1/48 Hasegawa Kittyhawk /P-40 - My FIRST commission build!
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- čas přidán 24. 07. 2024
- In this episode I take on the Hasegawa P-40E kit and build it as a 250 Sqn Kittyhawk in RAF service. This aircraft is in tribute to Pilot Officer Tweedie who was killed flying the aircraft on May 10th, 1942.
As my first commission build, I hit some snags with the kit that couldn't be simply put on the shelf for a few days to step away from. Custom masks are cut and no decals are used.
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Awesome job! Extremely real and well balanced pain job. Congratulations!
Love the way you've tied in all the info from historical research into the details, painting and weathering of this model! Model building is at it's best when the real history of the aircraft and the people behind it are realized in miniature.
Very nice build! I really enjoyed the build along with your comments in history.
My Grandfather Served in the RAF for a short time in North Africa. He then went on to the European theatre and flew the Mosquito in the 100 Group(Bomber Support). I used to spend hours sitting with him talking about his time served, I really miss him.
What an awesome result. Great work!
Even though I can only really spare a dollar a month, you're the first person i've ever subscribed to on patreon, love your videos
Thank you for being a patreon. I know that a lot of people are having a hard time this year with the COVID situation so I made my first tier only $1 so it was available to more people.
What a beautiful build, would be such a meaningful keepsake for the family very touching
Wow, more brilliant building. They’d love you at the RAF Museum. As for commissions, I hope you’re getting fair compensation for these priceless works of art.
Superb ! It's excellently detailed and nice work.
Hey, thank you for last year. Thank you for the effort you put into your videos. Keep it up. A Merry Christmas and a Merry Week
Thank you very much! I hope you have a happy Christmas and Santa leaves some plastic under the tree
Another superb build from you. In response to your question, my favourite part of a build is the painting and weathering stage. The less I like is decalling, because, if you make a mistake there it is difficult to correct, I enjoyed that before, but now I feel a little...." stress" while decling. I build 1/48 scale airplane models and try to drill and improve my skills in every build. Practise make Masters...lol.
Congratulations for the build!
Beautiful built! Thank you.
Stunning work again.
The part of the build I dread is decals. They can be so inconsistent. Some sheets go down nice while others are a struggle. Even decals on the same sheet can perform differently. I’ve been painting insignia and squadron codes much more frequently. I’ve discovered HGW wet transfers for the stencils and they have been nice to work with too. Really enjoy your videos. Keep it up!
Absolutely amazing build
Great P-40, and the Hurricane is sublime. For me, I struggle immensely with the final commit of attaching the canopy and sealing everything inside. Magnified greatly when fitting a sealed cockpit canopy.
Been waiting for this for a while... waste disappointed... amazing work as always!! Thanks for sharing your talent.
* wasn't disappointed
Amen, Brother!
Thank you for waiting patiently. Losing the King Tiger footage set me back a month.
Everything worth while is worth waiting for!! And it was worth the wait. Once again. Thankyou
My biggest challenge with model making is keeping the motivation to continue like I said in one of your comments I have 4 models on the go and I keep having to tell myself to finish a model before I start another one
Brilliant build as always mate keep up the great work
This, I only last week finished an Airfix Typhoon Ib that I started at the beginning of april. Normally it takes me a while to finish models but it didn't help that the paint job went badly which nuked my moitvation. Resisting the urge to just start a new model is immense
Sometimes it is the overall feel of a build which eats my mojo away, like many seams and ejector pin marks, or if I paint or build something totally wrong. Then it lands in the bin. Nice, that you started with comission builds and share them on your chanel!!!
Superb presentation
I too just switched over to the Oil paint use, and should have done it years ago. As a Cdn in the US, I use the products avail to me and here I use the MasterClass Oil paints avail from Hobby Lobby. If you are patient, you can get them on 50% off sale and then I went crazy and bought the 20 tubes for $10 USD. And a huge shout out to the odorless type white spirits, saves allot of headache; but you should still use in a well ventilated room. Thank you sir for the very informative videos!
I have to make myself built the model. I hate building them but alas one must build if one wants to paint. Like you said, the final pieces like landing gear and under wing stores are always the worst. I will often build and paint those early in the project so they will be ready to just to glue on at the end of the build. My favorite part is the completed subject. I love looking at what I have built.
A work of art, Sir.
I might have to try to find a Hasegawa kittyhawk kit and see how it compares to the AMtech kit. I am currently building a "roundtail" k5 kittyhawk from the kit. My only complaint so far is almost nonexistent panel lines.
That kittyhawk turned out beautifully. I hope the customer is happy with both it and the hurricane. They are both beautiful models.
Thanks bud. His family really appreciated it.
Excellent job sir, well done, plus it's a scheme we don't see very often.
No one has noticed yet my last two builds have been lended aircraft to the "other" county. A USAAF Spit and an RAF Kittyhawk :)
Awesome work! Very nice kit!
Thank you :)
I hear you on the "get-there-itis." I've done several kits where there would be something like a mold seam present on a pitot tube, or part of the sprue gate left over on an antenna, or a hastily painted landing light, or whatever. You've really got to treat every part with equal respect.
I did Hasegawa's P-40 in 1/32 a while back and encountered a lot of the same issues you did, particularly with that separate tail piece. Restoring the lost detail around that seam was not a lot of fun. Gorgeous cockpit detail, though. Anyway, beautiful work! That riveting really does add a whole layer of interest that you don't notice straight away.
Nice kit. Liked the oil weathering insights. For your question, possibly decals - the tiny ones - although attaching ignition wiring to two radials is current least favorite task.
beautiful work...👏
Perfect build mate 👌👌👌👌
Looking back on my first kits I have done more then a year ago makes me cringe, but the seeing the improvments of my models makes me happy.
Because when I was younger I didn't have the facilities to paint my kits I'm much more of a "builder" I love the process of putting it all together. I still struggle with seeing something through to the end even now, I'm always looking for the next build.
For me it’s dealing with the failure of messing something up and potentially ruining a build. I find it hard to cope with considering I don’t have a dedicated space/ a lot of time to spend on modelling! Love your videos mate, look forward to a beaufighter or a mosquito possibly in the future
I was already suspecting, but my Hasegawa P-40E is now a little further back in the queue. For me, landing gear is my nemesis. I get the same way - once paint and decals are on and basic weathering, I lose patience. Need to work on that!
Amazing job
I had the same problem trying to find the flap colour for a spitfire - metal or int green. Asked a couple of FB groups. Dozens of people eager to tell me how a plane on the ground will NEVER have it's flaps down, but still couldn't answer the question....
Very well done. 👍
Once I get to the filling and sanding stage, my motivation drops, especially if I'm still seeing seams and imperfections on my first primer pass. It just seems like it will never end. That, and if a kit isn't going together as well as I had hoped....again, motivational killer. I do have to remind myself to slow down though once I get to the painting/decaling stage. If I start to rush, I make small mistakes and I just end of making more work for myself. I will say one thing about commission builds, as I have done more than a few over the past few years, always pick and choose....don't accept everything that comes your way. I build models for friends in the RCAF who have seen my work and tend to appreciate it....and they are flexible with schedules in terms of building and finishing the model. Having said that, it is hard to say no to a friend, so striking a balance between commissions and your own work is key. When I find that balance, I will let you know.
Filling definitely kills my soul. I find now using Sprue goo has make life a bit easier. But still the sanding part can be endless
Hey greetings from germany, i just found your channel because of Scale Hangers model show. Most challanging for me is to find the small gap between over and under weathered. Keep on with the good work.
Less is always more
I really like your videos, not only in your ability to produce great models but also all the other 'youtubey' bits of the video production. One day I may even have a go at a youtube video myself! As for what kills my modelling mojo.. probably the filling and seam fillling - i'm really bad at it and have not found a process that I enjoy.
Seam filling definitely sucks the fun out of things. Especially when it's bad engineering that has caused them.
Thanks for your feedback on the editing. It's something very new to me and I am trying to improve on. If you start a channel let me know and I'll sub!
Awesome build! To answer your question, my least favourite is decals, especially the numerous tiny ones like 'NO STEP' etc. Hate them!
I have the ZM F-4 and looking at the stencils may of put me off the build.
@@TheModelGuy skip the tiny ones, call it weathering :D
I would be very interested to see you build something like a Lancaster or B-17. I love the monoplanes but I reckon you could do a smashing job of a kit like that. Keep up the good work! I’m stuck at uni until Christmas but I got myself a eurofighter to do in the meantime. My goal is definitely to reach your level of model making I love it i does!!!
I have the 1/48 HKM B-17 in the stash and will be doing it most likely in February
For me its filling gaps, sanding, priming, refilling, sanding, i really have to push myself through the process sometimes
yeah that too especially when you've sanded everything rescribed everything primed it base coated clear coat next thing you know you have ghost shadows of what you rescribed and putty work
I don't mind some filling and such, it's not lego. But when you get a kit (like this one) that takes quite a bit more than usual, I can feel myself dying on the inside and losing focus.'
Fantastic !!
I built this in Olive Drab and Grey, US Army and Pre War Markings, factory fresh and no Shark mouth. I built at same time as Airfix P40B in full Flying Tigers markings and also Factory fresh. Hasegawa was the more troublesome build, but I love the way finished kit looks. I would like to display that US Army and Star with red dot under wing, like on a highly reflective base that looks like Ice on parked hardstand. I wish I would be bold and do more than most with Flying dioramas. That would show those US Army Pre War Markings under a said wing.
Superb!
So there's a funny little thing that I noticed, specifically because you mentioned pronunciations... I say decal as "dee-cal" (think tea, but "d") so hearing how you say that vs the paint that you said would get attention was a little funny to me.
Other than that, I am very impressed with your skills and the model is flawless. You are remarkable in your execution and I% appreciate your time, effort! Thank you very much!
Thanks Chris that's awesome to hear. :)
Patience is my problem (a lack of it!). With regard to your getthereitis - I've heard another first class modeller, Jamie Haggo, discuss this and he uses gaps in the main build (drying/curing time etc) to get those 'last' bits and pieces done early. Closing off the model is then just about fitting them when painting and weathering of the aircraft is complete. Great job on this build.
Thanks Phil! It’s been a few years and I still struggle with patience :)
Always happy to see a Curtis fighter 🙂 and it can be pronounced Ab-too-lung or ab-tie-lung... I think
Looks Great!👍
It looks great 👌
Another great video and build! Thank you and hats off to your tenacious research! I can imagine how much more that must bring to the build.
Also, I can tell you to pronounce Abteilung as UP-THAI-LUNG (with the U pronounced as in FULL) - then you speak perfect German! ;)
On another note - I always drag my feet at weathering and stall forever.
"Perfect" German eh? Noted haha. Thank you
@@TheModelGuy Ask my Canadian ex, she can tell you, I speak the truth.. ;)
I have enjoyed in this video as well.
Since you mentioned where was P-40 in service (in which countries I mean), believe it or not, Yugoslavia was interested in these airplanes. But they were never delivered. Instead of that, they were sent to Soviet Union.
I have from Hobby Craft P-40 E in that same scale waiting to be assembled as well.
I also did almost two weeks ago my P-40 in scale such as 1/72. You can see it on my channel, and you can also hear some small history about it if you are interested as well.
Excelente vídeo saludos desde Chile a mi también me encanta los aviones y él aeromodelismo gran trabajo 🤘🤘😎
The thing I like the least is masking the canopies...
9/10 times I'll buy a masking set in advance. Usually $10-12 bucks. But I do find the Eduard ones for other brands do not always fit and need to be trimmed
The panel gaps, filling, sanding, and adding panel rivets, this is the most difficult for me.
The biggest challenge for me is motivation. Getting home from work after 10 to 12 hours kinda wears on you. And finding peace and quiet.
There’s always someone or something nagging me.
Then there is just plain loosing interest in the model.😞
Take care of yourself and stay safe. 🍻🌲
Great build, I love ww2 aircraft.
This is my zen thing at the end of the day. Even if it's an hour. I find it relaxing.
@Elvira Dela Cruz There have been a few nights at the bench where I'm just in the zone, enjoying the build and realized I should have been in bed two hours ago
*Such a nice historical Kittyhawk, congrats! 👏👏*
I'm thinking of getting back to this wonderful world of 1/48 model building, after close to 15 years.
Do you have a video about equipment you use? I'm sure I could dig out my old tool case, but everything would be rusted/dried up :D
Mostly interested in glues, and scoring/scribing equipment I've seen in your vids.
112 was the ONLY RAF "sharkmouth" squadron, it was their "trademark".
Very nice work and an interesting story to go with it as always. Imagine the surprise of the client when they found out what aircraft was really in the photo. The research part of this hobby can really build a lot of excitement and anticipation but the quality of the kits all too often put a damper on what could be much more fun, commission or not.
Lovely looking model. My personal hate is decals, especially loads of little ones. I always seem to struggle with them or get a problem. Good luck on the commission builds but I know what you mean by being motivated with models that maybe are not of interest to you. I make models for one guy only, he lives on his own and his house is full of models. The problem is he seems to like the old kits and I get really fed up filing flash off parts and trying to make them look better by adding detail and getting sharper edges. I just wish he would buy me some Wing Nut Wings or similar modern kits to build.
Nice work, I like small backhistory behind sharkmouth, my mind keeps saying to me that there was somebody even earlier than Bf 110's, but I can't remember what was it :D
I've seen early bf-109s with the shark mouth. I've also seen WWI aircraft with mouths, so it goes back a long way
Building canopy masks is a challenge sometimes
I'll gladly pay the $10 for a mask to save time
Beautiful work! I really want to do an aircraft on my channel. What would you suggest? I'm actually thinking maybe the p-40 from airfix.
Stencils, or a boatload of bombs. It's tiring, especially when you've got 2 sticks of MERs full of Snake Eyes. I also find drop tanks, big bombs, and some missiles to be very tiring to work with.
So, what you are telling me is that I should avoid doing my ZM Phantom anytime soon? That beast is loaded for bear
I struggle with panel lines. Canopies not east for me either.
Nice one 👌 well done how about a me 262 in this scale next
I have the 1/32 Trumpeter 262. Lots of detail in the stock kit. Probably February
SWEET!!!!
Beautiful build!! I've been messing with Rosie the Riveter lately and need a tip. How much pressure do you use? I find that they frequently almost disappear after I sand them. Thanks.
It's trial and error really. I use enough force that after sanding they are still visible. But they also shouldn't be very stark, just enough to hold a wash.
Great job
Most challenging is CANOPIES. They require a lot of mental discipline on my part. Thanks for sharing on your channel
I second what someone below said. Stencils! German aircraft have a lot, usually. I did an Bf-110, once; that had right at 100.
Yikes! Especially those tiny trim tab ones that seem to be microscopic.
So for me I use chalks that I get at 5 below. I scrape off the color I want and then I add lighter fluid.
And the lighter fluid doesn't affect your paint or clear?
Very nice work. I think I hate canopy making the most. Your rivets look nice, but I dont count them and would never put any on. Just me
Least favorite? Masking.
if there is alot of decals i ave to push myself, but it depends. like a 1/32 F4 phantom has like 600 decals and 500 of em are warning labels. i dont like doing that. and very big fitting issues are also pretty big mojo killers
did you cut out the stencils , if not where did you get them, or how did you cut them out? GREAT VID !!
I used my silhouette to cut all the masks
Stencils on a 1/72. Imran, I'm 56 now and the old eyes aren't as good as they used to be. If you're close enough to a 1/72 to notice that the stencils aren't there, you're too close!! I'm with you on undercarriage as well. What happened to the inbox bases that manufacturers used to provide? They made "gear up" an easy option.
My biggest challenge is doing putty work, with armor like redoing the weld beads and adding zimmerit(when applicable). With aircraft, the putty work in filling the gaps to get a perfectly smooth surface is grueling to me. I like construction, and I love painting, but that middle transition isn’t fun as crucial as it is😂
Body work isn't fun for me. I have an S-3 Viking that's needing a lot of it. It may just head to paint mule status
Gap filling an sanding is the worst for me. If only they could all be like Tamiya. Nice build by the way.
I don't mind some gaps, but canyons....nope
UGH, clear coats. I don't understand them very well, and they always level out the painting effects that I worked so hard to achieve.
What do you use for clear coat? I find Tamiya X-22 in a wet (not soaking) coat, followed by a mist of Mr Leveling Thinner turns it into glass.
@@TheModelGuy i like using GX-100 thinned with mr leveling thinner. strong as hell and super shiny. for matte i use Alclad 2 Flat Kote, its the most matte i have found and i dont know anyone that gets the colour more matte than on my models
My gripe is fine in a clear that actually is flat when you spray it or semi-gloss and gloss etc I have Tamiya ,aqueous all of migs AK interactive third generation hotaka lacquer clears which work excellent however they seem to have an orange tint or yellow tint and the best of all that I found that actual Sheen comes out which is actually stayed on on the bottle is all clad twos but those are too harsh I want to try something safer
I had a bottle of Tamiya X-22 turn to a yellow tint. Not sure if I put a contaminated toothpick in it but I saved it for armor builds since they get a lot oils and filters.
What a fantastic build and story thanks for sharing it. As an aside a NZer was the highest scoring commonwealth ace in the Pacific flying intitally the Brewster Buffalo over Singapore, but most of his kills were in the P-40, Geoff Fisken RNZAF en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Fisken.
For me it the Clear parts that give me problems, how about doing a video on Removal, Clean-up, and Installing them.
That's definitely a nail biter when the gates are a large part of the window. Any bit of stress and it's cracked.
I'm sure I can add that into a video
@@TheModelGuy "Thanks", will be looking forward in see this.
Curtis P - 40, cool fiighter,..
So with so much thinner being used, how many layers are we talking here? Do you ever have issues with reactivating/bleed on the earlier layers? And why sometimes MLT and sometimes IPA but with the same brand paint? So many questions, sorry, but so fascinating!
Hi Ben,
It seems like a lot of thinner, but you can see I'm not putting on heavy coats so reactivating isn't an issue. The reason for using IPA is for motling and soft work. The reason being it flashes off fast and gives you a lot more control over building up smoke or exhaust stains. The trade off is you have to be very tight to the model to prevent dusting it.
@@TheModelGuy thanks! Might be a bit advanced for me but something to consider as I get to know my airbrush and practice with thinning!
Abb-lie-ton - Subbed, brilliant vid mr!
For me its rescribing panel lines I absolutely hate it 2nd is probably masking canopies both I truly have to force myself thru it. The canopy masking is just mind dulling boring but rescribing is because I'm not good at it and I've bought/ tried just about every scriber on the market in hopes of finding the one that actually works well for me and have yet to discover one :( Both your models turned out very nice I think Peter will be a pleased customer.
Where did you get that marvelous drill?
It's just a Dremel with PCB bits. I got it off Amazon
@@TheModelGuy Ah, I should have known. It just looked really thin. Handy on the workbench!
Great now I want to build a desert P-40 😆
Do it.
Do you have a podcast? Pr blog?
This is my main media for reaching you all but I do have a Patreon that I am working as a blog.
Great build as always. Hasegawa kits are beautiful but I’ve consistently found have a fit problem or two. Coincidentally I doing a “dedication “build for a friend. It’s a surprise. His uncle’s RCAF Hudson shot down crew KIA in the Pennemunde raids in summer 43. The Revell kit with some after market resin makes for decent build. Searching RAF and RCAF archives I too was able to get “action reports “ which has the crew name and the AC squadron markings. Happy modeling.
Correction. Halifax not Hudson
For me it’s painting models, I can never get it to look nice no matter how hard I try.
I really dread masking, and cleaning the airbrush
How do you do your masking? There are a few techniques I have tried and the one shown here is my favorite. Seems to be less work
@@TheModelGuy I cut the tape into thin strips and then arrange them. I haven't tried using masking solution though.
I'm colourblind, so getting colours right is always a hard task for me.
One of my co-workers is colour blind as well. I think he sticks with one brand and goes strictly by the paint chip codes.
This is the prettiest Kittyhawk model I've seen on CZcams by far. Looks kinda cute not ngl.
I have plans to do the 1/32 one later this year
Can someone recommend a airbrush for me? I believe I am a relatively good model maker the only thing holding me back is silly mistakes and rushing. But I think with an airbrush it’ll help slow me down with regards to painting
I'm using a cheap Iwata Clone for 90% of the work you see on this channel.
Airbrushing is the way to go. I have three airbrushes and a compressor with an attached air tank. Badger Patriot 105 .5 needle, Iwata Revolution .5 needle , Iwata Eclipse HP-CS .35 needle. The Badger is a OK airbrush. Affordable, very durable, easy to find, easy to clean and good for spraying thicker paint like primers. Iwata Revolution is a great all round airbrush. It sprays much better/finer than the Badger. Iwata Eclipse is the best of them all and is great for doing finer detail. The Iwata airbrushes scream quality thus are more expensive. If I had to choose a first airbrush it would be the Revolution or the Neo for Iwata. Both are affordable good quality first time airbrushes that will last a long time. You can get a more a expensive one in the future. In Canada Artists Emporium is an Iwata dealer with good prices and free shipping. In the US Hobby Lobby is a good place to buy as they regularly have 40-50% off coupons which makes the Iwata airbrushes very affordable. Compressors can be bought in many places but I bought one off Amazon Canada that works just fine.
sanding putty, it’s so boring and i procrastinate it so much, i just keep away from kits i know will fit badly, decaling is my favorite on the other hand
I really push myself with filling and then sanding. I hate that so much that I prefer to buy more expensive kit just to avoid it if I can.
So you're not an Airfix fan then ;)
@@TheModelGuy the new ones are not so bad. To be honest I had more trouble with some Revell kits (A 20 Boston for example).
Ya for me rusting and adding damage to the model
I hate doing landing gear. I get bored of the kit by the time I get to it.