Just caught this. Great build of a model of a great aeroplane. Incidentally, the forward-pointing addition to the propeller hub, often aerodynamically shaped, is the ‘boss.’

Well done great build. With reference to your window in the nose that's missing use a blob of Cristal Clear PVA Glue on a cocktail stick poke the glue around the hole until it covers it and when dry it will dry clear and will look like a window.

A lovely build overall. Beautiful clear explanation of your work, with relevant video rather than showing every single mundane task. Can hardly notice that gap on the front right of the canopy. Wouldn't even know it if you didn't mention it. I can certainly see why you would need extra detail in the cockpit. Huge open area. You have a very soothing voice, which makes for a relaxing video. Regards from Australia.

A terrific build and model! Thanks for creating and posting.

Beautifully done! Your honesty is refreshing. I do like your painting technique for the final product. It looks to be museum quality! Nicely done sir.

The most famous Anson must be N9945 used for searching for Knickebein transmissions. Flown by F/Lt Bufton on 20-21st June 1940.

Thank you for a very honest and upfront build of a very nice aircraft kit. The style of presenting and subtle background music made it very enjoyable, and I managed to pick up a couple of tips from you as well. Subscribed and look forward to more content.

Great work! It's a beautiful kit. Another great new kit from Airfix.

What a good job, in a complicated kit, not for a beginner.

I remember being rather disappointed when my father bought me an 'Airfix' Avro Anson kit instead of one of the 'glamour' combat aircraft of the era. It was probably my third model with the previous two being disasters. Ironically, the assembly went very well although being in the late fifties I suspect it didn't have the same detail. Unfortunately, I wasn't provided with any paint. I must admit I thought the paint work on your model looked rather 'washed out' until I saw the deeper colour of the photographs. Great video and I love the Anson now. I was delighted to see one at Duxford on a visit (from Australia) in 2010 and 2017.

I have really been thoroughly enjoying Airfix models recently. I got into them with the M3 Stuart they did and they are just a joy to build. They pick interesting subjects and usually do a solid job with detail. It's a shame to see some of the parts warped in the box, but the end model looks phenomenal

One of my favorite aircraft and well-built by you, thanks.

Looks like an Excellent Airfix kit

Great build!

New subscriber. What a lovely video. The model looked much darker in the final image. Beautifully filmed and narrated. Well done.

This looks really great when completed despite the issues what make the build frustrating here and there... I'd like to build one when I can get one. For the missing clear part, you can use two part clear epoxy resin to replicate them, it can be sanded and polished crystal clear when dried.... (Just fill the opening on the fuselage and let it dry.)

Yeah - I joined to upper wing first - BAD BAD mistake - everything was excellent... only issue was the underside engine gaps are you did... at paint stage, and it's a wonderful kit... everything you said was spot on. I had no warping issue - my clears were perfect.. and good example of the gun - agree it's easy to get wrong.

Nice build, looks great 👍

Awesome video. I just started this kit and I'll be using your video as a guide. Thanks! Also i just subscribed.

I need to build this. To bad its Airfix. My grandfather worked on Ansons in the Commonwealth Air Training program and I have a clock made from a prop hub that he willed me. Ill bit the bullet, make sure I have lots of putty, and sanding sticks and build it.

The floor of the cockpit on wartime Ansons were of an off black, closer to Tamiyas Rubber Black. The bare metal below would have worn through with constant use.

Beautiful and sexy work! The Anson’s Two engines remembers me my ex wife. Congratulations

In Australia it was called ‘Aggie’.

Hello mister mach.i remember as i was a child i build my model and i dont put them on Display but played with them dogfight as a child does.in the end props brokes,gear brokes,pitots brokes,pylons broke.and in the end the modells broke apart. These happy days a thumb up.with sticky greetings. Your modellmate.christian

I always wondered why noone builds the brocklesby mid air collision of two avro ansons that landed stuck together.. that would make a good unique model.

Super cool!

amazing airplain. need so extra atention like the trimmwehl but at the end it looks pretty good onley 2 tings who i found bad the nose radio antena is missing not the end of the world , and the engine , its cool two difrent typs of schells but the detail is not perfeckt the beneth intak is missing. i think som extra attention on the fabrikation can mak the model to the nummber 1. the decals ar just wow ! they go on like paintet and this just with one aplikation mr decal setter , set it and strip from inside outside 15 sek and it is done.

Excellent kit

Nice build, thanks for sharing 😊

Beautiful job and great narration. How did the colors (brown, especially) end up SO different from the demasking shot 28:17 to the finish reveal? It looks like two entirely different paint jobs

I think people should be aware of the limitations of models made from the resins called polymers in that not everyone knows that the material is very unstable. I realised this when a part I was trying to straiten using hot water to soften it actually caused the part to shrink. Understanding that oil is added to the plastic to help it flow easier in the injection molding machine means that the parts can change over time and then cause issues with failed mating together and parts becoming brittle. The oil in the plastic can evaporate and cause the part to shrink. I'm now aware that if a kit contains parts which are not contained in quality sealed plastic bags there's a greater chance for distortion. This may be more noticeable in say large hulls of ships and fuselage of aircraft. The sealing of the plastic models after building could help prevent it drying out and the model suffering. But once you open the bags it's actually a race against time to build it before the parts start drying out. Wear gloves when touching the plastic if possible.

Greetings my friend fro a new subscriber, that was a awsome build and paint finish, it is a kit I would like to get sometime soon, best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia.

Nice model and good commentary. A couple of observations: I thought the interior green was too light, and shouldn't the prop tips be marked out in yellow?

Oh no...warped parts in a new Airfix tool? LOL, but of course, its bloody AIRFIX mate.

Finally, someone who pronounces decal correctly, not dekkal lol

If you get parts that are warped, put them in warm water and then gently reshape them

I'm a new subscriber (only my 2nd video) and I am also new to modeling, and my interests are in the WWII aircraft. I find your videos to be really helpful, especially your troubleshooting process for when a kit goes wrong or your workarounds like the navigator's book (making it more 3D) decal. I appreciate the cinematography, the music, and the editing. I know you must spend a lot of time on the finishing of the video, and it doesn't go unnoticed. I do plan to stick to the Airfix models for my start, but are there other kits that are as well or better constructed and thought out? I have heard that Airfix decals are always high standard and usually their sprues are good to go as well. Thank you!

Very good video, beautiful plane, a diferent subject, like very much,. Greetings from Portugal, just subscribed your chanel, good stuff. 😉👍

I’ve always liked the Airfix Anson in the smaller scale, so this slightly larger kit appeals to me. I think it is crying out for some more refined interior detail from an aftermarket photo etch provider to really enhance it given how much glass there is. Speaking of glass, the fit of that was disappointing for a new tool kit, it should have been perfect. Poor QC on Airfix part and I’m hoping it was an isolated example, not seen other reviews so don’t know if it’s widespread. If I can make an observation on the audio, there is a really annoying high pitch sound in the background whenever you speak, like interference or something. Halfway through I had to mute the sound and turn on captioning (never ideal as it’s hopeless most the time), so maybe a gremlin crept in there somehow. Thanks for the build and information on the areas to watch out for!

Great video! "Make sure your tweezer skills are on point" - I see what you did there! (Even if you didn't). 😆

Did you fix that gap under the canopy?

Hi mate, what flat earth did you use please?

OK but you can still at the PVA even now.

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With your fit and gapping problems, it looks like Airfix has gone the way of the old Monogram P-61 kit, where it was molded so closely to scale it was flimsy and fiddly to put together, with significant gapping, many like myself quit and prefer building kits that simply go together without the hassle. What was wrong with the way they used to make kits, where the wing halves had the nacelles molded in and simply went together and then you stuck them into the fuselage side slots with the tabs provided? Why the layered puzzle wing assembly that punishes you if you don't get the order not "just right" and still leaves seams and ridges? Not to mention the one piece windscreen and fuselage that will require special fitting, filing, sanding and masking? It seems like you still have to fully sand off most of the finish and then repair it where necessary to maintain panel line integrity, etc.

I never use tamiya metallic colours, they are just too grainy; worst paints on the market. Better stick with alclad or ak.

175 parts.....

this video is not doing this kit proper justice ... mediocre build, silvering decals, poor lighting ... it's doing this otherwise fine Airfix kit a disservice