I love the sound of spitfires and lancasters flying over head, when visiting fairford airshow

KZfaq is so great for these useful tip videos. I'm just getting back into modelling after 40 years and this well made little film rocks. Lots of good techniques and ideas. Even enjoyed the jazz funk backing!

Thank you for not overweathering your models the way most guys do. Well done!

I have only just started building models again. (I was about 9 the last time I completed one) I just want to say WOW!!! This is probably the most impressive professional guide to modelling I’ve found on KZfaq. Your an inspiration and I am going to work my way to obtaining your level of excellence. Please keep posting these exceptional guides!

Excellent finishing work. I like that it's not over-weathered as some I see. This one is done up perfectly to where the realism is good, but it still looks like a well maintained military plane.

Know the video was made long ago but just bought this kit as my first ever and very excited to start making it. The video helps a lot!

Excellent build and technique vid. Very nicely presented. Stunning end result, you really made that classic Spitfire kit shine.

My first ever model was indeed a Spitfire MK Ia, in around 1989. I remember I only had three Humbrol enamel paint pots, gloss black, gloss green and a gloss brown... Yeah, she looked a beauty. She was stuck up on fishing wire with the rest of my (hundred or so) other models until about 1995 when my then bedroom was decorated and all the models were put into a big box for storage. But if I recall correctly, with the amount of gloss paint on her, even if she's now long since languishing in a land-fill somewhere, she'll still be all shiny.

Enjoyed the Spitfire build. Just finished one so it was good to see the results you were able to achieve. Great little kit!

Wow, this is absolutely incredible. Love to watch! Nice sharing!

Great to watch , and yes it was a spifire and the bf100 which ended up being my first crash diorama due to losing some parts to the Hover (vaccum cleaner)

Great build and has previously been said great tip with the candle and pencil

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Damn Scott, ya still got it buddy! This was so fun to watch, makes me want to make aircraft kits again. So many good pointers in here - loved the aluminum foil seat belt/decals, didn't know there were masking kits for canopies, that's super cool. Finished result really looks convincing.

That's a really nice build of this 1/72 kit.

I learned a lot watching your video, thank you for sharing this nice build and so many useful advice.

It was so long ago that the kit came in a bag with the instruction sheet stapled to the top of the bag. I also had the box set with the Spitfire and the Me 110. I can remember building the Frog Spitfire which came in a box with a V 1 flying bomb.

Very nicely done, great job on your Spitfire...and splendid colors and impressive technique!

Yet another great video S.P👌🏻 I will definitely be using a candle for holding superglue from now on. As well as using a mechanical pencil. Happy building!

Fantastic video. Thank you for all the tips and techniques. You have an amazing skill. Keep it up! Many thanks.

Great job, nice details for a 1/72. Amazing.

Great build thanks for the candle and pencil tip when using the superglue

Enjoyed this build, and spitfire looks terrific. And I like your technics.

Espectacular job!

very nicely done, thank you for showing us your approach :) very interesting to see how others work!

Great build and review - one of the best - lots of tips and ideas to think about and a very good result! ( but please forget the intro gimmicks they nearly put me off and I would have missed all the good stuff!! )

This is the best 1:72 spit build i have ever seen well done !!

Great video with some amazing tips. Thanks!

My first model was a T-6 Texan (1/72) by HAWK in 1971. Once you build one, you cant stop! you have to build them all.!! Nice, clear and very clean video format with plenty of tips to go around. Video production is hard and time consuming; Congrats on your channel ! Best regards and good luck!

My first model was a hawker hurricane, good kit.

Thinking about buying this to begin building and painting kit for first time

Great work Soldier 👍 Thanks

Excellent build thank you

Your two tips: super glue in tea candle and mech pencil applicator are brilliant!!

At first I thought oh no! 40 mins for your first video? However once watching I found the time passed very quickly with a lot of great tips and an excellent final result. Great production for your first video build. Looking forward to the next one.

Maravilloso trabajo. Congratulations! !!

Thanks man, and love the super glue tips!!

Looks absolutly amazing I recon I had to watch as I have one plastic Spitfire that was gen to by my Daughter so I guess i have to get it right, and also a mate of mine has done hundreds of plastic aircraft But have since sold most of them I bought a DC3 and a Lancaster Bomber from him AND.....they look AMAZING so I'll have to take my time as this SPITFIRE will be my FIRST one. So I'll be a bit nervous doing it OH OH OH ..............

Awesome finished product mate.

Nice job. Interesting to see the differences between this kit and the starter set - same plane, similar decals, but the instructions are way better on yours. On the starter set, there is no decal placement sheet, for example, making most of the decals redundant unless one researches elsewhere.

Excellent thanks.

Excellent sir it looks amazing

Outstanding! i got to stage 3 & probably should a painted those lill bstrds while attached to the sprue, but its my first tbuild since about 8 yrs old so i hope to get more maticulouse withn the detail and get to grips with fine handling! plus i got some x3 specs from Vision Express!! :) thanks oh, did you ever use the inside prop part :- A4?

For a first vidio, this is wonderful! I love your work mate, nice pre review as well I like that. However maby tone the music down a bit :) can't wait to see more!

Love your work fantastic 👍

Great work. Your attention to detail is amazing. Q: Gloves/ finger stalls for sensitive skin or allergies?

My first build was an Airfix Spitfire when I was about nine or ten years old... I’m hoping to make a better job of it this time round though thanks to these great tips!! Also I’ve luckily got a spare seat belt from a recent Revell Avro Lancaster Mki/iii kit. :)

Hi Scott Finally had a chance to look at this video. Been doing it in spurts as it seems that something is always drawing me away. Good thing KZfaq keeps it at where you left off. Here are a few of my observations and comments 1. Not too crazy about the cuts with the film/tv clips at the front end. The Spitfire fly-bys were perfect though. 2. Your speed up sections were very appropriate as you are right, those would have been boring. 3. I liked the use of your chisel. I have one of those and completely forgot I can use that tool in that manner. 4. Your use of aluminum foil and the kit decal was great. I think I will try that method next time but in 1/48th I think I will use lead foil as it is a little thicker and probably look a bit better. 5. Your replacement of the gun sight was a nice idea. 6. I am surprised you can put together the whole cockpit and still be able to do the detail painting but seemed to work out okay. I’m not that brave. 7. I see you are using the Tamiya extra thin a little differently than normal. I have never been able to apply it to one part and attach the other part. Maybe why you were having trouble with the rudder? If I had to do it that way I use the white cap Tamiya liquid glue. A lot more working time. 8. Love your idea of the block of wood for a handle. Got to remember that. 9. Your decaling method is also interesting. I was surprised that you get so many decals ready at one time. You are a brave man. I normally also use a tissue to wick away the water instead of using the hard surface like your mat. But having said that, doing it that way probably keeps it wet before use. 10. Your use of the water colour pencils was great. Got to try that. 11. The tea candle/super glue tip was an eye opener. Definitely have to try that. 12. It must have been quite interesting building this model as well as videoing it. Based on the video angles it sure looks like the camera is right in front of you. If that is the case not sure I could do that. Be cool to see your set up. Looking forward to your future videos especially your U boat commander figure if you will be filming that.

Very nice.

Good skills

In my ho the newer Airfix kits in 1:72 are top notch. The Bf 109 E is another single instant. An awesome kit. Airfix is on par with the Japanese kits now, as I said imho.

Very comprehensive movie, well done. Now I feel confident I can make a Spit too ;) And thanks for the shout-out :) Btw, I never knew the trick with the wax candle for superglue - I always used a piece of wax paper - I'll give it a try. As mentioned already, for a first the movie is gold! KUTGW! Gabriel

Very Good

Thanks for the great video and nice inspiration. I got one question: How much did you enlarge the "paint-scheme drawing"? (which you used for camo pattern). I copied the orginal drawing from the assembly sheet in order to do the same as I thought it was in scale, but it was too small.

My first one was a Italeri DC-3 Dakota.

COOL PLANE !!!

hi just subscribe enjoyed your video going through past videos and really like military figures painting ,thanks for sharing

may i ask about some build technique ? what is the final polish grit that you using to polish Fuselage, also does just sand and polish is enough to make the gap disapear?. BTW, thank you mention about wet sanding, i keep forgot about it, so i alway have issue with scratch when sanding

that is one amazing job.

My first Airfix Spitfire was the one with one-piece wings that had to be stuck sideways into the fuselage. And the pilot looked like a stretched frog. .. ...

Hi what did you use to hold the fuselage in place, looked like a block of wood. Let me know, thanks.. Lee

That was my first kit aswell

Just wondering when you did the paint fading with the 70:30 paint, did you use the base color dark earth?

I'm just about to start scold modeling

Nice video 👌

What do you dip the clear plastic into?

What brand of razor saw are you using?

Everyone who building kits, always built a airfix spitfire 🇬🇧

I just got my first kit never done kits like these and need help with the glue and paint like can I use any paints?

Will the alclad protect agianst enamel washes?

If only i could paint

you had a seatbelt decal? i didnt get it with box A55100. but then im going to use the pilot who looks a tad slimmer than your guy, probably cos i have the starter kit model! and i just subed so i hope to see a messerschmitt Bf109 & an Avro Lancaster B.lll. great post cheers!

My first one wasn't a spitfire but a Curtis tomahawk 11B

Fantastic build and techniques. Sadly ruined by heavy black panel lines, which Spitfires didn't have

More airfix build vids pls

Will we see an armour build soon...?

Just found your site. Really enjoyed this Airfix Spitfire 1a build. Looking forward to checking out the rest of your posts! Can you be reached by e-mail or other means. Would like to ask a few questions about technique and airbrushing :). Thanks…from the left coast.

what happens at 11:44 on the gunsight? I miss what is said?

No black panel lines on the real Aircraft,I work on them, always a mistake, cheers great vid.

I just can't live with the HUGE panel lines on the new mould aircraft, they're just MASSIVE, so out of scale that the panels would have to be maybe 5-6mm apart on the real thing!!!!!!. There are even die cast models out there with smaller panel lines.

Just got my first.

my first airfix model that I made was a hurricane

Please no music..............excellent build though.

The one seen from Dunkirk

You're soldier is really that small?

Nice vid for your first build. Tanks please! One question - you're Canadian, right? Cotton bud? Cotton bud? It's a Q-Tip dude!

I have always wondered why we take so much of pain to paint the cockpit interiors when they are barely visible in the 1:72 scale. Inherent masochism, I guess! Building the BBMF Spitfire MkIIA now. Horrible experience. the kit is warped and the fit is appalling.

The word “DECAL” is pronounced with a long “e” not a short “e”.

Late, but you're mispronouncing decal. Its DEE-CAL

Open feedback Decent build.... Not impressed with your intro, a bit cheesy and the pointing is not really culturally sympathetic. Concentrate on the builds and I may subscribe.

Annoying music- can't watch.

Yet another great video S.P👌🏻 I will definitely be using a candle for holding superglue from now on. As well as using a mechanical pencil. Happy building!