Can you build a Starter Set Model Kit using ONLY the included paints and glue? Airfix Bf109E-3
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- čas přidán 8. 07. 2024
- Quite often I get asked if you can build a Starter Set Model Kit using ONLY the included paints and glue? Well, why not? What would it actually look like? I feel like there might be a bit of a CHALLENGE coming on . . .
Join me in this video as I build (and review) the Airfix Messerschmitt Bf109E-3 plastic model kit in 1/72 scale which comes as part of a starter set - with glue, paint and brush included. I will be building this kit with only these products to see how it turns out.
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Before you leave a comment about thinning the paint or using extra tools/products, read this:
I don’t think a lot of people watching this one quite “got” what I was going for here. My aim (if it wasn’t clear) was to see how good I could make this model kit using only the included products and a knife. I gave myself really strict rules to follow in an attempt to get a “best case” model out of a “worst case” situation.
Many people seem to think that beginners would instantly know that they are supposed to thin their paints, sand the plastic, fill the gaps, use extra brushes...... and if, as a beginner you knew that, then you were so fortunate!
But this video is for those of us (me included) who knew nothing about model building, had no one to help us and nothing to look to for reference. When I started, CZcams didn’t exist (the internet wasn’t really a thing for me growing up either) and if I wanted to read up about modelling it meant buying magazines and looking for the information.
My build in this video is a throwback to my early days, where I built what I wanted, how I wanted, and usually with only what I had, could borrow, recycle or afford with my small amount of pocket money.
Ultimately though, I think the point of this build and video has been missed by some.
It’s meant to be fun, a light and entertaining look at our hobby. After all, isn’t this hobby supposed to be fun anyway?
I’d also like to think that some beginners out there see this one and realise that you don’t have to build a model kit with all these extra things that so many youtubers use these days. Although it’s good to have aspirations I think it’s unrealistic and can put newcomers off. If my video encourages just one new person to start building, then that’s a success right? We should be encouraging new members to the hobby because it’s in our interest too! If you agree, send someone this video and encourage them to start!
TLDR: I made this video for entertainment. It's not a tutorial. I added extra restrictions because otherwise it wouldn't be a "challenge" - it would be a normal build video.
I ordered a starter kit from Airfix, which included a large Lancaster, some of the paint came slightly spilt and most of them only about half full, I emailed Airfix and they sent out a replacement from Hornby Spares, just a FYI for other buyers. It was also missing a piece to go with the stand.
I was gifted this for Xmas and as I haven't done any scale modelling for over 20 years (and even back then my skills and equipment was very basic) I found this video very helpful and I really appreciated how you only used what comes in the box. Cheers!
@@Vigulfr Awesome! I'm glad you found it helpful :)
Think your title wording is where you went off track abit. I can see your objective - Using only the supplied materials, what results can you or a beginner expect to achieve. Where as, some would read it as, can you build a kit made by Airfix with glue and paints by Humbrol both well established companies in the modelling field, sounds a bit daft if taken literally. Good video though thanks.
Welcome to my childhood. No extra thin cement, no airbrush, no masking tape, no sprue cutters and nothing but a knife, a file and two brushes. That was me in the 60s and 70s!
That was me in the 90's :D
Ray Theron that was me in 80s 😀
That's still me
I used nail scissors but most of the time twisted parts free.
@@gleggett3817 I still do that on occasion 😂
Now make one the best you can using every tool and aftermarket paint available :)
Cool idea!
Surely that's just a normal model making video?
@@paulwomack5866 A lot of "pro" modellers really do go insane on what they add, but they seem to do it with the more exciting and interesting models - not these bargain bucket starter sets. Taking something like this and going crazy on it doesn't seem to be something that is seen too often. More expensive kits tend to get that treatment
@@ModelMinutes I would like to see how good a startup kit can look
@@ModelMinutes Plus, they wouldn't have this interesting comparison when they were done. :)
This makes me feel a lot better about all the models I did as a kid since this clearly shows that even with a great talent and lots of experience, if your tools are limited then so is the quality of your final product.
Exactly!
Lol this , I used to look at them after and think , well this isn't for me
This is how I built all my models 50 years ago, no air brushing,no washers or weathering effects, real old school.
:D
Me too. When I was doing my first kits at age 8-10, I remember that I used an exacto knife as in the video. Of course, they didn't have starter paints in most of the kits I bought (just a few Airfix sets) so I accumulated a modest number of Humbrol or Testors paints as well, and I think I got some primer or paint thinner.
To be fair this is an excellent video. The majority of newcomers to the hobby would have exactly that, only whats in the box. After completing the model, those destined to continue with the hobby, would be self critical and strive to improve. Then they can really appreciate the hobby as they develop new techniques and discover new tools and products. I revisited the hobby after 40+ years of everything else life requires and enjoy now more than I did as a child.
I am glad you got where I was going with this one, thanks for watching!
My first kit was an Airfix Spitfire for my 5th birthday. I just glued it all together without painting anything.
yeah, sometimes I wouldn't paint my kits either
Yea same! I just put the plastic parts together, and then hoped for the best. Still came out a royal mess though
@@angryakita3870 my first model was a dh mosquito and i didn't paint as well
Same, mine was a ju87 at like 8 but I painted the propeller blue 💀
Short answer: yes
Long answer: yes, but it might look worse
Yup - "might" - XD
Good job considering the limitations. This really shows how important it is to properly thin paints though.
Exactly! Everyone keeps asking me why I didn't thin the paint - but you can see precisely why you should from this video. Despite my best efforts, unthinned paint just doesn't have the same finish
@@ModelMinutes With all due respect to your great work in the video, not using water to thin the paints seems like an artificial restriction. You have to use water to soak the decals, and clean the brush between paints, and it's not exactly an unavailable substance in any way.
@@TheHongKongHermit take a look at the other comments where I explain my reasoning
@@ModelMinutes I did read those after posting. I will just add that if adding a bit of water to the paint was seen as something a beginner wouldn't do, then using a knife to cut pieces off the sprue is far more of an advanced move. When we were dumb kids we all twisted those things off by hand. Ha, all the models I built had either bits sticking up, or holes in them, depending upon whether the plastic gave way on the sprue side or the model side.
@@TheHongKongHermit clearly everyone has their own opinions on what is "beginner and advanced" . . . . All I did was to try and make an entertaining video that might, at best, help some people and at least just be fun to watch. I never thought this would be such a divisive topic . . .
it would be kind of neat if you did a series of these each one using more and more sophisticated tools. First this, then one with just household supplies, one with things available from a craft store, and finally one with everything available. Then you could do a side by side comparison
That's a cool idea!
I just had flashbacks to 12yo me building a birthday gift model kit.... Today me is thankful I'm not so limited when building kits!
Me too!
8:09 Those pieces are mass balances to avoid flutter
Yes, apparently so! :D
The pieces added to the ailerons at 8:05 are mass-balances - counterweights to balance the aileron about the hinge line. Their function is to damp out control flutter. They can also give aerodynamic servo assistance. Hope this helps!
Thanks! There was a really informative comment saying this a little further down
It makes feel better to see someone who is so good a models struggle with a starter set, maybe I am not as bad as I think
You definitely aren't! We are usually our worst critics
I certainly think paint mixing should be allowed. When I was a kid, couldn't afford a lot of different paint colours and frequently resorted to mixing colours to get what I needed. Thinning the paint should also be allowed, since this doesn't involve extra cost items and seems logical.
Yes, mixing and thinning are things that can be allowed, but I was trying to give a representation of a model built by an absolute beginner following the instructions without any other knowledge
Takes me back. When I was a kid building Airfix, Revell, and Lindbergh kits, this is pretty much what I did. Though I was not so interested in painting gray plastic gray again, when gray plastic looked just fine hanging from my bedroom ceiling. 8-)
The first kit I tried to build (I think I was all of 7 years old, though I might have been 8), was a passenger liner. Trying to get even the most basic coat of red paint on the bottom of the ship with one of those terrible Testors plastic brushes and Testors red paint straight out of the square bottle was frustrating ... and in the end impossible for me. It's kind of surprising in retrospect that I kept on.
And now I've been painting miniatures and building the occasional kit for more than 50 years. Which I wouldn't have been doing without this kind of start. It's fun to look back at what starting was like.
True! Thanks for watching!
I can't emphasise how much you've motivated us young and poor models to get the job done in minimum tools. Thank you sir!
Thanks! I'm glad I could help encourage you :)
I saw a 109 at an airshow years ago, I’ll never forget how amazed I was at how small & fast it was, and that distinctive blue colour and it’s snarly sound.
Sounds awesome!
I have recently bought 5 1/72 kits from Lidl @ £4.99 each. I've done HMS Victory and the Spitfire. "8+ years" it says. Well I'm 60 and can't imagine how I did these fiddly little things when I was 8! I have thoroughly enjoyed my first 2 and am about to start this model. I have no extra tools but have used a Swiss Knife, cocktail sticks, my wife's nail buffer and blue tack to hold some parts while painting. Unlike you I am unable to visualise the paint scheme, you have assembled sections knowing which will be the same colour, thus saving time. I painstakingly painted each parts whilst on the sprue, then had to tidy them up when in situ. Helpfully I can follow this vid for my 109. Lockdown lunacy has brought back some childhood pleasures. My wife is going crazy for paint by numbers, which require much more dexterity than a 1/72 airplane. I also have the Willys which has frighteningly tiny parts. Thanks for this video, very helpful and serendipitous.
If it helps, I find that painting the camo in layers is a good way of doing it, Start off with the lightest colour then the darker colours on top
@@ModelMinutes Thanks, it's coming on, though I admit I'm still painting on the sprue. I don't have the confidence to assemble first as I might end up with having to paint fiddly bits and making a mess ( with the broom of a brush supplied!) I'm now cheating and adding some grey and metallic silver here and there.
@@angowT Awesome! You'll improve with every model you build :D
Takes me back to my childhood making starter sets of spitfires
me too :D
....and the correct spelling of decals is t-r-a-ns-f-e-r-s!!
@@davidmartyn5044 Not stickers then?
@@ModelMinutes Ah no. We did I did have a craft knife with not dissimilar shaped blades which we used well for cutting.
LOL, at you guys, "Starter Set" indeed! There weren't no such thing when I were a lad! You either bought a model or paint but never both and seeing as you couldn't fly a tin of paint into combat with your mates it was a model every time! And another thing, the closest we got to a modelling knife was when we pinched one of our Dad's Wilkinson Sword razor blades and snapped it down the middle with a wooden cloths peg so as not to amputate any fingers. I don't know, the youth of today!
I think it would have been fair to use water to thin the paint. Also you could maybe have used the other end of the paintbrush to apply the glue!
The reason I made my choices in this video is because it represents a "worst case" scenario for building a model kit. Anything extra or additional is therefore an improvement and if you are doing those things then you are already on the way to increasing your skills. I like to consider this one a "benchmark"
@@ModelMinutes I think that's fair, sure most hobbyist beginners would thin the paint but say this was a child that was given this kit as a present, they likely wouldn't thin the paints so i say your reasoning is sound
@@shadowxxe thanks! It’s the reasoning I had as a kid 😂
A great video ! That`s exactly the way a beginner can build this. And the result is not that bad. This beginner will do another kit. I wish I had a kit and a video like this when I did my first model.
Glad you liked it!
I think that it's important to show beginners that sometimes it is tricky to perfect a model with only the products included. This video would have helped me as a beginner as when I started, I thought that my model aircraft would never be as good as some of the CZcamsr's models that I saw and still see now (including yours). I love the hobby and I'm on the younger side, I have a CZcams channel that is the same as my name.🙂
Thanks for sharing!
@ 14 yrs old,that was how l made all my kits...and l loved them all. Now l spend tedious amount of time trying to prefect the smallest detail. How l miss the simple good ole days. Great video.
Thanks! I don't see any problem with building like this when you want to
Brings back memories from 50 + years ago. Almost makes me want to do that again.
You totally should!
Haven’t built a model in a few months, I lost all motivation for the hobby but coming back to this channel has made me want to start building again :)
Welcome back!
get busy!....
All the lockdown extra time started me up again, you have to find some way of escaping this year!🤪
@@johngreen-sk4yk true!
Excellent reminder to those of us that remember when tools/paints/photo etching were not even a distant dream. Well done.
glad you enjoyed!
I built my first model back in 1970.
Watching this build proves that the satisfaction of building these kits, it never ends but gets better !!
Your model came out just perfect and it was a simple and beautiful pleasure to watch your video.
Thanks for sharing it!
Saludos from Mexico !!
Thanks very much, glad you enjoyed 😊
As a kid I used to use cut pieces of the sprue to apply the cement and stir the paints etc. Was better than globbing the cement all over the model. Although sticky finger prints were common 😂
I know that feeling!
This was my first model (after 20 years) and I did it using more tools like airbrush, sandpaper, masking tape, thinners, etc and it was ok. But this is the living proof that only using basic tools and a lot of imagination you can make nice models like this.
Thanks! Yes, sometimes you can do OK with only the most basic of things
I have to say, this video was absolutely great! As fun as it is seeing professional builds, most of us mortals will never reach that level, so seeing a “realistic” build using minimal (none) of the fancy extra tools often used gives me motivation to pick up a kit! :) Good job and great video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks :D
This popped up in my recommendations (I have no idea why) and I thoroughly enjoyed it! Great idea. As someone else has said it would be great to see a ‘pro - level’ build of the same kit
Awesome! Thank you!
It’s a well done video Matt. My brother wants to get back into the hobby after many years away. I’ve recommended your channel to him. Your manner of showing the builds is done in a relaxed but informative way.
Awesome, thank you!
On my first model, this is what I did. I didn't have anything else other than what was in the starter set.
Same! I didn’t even paint the bottom of my first kit
I do these myself from time to time, they're really fun and a cheap way to get a kit without having to buy more paints etc etc. NIce job g
Also, a tip for anyone starting out. Use your scalpel to sharpen a bit of sprue. Pour some glue out onto ur board or whatever and use the sprue to apply the glue rather than apply the glue straight onto parts.
:D
Dang. Seeing the quality difference between your standard work and then the results of this challenge piece makes me feel WAAAAAY better about the nightmare models I made as a kid. It never occured to me that getting the paint wet could be a good idea, and I think I would have been very against sandpaper, since, if I was supposed to use it, it would have been included, right? I saw what other people could make and just assumed that was the result of a far more expensive kit.
yes, i get what you mean! Why, when I buy a pot of paint, am i then required to mix and shake it until all the pigments are completely merged together, then thin it with water or another product?! You'd think that the second you open the pot it would be ready to go . .
Great job on a base kit with what was supplied! I hope you inspired a young person to get into this hobby. It needs to be passed on because of all the other skills it builds upon. All you other seasoned modelers out there know what im talking about!
Thanks! Yes, this is like a baseline for modelling :D
Most beginners will have a knife, but not clean water, as an American I can testify to this. BTW you hand painted that canopy better than I could with a $100.00 set of paint brushes
Haha! Thanks, it's just practice
So - at first I was like "c'mon you can easily thin them down with water, so why do it the hard way?" But as I read the pinned comment and thought about it for a while I agree with you! Many newcomers would just happily slap the paint as it is from the pot, heck I can remember myself from many years ago! While painting the V1 from the famous Spitfire + V1 combo kit (Polish rebox of Frog I believe) in black with a straight out the pot Humbrol 33 enamel my grandpa said "oi laddie, maybe thin that lacquer down so the paint won't blob" and I replied: "no grandpa, it's good, it's ot so thick!". Easy to forget now how we do things in the beginning! Maybe only thing - even back then I would have PROBABLY used a toothpick or a paperclip with the glue for more control after spilling such a nice blob on a propeller backplate ;) A great video to remind me of the nice times where making model kits very easy!
Thanks! I'm glad that it helped remind you of the early days of your hobby :)
Just finished mine, thanks for all the tips!
Glad I could help!
I'm about to buy my first airfix starter set (the King Tiger), though I'm always stressing about whether I'll need a lot of stuff to do it or not. This video is a big relief for me. Probably gonna buy some extra tools, paintbrushes, and perhaps paint though.
glad it helped!
Takes me back to the 70s. Except frequently I did not have the paints available. I also used to make dynamic dioramas. That is stuffing a 'bagger' into a model and making it blow up or at least catch fire. Not popular with my parents that one.
Some of my kits would "fly" out of a window on fire occasionally . . .
I'm getting back into the hobby 20 years after the traumatic destruction of my models. This has inspired me, thank you!
Welcome back!
Interesting challenge. I could not resist the temptation to use additional colors, tools and materials to build this nice kit from Airfix. Thanks for sharing this video.
Thank you so much!
This definitely has its very own charme!
Thanks!
Looking really good,I think the starter kits are great value for younger model maker's and older ones. I've bought a few as fill in models £4.99 in Lidl!
Right on
The kids that these kits are aimed at would be pleased enough with those results. For example, lots of these are bought as gifts for kids who may not be into building kits at all (yet); I've seen them on sale in Lidl and Aldi around Christmas time. Nice gifts actually.
:)
I've been teaching my 6 year old to build and paint recently. Really been thinking about basic principles, limited tools, paints etc. This was excellent to help me frame some of that. Thank you.
Glad this video helped :D
@ModelMinutes really interesting video, I loved the challenge and I’m happy to face one like this soon ! It makes me go back in time where I used to be innocent young and with eyes full of enthusiasm and curiosity ! Thank you again for that brilliant idea!
Go for it!
@@ModelMinutes I still need to finish the Gazelle and I have a new project just behind it !!! So hang tight it’s gonna be here soon 🤗
@@AVIOCHAHINEMODELS nice!
It looks great - if you were standing 3 meters away! Cool challenge, Id love to see it done with the same provided materials, but with thinner paint and other techniques applied to see what is the best result possible with the bits they give you.
Thanks for the idea! Yes, normal viewing distances are much kinder on this one
I am far more patient now (50+) than I was 40 years ago when I assembled these AirFix kits.
The gloopy cement was always an issue and even then, some toothpicks were used although I had no tweezers but clumsy fingers.
Painting was all done at once and the Humbrol enamels stuck to everything, very difficult to remove.
That you managed to complete this model to this level shows your skills in model making even while restricted in tool options.
Bravo and thanks for sharing!
thanks for watching and all the info!
Ah, that glue takes me back to my days of building models in the 1970s. Things are so much easier today. Good job.
Yes! Thank you!
This is what it was like making models when I was a kid without tools etc you can get nowadays. The only difference is we only had enamel paints. The tubes of glue are horrendous to use, as a kid my models were always covered in excessive glue. To be fair, with the limitations that's a good finished product. Not sure why you didn't allow yourself to water down paints as that's an option anyone could do. Very interesting vid.
I remember having to use enamels, and I was not a fan. If you check the other comments you'll find my reasons for not thinning the paints. Thanks for watching!
This is looking good! I have the same kit, though not the Starter Set, so at least I now have an idea of how to proceed with it. I bought the Spitfire mk. 1 Starter Set a couple of months ago - hope the paint is still good when I get around to building that one!
Thanks for watching! I hope the paint is ok too!
I applaud you for simulating the experience of a novice modeler. It is necessary for a newcomer to the hobby to know, that even with skill, it's not easy to get our usual perfection.
Thank you very much!
This took me back to the very early 70s, as a 6-7-8 year old building things , times have changed so might go back and try it again. thanks for the video
I'm glad you enjoyed the video :D
I did this a week ago with a spitfire kit (or at least only allowing household items for help)
And I think it went really well
Awesome!
Wonderful video, I've never really before taken an interesting in modelling or AirFix or the likes, this was great to watch.
I think your intentions with the video were clear enough and I feel the kit did the job well, as I very much found myself wanting to give it a go myself as I was watching, so as a total beginner I thank you for the video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks so much!
Having recently got into moddeling after last building one probably 25-30 years ago, I started with the classic 1/72 Spitfire with virtually only the included parts. Having had fun in completing that build , I got this Bf109E and built it largely as you did. But, went into as much detail as my skill allowed for, thinned down the paints with water and used a number of coats. With a slightly expanded set of tools such as craft knife, additional brushes and PVA glue, with some new techniques such as extruded sprus for control lines and improvised weathering, I think I put together a pretty decent little model. Expanding my tools further with sanding sticks and varnish, I built the 1/32 E-Type Jag which turned ok (for an ancient set). It's not a detailed model, but I managed to get a good finish on the panels (for brush painting). Moving back to WW2 planes, I've completed the Paul Boulton Defiant which also turned out well. To continue on the WW2 fighters, my next plane in waiting is the Mustung. On each model, I've added a new tools or technique to slowly improve the models but with some patience, I think that as you proved, you can defintely build a decent first model from just the starter sets. Watching a few online videos goes a long way to making sure that you maximise what you have.
Yes, gradually improving at your own pace is key here :D
Enjoyed watching this, and knowing how much time goes into this. Your goal of making this video was clear. Nice to see how it turned out in the end, given the fact you only used with what was supplied in the box.
Much appreciated! Thanks for watching!
Just finished watching this. Trying to remember, but I think one of the very first models I made and actually painted was an Airfix Messerschmitt and that would have been some 49 odd years ago. No idea how I got the parts off the sprue, I might have had a knife or I might have just twisted them off. I'm fairly sure I did have a bit of sandpaper though so I could do some cleanup. Humbrol paints, but back then there were no fancy acrylics, it was all enamels, so I've got not so fond memories of having to wait hours for paint to dry. Oh, and the old style wing construction where they just slot into the side of the body - hard to get the angle right and both sides looking the same.
I built some of the older style bf109s once upon a time, I remember not enjoying them so much
Try using a cocktail stick to apply the glue
the old skills are being forgotten in the modern modeling world.
Yes, but it wouldn't be much of a challenge if i started making it easier . .
The reason I made my choices in this video is because it represents a "worst case" scenario for building a model kit. Anything extra or additional is therefore an improvement and if you are doing those things then you are already on the way to increasing your skills. I like to consider this one a "benchmark"
Or a pin.
First rule of plastic modeling. NEVER use tube glue. Use liquid glue instead as that tube stuff is difficult to use and goes brittle with age.
Just found this after watching some of the most insane model detailing vids. Dunno what some of your regular viewers were on. I got your premise, and thought it was really cool.
I appreciate that!
This video gives me hope, as i'm not too experienced in the hobby. Thank you, this video was great!
Glad it was helpful!
2:26 just rock the parts side-to-side on the sprue I didnt use a knife
I still do that sometimes 😂
Never used a knife as my mum said I was not allowed to .. 40 odd years ago so had to rock and roll everything off ...
This was my first ever kit :)
Nice!
Please do another Airfix starter set video!
I've watched every Starter Set video you've made and I absolutely love them
Awesome 😎
As an absolutely casual modeller who picks things up once every few years I would love to see more of this type of video
thanks for the suggestion!
Good job just using the box content! This remembers me my very first model, at age 10 I think.. I put the whole decal sheet into a dish full of water and then tried to pick up the decals when they started floating 😂 .. No paint, superglue only.. A Grey model with lots of glue fingerprint marks😂.. but that's where it all started from!
Haha! Sounds like a very similar story to how many of us started
Hahahaha, sounds totally familiar..... 1) get a bowl with luke warm water, 2) throw decal sheet in the bowl, 3) think: bugger, I didn't ask for decal soup! 😄
I'm so old when I built my first me109 from airfix it had swastikas on the tail
Rip. Good thing about vintage kits, you get swastikas... Caring to easily offended rather than authenticity
You can get them as aftermarket decals if you really want that authentic look
I'm so old that the kits were in plastic bags with red stripe header cards.
Yep I remember series 1 kits. 15p got one every week with my pocket money 😁
@@jasonkristunas9427 Sounds like a fun childhood!
I’ve made this kit a bit fiddly but love building it brought a FW190 in the same type of kit can’t wait to build it
I've also built a FW190 - granted it was years ago now though - video somewhere on the channel
A good representation of a kit that is pleasing to the eye for a beginner or simply to display. Either way nicely done.
Thanks!
3:40 as the instruction video on the spitfire said, just use part of the box as an applicator
Apparently so
Looks like you had some old school fun there mate
Haha! True
The difference between a limited selection of tools, paint, glues and a high degree of skill vs a good selection of tools, paints, glues and a high degree of skill. As a 7 to 14 yo my skill set was slowly improving. I think back to the early models I assembled vs one of the last ones I built....huge difference. My early efforts were close to your example shown here.(I know it was due to the limits you put on yourself). Then I think about the ELVIRA THUNDERBIRD kit My wife got me as a birthday present. I spent days and weeks getting everything perfect on that model, often testing paints on scrap and old busted up kits to get it just right. Never had the patience to do all of that when I was younger. The Thunderbird set on display in our living room for years. Two things that upset about that model...my friend that came over and decided it was okay to let his son play with it...because it was just a plastic model....and the fact that there was NOT an Elvira figure included.
oh no!
You did a great job. Thanks for pointing out this video to me a couple of days ago. In a recent tute I suggested that you attempt making a model using the old glues and paints. I reckon you did a grand job on the cockpit glass; particularly given the broom you were using. I enjoy painting with a brush, but use a skewer to clean up mistakes on the plastic glass. I’m really enjoying your videos. Thanks so much for sharing.
thanks for watching!
Looks like a interesting video
😊
You made a cracking job with the limitations you had to work with! Love the Ghost Pilot (:>)
Thanks a lot!
I'm pretty sure its the authentic face of a 'two-week' pilot getting his first live action orders in September 1940: "Hans! You will fly lead in todays attack on Britain!"
Hans: *Mein Gott! Will ze glue hold all ze way und back! And zis paintjob makes ze airplane to heavy to fly schnell!*
The more you look at it, the better it looks. Well done considering the restraints. 🎉🎉
Thanks 😊
Wow I think you did an amazing job!! My bf109 kit I used an airbrush and so many additional paints putty for the camp borders etc. Really impressed at the lines and rather clean paint job. I do find it off putting that there are no panel lines I usually put those in with pencil. This is awesome to show what can be done with minimal tools if you plan and take your time. Well done good sir well done
Awesome! Thank you! I normally do a dark wash to bring out those panel lines, but the included colours in this one probably wouldn't lend themselves too well to that particular task
Nicely done video. I think that water to thin the paints should have been allowed in the challenge. Any new model builder would have access to water. Which makes using it for just decals and not paint thinning really overly limiting for the challenge. Being a model builder going back to the 1970s (the tube glue era) I'll offer up a tip that would remain in the spirit of the challenge or to anyone using the box items only.
Don't apply glue from the tube. Dipping the tip a cocktail stick/toothpick in the glue for better control is better. To remain in the spirit of the challenge as those aren't supplied in the kit, use a piece of sprue waste and trim an end to a point using the craft knife. Finer application and less blobs that way. You can also use the sprues to spread the paint along larger areas as needed.
Again, tips from a model builder going back to the era where what you're using in the challenge is all we had. Such was the life as 70's kid building models.
If you read some of the other comments you’ll understand my reasons for my choices
before watching the video, yes, absolutely, you can build a starter set with the included paint and cement, you will need a few other things, something to cut the parts from the sprues, and it may not look spectacular, but that is not what the sort of person likely to buy a starter set will be looking for, an experienced modeler looking for a perfect build is unlikely to purchase a starter set.
when as a 10 or 11 year old I started making model kits I used my penknife, yes my parents got me one when I started Scouts, that was considered far more acceptable in the early 90s than it is now.
I thought this video would give those starting out a bit of hope :)
My first airfix kit was a Spitfire. I was 10 years old and used dope based paint!!! It had a great crazy paving finish!! Your video was a great intro into your first build and goes along way into helping newbies get there foot into the modelling ladder. Your presentation was brilliant and informative. Thank you for sharing. As to my aircraft modelling well 65 years later I now scratch build model locos instead!!!!!!
wow! Sounds like you learned quite a few lessons along the way :)
I'm an old dog who is still happy to learn new tricks!!
When I was a child growing up in the seventies I devoured this scale in Airfix as it was cheap. They came in polythene bags with cardboard hang tags for most of them with the very basic set of instructions. The thoughts of having (back then) very very expensive airbrushes or the rare to find and expensive liquid cements were put into the land of dreams room where the 1/24th scale kits resided. A part of my pocket money each week went to building up my paint collection ( all Humbrol, very little else could be got where I grew up in Devon) and brushes and once a month a kit could be bought. A cheap model knife was used as exacto were expensive but my breakthrough came when a family member who worked in a hospital gave me a Swann Morton knife and many blades.
I used a toothpick to apply the glue and cut down cheap paint brushes to get fine brushes and I had one flat brush for the bodies.
All of this made the hobby accessible to many of us small boys back then and as we grew older and got paper rounds our spending power became greater so more tools and better kits could be bought. This was never dismissed in the model magazines I used to read or in the books I used to borrow in the library about model making. Looking now going by CZcams it seems this approach would simply not be encouraged, we are in the age of not make do but spend as much as possible to have every correct tool and most experience kits possible and shun things like hand painting . I wonder how many kids are instantly put off these days by the need to have everything to start building kits?
Back when I was a kid, popping into my local Bike shop who was also the Humbrol/Airfix seller was just about the most exciting thing I could imagine and the joy from those cheap Airfix kits, the research from books in the library and the fun of gradually building up a stock of parts and getting better glues and fillers ( the joy I had in using my first bottle of liquid cement and making liquid plastic from the scrap plastic to fill in small sections or paint tissue paper to make a cape for a 1/54th scale figure was incredible to me)
I swear, that make do with what you have and create things from bits you could find in the House helped build me into a self reliant confident person as an adult because I learned that just because someone had more did not mean I could not create something similar for myself without the expense! Thank you for this video, this was basically my childhood in this build, make do and have fun and be happy with the end result!
Thanks for the info! Sounds like you have some happy memories :D
8:05 Not movement limiters but mass balances which guard against aileron flutter
Yes, apparently so 😊
I always struggle with the paints as the finish is not good out of the pot as its very thick.
Yup, i agree!
Always wondered if this was ever possible. Looks great
Thanks!
Awesome job there 👍 I actually built that same kit as my first build. I think it comes out really well to be honest. Was really pleased with it. Good idea for a video too, interesting to see what a pro like yourself can achieve when going back to basics. Good job!
Cool, thanks!
yes my first model was like this and it was ok
Nice 😎
What are these "starter sets" of which you speak? First week you bought the kit in the plastic baggy. You looked at it all week till the next week when you had some more money and bought a tube of glue and built it. You broke the bits off the sprue as neatly as you could. You learned which way to flex it so there wasn't a bit of plastic sticking out into the glue joint to spoil how well it went together. The next week you bought one or two tins of paint as close to the correct colours as they had in stock and painted it with the brush from your school water paint box, rendering it useless as these were oil based enamels and you didn't have thinners to clean it. The inside was unpainted as you had glued the canopy on. That was OK as you couldn't see through it anyway as the fumes from over gluing it clouded it up. If the propeller actually moved because you kept the glue off it - that was good. If it would spin when you blew on it that was a bonus! Over time and many models you built up a stock of paints. The day you could afford to buy a tin of "flesh" paint for a singular dot of paint onto the pilot's face - you had it made!
How PC of Airfix - where's the Swastika decal for the rudder? Guess they have to sell the same kit in Germany where it is banned....
You nailed it in every regard! I remember the days of not having the right paints and pretty much "settling" for something - i actually still do that on occasion. As for the decals, yes, to reach the German market it's not a financial decision airfix made to produce 2 separate sheets
I used to help my older brother deliver newspapers. Depending on services rendered, l was paid 2/6d or 3/6d. That was enough for the bagged Series 1 or the boxed Series 2.
The fascination with these kits is still there.
Interesting experiment, takes me back to my childhood doing my first models
Me too!
I gave myself this challenge last year (as stated earlier) yes, I can be done, but so frustrating for someone with at least 50 years experience and loads of "extras". When i started, all my models looked a bit rough. We only had enamel paints. I was lucky, I had help from my older brother who was brilliant, and still is. Take care, all the best for 2021 😁👍
Thanks, you too!
not allowing your self water to thin the paint was insane! following that logic how did you clean the brush between colours ! :-)
I was going for the “true” beginners experience, how good can you make a model look without all the fancy tools and techniques we use
You should have used a pair of nail clippers instead of the knife blade to give the complete beginners experience.
Haha! Even as a beginner I never used a nail cutter 😂
Well done, a great showing of basic skills to master and restraint from using skills, tools, and techniques not mastered by the beginner modelers that would purchased kits of this sort. Bravo.
thanks!
Reminds me of how I used build my model cars! Good job with what you had😀
Cool, thanks!
Gotta Love a starter Kit.. They are good fun..
True! 😂
Well done! I’ve seen builders and carpenters build houses without using modern tools ie no electricity, no finished lumber etc. Obviously far more time consuming and difficult than building a basic model but still in the spirit of “back in the old days!” My first model was a Monogram 1/48 Hurricane in 1966. Glue everywhere etc. Back in the day!😉
Haha! This is how i used to build mine too :D
Looks awesome!
Thanks!
Thanks for this Matt ! 👍
My pleasure!