Wow over 100,000 views! I did not expect this when I launched this channel. A huge thanks to all of you :)

Always was a Hurricane man "the forgotten fighter". You brought this one to life beautifully, congratulations sir.

This has to be my favourite history channel, a bloke called the Model guy gives a history about an aircraft and at the same time some random bloke builds a model of that aircraft.............amazing! Seriously you build amazing models.

Just wanted to say that I, for one, have never considered the Hurricane to be an underdog. In my view, I am glad we had both the Spitfire and the Hurricane as I feel there was a natural "division of labour", where the Hurricane was more suited to tackling the bombers, while the Spitfire was more of a match for the fighters. That's not to say that either couldn't do the other role... My father was a rear-gunner in Lancasters in the late stages of the war. He once told of how, when they would go up for aerial gunnery practice with RAF fighters playing the enemy, he had less trouble tracking the Spitfires but found it almost impossible to stay on the Hurricanes. The source of the Hurricane's agility was also the limiting factor as far as speed was concerned - the thick wing chord. Lots of lift, but also lots of drag. The Spitfire's wing chord, while not quite laminar, was a lot thinner.

Good commentary -and Canadian too. Cheers from the Pacific West Coast of Canada

Great video, great build. I always liked the looks of the Hawker Hurricane. What a beautiful paint scheme too!

Really nice build. Just one note - the fuselage roundels should be in alignment, if viewed from above. Their frontmost tip should be set slightly back from the antenna mast. The squadron and aircraft ID letters should be built around the roundel, not the other way round. Basically, the aircraft serial number and roundel remained constant through an aircraft's life, but if that aircraft was moved to another squadron, the three letter ID code could be painted over and repainted quickly and easily. But really, really good build. Well done!

Such masterful work. It was a joy to watch you. Thanks much!

Love the new Airfix kits, such a massive improvement from when I grew up in the 70's, a couple of Battle of Britain Hurricane and Spitfire's is a must! Another thing on my to do list are two Lockheed PV-1 Venturas, which are forever linked to each other....the first one went missing on a flight to Kiska Harbor and the second one, is the Ventura that was sent out to look for the first one, but in doing so....it also went missing....on the same day! Love the finished Hurricane! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻

Great build video. Excellent model. As a novice, it's great to see how you went about adding the rivet details. I only hope my attempts look that good! Well done!

WOW an absolutely super build from an everyday mass production plastic kit !! The improvements have made really make this Spitfire stand out with the amazing details that you have added. You have certainly done your research well of the history of this aircrafts active life with the RAF and the young pilots that flew them. Well done indeed.

Awesome modelling, just great.

Another amazing build....great stuff. Dave

Thanks, enjoyed the build and watching your techniques. About to attempt this kit myself.

Intersting basing technique of painting. Different from the common "black basing" seen in many videos. Also interesting the painting around the panel lines, to create a sort of pre shadow using the darker case color. Bravo

Congrats on the 100K mark, well done video! Loving the Cdn content!

Glad I found this; I just rec'd my Airfix Hurry Mk.I after not building for (ahem!)many years, and I just HAD to watch. I had glanced through the instructions and so, even though I haven't opened the package yet, I recognized the parts and so I could follow the build easily and note the extra details you added. I agree, the fabric texture on the aft fuselage is fantastic. I really like how you add little spots of historiy or details now and then; I think modelers who make videos of military vehicles should do that; it's important to mention the history of whatever they're making(just a little).Thanks for posting this.

Absolutely amazing build mate well done 👍

I agree with the others about the music but it won't stop me saying one of your best videos yet. I really enjoyed it. Thanks for sharing.

Great video and build. Subscribed and looking forward to the next one. Thanks for sharing.

2nd video of your I've watched, thoroughly enjoyed watching your build craft and excellent commentary on the planes' history - well done

Love it ,+ the history lesson as well hopefully I’ll get to that standard one day 👌🏻brilliant

I really enjoyed this. I’m thinking about starting the hobby and you have helped me a lot.

Well done. I liked your video and the format you used. I would watch more.

Mesmerizing build videos with excellent commentary.

Awesome build, I have built models for years but thanks to youtube never had the access to the techniques used to make them so realistic ,thanks

BTW, thanks for posting, I really enjoy your in depth reviews! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

...very good work! beautiful Hurricane!

Excellent video and tutorial, thanks. Lots of tips I can use

Besides the famed Spit. I love the Hurricane. Enjoyed the video.

Enjoyed that very much. I have the Airfix Sea Hurricane Mk. 1B in my stash awaiting it's turn. The Douglas Bader story impacted me early in my childhood. Incredible story. I too love under dog stories and over looked aircraft, tanks, ships, cars even for that matter.... the Hurricane sure stepped up way above it's weight class. Thanks for your efforts, again...educational and entertaining, while definitively inspirational.

Excellent build sir, it's one kit I have not built yet, as others have said music was a bit loud but I could hear you fine, keep safe and well in these troubled times.

I enjoyed your build great little build, subbed as well

Loving your builds! I’m a jet man myself and long time modeller but your videos are great 👍🏻

Beautiful job 👍

Very impressive . Looks like she is ready for duty . RAF Hendon ,1940 . Thank you .

Great video and build, yest the music was a little loud but almost appropriate for the era of your build, again many thanks for sharing.

Awesome video. Great plane too. Loved the music btw!

In my stash. One of these Hurricanes (the real thing) was found hiding in plain sight in India recently. Luckily, the IAF quickly took it over for restoration. Other such planes found in India have mysteriously "disappeared" and "reappeared" in the UK/USA, including a Battle of Britain BF-109E. The latter was gifted to a local maharajah by an RAF squadron as a gate guardian but it was taken down years later and dumped in a backyard. It is now flight worthy.

Doing my first foray into PE with a 1/72 Eduard Hellcat Mk1. Liked your tips - although you did make that flap bending/assembly look frightfully easy. Continue to enjoy watching your builds, history and music - although the music was winning over your voice a few times.

Stumbled across, watched, liked and subscribed! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻😎

Good stuff

You do have the best intro "music", from the 27 litre V12 orchestra

As a teenager in the late 70’’s I had planned to make 1/72 models of the key planes of the Battle of Britain. Sad to say ‘other things’ drew my attention, but I did make a reasonable mk 1a Spitfire. Masking tape and silver paint for the pilots harness. Nice job, thanks. Edit: awesome!

Great video build!

At one time a couple of years ago, a 1/48 scale Hurricane was hard to find. I finally went with a low detail Pegasus issue of a snap together. I did it up in German captured that they toured around with during the war along with many other Allied captured aircraft. Your detail looks hard. Nice kit though & nice job. I hope you had a good time during the build. Thanks for videoing it. I get depressed with future detailed kits. Wicked meticulous. I still try though.

Really enjoyed this and a new subscriber.

I'm with you friend, I've always liked the "less successful" aircraft like the Hurricane and P-40 and P-39, although in reality, the Hurricane and the P-40 were hardly unsuccessful. They both gave great and long service.

Great video. Not going to offer any critiques because you'll figure it out and I know how discouraging critiques can be right out of the gate. Judging though by how great this first video is the rest will be amazing. Good luck on your journey. Congratulations. Subscribed.

I always liked the Hurricane. I think I'd like to build one of these.

Personally I enjoyed the music and the video! Interesting to know the you understood the different characteristics of the hurricane compared to the spitfire! The hurricane was considered the workhorse of the R.A.F COOLER!!

The Hurricane is terrific, great treatment. The biggest kit plane I ever made as a young lad. I would do a better job now, of course we didn't have Internet tutorials to guide us in them days..

👍🏻 for the Hurricane and another 👍🏻 for your model.

BTW - it is pronounced Douglas Barder, not like Darth Vader... He fought near here and was based at Tangmere just around the corner. Our 'house' is named after him at school, Bader House, that's Barder!

Awesome!

That's some impressive details for the cockpit tub and wing assembly for Airfix - those panel lines tho....

Nice video. I liked the music, too.

I've liked this video as I like your results and subscribed as I'd like to see how your videos improve. Other than the sound levels between your narrative and the music, I'd like to have seen more about your use of the photo etched parts. That'd have made your video different from others I've seen. And, because I've got the same kit and keep putting off building it, I'd like to have seen you do the tropical paint scheme. Keep on creating and I look forward to your future builds.

Lovely build. Panel lines etc. are very subtle.Not too sure about the staining around the guns and ejector ports, just a bit too heavy for my taste. I also think that any ground crew applying the red tape over the gun barrels at odd angles would probably end up on a charge. I won't mention the music (that's been addressed) learnt a lot of useful techniques.

Awesome 😊 love it

Very nice build. Like the bits of history. Photo's show hundreds of levels of wear and tear. That's why some modellers build from a specific picture; to dismiss the nitpickers. Nuts.

Very nice building and final result. The music selection too. Congratulations!

Very sefull build. I like the Vallejo paint no. in the video.

You truly are a gifted modeler. I’m lucky to build what comes in the box without throwing it away. Now, I know I’ll probably get flamed for this, but the powder stains on the wings are terrific, but from pictures I’ve seen, where the shell casings come out of the bottom of the wing don’t have any or very little black streaks. The powder has been burnt and expended from the end of the gun barrels. Empty shell casings won’t leave those types of streaks. Please understand, I am NOT being critical of how your model turned out and I’d give anything to have your skills. As for the streaks, I’m just going on pictures that I’ve seen and what I know personally from firearms. I worked with the gunners mates when I was in the Coast Guard and I’m also a gunsmith. Now, if I’m wrong in what I said about the streaks where the shell casings are expended, please accept my apologies? Thank you for sharing a great video of your build and your model. God speed

Nice build. The other reasons why the armourers used to dope & linen cloth the gun ports was to quickly identify those aircraft that needed re arming on return, versus those that did not fire their guns at all (more common than you first expect). Individual guns that failed to fire & to protect from frost & freezing during rapid climb to altitude.

Superlative!

So much of interest in this video. The Hurricane, as you say was built of tubes and covered on fabric. They could take a lot of machine gun hits because a lot of the bullets just came in one side and out the other without hitting anything, just making two small holes. Cannons, not so much.

Nice build, the Hurricane is my favourite WW2 aircraft, I prefer it over the Spitfire, just like that strong, chunky sort of look it has. and the wide landing gear track.

Just the video I needed. I have 2 of this kit, one BOB one, one trop. Gonna go all out on the the trop, built the other one wheels up with a pilot. And I have "Gun button to fire" will have to give it a read. I can recommend "hurricane at war" by chaz bowyer too

How dare you say that she wasn't beautiful? She was a stunner and it was her that saved our bacon! As good as her more glamorous sister and she gave her all.

"The Great Escape" Theme??? Should've been "The Battle of Britain" Theme, surely! Marvellous aircraft, nonetheless. Had you fly over my house last week. Perk of residing in Bomber County 😊

Great build. One of my favorite subject The Battle of Britain. I need to build my 1/48 scale kit. A tad bit too much weathering in my opinion, but very nice.

I have to say I absolutely adore your choice of music for this video!👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍 Can I make a suggestion, if you use a paynes grey for black, then it still leaves you room for shading the black areas!

BoB Hurricane back in production, NICE!

Sheer perfection.

Stumbled across your latest video today, browsed and watched a few videos and subbed! Very informative, already picked up some tips for my brand new Dremel lurking in my work desk! One question, what is that tool you use @17:30 after you rescribed the engine cowl?

I did like it and the info given

Hello! I was amazed by the high percentage of thinner that you used with the Air colors from Vallejo... May I ask you what thinner did you use?

Regarding your build video, it was great, very informative, enjoyable, and from my point of view you used JUST the right music! Thanks! PS other fitting music you could use is, all by Sir William Walton; Battle of Britain Suite, Spitfire Prelude and Fugue, Battle in the Air. And of course any of the other movements from Holst's Planet Suite!

this guy is a UNIT 🛩️

I enjoyed this the spitfire is my favorite and also the bf 109 and loved the video

Bader was also popular - possibly even legendary - with the German pilots, who would come to visit him. The diminutive size of any country's air force pre-war meant that most pilots in europe knew who Bader was and hoe he had overcome the loss of both legs, so he was within the realm of combat pilots quite the celebrity. Not sure if it was the pilot who actually shot him down, but he had lost one of his artificial legs when bailing out, so a German pilot flew over his home base and dropped a note asking them to send another leg so Bader could walk about. The RAF complied and the delivery plane performed the drop unmolested. But when Bader kept trying to escape, the Germans eventually confiscated his legs so he couldn't get very far any more. There's a very good biography of him written during his lifetime - Reach For the Sky, by Paul Brickhill.

At 12:56 when you were overlaying the instrument panel parts over one another, what adhesive do you use for that?

Wow, great modeling skills!! Can I ask where you got the riveting tool from?

Awesome pure awesome 😁 new subscriber

My uncle flew a mk1 from Tangmere in the Battle of Britain 1940. He was in 601 squadron ‘County of London’. He was shot down and killed over Tunbridge Wells and his Hurricane crashed in flames on a Vicar’s greenhouse. The Hurricanes, being slower, usually tackled the bombers while the Spitfires tried to keep the Focke Wolf and 109s off them.

Great way to honour the few

2:36 Yea I had problem with that when i was building mine. Had to sand away alot of material and it still didnt fit properly. I wasted time trying to figure out how to do it so it wouldnt be ugly. Thats for anyone who would want to build this model, take some time to make it right.

Beautiful job as always I love watching your builds your a true craftsman I live in Florida and have a real hard time finding any aftermarket items to add to my models do you have any suggestions thank you Scott Tappan

One thing I forgot to mention is that the reissued BoB Hurricane has markings for the 303rd (Polish) Squadron. "Repeat, please!"

What did you use for the camouflage mask? it turned out really great!

Good build; well done. Need to yellow prop tips just to finish up.

Stunning work. What typeface did the RAF use for the Squadron codes? Thank you

Not sure about the G style font on the code letter , looks more like post war style ?

The music is too loud. Had to turn it down but then had to turn it back up when you spoke. As others have said, otherwise a good video. Also, the red tape over the gun ports served two purposes, 1) to stop cold air entering the gun ports and freezing the guns and 2) the ground crews would instantly see if the guns had been fired after the aircraft returned and would know instantly if the guns needed re-arming.

Sir the build was fantastic, but the music was TOO loud, I could not hear a single word you said, SHAME. Its sick.

Are you using a double action airbrush or single?

Very nice video. A couple of comments though: The airflow ( from the aerodynamics) would guide 95% of the gunsmoke OVER the wing. The dirt from the brass openings are however correct. I have never seen any photos of gunports where each port were sealed like this. My impression is they ground crew used one large patch to cover all 4 ports. But I might be corrected on that. :)

From the middle of next month(April), a fantastic book by one of the great participants in the Battle of Britain, Peter Townsend, will be coming out on kindle, priced at £2.99. The book is DUEL of EAGLES and it is a truly great read. It was Townsend who first came up with the phrase Spitfire Snobbery! 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Nice Hurri! One tip I'd suggest from my own experience would be to use Mr Color's 'Super Clear III' diluted with Levelling Thinner rather than Tamiya X-22 as it dries thinner and more uniform. Also, whilst the chipping on the airframe's metal areas looks really good here, RAF prop blades during the war were made of wood composite material so didn't chip like metal blades. :-)