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Love the interior detail on this kit Steve, can't wait to start mine but promised myself I'd finish my Severn class lifeboat first. Should be about Christmas then!

Port and left have 4 letters each...that's how I was taught back in the day! 😊

The new camera angle works well Steve.

Does the Coastal Command version have the Leigh Light option

what happened to your spitfire diaroma project in the end?

This is a few steps above the Matchbox offering...

Love the coastal command scheme Steve, look forward to watching the build. I should be getting the Mk.II in the next few days.

Amazon often send purchases without any external packaging, although they do give you the option at checkout if you would like it sent packaged.

how is your room change going?

always good to imagine diffrent scenarios especially for dioramas

Kitchen worktop is ideal for cutting photo etch, nice and flat and hard. But a better option would be a tile or a piece of glass, ideal,for your workbench, much more portable! Cutting mats are not good for photo etch, too soft and springy...Good luck with it 😊

I needed a bit of filler in the rear roof joint so test it before you paint it

Seeing the "Kite" my father flew, seeing where he sat and the controls he would have used, was very special. Thank you so much.

Nice video, very interesting 😊

A nice tribute to the Spitfire, its pilots and those up the food chain.

minute 29:00 you gave me the best idea to fix those torpedo windows in by gluing them in, which I hadn't thought about it

Did I see a ghost go past at 28:28 ?

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Stevie I gave the comment re lighter fluid and its legit - works very well for stickers -as I said it evaporates very quickly - do a you tube search am sure you will find it works - I got it from channel PB probs

The surfaces to be joined shouldn't have paint on. You need to scrape the paint off before gluing. That's why your parts keep falling off.

I think they were joking about the west ham shirt 😅

Stevie - mad as it sounds lighter fluid will remove the stickers - it melts the tacky stuff and then quickly evaporates it wont damage the box art if your gentle with it - and no it wont burst into flames 🙂

LOL dont take comments too seriously ! Goodluck with the speed dating!

Steve you may be able to peel that sticker off the Wellington box if you warm it up with a hairdryer.

I was going to subscribe until I saw you wearing that shirt. 😂

So, it did end up in the bin 😂 Apologies for inciting the negative comments on that Tamiya kit, some of those comments were bang out of order. I adore Tamiya kits but they too have a small number of kits that really should have a sledgehammer swung at their tooling. Any newcomer buying those kits will end up disappointed and will probably blame themselves for their failure when its the kit that's at fault. Those old tooled kits do nothing for the hobby, Airfix classics are another example.

nice little build steve. well done.

Could be the airbrush was blocking up because the paint needed thinning a little more Steve.

Fengda FE 186k. Superb brush, 3 sizes of cup, different size needles included. All for under 30 quid. Dont be fooled, they are cheap to buy but not an inferior airbrush. I have three of them and even use them for commission work, i have that much confidence in them. No need to spend hunderd quid or more just yet! Plenty of reviews on you tube 😊

As for a good airbrush i recommend the Harder & Steenbeck ultra 2024 or anything from Gaahleri i have their model the GHAD -39 which is working great for me

Steve, just catching up on this build, think your fuel tanks could be upside-down?

Steve I think you have part 6a the wrong way round (the domed section goes towards the rear of the plane) which is why you were struggling. I nearly got caught out the same way when I built mine.

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How the heck do you concentrate with all that noise in the background/upstairs?! Good review, should make a great model👍

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A wheels up crash landing, with both wheels still in situ, would be more realistic. If you warm the propeller blades you can bend them, either leaving one untouch for a dead engine landing, or all three bent for an engine running landing. If the propeller was of wooden construction, blades would be broken off.

Thanks Steve!!!watching your video is like visual comfort food.... my uncles were pilots when I was growing up in the 70s and 80s in the bright hot dust of central California. It just fills my heart with joy that everybody from all over the place can be into these little models... I must have built 50 of them at my little 4 x 4 folding table watching Hammer horror films on the telly. Keep going buddy❤.

Will you be airbrushing the main yellow colour or using the hairy stick for this build on the Gnat ?

Well done Steve, you made it! The ambulance will surely make a nice change for you, i look forward to watching.

Hi Steve, you have to cut up the propeller just bend the tips back, your diorama sounds very interesting, look forward to seeing this.

The Heinkel 111

Cool model. ✈

Option A as i have one waiting .

I've built both the vampire and the jeep kits, and they are both absolute cracking models when finished, I also have an airfix He 111, but mine is the limited edition motorhead boxing, not too sure if I'll actually ever build that one!

I would prime the model in white first before applying the yellow as the main colour to make the yellow pop

It's not a bad kit but I never completed my effort, kept breaking the little fin aerial things off!

I've voted for the dornier 17Z because its a kit I already have in my stash, and I wouldn't mind seeing one built!

Hi Steve, the Tiger looks great. well done mate.

Option D - the Wellington...😀