Brand New Airfix Spitfire Vc 1/72 Scale Plastic Model Kit - Unboxing Review
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- Last week I took a look at the Starter set version of the NEW Airfix Spitfire Vc, but don't be fooled, it is a completely different tooling to this one!
Join me in this video as I explore the contents of this kit and ask the question - is this really the best that Airfix can do with a 2021 new release?
Let me know in the comments what you think!
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Nice to see that you’ve got the option to build a clipped wing version included in the kit, even if you do have to find your own decals for it.
yeah, its good that airfix thought of including those parts
Two days ago I received this kit from the publisher of Airfix Magazine for starting a subscription.
This will be my first build since I stopped at age 17, now 68. Spending lots on airbrush, paints etc to give it a good go.
Hope you enjoy it!
Most roundels on South Africans planes were brighter near orange, so Airfix got it right:-)
Good to hear!
Looks like a really nice kit. As is usual for Airfix, the proof will be in the building. Lets hope everything fits together without too much trouble.
fingers crossed!
Looks good! I agree that there is a lack of detail. Thanks for sharing, happy New Year!
Happy new year!
I have one and it looks really great. I plan to get another one to make both versions.
nice!
Having built the kit, I’d say that it goes together extremely well, and the saaf scheme is much better
thanks for the info!
I really need this kit, love the SA decals so much
:D
Not gonna be here for the premier (can't stay up till 4 AM all the time) but I will still like and comment
Thanks! I appreciate it 😊 I hope you have a good sleep 👌
Nice to see the slipper tank as a option . I liked how the cockpit tub helps line up the fuselage half's. I have built one myself . Would like to see airfix reissue/retool the mk9 e with the Johnny Johnson decals or some of the Griffin engine Marks in this scale. The different exhaust are an in service modification to prevent Weapons malfunction due to freezing
Slipper tank, glad I know what it is, do wish airfix would explain some of the options.
thanks for the info!
it's a shame that they dont add a little note next to some of the more unusual parts
@@ModelMinutes yes that would be capital idea as I only this stuff from reading lot's but ask me anything important its ask the gaffer
Timely! I have this kit on order from Amazon. I look for forward to building it.
awesome!
I built this and really enjoyed it. The canopy is a like a foxes glacier mint though. I used a spare Tamiya one as it’s far thinner and posed it open.
Yeah, i did think it looked a little odd
I like seeing the change through the war of the spitfire
:D
I built this as it came free with the Airfix Model World magazine subscription. Was really impressed but I'm not an experienced aircraft modeller as AFVs are more my thing. Have of course built the usual Spitfire and Hurricane starter kits like any self respecting scale modeller but that was about it! Sounds like it's not as good as the other brands out there but for the cost it seems pretty good value.
yeah, its not terrible, i just wish Airfix had taken the chance to show off a bit
So I’m really excited for this kit
:D
Hi Matt. Very honest and useful review as always. I agree with you about the quality of Airfix's newer offerings. I know that they have a habit of reboxing old kits with different decals, something which they've been doing for donkeys years, but with regards to their latest toolings, I really don't understand why some of them are fantastic and yet others are average at best? Oh well, I could go on but I won't! Regardless of quality, I enjoy building kits in general. Currently working on the 1/48 Chipmunk T. 10. Keep up the good work 👍🏻
Its a bit odd how some of the kits are good and others which are older are better, perhaps they rush them?
@@ModelMinutes Yes, I think so! Very strange but hey ho! 🤔🤷🏻♂️
Thanks for this.
My pleasure!
*A tropical version of the Spitfire? I love it, Airfix kit seems to be an excellent choice!*
:D
Have built one and thoroughly enjoyed it have since purchased 4 more and the xtradecal sheet and have begun building “ Screwball” Beurling’s three tone blue Malta Aircraft. I find the exterior detail acceptable and comparable with both wartime and current photos ( she wasn’t overendowed with drag inducing rivets at the best of times A good kit
Great to hear!
Can you post a pic of the 3 tone blue? I haven't heard of that before. It sounds interesting!
@@shamrock1569 it is 1 tone primer at the moment but yes I will post when it is done , Cheers
another reminded if any were needed why i mostly stay clear of airfix, and always stay clear of 72nd scale.
haha! I'm sure there is a lot of fun to be had with this kit, it's just a shame Airfix didn't take the chance to show off
I am still not massively sold by the box art but when I saw the marking options I thought I would give it a shot. Managed to pick one up cheap off eBay and think it looks great. Going to do myn in the US markings but would love it if they added a bomb to it
Yeah, I was under the impression the Vc could be fitted with bombs
Might as well get 2 of these spitfires
This one looks nice
The American color scheme of this spitfire reminds me of p40 Curtis I have build several months ago. The South African color scheme is my favorite
:D
I completely agree with your opinion Matt.
But it's becoming a more frequent issue with Airfix kits, and it's a really strange combination of events, for instance: the 2012 P-51 Mustang in 1:72 seems to have sharper and better details compared with this new spitfire kit, but also take the the Airfix 2016 1:48 spitfire mk.V and the tamiya one from the 1990s, same price but tamiya wins in all spots.
But the weirdest thing is that some kits have amazing details and for a good price you get a great quality kit like the Mk.XIVe in 1:48 that you also built in 2019.
Edit:
Great video, very good and critic review, was waiting for something like this.
Thanks for the info!
Hello Matt, first of all great video.
As a Greek fan dare I saw that I would appreciate a variety in Vcs as the Royal Hellenic Air Force had plenty of those, but beyond Kovozavody Prostejov there aren't many companies that make this type of aricraft as a kit. To be honest with Airfix, I'd take this set over the other given it has an interior, but it's really annoying that in the year 2021 there is no riveting whatsoever. If Kovozavody has some better details I'd surely pick that over any Airfix.
interesting idea! thanks!
I've looked at Kovozavody's Spitfire Vc I have in a stash and I must say the overall detail level is much better. It's not the Eduard level, but it has some major riveting on wing root area, engine cowling, inspection hatches on wings and even flaps and alerions. However, the price here in Poland is almost double of the Airfix release and suprisingly it was more expensive than Eduard's weekend edition Spitfire VIII or IX. You can always upgrade any cheap kit but it depends if you have the patience and nerves to do so
well done for spotting your mistake with the decals - they are better than Eduard (2020 onwards) decals. the reason they look so similar is they where both designed by the same designer.
Interesting! Yes, recording me and editing me did have a few words after this video haha
Great unboxing, really enjoyed your little edits. Did make me laugh, I think I will go for one and also do it in the African Air force version! I always find the price value opinions of the scale model community makes me smile. I come from a predominantly games workshop foundation. And their prices are huge, and specifically for vehicle models that for some factions are very old. I find scale model miniatures far more detailed and cheaper. So I guess I am more forgiving on these affordable kits with maybe less detail. Compared to my poor ol Leman Russ and forgeworld brand vehicles. Haha. Great stuff buddy
Thanks for watching! I've been watching some warhammer related channels and it does amaze me at the prices of their products
Great to see a MkVc as opposed to yet another Vb. Would like to see a Mk Vc in 1/48 scale.
I think someone does make one in that scale . . . cant remember which brand though
I've got this kit. I've heard there is an issue that modellers should not squeeze together the fuselage halves around the bathtub cockpit area. Some who have, have caused a wing root gap, which is not there otherwise.
Interesting, thanks for letting me know
I ordered a starter kit I used to build these kits when I was a kid
nice!
I really want to build the new 1/24 spitfire, but Again I still be taking in my Zoukei Mura Ki-45
probably a little while before that one is in the shops
I'll get two of these kits
nice model, i want this one!
I hope you enjoy it
cheers, whens a build video?
@@seantaplin581 not yet started this one
I'm going to have to pick this one up. Wish their was info on the American spit crews
might be worth a google
You know what I might get this one slightly after I tackle my big one and compare the two side by side
awesome!
I saw that one at the raf museum
I’ve been building for 7 years and I’ve got 41 spitfires well half of them r in my local air museum
nice!
South African version looks like a winner!
:D
I ordered glue and it arrived today plus I discovered some leftover paint and I can try to paint the aircraft
nice!
Airfix released a 'Vc' several years ago. It was basically their old Vb, with a newly tooled universal wing, and Vokes filter, which required some somewhat drastic surgery on the fuselage to fit. Glad to see that they have decided to release the 'plane as a 100% Vc. My old Vc was painted and decaled as Spitfire EP706 T-L, the mount of Pilot Officer George' Screwball' Beurling, D.F.C., D.F.M.
yeah, i remember seeing that one. It would be cool to get one to do a comparison haha
Eduard kits have very nice moulds of their kits. Arma Hobby kits are also of a very high quality standard.
Eduard have not released many 1/72 kits in recent years, I truly hope they haven't abandoned them altogether. Arma Hobby's new P-51B looks great, unfortunately both of my kits have sink marks on the fuselage. And my Airfix Mosquito does also.
@@thekinksfan5102 Eduard have released a1/72 Hurricane and Bf-109 in association with Special Hobby and Arma. Only in dual combos though. They look beautiful.
@@PeteCourtier yes they are nice kits, I have both of the dual combos. But I'm hoping for new 100% Eduard kits in 1/72. The Hurricane is just a rebox, and the SH & Eduard collaboration 109 was tooled by Clear Prop, if I remember correctly. But those dual combos sure are great value, masks and PE.
Good to know!
And the online instructions were pretty insane as well
yup
Hey Matt! Since you are an aircraft expert i have a question. Recently i found a model of Spitfire and Hurricane. But the colors i used were totally wrong. There was almost no difference between the green and brown color. I used Dark Earth from Vallejo so i guess the other one is incorrect. What green shade would you recommend?
hmmm, i'm not sure what the correct vallejo shade should be . . . have you checked a conversion table?
@@ModelMinutes not really... but i have a feeling that Nato green would give the proper contrast.
@@mikemodels928 probably pretty close. Sometimes when I don’t have the exact match I go for something close
Could mix it up. Clipped wings, american decals and all four cannnons. You seen the brengun messerspit?
sounds interesting
The price I paid for my kit I thought was right because I’ll be able to have whole panels off to show off the sheer details on the inside and their will be a lot of parts and Sprues too
nice!
My uncle fought in El Allamaine with the Desert Rats. I’m always interested in that campaign. My uncle was a father to me.
sounds fascinating!
shame they didn't include decals for the blanked out roundels on the American version, if I do that one I'm not going to attempt them but apart from that it looks a great kit. I've had it in my stash for a few months now but I haven't got around to it yet.
that's a good point - i guess they are expecting us to just paint them on . . perhaps because different manufacturers of paint have slightly different shades
would it be possible to overpaint one RAF roundel dark brown on the transfer paper, then apply it as a transfer? Might be a smidge oversize due to the usual transparent edges round a transfer, but at least would be round and almost the right size?
I too would choose the SAAF version. I'm disappointed that they do not have a version for the Indian Air Force which played an important part in Burma and also had the "RAF" roundels and fin flash during the war as well as SEAC markings.
perhaps they will release one in the future
A good honest review of what is a nice kit. However I do feel Airfix missed a trick and played safe with what was a big ticket release. The soft detail is no comparison to Eduard's offering and even the 20 plus years old Tamiya Mk Vb could be considered superior.
Even Kovozávody prostějov Spitfire mk Vc has much crisper details, but it is a bit fiddly to assemble.
@@thekinksfan5102 KP's spits are also ever so slightly undersized - but that still doesn't stop me from building them ;)
Well said
I'm in agreement matt, if you're going to be handing over £11 each time there's got to be a bit more detail in there really, seems to me like there is more detail on the inside where you can't see it than the outside where you can
yeah, they spent a lot of time and effort on those cockpit areas and not so much on the outside
This is a great kit with two great decal schemes. If only that ugly sand filter were not there :)
the part to replace that is included
This sums up the problems I have with airfix so well. They sometimes do stuff that others don't do (think 1/72 Vulcan) but I feel like if another company like tamiya or eduard etc. were to do it it would surpass the airfix kit in almost every way. I mostly build in 1/48 and airfix seems to refuse to touch that scale on a lot of models even when everyone asks (1/72 buccaneer). I have done 3 1/48 P-51s now. The most recent airfix tool, the new Eduard tool and the 1995 tooling from Tamiya. The airfix kit was the worst fitting out of the 3, had the worst surface details, all the panel lines were too deep, no rivets what so ever (although prototypical on P-51 wings) and the detail despite the added complexity really wasn't any better than the tamiya one despite being 22 years newer. The Eduard one just blew the both out of the water with the incredible detail and great fit. And even more crazily, the Tamiya kit is cheaper than the airfix one from where I got them from!
This spitfire also seems to fit in such a strange place in the market. It seems to be trying to appeal to the more experienced modeller (who from what I have heard typically prefer 1/48 scale) thanks to the presence of the beginner kit and the complexity of the interior being similar to that of spits in 1/48 but its in 1/72 which is what puts me off the kit as well as I feel like it just doesn't hold up to the spits from other manufacturers
But, at least Airfix got the Wheel wells right, and having built 2 of the Airfix Mustangs myself I can report that if the fuselage does not fit together, you gave done something wrong. Even a coat of paint in the wrong spot can affect the fit. The most common fault is incorrectly fitting the forward radiator face. IF it stands proud of the fairing it goes into, even by 1/10th of a MM, it will affect the fuselage fit severely. You can cut it flush your self without any risk because that part of the radiator is 100% concealed behind the intake Oil Cooler piece. Everything else fits just fine, even those Tail Fairings IF you align them perfectly before joining the fuselage halve. I like the kit, especially as its a lot cheaper than the Eduard Uber Kit.... (For me, rivetting is a "Nice to have" detail, but not a deal breaker.
@@brettpeacock9116 The fussy fit is very much an airfix thing. Most of their more complex kits are known for it. Especially the paint being in the wrong spot throwing off the fit. I have these problems with airfix but I haven't had them with other manufacturers. My P-51 was also heavily warped which threw off the fit of the rear of the fuselage. I also had issues with the vertical stab but that was my 100% my error. But the main issue I had was the underside of the nose and where it joins the wings. Yes the Eduard kit is more expensive but it also comes with photoetch and far superior detail and more decal options. The Weekend edition of the Eduard P-51 is the exact same price as the airfix one from what I can find.
Not having rivets doesn't bother me anywhere near as much as overscale panel lines do. Im a museum volunteer and all the aircraft I work with you can only see the rivets if you are super close to the surface or they catch the light and the panel lines are super thin too and almost invisible from a distance. Although I don't know how much that is to do with the fact that the aircraft are preserved and have been repainted
What airfix does really well though is the ease of modelling. The vulcan has all the parts that you use in each bit on the same sprue so you don't need to go between sprues. Often arrows are on the invisible side of parts to aid orientation, the mosquito has plastic masks for the wheel bays which makes life easier. The landing gear on the Vulcan is also designed so well and it holds in place so well. I just wish airfix could sort the quality control and just go that bit further in detail and sort the too tight tolerances between parts. And also weight on wheels. Airfix always does it but no one else seems to even though its a really nice feature
@@sgkingly8392 Eduard is really expensive in my Country (NZ) Even their weekend kits are about 10% more than the Airfix standard kit. One thing with Airfix is that the first production run is usually done overseas (India?) and any subsequent runs are done in the UK and QA is far better. I always wait an check the second shipments... Have only found a couple of instance of very minor warping in UK made kits... Easy fixes all (F8 and FR9 Meteors for example)
@@brettpeacock9116 That is interesting, I didn't know that! I am in the UK and Eduard is fairly cheap here all be it somewhat difficult to find at times. Im on my 2nd airfix meteor now, i really love them. I really want them to do a T.7 since I have done some restoration work on T.7s (A FR.9 and NF.12 are also my responsibility to look after) and my grandfather used to work on meteors. You can never have enough meteor kits. Everything other than the nose fits really well too plus engines included
Yes, the Mustang i built was one of the made in India examples. Also might explain why the 2 spits in 1/72 i built for my friends fit so different
Well, I found it on Amazon at a good price and I didn't hesitate to buy it, anyway I found the American version interesting.
Good to hear 😊
I think you should do the South African Air Force
Thanks!
The Eduard kit has all the nice details but you have to pay about £10 more too. The new Airfix kits are really nice models for the price. You can get nearly two Airfix kits for one Eduard, so it all depends upon just how much you are willing to spend in order to get that extra detail. Both have their place and I am a fan of both types. I just believe that the new Airfix kits are a great value and are a good choice for the beginner, the average or casual modeler, or one with a limited budget.
This Airfix kit is about £11, for only £4 more I got the Eduard spitfire which came with 4 more decal schemes, photoetch parts and pre-cut masks….
If Eduard can do that for only £4 more, why can’t Airfix….
I don't know where in the world an Eduard Spitfire costs 10£ more than this kits. I have bought three of these airfix kits, and they were 11€-12€ each. Eduard weekend Spitfires are usually about 10€ or 11€. And Profipacks 14€-15, which, as Matt mentioned, contain a canopy mask, pre coloured PE fret and several markings. Eduard kits are actually rather affordable and good value. I suspect that a big chunk of their income comes from selling aftermarket stuff, not just kits.
@@ModelMinutes Oh, then I am not sure why. I would think that Airfix has a higher volume of sales so the unit cost would be lower than it would be for Eduard. I too have a bunch of questions as to why Airfix does things the way they do, especially in they way they market things.
@@mtaylor44 I think their quality control issues are something I’d like to know about 😂
@@thekinksfan5102 Yeah, that was a mistake I think. I must have been looking at 1/48 instead of 1/72.
Prior to Airfix giving you the option I less than fondly recall spending a day or more with a knife cutting a 1:72 canopy into three sections so I could display it open. That was fiddly *thinks* job..
yup, i've done that in the past too and it was a pain
It could be worse, the ME109 E-3 kits appear to just be a copy/paste of the 109E4 kit. The "E3" does not have the proper early style round canopy, which is the one major difference between the two variants that would be readily visible at 1/72 scale.
Having done a little research following your comment, I’m lead to believe that the rounded E3 canopy was primarily used up to the point before the Battle of Britain. By then, many E2 & E3 variants had been retrofitted with the squared canopy as featured on the E4.
To that end, it would lead me to conclude that if the Airfix model represents an E3 used during the BoB, then squared canopy is quite likely to be accurate. If the model is pre-BoB then rounded would be more prototypical
@@ModelMinutes Yes, E3s did get upgraded to the E4 standard getting the new guns, armor and canopy, and in effect became E4s. It sounds like this upgrade program started at the beginning of the BoB so both canopies would be correct for the period.
IDK just feels a bit lazy to me if you have both the E3 and E4 in your range to not make them distinct, and instead of using the same sprues put the identifiable E3 features on. Especially when the paint scheme for the model is described rather generically as "France, 1940"
I've got the Mk.Ia version
Nice!
@@ModelMinutes i got a big lancaster dam buster version and an f-14D supertomcat too :D
Nice kit, perhaps they should've avoided US markings and choose other ones, such as for a Malta's Spit, this was a version neglected before. I read about the"Abukir" filter, it ruined the aircrafts' performances, but nevertless this version was very important for the RAF in the MTO
interesting idea!
Its literally the same as the 1/48 spitfire mk vb vs bf109 but smaller . Its diffrent code thing on the side but its like almost identical
I imagine they used some of the design work
The C Wing was also known as the Universal Wing. (The E wing inherited that, later) Essentially it came with either 2 or 4 cannon, but the 4 cannon fit meant that the 4 .303 MGs in the outer wing had to be omitted, as the weight was too much and impaired manoevring. (The 4 cannon did also, but the MGs tipped it into almost unflyable combine with the 4 cannon. The 2 cannon fit (1 per wing) always included the 4x Mgs in the outer wings and was far more popular. The "E" wing removed the outer .303s entirely and replaced them with 2x .50 (US) MGs, next to the cannon.
Thanks for the info!
Can you make a building video on this spitfire
I hope to when I get a chance :)
Airfix appear to be adhering to their ethos of producing kits designed to be painted to an acceptable standard using paint brush and enamels,yes,the details aren't as crisp as Eduards,but really good details for a 1/72 kit.
hmm, perhaps that is their aim . . .
Does anyone remember the Airfix 1/72 Spitfire from the late sixties, where each wing was one single solid part and the only cockpit detail was a peg on which the pilot sat?
Sounds like a pretty easy build
That was the old Airfix Spitfire Mk.IXc, it was an awful kit, I built one once with Russian markings and a friend looked at it and said it looked more like a LaGG than a Spitfire.
I thought the 5b had the gun/cannon mix, so this kit has the 5b and 5c.
no, the 5b only had 2 cannons and 4 mgs, you could not change that armament to anything other than that. The Vc gave the choice of either 2 cannons and 4 mgs, or 4 cannons - it is interchangeable. You cannot build a Vb variant from this kit, only a Vc - the wings have different designs
I just want a Ju 88 model or Fw 200
nice!
ssuperb !mr.))
:D
The Airfix and Eduard kits are designed to different price points. Hence the £8 to £10 difference between them.
As previously mentioned, my Eduard spitfire in this video came with photoetch parts, 4 more decal schemes than the Airfix kit, and pre-cut masks for only £4 more.
I often find that Airfix and Eduard kits are priced very similarly
Because flush rivets are not visible in 1:72, and thus unrealistic. It's one of those things that are a matter of fashion, fashions, just like a pattern of black trenches all over the airframe, or most of the paint, of the aircraft delivered to the front only a week ago, or having been repainted in the field, already having flaked off.
Sooner or later, fashions are liable to change. Maybe modelers suddenly take to view photographs of their subjects, and consciously note the smooth skin, completely covered with tight paint, and the conspicuous lack of black panel lines and 19th century iron bridge rivets, and think: "Why don't I make it like that for a change"?
My criticism wasn’t meant for specific rivets, more so a comment on Airfix not stepping up to the quality of other manufacturers when they had the opportunity to do so, especially as they also have a “simplified” version of this kit, I would have thought they’d take the chance to make this one look considerably better
I really enjoy watching and building the kits know that I'm older
:D
I see now why we added Springboks to our roundels after the war :/
Makes sense
More likely the /North/ African Air Force [NAAF] as they were constituted by the Allies in the SWW and fought in North Africa, and comprised US and UK fighter and bomber aircraft, which makes sense as the kit has US and British variants.
not sure what this in reference to, but ok
You said it was South African Air Force - although to be fair so did Airffx.
@@julianmhall yeah, but i still don't get what it's in reference to
Whats more likely the /North/ African Air Force [NAAF] as they were constituted by the Allies in the SWW and fought in North Africa, and comprised US and UK fighter and bomber aircraft, which makes sense as the kit has US and British variants.
@@ModelMinutes You say South African Air Force. I said North African.
@@julianmhall the roundels in the kit are for a USAF aircraft, or one of the SAAF. They aren’t RAF roundels, they are South African
But this kit is exceptional one, the whole inside is loaded with all the internal systems
:)
Sometimes Manufacturer decisions don't make sense to us. Anyway I like the kit but Ebay prices are between 2-5 times the $15 Dollar price in the UK. So for now I won't pay the high price. I can buy a Eduard kit for less.
very true!
Looks good to me, I'd pay 12 bucks for it.
nice!
I think you have to do the SA one, if only because you got the name wrong completely
Or maybe I get some actual RAF decals for it and do another scheme 😂
I get your disappointment at the level of detailing on this kit Matt, but on the matter of rivet detail, this is not really appropriate on a model in this scale, as Spitfires in particular used a lot of flush headed rivets in their construction, and would not be seen in this scale particularly on a painted surface. As an aircraft technician I can tell you that most rivets used on an aircraft like this are 1/8 or 1/16th of an inch diameter. Reduce that 72 times and tell me you should be able to see them.
Perhaps my disappointment is more at the fact that Airfix neglects to add detail that other companies do, rather than specific rivets in themselves
I volunteer at a museum and can 100% confirm this. Both rivets and panel lines are almost invisible unless they catch the light or are mushroom head. My main bug bear is how deep the panel lines are on airfix kits. I could fly an x wing through there
The version with 4 cannon deleted the machineguns, so I hope that there are no blast ports.
What you're groping for is the Vokes air filter over the carburettor intake - this made the VC (or technically VD with 4 cannon) the slowest production Spitfire variant. Hence the later and more compact Aboukir filter (named after the depot where it was made).
The small intake under the port wing is the oil cooler, when the 60 series Merlin was introduced, more radiator area was required, and that's when the underwing radiators became symmetrical.
Thanks for sharing 😊
Airfix should spend some money on their 1:32 Soldiers, re moulding, They are absolutely Dreadful now, Brittle and so much Flash. ,
i imagine, with the amount of 1/35 armour that they would do it in that scale if they were to retool figures
It's not really fair to compare a painted and weathered kit which highlighted detail with an unpainted kit where the detail was /obviously/ the same colour plastic.
i wasn't comparing a painted kit to an unpainted one - i was commenting on the fact that there is more moulded detail on the eduard spitfire compared to the airfix one. No amount of weathering on the airfix one will make the rivets and details that are moulded on the eduard one appear because they are simply not there
Not good enough, built this last month, no fuel filler, no landing light on bottom, navigation lights are almost invisible, the rudder does not have the aerial connector, the wheels are softly molded, and yes you will need a spacer to push the wing roots out if you squeeze the fuselage halves together too tightly, there is no raised detail on the gun access hatches. Too much time spent on the cockpit by Airfix, not enough time spent on the outside details. The old mk1a kit donated a few parts rudder and landing light, and I had to add a fuel filler from an eduard kit,
I did think it wasnt as good as it should be
The 2022 range is definitely better
yeah, it is :D
It’s unfair to compare Airfix to Eduard. The Eduard kit costs 3 times more than the Airfix kit.
Lol, where are you buying your Eduard kits. This airfix kit = £11 Eduard kit = £15
£4 difference, sounds like your model shop is making a profit off of you
It has to do with cost! 10 pounds for 1/72 is really inexpensive for a model.
How come other manufacturers can sell models of the same scale at the same price but of a higher quality?
@@ModelMinutes : Phil Flory mentioned this in a rant on the 1/32 F-18F jet. Airfix decided the quality of the model to be this. It might because the want more profit. I don’t know but again at 10 pounds or $7.00 USD, I think you got a good kit. Tamiya modern kits are not that cheap for 1/72 new kits. You will have to talk to an Airfix person why you think the quality is not the way it should for this aircraft.
you can't compare eduard with airfix ... eduard is much better ;)
yup
I hope your not becoming a rivet counter
Not a rivet counter, but when another company can do better…. Seems bizarre that Airfix stuck with their normal detail level
The panel lines look garbage. Dead soft and not straight in some parts. Pretty piss poor from Airfix for a new tooling.
I got the Airfix 1/72 Hawker Typhoon MK1B for free for subscribing to the Airfix model magazine. That kit is a 2019 tooling, and yet the panel lines and details on it are a lot crisper than this kit.
Yeah, its not their best
Airfix is low end and low budget, made in china. No comparison with eduard... I wouldn't even think anymore to buy airfix.
Apparently they moved some of their manufacturing back to the UK . . .
@@ModelMinutes I have some recent airfix kits in my stash wich are marked 'designed and produced in the UK' on a blue logo on front of the box. Those kits are ok. But if it's not marked on the box it comes from poor manufacturing in china. The chinese can produce excellent kits, like you can find in armour models ( Rye field, Meng, and lots if others,...) but the price is higher...