guy but funny and kinda humble. A nice guy. Cheers!
Thanks Owen for showing us your previous models, we all started in the same way I am sure. My very first kit I didn't even paint it & it takes years of practice. That's the enjoyable aspect of the hobby, with each kit you learn something new & improve with each kit. As long as your happy with the results that's counts. All the best.
Hi Owen just to say that you are my hero and your videos are really helpful as I only started scale models 2 months ago when I got a spitfire and hurricane for my 13th birthday! Thank you and I hope to see you at next years model show in telford😃
+Freddie Handley hey Freddie, you're very welcome. I'm really pleased to hear that my videos are helping you! Best of luck with your future builds and I hope you continue to enjoy the hobby
Just a little fun note, those Revell kits are the same ones I tried to avoid buying when I started building model kits, in 1979. Somethings never change. But it is all a learning experience. This hobby is always filled with new things to learn. Keep building and keep having fun.
Thanks for making all of your videos. They are refreshingly honest and show the sheer fun of just making the model. Thanks for showing your initial efforts. That's how we all learn. Cheers.
That's a lot of progression, I remember I started modeling at the age of 6, and back then I used markers to color my aircraft to clear tape to hold them better together. If you're a star wars fan, I'd recomend building any of the bandai kits. They are insanely perfect and have a lot of detail; I wanted to add one of them to your contest long ago, but I ran out of time, but either way they are worth it, and ill give you a neat tip before I go, when you paint aircraft canopies, paint the interior aircraft color first, then paint it with the fuselage color, keep up the great work
I can see a big improvement over the years in your modeling skills. It takes time and lots of practice to build a model the way you want it to look. Each kit you add to Quick Kits looks better and better. Your techniques on the channel are really neat and very useful! I look forward to every update on your channel and this one was really good. My first models never looked as good as your first one. Thanks for sharing this.
Very good to see your kits and to hear your stories. I started WW1/2 kits in my early teens and got good (I thought) but it is a reminder that we got into the hobby with a couple pots of paint, a few brushes and an exact knife... and went from there. Around a year ago, I started again and have done some kits with my kids and a couple just for me. Vids like you do help take what I started with from my teens, and add all of the pro skills. My last kit, Tamiya A6M2-N, was a joy to build, and I followed your brush painting tips all the way. My best work so far! Thanks for sharing your talent and enthusiasm.
I’m going through a learning curve right now. I think you did a great job of the models. It’s nice to see the progression of techniques you learned. Awesome work man. I subbed. It’s been very helpful. That B-17 split was outstanding. I never even would’ve comprehended that build. Was that idea original or did you get inspired by something?
Thanks for taking me along on your progress through the years. Keep up the nice work the PZL P11C is very nice in deed! I subscribed and look forward to more videos.
I’ve learned so much from your videos! Thank you so much! Quick question; did you kind of lose interest in building models? I haven’t seen any recent activity on the Quick Kits channel😕
I have been in this hobby for just 3 years..(im an old fart!) I am 62 with arthritis and thank god it isn't in my hands. I love this hobby and am learning so much thanks to u-tube. I have seen some absolute master pieces and that is what I am striving for. I am working on the Hawker Typhoon and have 35 hours on the cockpit and engine it is a very detailed kit and insanely difficult but I love doing it as my hockey and baseball days are over! I also have taken an airbrush beginners course.
It's encouraging to see the progress you made and that you used to screw things up, too. (I guess one could say that's the phase I'm still in...😂) I really enjoy your videos, very educating and helpfull! Thanks!
The majority of kits i had in my early days have been totally destroyed or simply gone missing over the years. My oldest and last remaining kit is an Airfix P-40 Tomahawk, and it is missing just about everything except for the fuselage and wings haha
I'm doing the Junkers ju88A now! Relatively new to building and, yup it's frustrating, shoddy, fitting of parts. Found your tips very useful, will implement next time. 👍🏼🛩
Quick Kits I am building Foker d VII. There is one huge decal,matching dimension and shape of the whole upper wing. Is there a special knowledge of applying decals that big, or is there some other technique of doing it? please help.
I also built some model planes from Frog! If you ever find one I recommend buying the Mitsubishi zero 1:72 scale, it was a good fit but needs some filler, my first ever completed model plane
the gaps in the 134's ain't mistakes, they where usually rushed so most of them had gaps in the armor. i saw one video which i think was filmed in bovington where a guy stuck his hand in-between the armor plating
Wow! Really cool journey! Most people wouldn't show their earlier attempts only their much improved current projects. I really appreciate this video and your work! Haven't built models in years myself but so much enjoyed it long ago, I'm getting set up to start again. Cool hearing you pronounce "Stuka" correctly too, always liked that aircraft, and it looks like you do too? (Well after the FW190) Cheers from the US!
Buying a crappy model is a good way to turn you off from scale model kit building. LOL I'm not surprised you used a Sharpie sometimes. It's cheap and more readily available as opposed to modeling paints. 14:45 You should do more GunPla! I enjoyed your Master Grade GN-001 Gundam Exia video! Perhaps you should consider doing Real Grade, GunPla model kits since you do seem to prefer the smaller scaled model kits.
Hi Owen, if you're still minded to finish the Frog Meteor F.4, you're welcome to the main decal designs from my Revell/MPM one, which I'm completing as a 323 Sqn KLu machine using the old but still very usable Frog decals. 1 Sqn RAF is one of the options, with the heraldry you started hand painting there.
Congrats on 3 years man. I want my models to turn out just like yours, I'm also doing a Battle of Britain airfix collection which I would recommend you do, it consists of about 2 of each fighter plane in Germany and Britain and 1 or 2 bombers for Germany. Also including the Battle of Britain airfield set.
Just picked a model airplane, looken for some tips. First one in over 16 years. This video inspires me and depresses me. You are a good at you craft, i feel mine will be a complete embarrassment and look like a 5 yr old did it compared to your fist one. Good stuff thou.
Whatever you do, do not buy the revell 1:48 B-17. Multiple missing pieces, raised panel lines, horrible fit. Don’t waste $40 on it like I did. Maybe try to find one by Airfix, Hawasega or Taimya
Just a suggestion from a fellow model builder maybe start getting into airbrushing. I find it gives amazing results over brush painting. And some better paints for brush painting are Vallejo. (Brush beautifully and come in all sorts of colours) cheers
I bought the Battle of Britain kit and I really messed up the Heinkel so I cut a wing of and made it look like a plane crash. It looked okay but not realistic so I chucked it out of my window and it looked amazing and realistic
Nice collection Owen! I like the progression of improvement. I myself haven’t built anywhere near that many. I had a really old 1/24 scale Stuka from like the 70’s my grandad gave me when I was about 14 and that was my first build. I’m 27 now and have probably done around 10 models since then. I’d love to do more but struggle to find the time. I’ve just completed a new tooled 1/48 Airfix boulton Paul difiant which I really enjoyed. But as I say, your progression is great and keep it up mate! I need to get started on my next kit... as yet to be decided! Marc
This feels bad, I chucked all my old planes that I made when I was around 6 about 3 months ago, now I’ve just got back into the hobby wish I kept them, but they where all broken
I used to build models like you, when I was younger, but stopped in 2009, when I started collecting die-cast cars. Since then I didn't really have much of an interest in scale building. It's interessting, that I made about the same mistakes as you have shown in your earlier models. Now I have decided to gift my dad a 1:400 scale Titanic model by Revell and wanted to watch a video about tips for model builders. I watched your video about 15 tips for model builders, kept watching and I am really enjoying it. Fingers crossed on that Titanic-effort. :D If It goes well, I'm gonna try building the 1:350 scale Revell Bismarck.
Nice collection. I chuckled a bit in the last part when you hold a sherman and the meng kit sherman. Pls make a video about doing a diorama base, maybe a meng kit battleship (would like to see bismarck) and maybe how to see if your model has a very good quality. This is a very nice coincidence, you made this video on my birthdate(Aug 28). Such a coincidence.
My old model kits I destroyed with a B.B. gun or with fire excluding my Spitfire Mk. XI (1st kit) P-40B (2nd kit) and my 2012 contest winning P-39 and F4U Corsair. I’ve only kept models from 2013-present (excluding an F4F that I rushed, P-70 that was falling apart and B-26 which was a poorly made kit)
Hi Owen I love your showing us your skills evolution from first efforts to accomplished modeller with brutal honesty. If you like the PZL so much why not make a Lysander? That was one of my favourites. And its counterpart the Fieseler Storch. Though I can see the purity in the PZL design which may be what attracts you to it. I really like the diorama aspect. I once made a WWII British airfield diorama with vehicles, people, buildings, aircraft, runway and furrows in the grass from a crash landing, etc. All the best, Rob
I've got that Frog Meteor kit. The kit decals aren't very good so aftermarket would be the way to go, you're not losing anything by missing the decals. For the canopy which is the only clear part, Pavla has a vac canopy for the F1 and F3 that should work for the Frog F4 kit and if doesn't work and you really need it, I can vacuum form a copy off of my kit part for you. Let me know.
First models i ever made i was 6 years old, that was in 82 they where very nice it was a Concorde almost my size and also some propeller plane from ww2 dont remember what it was and now im gonna make a B109 after i did a Tiger tank diorama for the first time in 30 + years
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This video is proof that every professional was once a beginner.
Your right pal
i wouldn't say he is a professional to be honest
@@johannesgallein308 i would say its a hobby like me
@Finn Edwards im just a kid and uve got 30+ aircraft🤣
Your right soviet doggo
I taught a model-building class to young students (9-12 years old) and used your videos frequently for inspiration and education. I hope some of them are subscribed because this video shows that you just don't start out being a great modeler--it takes practice and willingness to try new techniques and improve your skills. I also like that you very successfully use brush painting for your models, because most novices don't have the means to get into airbrushing. Keep up the good work and great videos!
It's great that you're teaching and inspiring some younger people, and I'm glad that my videos have been helpful in doing that! Thank you
THOSE EXIST?!?!
Model building classes!!!??? Wait I'm a little over 12. RIP
Im 10 yrs old
I'm 14
The first model I ever made I had no idea what I was doing and I tried to glue on the decals. it didn't work
Tomás Roche me too, 6 years ago 😂
Same, I was so confused with the decals, I ended up putting them way to long in water and not letting them dry out so when I applied them they just fell off after 10 minutes.
Tomás Roche where did you get the idea to glue them on
I did that on my first model as well. I was terrible at it back then and I have recently tried to get started properly into kit building.
My first model was a Tamiya M41 walker bulldog model
That B-17 is a masterpiece. I love the way you assembled the fuselage so it can open. Also i really admire that u withstand the smell of enamel paints which is a sevre pain to me.
Yeah... That was a stroke of genius!! It looks fabulous... :-)
I don't know if you are still reading these comments, but I want to say that this video is at once a little daunting and tremendously encouraging. I did a bit of model building as a kid in the 80s and 90s, but never knew how to do... anything. Never learned, never got better. Break of two decades and now I might try again!
I admire your perseverance and will to experiment. You got results after many fails but today you are one of my points of reference. I keep suggesting your channel to newcomers to the hobby or those who are coming back after many years. Keep it up!
Thank you for recommending the channel to people Martin, I appreciate that! I'm glad you enjoy the videos
The improvement of your technique over time is quite incredible: keep up the good work! Thank you for all the tips!
I finished my first model on 1st January 2019 at 9 a.m. exactly
Great to see your progression Owen, i'm a bit older and never had the experience when younger, but seeing where you started to the wonderful models you do now gives me a good bit of drive and inspiration. Keep it up mate, you do great work.
I'm glad you've taken some inspiration from it. Thank you very much :)
I am very new to modeling (I have done only 1 kit, the tamiya 1:35 scale m4a3 Sherman) and this video showed to me unlike other videos with super advanced techniques that if I keep trying and progress at my own pace I will get better! Thank you Owen.
+Caleb Kleinhans you're very welcome, I'm glad you've taken away that message from the video 🙂
Lol my first kit was also the sherman
DUDE im doing a F4U-1A CORSAIR Scale 1:32
I recommend doing a plane
1978, in the age of 15, I started building such models in scale 1:72 from Matchbox. My first one was the Douglas A-20. I could not stop and over the next two years my room was filled up with more than 25 warbirds, some of them in scale 1:32. Lack of space forced me to install some sylvester bangers into their fuselages. Then I blew them all up. It was great fun, now I'm a little bit sad of this.
Greetings from Germany Jörg
Please can you do a video on bullet holes, and or battle damage, i.e big flak holes in the wings.
I can have a go, I reckon it would take a lot of small scratch building (for medium and large calibre flak) which I'm not great at... this is quite a cool site with a variety of damage www.daveswarbirds.com/b-17/contents.htm
To add damage, use different sized drill attachments for different sized holes, heat them over a flame and then when they're red, push it into the plastic.
I also request a similar video
Hey. I just saw a great vid from this guy, Night Shift. He's a nice laid back modeller. have a look. I think you would like his channel. He's a great fine detail guy but funny and kinda humble. A nice guy. Cheers!
Thanks Owen for showing us your previous models, we all started in the same way I am sure. My very first kit I didn't even paint it & it takes years of practice. That's the enjoyable aspect of the hobby, with each kit you learn something new & improve with each kit. As long as your happy with the results that's counts.
All the best.
+Mark Rose thanks Mark, well said
Hi Owen just to say that you are my hero and your videos are really helpful as I only started scale models 2 months ago when I got a spitfire and hurricane for my 13th birthday! Thank you and I hope to see you at next years model show in telford😃
+Freddie Handley hey Freddie, you're very welcome. I'm really pleased to hear that my videos are helping you! Best of luck with your future builds and I hope you continue to enjoy the hobby
I really enjoy how calm and chilled you are in all your videos. You are so patient.
Just a little fun note, those Revell kits are the same ones I tried to avoid buying when I started building model kits, in 1979. Somethings never change. But it is all a learning experience. This hobby is always filled with new things to learn. Keep building and keep having fun.
It’s really cool to see your growth over the years with the models you made. Keep learning keep kitting and have fun !!
I am so glad we have you and I didn't need to research as much as I need to. Thank you for your help :D
You're very welcome!
Thanks for making all of your videos. They are refreshingly honest and show the sheer fun of just making the model. Thanks for showing your initial efforts. That's how we all learn. Cheers.
Very nice collection. So we can see that no-one ist born as a master modeller. Really like the Panzer 4, looks very good.
I think that's a good lesson to take from it :)
Really nice trip down memory lane. I really love these kinds of videos. One can really see your progress.
Thanks Brett, good to know you like this style!
you came a long way.. nice that you are not ashamed of your old projects
This are fine additions to my Collection
We all have some early kits that didn't finish very well. Thank 4 showing yours!
That's a lot of progression, I remember I started modeling at the age of 6, and back then I used markers to color my aircraft to clear tape to hold them better together. If you're a star wars fan, I'd recomend building any of the bandai kits. They are insanely perfect and have a lot of detail; I wanted to add one of them to your contest long ago, but I ran out of time, but either way they are worth it, and ill give you a neat tip before I go, when you paint aircraft canopies, paint the interior aircraft color first, then paint it with the fuselage color, keep up the great work
+Lord Tyranus I'm planning on having a Star Wars month in November or December where me and Kendall build some Revell and Bandai kits 😃
Excellent sir please continue building more.
after i watched this i realised my first few models don't have to be perfect
+Hot_Doggerz I'm glad you've taken that message from the video 🙂
The jump from like 2014-15 is mental. Good work!
I can see a big improvement over the years in your modeling skills. It takes time and lots of practice to build a model the way you want it to look. Each kit you add to Quick Kits looks better and better. Your techniques on the channel are really neat and very useful! I look forward to every update on your channel and this one was really good. My first models never looked as good as your first one. Thanks for sharing this.
Thanks John, I'm glad the techniques I share are always useful to you and that you enjoyed this video. Thank you for always commenting :)
Very good to see your kits and to hear your stories. I started WW1/2 kits in my early teens and got good (I thought) but it is a reminder that we got into the hobby with a couple pots of paint, a few brushes and an exact knife... and went from there.
Around a year ago, I started again and have done some kits with my kids and a couple just for me. Vids like you do help take what I started with from my teens, and add all of the pro skills. My last kit, Tamiya A6M2-N, was a joy to build, and I followed your brush painting tips all the way. My best work so far! Thanks for sharing your talent and enthusiasm.
I'm glad the painting video has helped you with the Zero! You're very welcome. I hope your kids are enjoying the hobby as much as we all do :)
I love all your planes and tanks a lot there a lot better then the only spitfire I’ve build
I’m going through a learning curve right now. I think you did a great job of the models. It’s nice to see the progression of techniques you learned. Awesome work man. I subbed. It’s been very helpful. That B-17 split was outstanding. I never even would’ve comprehended that build. Was that idea original or did you get inspired by something?
I completely understand your pain regarding the Airfix Ju88 kit- It's horrible. Mine ended up in the bin! It's so bad I couldn't even find a write-up!
You can use canopy Mr.mask for both mottle & large scale paint chipping technique. It works well
Thanks for taking me along on your progress through the years. Keep up the nice work the PZL P11C is very nice in deed! I subscribed and look forward to more videos.
"Some nice join seams there."
-Owen, circa 2017
thank u soo much for doing this owen
You're very welcome!
i have been a lot more quick learning different techniques but i know thats because of your channel
Happy 3rd anniversary I've been watching nearly a year now
Thanks for sticking around :)
Quick Kits your tips are really helpful in only 12
Happy quick kits anniversary!
Thanks!
Nice collection Owen. I buy my kits from the model shop in the Trafford Centre. I live not that far. Hope quick kits continues for another 3 years.
Ron Mac95 hopefully more than 3 more
Ho yes. Long may it continue.
Is there another model shop there now? I remember the one I went to closed down several years ago
It is on the first floor next to the entrance. I think it is called the model shop.
Very interesting, especially warts and all
Jeez, even your first models look better than mine now
Great seeing your collection Owen, also happy to comment on your videos after 3 years!
I'm glad you enjoyed it! Have you been following for the full three years?
Yup, all the way, although I never comment much as I'm too busy doing my own models!
I absolutely love that Sunderland great gob
You are a very clever model maker , very impressed with you Boeing B 17 model keep up the great work with your models.
Thank you Nigel!
I’ve learned so much from your videos! Thank you so much! Quick question; did you kind of lose interest in building models? I haven’t seen any recent activity on the Quick Kits channel😕
Thats exactly what I've been wondering, I guess theres still Model Minutes...
8:57
My great grandad painted lines on those planes in real life.
I have been in this hobby for just 3 years..(im an old fart!) I am 62 with arthritis and thank god it isn't in my hands. I love this hobby and am learning so much thanks to u-tube. I have seen some absolute master pieces and that is what I am striving for. I am working on the Hawker Typhoon and have 35 hours on the cockpit and engine it is a very detailed kit and insanely difficult but I love doing it as my hockey and baseball days are over! I also have taken an airbrush beginners course.
Nice one, I have been in this hobby for only 2!
It's encouraging to see the progress you made and that you used to screw things up, too. (I guess one could say that's the phase I'm still in...😂) I really enjoy your videos, very educating and helpfull! Thanks!
I can see your progress in the models you’ve made, that’s awesome :)
Ur models look awesome. The ones u did when u just started doing models look like how mine r and I think them a work of art
+Angela Govan then there's nothing wrong with that, so long as you're happy with them and enjoy the hobby that's all that matters 😊
I just started! I built my first 1:72 airplane yesterday, it wasn’t the best but I will improve and I will definitely subscribe!
What plane you started?
Great to see young folks building model kits instead of buying prebuilt toys.
The majority of kits i had in my early days have been totally destroyed or simply gone missing over the years. My oldest and last remaining kit is an Airfix P-40 Tomahawk, and it is missing just about everything except for the fuselage and wings haha
Thanks for sharing that Owen. Reminds me of when i got into the hobby as a nipper! We all got to start somewhere, and you defo getting better 👍
You're very welcome and also, thank you! :)
amazing collection
The Airfix Westland Whirlwind is a kit that I'd love to be able to buy again if I could find one.
Still the best YT channel, plz come back with new videos, everyone is waiting👍
Nice to see where you started. I wish I had kept my first models but I ended up selling most of them.
You are so happy in this video haha (not creepy, lol)
Lobx YT pretty sure with that profile pic it is a bit creepy
Black Steel ._. Xdddd
great video you can clearly see how far you have come, keep up the good work.
Thanks James!
I'm doing the Junkers ju88A now! Relatively new to building and, yup it's frustrating, shoddy, fitting of parts. Found your tips very useful, will implement next time. 👍🏼🛩
Thats amazing. I just love your models.
Thanks!
Quick Kits Build Gota bomber, or swordfish, please!
Quick Kits I am building Foker d VII. There is one huge decal,matching dimension and shape of the whole upper wing.
Is there a special knowledge of applying decals that big, or is there some other technique of doing it? please help.
Congrats Owen!
Thanks :)
Great job young chap!
I also built some model planes from Frog! If you ever find one I recommend buying the Mitsubishi zero 1:72 scale, it was a good fit but needs some filler, my first ever completed model plane
Thanks for doing the video
You're very welcome
the gaps in the 134's ain't mistakes, they where usually rushed so most of them had gaps in the armor. i saw one video which i think was filmed in bovington where a guy stuck his hand in-between the armor plating
Wow! Really cool journey! Most people wouldn't show their earlier attempts only their much improved current projects. I really appreciate this video and your work! Haven't built models in years myself but so much enjoyed it long ago, I'm getting set up to start again. Cool hearing you pronounce "Stuka" correctly too, always liked that aircraft, and it looks like you do too? (Well after the FW190) Cheers from the US!
From where have you collected those✈🛩✈🛩✈🛩✈🛫🛫🛬🛬!!!!!!
Buying a crappy model is a good way to turn you off from scale model kit building.
LOL I'm not surprised you used a Sharpie sometimes. It's cheap and more readily available as opposed to modeling paints.
14:45 You should do more GunPla! I enjoyed your Master Grade GN-001 Gundam Exia video!
Perhaps you should consider doing Real Grade, GunPla model kits since you do seem to prefer the smaller scaled model kits.
Hi Owen, if you're still minded to finish the Frog Meteor F.4, you're welcome to the main decal designs from my Revell/MPM one, which I'm completing as a 323 Sqn KLu machine using the old but still very usable Frog decals. 1 Sqn RAF is one of the options, with the heraldry you started hand painting there.
Congrats on 3 years man. I want my models to turn out just like yours, I'm also doing a Battle of Britain airfix collection which I would recommend you do, it consists of about 2 of each fighter plane in Germany and Britain and 1 or 2 bombers for Germany.
Also including the Battle of Britain airfield set.
Good luck with the planes, I'm sure you'll get to my level if you keep practising and experimenting :)
those models are nice !!!
I respect your tenacity. I'm surprised there aren't any Hasegawa or Tamiya models.
Just picked a model airplane, looken for some tips. First one in over 16 years. This video inspires me and depresses me. You are a good at you craft, i feel mine will be a complete embarrassment and look like a 5 yr old did it compared to your fist one. Good stuff thou.
You just gotta keep practicing and learn some of the techniques that will help you get better results :)
The Flying Fortress is my favorite. I got to get me one of those!
Whatever you do, do not buy the revell 1:48 B-17. Multiple missing pieces, raised panel lines, horrible fit. Don’t waste $40 on it like I did. Maybe try to find one by Airfix, Hawasega or Taimya
Just a suggestion from a fellow model builder maybe start getting into airbrushing. I find it gives amazing results over brush painting. And some better paints for brush painting are Vallejo. (Brush beautifully and come in all sorts of colours) cheers
I bought the Battle of Britain kit and I really messed up the Heinkel so I cut a wing of and made it look like a plane crash. It looked okay but not realistic so I chucked it out of my window and it looked amazing and realistic
good stuff.owen.
Nice collection Owen! I like the progression of improvement. I myself haven’t built anywhere near that many. I had a really old 1/24 scale Stuka from like the 70’s my grandad gave me when I was about 14 and that was my first build. I’m 27 now and have probably done around 10 models since then. I’d love to do more but struggle to find the time. I’ve just completed a new tooled 1/48 Airfix boulton Paul difiant which I really enjoyed. But as I say, your progression is great and keep it up mate! I need to get started on my next kit... as yet to be decided! Marc
All your models are amazing he could you say they are bad mine can't even be compared with yours
Really great collection! I got a collection of my own at my home! 56 aircraft alone.
I just got done building that airfix sherman. It really isn't that bad
This feels bad, I chucked all my old planes that I made when I was around 6 about 3 months ago, now I’ve just got back into the hobby wish I kept them, but they where all broken
I used to build models like you, when I was younger, but stopped in 2009, when I started collecting die-cast cars. Since then I didn't really have much of an interest in scale building. It's interessting, that I made about the same mistakes as you have shown in your earlier models. Now I have decided to gift my dad a 1:400 scale Titanic model by Revell and wanted to watch a video about tips for model builders. I watched your video about 15 tips for model builders, kept watching and I am really enjoying it. Fingers crossed on that Titanic-effort. :D If It goes well, I'm gonna try building the 1:350 scale Revell Bismarck.
Can you make an updated scale model collection video?
When I saw his collection I said, that’s the standard I’m aiming for
Nice to see your progression. My first build was in 1968, (9yo) Airfix whirlwind helicopter, not a success! But like you learned from mistakes. 😎
Glad you're now using photo etched!
Nice collection. I chuckled a bit in the last part when you hold a sherman and the meng kit sherman. Pls make a video about doing a diorama base, maybe a meng kit battleship (would like to see bismarck) and maybe how to see if your model has a very good quality. This is a very nice coincidence, you made this video on my birthdate(Aug 28). Such a coincidence.
Congratulations on three years
Thanks Toby!
My old model kits I destroyed with a B.B. gun or with fire excluding my Spitfire Mk. XI (1st kit) P-40B (2nd kit) and my 2012 contest winning P-39 and F4U Corsair. I’ve only kept models from 2013-present (excluding an F4F that I rushed, P-70 that was falling apart and B-26 which was a poorly made kit)
Hi Owen I love your showing us your skills evolution from first efforts to accomplished modeller with brutal honesty. If you like the PZL so much why not make a Lysander? That was one of my favourites. And its counterpart the Fieseler Storch. Though I can see the purity in the PZL design which may be what attracts you to it. I really like the diorama aspect. I once made a WWII British airfield diorama with vehicles, people, buildings, aircraft, runway and furrows in the grass from a crash landing, etc. All the best, Rob
Nice collection, mate. Sadly, most of my models were eventually blown up with firecrackers.
I've got that Frog Meteor kit. The kit decals aren't very good so aftermarket would be the way to go, you're not losing anything by missing the decals. For the canopy which is the only clear part, Pavla has a vac canopy for the F1 and F3 that should work for the Frog F4 kit and if doesn't work and you really need it, I can vacuum form a copy off of my kit part for you. Let me know.
+Mishn0 thanks for the advice, I might look into getting those parts if I ever get round to trying to finish it 🙂
If you haven't tried aftermarket decals, you'll be surprised at how much better they work than kit decals.
I love your model
First models i ever made i was 6 years old, that was in 82 they where very nice it was a Concorde almost my size and also some propeller plane from ww2 dont remember what it was and now im gonna make a B109 after i did a Tiger tank diorama for the first time in 30 + years
My first model was the USS Arizona, pretty easy and it got me into scale modeling, etc as well.