I was concerned about the length a little bit ! Thanks for the encouragement!

It's a great kit highly recoomended !

It was a risk going for the coppery shade but it paid off. Thanks!

Thanks Pijawek that sheds some more light on the history of 303 for me. Its an interesting squadron that had some brave people

@@lpjmodels 303 was responsible for more downed german planes than any other RAF F C Squadron during the Battle of Britain. Thank you, Poland.

Thanks a lot MrJoe99998 ! Hopefully there will be plenty more tips and tricks to come !

Thanks Neil you too !

Thankyou mate ! Really appreciate you watching !

Thankyou I'm glad it was useful !

i know Im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a way to get back into an Instagram account?? I somehow forgot the login password. I would love any tips you can offer me

@Harley Malcolm Instablaster =)

@Alden Brennan i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im waiting for the hacking stuff atm. Looks like it's gonna take a while so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

@Alden Brennan it worked and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy:D Thank you so much, you saved my ass !

@Harley Malcolm happy to help :D

Best of luck ! Test fit the cockpit tub a lot.. there was a bit of an issue but nothing major

Thanks Derek! Practice make it easier

Glad you did many thanks !

Thanks Chris ! On a smaller kit like this it didn't take too long ( as soon as an oil layer is dry to the touch I will move on)

Thanks a lot :)

Thanks John !

Thankyou !

That's a massive compliment Ian thankyou ! The black basing to me just gives the base coat a little more variety before weathering, after messing about with layers and effects I find it hard to lay down a solid colour, I'm always reaching for another technique or something just to break it up a bit more. I'm glad you think the weathering is realistic, I did a lot of research on the weathering of BOB hurricanes before I dared lay any paint down. Many thanks !

yes it was a pretty decent film !

Radu thankyou its definable got the edge over the newer tool airfix . Very refined details. I used a lot of reference photos to get the right amount of weathering. Thankyou !

Hi Jon ! My advice is to get the best you can afford, while you can get reasonable results with cheap gear you'll likely get more headaches in the long run. That being said a lot of people have good luck with the cheapo ebay £30 airbrushes, but these I would view as more a disposable bit of kit as getting spares might be troublesome. I started with a sparmax sp35 but outgrew it very quickly. Your compressor will be the biggest investment to start with, as long as it can put out at least 25-30 psi you'll be set, anything more for modelling is unnecessary. Best of luck !

@@lpjmodels thanks, looking at Bartsharp AC01 compressor and possibly one of their 25 quid airbrushes just to get me started......... what d’you reckon?

Thanks Trinescape it does look a bit misty and I dont know what happened, i had to make my own masks (not quite there yet with that) so that could have been tidier, and maybe the oil wash left a residue, I usually polish my canopies with polishing compound before painting and that usually helps as well.

Thanks mate !

Just a scalpel ! They are small enough to lift without much pressure

Hello Efraim, you can use lighter and darker versions of the base coat, I like to start with black usually and build up a mottle with the airbrush. I use the stencils for pre and post texturing.

Thanks Ivan, its artool ultramask !

Many thanks ! And of course, the masking material is artool ultra mask, pretty good stuff. airbrushes.com/product_info.php?products_id=2939

No unfortunately not. With the amount of detail on there I would be surprised to fit one in 😀

Sure imgur.com/gallery/6sdESaf

Thanks a lot !

Wouter I think the bulkheads are a bit too big, (can't remeber exactly ) but there was some minor trimming on mine, its always tricky to fit everything into a vid.

Thanks Peter ! I dont remeber about the canopy I'm afraid, I'm fairly sure there was an option, but not 100%

@@lpjmodels Hi, Yes there's an option with opened canopy. There are two canopies in the kit. The "opened" is bit wider

Hello Piotr it is the Artool texture fx mini. Link is in the discription.

Thanks Lee ! I think an airbush is a worthwhile investment if your invested in the hobby for sure, like all tools though they require practice so it worth looking at youtube videos or forum/Facebook tutorial posts. Its good to buy the best you can afford, you can get cheap Chinese airbrushes to play with but you will outgrow them quickly. Harder and steenbeck, iwata, badger, and Mr hobby all make good quality products. The spares for h&s and badger are easier on the wallet though. You'll need a compressor, most people like one with a built in air tank ( this fills up only when needed keeping the process quieter) I use one without and still get happy results though. I don't think I would be happy with my vehicle modelling without and airbrush after making the shift. You can get great results with a brush, however once you're set up and practiced with an airbrush there processes become a lot more streamlined and you can get a wider variety of effects and finishes. I hope that gives you something to chew on !

Occasionally.. but selling is much better for my pocket

I was wondering. Back in my model-building days (mostly cars) I would put them up on a shelf for a month or so but invariably I would have the desire to blow them up with firecrackers. Skeeter airplanes, those $2 rubberband-powered aircraft, had the same fate. We'd tape a firecracker on the fuselage, wind-up the rubberband, light the firecracker fuse and then quickly throw plane off a bridge.

Hi Rick, this is the steel wing variant, the fabric starts behind the cockpit panels, all metal areas were appropriately chipped and fabric left as is

Thanks Jimmy. I use a lot of references to get a feel for my subjects and how they wear, controlling it however in a smaller scale is a bit more tricky (don't often do 1/72) I appreciate the feedback. And I haven't touched a warhammer kit in my life, there are a lot of talented 40k painters out there though

Спасибо !

This one was about £14 not bad for the detail and quality. The Iskra was an earlier kit and they have improved since then !

Thanks a lot Vincent. They are less noticable in person!

Hi William thanks for watching! I tend to weather to reference if it permits and there were a lot of beat up mk1s around the battle of Britain time, the chipping on the wing roots, metal sections of the fuselage and gun bays were pretty prevalent as well as the dirt build up. Weathering can be quite subjective and it's not to everyone's taste either way , many thanks for your feedback!

lpj models I am intending to have a go at weathering in order to improve my skills. I am starting an Airfix Canberra PR9 and will try a milder version using your methods. Wish me luck.

Ahh the Canberra, lovely aircraft! Best of luck with it, I'm sure it will come out top !

Also i was thinking of making a historical Halifax that was used by the Pakistan Air force

Ahh if only I had the time to mark such an occasion ! Unfortunately I have loads of projects to get done

Many thanks for watching ! And there may be a Pakistani aircraft in the future!

@@lpjmodels thanks a lot for considering my offer man !! I love the beautiful work you do.

@@lpjmodels Yh im looking forward to it. Its nice to make and understand each countries Air force and achievments

That is the correct term yes.. if I decided though to pronounce it in the proper Spanish manner a lot of people wouldn't know what I meant.

@@lpjmodels yep, fair enough.

At first I couldn't remember if I'd started using stock music for this one as its quite old, so I went and checked, the music wasn't chosen, me and a friend made it, sorry it sucks. Newer videos have stock music from epidemic sound.

You could say over shadowed by the fame of the spitfire.

Good point!

@@lpjmodels I'm just stating a fact

I wasnt arguing it, you're right. A misspeak on my part