Hi Nigel, I have been watching all of your spitfire IX 1/24 scale build over and over again both from the point of view of enjoyment but also helping me navigate my our spit. After some 7 weeks I completed this tonight and delighted with my first model for over 40 years and feel your videos have both inspired me and been a valuable guide. I’ll probably have a rest for a few months then look at my next challenge. Thanks Richard

Nice clean building, museum quality!

Very well done Nigel 👍👍👍

Amazing job again Mr. Nigel!!

Excellent! Well worth waiting for each segment. Guess I'll have to build my own now!

Wonderful! Torquay military museum is building up its collection.

Beautiful build Nigel 👏

Beautiful! Really enjoyed it. 👍♥️

Beautiful build..done the kit real justice

Beautiful Spit Nigel. Agree with you that the 'As New' look is better.

It's funny that I made a comment on a brother modellers channel on the same aircraft that it looks so good under paint and decals, that you feel the same and are leaving it pristine. I thoroughly endorse your decision. Lovely work Nigel and a thoroughly enjoyable build. For the panels, I would try a tiny spot of Blue Tac on each one. That should hold them.

Outstanding clean work.

God brother, Ive been modeling for over 60 years and I learned a ton from these 20 vids. Thank you for sharing. I'm working on a 1/32 Tamiya Corsair and having a ball. The one main thing I need to learn from you ? Patience .... 69yo and its still a challenge for some of us. lol

Great job!

Well done sir 👍👍👍

Hi Nigel you have done the rest of us a great service that have bought the takom ah-64 d or e you have exposed these problems bad instructions bad decals and so on I have roughly 150 US dollar in this kit with aftermarket and I need to buy decals I think takom needs to a acknowledge these ridiculous mistakes and then make it right!! Thank you for bringing this to light in my case before I started building it

Beautiful

Nigel, What a lovely end product. You did a beautiful job. Thank you.

A great build Nigel. You again took a plastic kit and brought it to life. Thank you for taking the time to educate us as you worked through the 20 episodes. 55:05

Great video my friend the spitfire is stunning really like the museum finish I agree the decals are amazing and really transform the build really enjoyed following you build it and learned plenty along the way thanks so much for sharing these amazing videos 👍👍

Beautiful work Nigel. Thank you for taking us through your build process. Always appreciated.

Excellent build, Nigel.I'm itching to get going with mine, and will rewatch all 20 episodes to remind me of your work. Thank you for sharing, and inspiring.

A model to be proud of Nigel. Thanks for highlighting the pitfalls to look out for. This non-weathered piece ought to really stand out on a shelf full of weathered models. If I were to put it in a diorama, it would have 1/24 scale figures looking at it in a museum setting. 😊

What a great job. We are fortunate to have you share your talents, knowledge and thoughts. Well done Nigel.

Looks great 👍

You were right about not weathering your build, looks fantastic as it is, I'm not a big fan of over weathered aircraft myself.

Absolutely brilliant build, now if only Airfix would do the same for a 1/24 Hawker Hurricane !

STUNNING Mate👌👍🫡👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏, don't think Jess will be too happy you used her blankie though😏😬

Hi Nigel - Enjoyed watching this whole build (It would make a fantanstic displace or historical diorama)...👍

Knocked it out of the park again Nige, I bet the photos don't do justice fantastic finish

Nicely done, she looks like she's fresh out of the Spitfire Factory..

Lovely model Nigel, I followed your build of this Spitfire as I build the same kit, your videos were invaluable to me saving me making so many mistakes. I have learned so much so a really big thank you for having such a great and informative channel.

Super! Looking forward to building one of these after I research the purchase and use of magnets 😊

Another exceptional build Nigel. Your Stuka was so good I went out and bought the Border Models Kit. Haven't built it yet but I will be using your videos as references. Thanks for sharing your work.

She's a stunner Nigel! 👍 I hope you find a museum to have her displayed within... That is an amazing build, and it deserves to be seen by everyone at a suitable military aviation museum! 🙂 It's been a great build series; many thanks for taking us along for the ride. 😉 🙂

Hi Nigel, the Spitfire is absolutely outstanding, you have done a brilliant job, well done, very best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍👌

Spitfire is gorgeous Nigel

Dear Nigel, That is a super finish- absolutely magnificent! The alloy was called “inconel” and I must credit Finsbury for knowing this!! Kindest regards, Z

Beautiful job Nigel, looking forward to your Havoc build. Cheers mate!!

Thank you Nigel for the best build series on the Airfix Spitfire. I have been taken my time working on three kits so that refinements/modifications can be made as well as waiting to gain aftermarket parts. Ordered the Airscale cockpit detail, Sutton harness, placard and data plates as well as Anyz resin line/spark plug kits. One model will be a George Beurling KH B using the EagleCals decals. All three of the kits have the fuselage molding of the rivets done without the problem you had. The small criticism I have to add; the lack of further engine bay plumbing info that could have been in the instructions to aid the modeler that would not have raised the price of the kit. Maybe there will be a aftermarket set for that.

Stunning!

You have created a work of art and I have enjoyed watching the 20 episodes of the build. I only wish that I could emulate the quality of the build on my own model.

Found this one the minute it got online, and again enjoyed your build! It’s beautiful! Top job on each part of this one, Nigel!

Congratulations on a job well done! She is museum quality.

What a belter Nige. Beautiful work! And lovely to see an un-weathered one for a change.

She's a marvellous bird and a credit to you Nige, got mine in my stash and I'm really going to have to get her on the bench.

Congratulations on the finished kit, It looks excellent and The series has been great! Thanks for posting.

Great build, as usual. Have one in my stash got from Santa

Another work of art. Excellent work Nigel

I remember my brother 3o odd years ago a the point off completing the original 1/24 Spitfire there was some of the gun covers just would not fit properly he lost his patience with it and use it for target practice with his air rifle witch was a shame Because of the work he put in it. 2 days later he bought another one. Revel kits I have issues with. Anyway really enjoyed watching this build. Ttfn

Lovely build Nigel 👌👍 I’m sure with your artistic, modelling expertise you could scratch build up a diorama base 👍

That’s one cracking build Nigel

Nice to see this one get across the finish line, she looks lovely mate! Nice job and sure someone will take you up on your offer to put it on display.

Thats cuffing lovely Nige.

Great build, congrats Nigel 🎯

The end result is amazing 😍 I really like the engine. The subtle pre shading under the camo is awesome. Excellent video build series 👍👍👍

Looks great and it is great to see you finishing it.

Quite stunning. Truly a work of art. Congratulations. Really enjoy your videos. Thanks.

Good call on the weathering👍

hi nigel been waiting for this video will comment later when ive watched it a few times thanks nige

Really enjoyed watching the build

Stunning mate.

Superb! You’ve done a wonderful job with a great kit. And I like that you’ve not weathered it, it’s great to see a Spit in almost factory condition!

Another great build Nigel! Great series 👏

It looks fantastic, great series!

Lovely work as per normal Nige! I agree about the undercarrage, it was the only thing that I stuggled with doing this otherwise lovely kit. I've really enjoyed watching this series of Videos mate. Thanks for all your hard work.

Nice build.

Lovely build Nigel, like most of your work. How about that little museum that Zinzan posted a video about recently?

Really nice camo job Nigel, looks fantastic my friend keep up the great work .

good effort Nigel maybe antenna wire

Hiya Nigel.. I've watched a couple of YT videos of people making this kit, and you're the first to (correctly judging from the pictures) mention the wheel flat spots being wrong. It looks like the model was designed with the fuselage parallel to the ground as it would be if the aircraft were at speed, taking off or landing. However the majority of modellers would I think chose a static pose with the tail down so the flat spot if stuck in that position would be entirely wrong. Caveat: You made this video about a year ago and the other videos I've seen are newer. Perhaps Airfix realised their mistake and retooled a later version with the flat spot in the right place?

Great videos..new to this and just about to start my build…noticed you didn’t put white stripe on U/C doors …..unless I missed it

Great model Nigel. Still love the camo. I think you were right to keep it unweathered.

Looks very very nice! Nigel. I'm doing the 1/24 Airfix Harrier Gr3, wish me luck!! Any advice? Well done great video.😊

Another model finished stunningly, I have to ask though, what happened to the rotary-drum ammo feeders for the Hispanos, didn't the doors fit over them?

Beautiful kit, and beautifully made! It would be wasted on me, so im building Revell 1/32 Spitfire, all good so far! What are your thoughts on chipping, ie hairspray method or fine brush application? Thanks.👍

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Lovely job, she is looking fantastic! I'm a lot further back with mine, can I pick your brain? I'm having a trial fit of the engine and it's cradle, everything is exactly as per instructions but the whole thing seems to want to sit about 3-4 mm left of centre as viewed from behind. Did you have any fit issues to work around? Best wishes to Jess!

I know that people get very uptight when I criticise over weathering, but the chaps who did the fighting insisted on their aeroplanes being in tip-top condition. It's only when the plane is down-rated to a secondary task that they start to get beat up. We also need to realise that the average fighting life of a spitfire is less than 50 hrs.

What do you do with all your finished models

You mentioned using flat clear. I tried to used (airbrushed) AK flat clear recently and it left a horrible white film over everything! I went back and repainted and its "ok" but really close to a complete failure. I thinned the AK flat clear with Mr Leveling Thinner. I have some Tamiya flat clear that want to try but I'm obviously gun shy.

I have original Alclads and new no difference whatsoever IMHO..pipetts and airbrush only..never try to pour it it's basically fines in thinner..dont hang about spraying and thin coats till satisfied.Some of their metallics but not all have always had very little "pigment"...always been the same with those Nige, And aqua gloss on top that's always been the script.

Heating tubes to stop the guns freezing.

really oh ok just an antenna post then ?🤔

I know people have been raving about this model with its new mould video# etc bu5 it just looks like a typical airfix model good but never excellent.