Building the Hasegawa 1/32 P 12E, Part 1
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- čas přidán 4. 02. 2024
- Building and improving an oldie but a goodie. Correcting errors and omissions on the wings and the fuselage exterior and interior. Topping it off with a lovely resin engine from Vector: www.neomega-resin.com/
A brief overview of the Hasegawa range of 1/32 scale 1930s aircraft released in the early '70s.
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So great to see you still building model planes Andy! I remember when we lived across the street from each other in 3rd grade - grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch and your model planes! Great memories! 😁
Hey, thanks Ann! Great to hear from you and thanks for leaving a comment. Yep, I'm still a model airplane geek! Hope all's well with you.
You are most welcome my friend!! And I'm glad you are still modelling 😉 I'm doing well - always busy with one thing or another 😁
Great video! I enjoy the craftsmanship, hyper attention to detail and learning about the planes.
Thanks J*! Good to hear from you. Still playing bass?
@@warpedplastic Hey Andy! A little bit, sometimes, my son has a couple bass guitars so I play his lol. I have a guitar that I noodle on these days.
@@jasonbauer7163 Good to hear. I'm still waiting on that SL reunion tour, we really should do one some day! I've played a couple of jam sessions locally and an outdoor party last summer which was great fun.
I truly enjoy your sense of humor and the tips you provide. You are fun to watch.
Thank you! Glad the videos are working for you.
Dang! Great idea on splitting the epoxy plunger. Nice job on the videos.
Thank you! Very much appreciated.
A real classic. And I absolutely agree regarding scribing lines.
It really is a classic kit, but still good. Many thanks for the comment.
Airfixhas done a Bristol Buldog this year.
A thumbs up seems inadequate for this video. A really nice one.
Thanks for showing your references, that is something the other yters leave out. You include lots of stuff others don't do.
As a who fan, I love your tee shirt.
Thanks so much for the feedback, it's really beneficial to know how the videos are perceived and what I'm getting right (or wrong!). I'm looking forward to the Airfix Bulldog. 1/48th isn't my usual scale but there are some subjects, like the Bulldog, that I just can't resist. Dr. Who rocks!😄 Thanks again.
Really look forward to your videos mate, great to hear you will be putting these out weekly, can't wait to see how this one turns out!
Thank you, much appreciated! I'm hoping I can do the kit justice but so far it's coming along nicely.
I’ve got the P-12E and the F4B in my stash so I’m very much looking forward to seeing how this goes. But you are right. These are lovely kits but some more modern versions would be great.
Totally agree, updated versions would be great, as well as other pre-war aircraft in this scale. Perhaps unlikely, but you never know - ICM has already graced us with some lovely Gladiators, Stearmans and Tiger Moths (oh my!) so maybe they'll come through for us. Many thanks for the comments.
Thanks for the bits of advice. Very helpful.
Particularly for the double barrel epoxy 👍🏼
Crazy Canuck!
From a daft Paddy.
Ian
Thanks Ian., much appreciated!
@@warpedplastic No bother 😌👍🏼
This seems to be a very competent modeling channel, subscribed my dude!
Thank you! Very much appreciated.
The modelling equivalent of the Gordian knot, split the plunger! I too agree about scribing, battle damage helps to cover some scratches. Great video.
Lol I hadn't thought of that, but I like it. In this case, I used a razor saw; not quite as dramatic as a sword but just as effective! Many thanks for the comments.
Another great video! Getting the wings straight kept me away from biplanes. I did an Airfix Tigermoth many, many years ago. I think it ended up in the bin! It'll be interesting to see how this one turns out.
Thank you. I'm hoping the wings will actually stay straight!
Great choice of a classic kit. Looking forward to it. Keep on croakin' :)
Thank you!
Looking forward to seeing this build as I have a soft spot (between my ears) for between the wars fighters.
I have those same soft spots! Many thanks for the comment.
Waldron may have introduced seat belt hardware before Model Technologies. Not sure just glad to have them.
Quite possible, I'd forgotten about Waldron. I had a few of their sets back in the day and they were pretty decent, though I recall they used a very tough metal (steel?) that was difficult to cut and bend. Many thanks for the comment.
You are as mad as a box of frogs but I love your channel happy modelling old boy 👍 😂
Lol thank you so much and I'm glad you're enjoying it! Frog boxes are sadly underrated these days ...
I am very much looking forward to your build of this Hasegawa kit. I remember back in the mid 70's my brother and I getting models of the 1/32 Hasegawa P-12E and F4F-B for Christmas. Feeling nostalgic I manage to get 2 of each kit from eBay and was starting to build them. I pretty much was building them OOTB, just bought some aftermarket decals. My P-12E wing is different in that it does not have the F4B-4 wingtip lights, floatation panels, or the raised handholds on the lower wing. Now the real question I want to ask is are you going to replace the tail wheel with a tail skid? Most of the photos of the P-12E have the tail skid.
That's very interesting! Hasegawa must have retooled the wing in later issues of the kit. I should check my F4B-4 and see if they've removed the P-12E wingtip lights. I'll have to find out if the aircraft I'm modelling had the tailskid or not. The P-12 was originally manufactured with a tailskid but many were retrofitted with tailwheels. Many thanks for the feedback.
Another thought...some of the old Microscale decal sheets have not held up well. I have some that go back to the '70's. In more recent years, they have come apart after soaking and trying to transfer to the model.
Good to know, thanks for that! I have some Microscale decal film which I can use if a test decal comes apart on me. Thanks for the comments.
Sweet!🤗
I recently finished the F4B version of this kit & have begun the BF2C!
I put an ICM 1/32 seated pilot in mine to solve the seat issue.
Where did you get the Vector set?
Many thanks for the comments and a good fix for the seat issue! I got the Vector engine direct from them, I put a link to their website in the description.
Considering the kit was created in 1971 and they were probably wanting to stay within a price range for kit design and mold engineering, the one piece engine makes sense. That price range thing is also probably why they did not spend time sculpting the figure and cutting the mold for a pilot for it. A decision which I understand & a decision which ended my desire to get these kits back in the 70s and 80s.
I'm quite sure price was a factor, and the fact that expectations were much lower in the '70s therefore a one-piece engine was perfectly adequate for the time. There is a pilot in the kit - albeit a very bizarre looking one! I never add pilots to my models so not a deal breaker for me. Many thanks for the comments.
@@warpedplastic Hmm, curious. Went to check my memory by looking at PDF of instructions available at Scalemates, they have a 2005 issue, and it gives no mention or illustration of there being a pilot as part of kit.
I'm not surprised, the pilots in this range of kits seem to have fallen out of favour with Hasegawa at some point and were removed from the toolings. Neither my BF2C-1 nor the F4B-4 have pilots (both 1991 issues), but I have seen earlier releases of those kits that do. My early-issue P-26 and P-12 kits both have the pilots.
Is your house held up with acrow props?
Lol One beam has screw props either end, but they are permanently imbedded in the concrete floor. No idea why that was done, but the house was built in 1960 and I'm guessing it has been like this since new.
You have to be an egghead to attend a board meeting. It's a rule.
Lol can't argue with you there! Thanks for watching.