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There is something gratifying to finishing a bad kit knowing you've done the best you could by it.

I was worried that typhoon in that background was going to be on the list

Useful tip for those doing the Airfix Churchill, the wheels are perfectly positioned on the sprue itself, simply glue them to the chassis, snip them off and you're done.

Remember, most of these kits are old - as in 50-55 years old. The Academy Mirage is the 1960s Fujimi 1/50 kit. Revell's Stuka and Stearman date back to the 60s and early 70s. The PZL is a reissue of the old Mikro kit from Communist Era Poland. I wouldn't assume that any of these kits would be 2021 quality.

I remember making that Airfix Churchill Mk VII when I was a child, probably nearer to 50 years ago than 40. The wheels were quite tricky to get right.

I only (re) started this hobby in January and was tempted to go with the Churchill as my first kit, really glad I didn't now else I wouldn't have continued! My worst kit is a toss up between RPM Panhard 178 wz. 1940 (a French armoured car) where not one of the parts fitted as intended, or the Smer MS.406 (a reboxed ancient Heller model) which had similar fit issues. Not ideal as a beginner! Yours is one of my go to KZfaq channels for model kits, keep up the good work!

OMG , I remember that Churchill kit from when I was a kid (many , many years ago) , it was a truly painful experience . I found that some of my best finished work was from very bad kits . I found that IF I persevered with a bad kit to completion , I tended to go to town on it. Sometimes I think it would have been easier just to scratch build the bloody thing.

Good review. I notice the bad kits tend to be 1/72 and smaller, which is understandable. When you start getting that small, it's really hard to get good detailing and fit with complex shapes.

Despite your headaches with these kits, you did a great job on all of them. Proving that you can sometimes make a silk purse out of a pigs ear. Most (as its been pointed out) are of vintage tooling. That isn't always a bad thing, it gives one a chance to use as a test bed for scratch building, experimenting with painting & weathering techniques, learning how to accurately scribe or rescribing panel lines etc. But if one wants super detail without the challenge of trying to master new skills ; its best to avoid them.............especially the Mister craft 1/72 scale PZL 37!

Another great video! My worst kit of the year is Italeri’s JU88 A4 in 1/72 scale. Yes it’s almost considered a vintage kit but italeri markets it as “new” where all they have done is change the decals

I love how it's Thomas on that train car.

I built the Churchill when I was a teenager and, yes, it was quite a challenge in places! The Tornado also looks familiar. I think I built it too, but it was not sold as an Academy kit. I later built a Revell one in the same scale and wow, what a difference!

hey matt , great video! congrats.and happy new year!

I recently built the Tamiya 1/48 "Crocodile" version of the Churchill and it turned out nice.

Having just started this hobby, the first model I built was the Airfix 1/72 Tiger 1 which came in the Classic Conflict combo set with a Sherman Firefly. A great introduction to modelling for a beginner like me. It went together like a dream, the instructions were clear and concise, and, little did I know at the time, the quality of the parts was fantastic. Virtually no flash, and took no modification to fit together perfectly. The next kit I built was a whole other story. It was the Hasegawa 1/72 Ki-10, that, as it turns out, is just a re-box of an older ICM kit, even still having the ICM logo on the sprues. This thing fought me every step of the way. The instructions were very vague, and I had to either guess or use external references for some parts. The parts themselves were very rough, with poor definition of edges, a lot of flash, and almost every single part required modification to fit together nicely. The lower wings alone took almost an hour of trimming and checking to get them level with the fuselage. 3 out of the 4 sets of wing struts snapped when getting them off the sprue, even while being extra careful, and there are still some unsightly gaps which I'm going to have to fill in before painting. Overall this kit is not what I would call beginner friendly. Despite all of this, there was an odd satisfaction I got from finally getting it all together to a somewhat acceptable standard considering how hard I had to work at it to get to that point. It taught me a lot that an easier kit might not teach me, and doing this kit after completing the very nice Tiger kit really highlighted the difference in a well designed kit vs a less refined one. No doubt I'll come across other difficult kits in the future and because of this I think I'll be better prepared for them. In the end I think I got it to look pretty decent, and it should look great after painting which I'm going to do in the next few days. Thankfully the kit came with 2 planes so hopefully I'll be able to built the second one to a higher standard using the lessons learned in the first!

Your work on each model is superb. The only one of those pictured, that I have built, is the Churchill. I have built several. The boogie wheels are a nightmare. Bad instructions are especially commonplace with the models coming from the old Soviet block countries. The old Airfix Bofors gun and tractor was frustrating because of poor diagrams and extra unmentioned parts.

Oh hey, I remember building that Revell Stearman Kaydet a while back during my early teens! Yours looks far better than mines did.

The models may be crap, your handiwork clearly isn’t! You’ve really achieved some beautiful results👍🏻 Rgds from Holland, Joachim

Cant wait for this video and have a happy New year

My worst kits of 2020 were: 3. Tashigrushka 1/72 Wellington 1.c. This is a Frog kit that never made it to sale in the UK and the tooling was apparently never finished. The wings both cracked because I applied a small amount of pressure when glueing them together (the plastic was really that awful), the undercarriage had shattered apart, no decals were supplied and the clear parts were the worst I'veever seen (have the texture of sandpaper). I did actually enjoy the build though. 2. Roden 1/72 He111c. Many people say this is the worst kit ever sold. No parts fit and much of the interior/ wheel bays had to be cut or left out. It took a long time to construct but I actually enjoyed it and found a sense of achievement when it was finished. Sadly the primer didn't apply properly (my fault) and it's just been sat in the box for a few months so close to being finished. 1. Airfix B5N2: I just found this kit incredibly boring to build and the decals silvered horribly (uncommon for a newer airfix kit). It's rare that I don't enjoy the build of a kit but this was one.

I remember building the academy mirage back in the 90's, i had so much fun building their f14, f15, apache in 1/72 scale..and i decided to buy the mirage with 1/48 scale thinking it would be much better and much more detail as it is bigger..oh i've never been so wrong..i was confuse why this bigger scaled kit has less number of parts and much less detail..i remember the tyres in the landing gear was just a round plastic with a hole, and no details like the wheels, nut, etc..just plain round plastic..

Hey happy new year Matt, my worst models are probably a churchill crocodile in 76 scale and a panzer 3 tank from I don't remember the manufacturer, and probably the Tamiya 1/72 mosquito, I thought it needed some filler and not such a great fit, the best thing was the cockpit, great detail and good fit, other than that I didn't enjoyed it that much.

a little heads up on the airfix Churchill kit, when the wheels are still on the sprue, they should match up to the axles they go on, meaning you should be able to fit them on in one go whilst they are still on the sprue, then cut them free. as I have an airfix Churchill in my stash, when I build it I will be able to confirm (or deny!) if this is right!

My worst was Revell Concorde in 1:144 scale. Flash was everywhere, some of the parts damaged, so I had to improvise to make it look ok. I was really dissapointed, because I really wanted that kit.

Well,the worst kit I have built is not from this year but it is good to know about it,1/72 Italeri (MPM) Wellington Mk.X . Fitting issues,landing gear problems,no pins for horizontal stabilizers or any kind of marks where to put it,tail turret too large to fit. At the end it looks OK,but I would go for Airfix Wellington if I could choose and Special Hobby - 1/72 Barracuda Mk.II. Avoid this two. Nice video and happy new year from Croatia!!

I estimate I built that Airfix Churchill tank about 47 yrs ago. I seem to remember those little wheels did not positively locate very well and could set after gluing at all angles. Probably thought nothing of it at the time. Being a CNC machinist now I can see how much easier it must be to create precision dies with very fine detail.

You still built them all brilliantly. I am working on the black pearl revell 1.72. I must say wow it's been a tough one as I am 41 and not built anything since I was 12 and at best it was just 1.22 planes and cars. So this it a huge topic for me and I and now working on the string rope for the sails my gawd it's not one for the inpatient lol. But I love doing it and getting there with not hitches.

I think when a model kit showing it its age is not a bad thing, there are lot of modellers who likes old school kits (like me). But i would like see on the boxart the word: "old tooling". By the way nice video!

Your experience with the railway carriage not having correct instructions - The same goes for the Revell 1:72 Tiger II Ausf. B (03129). The instructions for the tracks is apparently wrong. I ended up wrecking this kit because once I got so far with the tracks, when I tried to dismantle them, wheels got pulled off.

That Revell Stuka was actually my very first kit i was given some 20 years ago. But for me, the worst kit I built in 2020 was Airfix's 1/72 Mosquito FB.VI/NF.II which was a massive shame for me because i love mossies and this was the first one i've ever built myself. Thankfully i have both Tamiya 1/48 scale kits which i'm saving for a later date

Hi im thinking about doing models do you have any recommendations for me for now im getting the Hawker Hurricane Mk.1

Totally agree on the Churchil. Getting those outer covers over the tracks and not fitting to the inners leaves gaps and the whole assy just doesnt sit vertically against chassis box.

I’ve never had a problem with Academy’s decals but I tend to stay away from Mistercraft because I have always had problems with their decals.

I’m not familiar with the last kit, but the other 4 are all old tool, with the Stearman and Churchill going back to before 1965! I bought the Revell Stuka sometime around 1978, and even then, never bothered to finish it because it wasn’t worth the trouble. The Mirage and Tornado are not Academy toolings... they would do well to stop issuing them!

The best aircraft kits were the Keilcraft boxes of balsa wood panels printed with the formers and fuselage shapes that I then had to cut out with a surgical scalpel. These planes, Hurricane, Spitfire, MB109, Fokke-Wulf 190, were all great fling models giving endless hours of satisfying interest. Of course that was in the early 1950s and children now aren't allowed to play with balsa cement, let alone surgical scalpels.

It's nice to know I'm not the only one who despised putting that airfix Churchill together, especially those treads

I built an 1/48 Italierie Alphajet in 2020 that was disappointing. I have not as much experience as many of you here, I built models when I was in school, stopped for 8 years while at university, and now continued. The plastics of the Alphajet did not fit together well, particularly the cockpit section and the body parts, they were not angled right and struggled to fit fixed in place. When I was in school I have found that Italierie was in general better quality than Academy which always had some gaps in the body of the model and difficult decals. But I was surprised because I have also built an Academy 1/48 F-86F which was a really good model, waaay better than the Italierie Alphajet, even the decals were very cooperative and not as shiny as the ones from the Alphajet, but then again the Alphajet was a matt finish and the Sabre was a metallic finish. Subscribed

Even though your considering these your worst there is a lot of nice work here , the finish on the mirage for example !

I never knew Matt was friends with Thomas the tank engine!

Thanks for info! I wouldn't waste paint and glue on any of those kits (and time).

Is that Thomas pulling that train around your garden? 😂

I love your vids bro keep up the great work 👍

Very nice models. I like them a lot. Big thanks for showing them.

Hey, Polish viewer here. I'm not surprised that PZL37 made it to the top. It's a rebox of ZTS Plastyk (Other Polish brand making cheap and low quality models) PZL37 from 80's. And here's my protip - if you want to experience worst possible 1/72 aircraft model ever, consider getting RWD-14B Czapla from Plastyk (serial number 002). It costs as much as 3 GBP. You'll probably give up on building it and throw it away! :D

Hi Matt, this PZL-37 is now about 40 years old... check the salemates for it since the forms were created in about 70's... If you want the plane depicted perfectly, check the newest IBG product - no comparison, old one should fly to the bin ;)

Some of my most unpleasant model building experiences came from building older Airfix kits

'One of Airfix older kits' - the reason I stopped modelling, years ago. Lumps of plastic from worn out moulds with new box-art.

Hi Matt really appreciate your your work i want to ask what is the best matt varinsh and which one do you recommend?

Worst kit of the year was one I built two days ago. Revells 1/72 Focke Wulf Fw-190 F-8. The canopys parts didnt fit well to the kit and when glued to places left a small gap between the two parts. There was also a gap between the fuselage and the top part of the wings wish I covered up with putty. Other than that the kit was alright to build maybe some small improvements could be done to it by Revell.

I bought a 1/72 Su-27 from Italeri in 2020 as my local hobby store had on discount for just 10€. The fit was ok, but the "details" are horrendous... the molds are from 1990, i guess raised panel lines where still a thing back then^^ And i dont even want to talk about the cockpit... i got so frustrated about the look of it i just spraypainted the whole thing in gold. So now i have a golden Su-27:)

Academy, Itilari, Trumpeter, Eduard {tan plastic}, Special Hobby, Vintage Airframes, I just stay away from. I like a little work, BUT since I do pay for my kits, I expect quality, not frustration, relaxation, not cursing until my face turns red. Great stuff!

I used to play a wonderful game called 'spot where the old tools have turned up now', particularly with Merit and Aurora models. Sadly the best Aurora ones, which I'd most like to get again at reasonable prices, were all lost when the tools were destroyed in a train crash. Actually, I'm afraid I've given up buying plastic kits now - I feel they are just far, far too expensive to justify buying. Sorry, Airfix, Revell, et al...........

I tried the air fix 1/76 Churchill.....could not get the wheels to line up with body whatsoever.

I remember some old airfix tanks i have built... A real nightmare and something certainly demotivating for a beginner.

What varnish did you use (if any) on the mirage?

I noticed the Airfix 1/72 Typhoon in your video. A lovely kit. Was it there for contrast?

Just a small point on the PZL. I am led to believe that the roundel on the left rear rudder should have the white square on top towards the front rather than the red. Otherwise...very insightful...thank you.

The worst models are the best ones to improve the skillness!!! excellent review

Worst kit I've worked on is the 1/48 Revell Huey Hog UH-1D -- not only is it not a UH-1D (short body of the older choppers instead of the stretched D version), the details are atrocious, the molding job is atrocious and full of flash and seam lines, the plastic itself is thin and atrocious, many parts like the motor didn't fill the mold all the way when they cast it, the clear parts are physically too small to fill the spaces in the main body, etc. Seriously, this thing has no redeeming qualities. I feel bad for anyone who paid the $20+ retail for this turd -- mine was $5 on clearance, and I overpaid.

On the category of good, have you tried Meng Models' World War Toons series?

The Steerman "Kaydet" would lend itself to all sort of of modifications. Although not well-known outside the U.S., numerous versions of the Steerman were used as trainers by the both the Army Air Force and the Navy. In addition, in a similar manner as was done with the famous Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" after WW-I, hundreds of Steermans were sold as surplus after WW-II ended and they continued flying in private hands for many decades thereafter, not least those heavily modified to as crop-dusters. The ubiquitous Steerman is regarded in the U.S. in much the same way as the British view the Tiger Moth and the Russians the Po-2.

Airfix churchill was the first model I ever made lol. I dislike their panther more though, the drive sprocket cracked under the tension of the tracks.

I built that Revell Stuka too and i must say, yes it sucked pretty bad. But on a positive note my best of 2020 must be my Achilles from Tamyia. Dream to build and paint.

My 5 best models built this year: 1. 1/72 old tool Hasegawa F-14A Tomcat: imgur.com/gallery/Z9W2Y5n 2. 1/200 Hasegawa Space Shuttle Orbiter + Hubble Space Telescope: imgur.com/gallery/TMlxH8r 3. 1/32 Revell 1969 Corvette C3 Stingray: imgur.com/gallery/zK1QQDh 4. 1/96 Revell Apollo 11 CSM+LM: imgur.com/gallery/6Hpr67Z 5. 1/72 Mister Craft Saab Draken (pure fantasy "US Navy Draken" due to unusable kit decals): imgur.com/gallery/ragTy04 It also is the list of my 5 worst model kits in reverse, as I only managed to complete these 5. Could be said that I had a bit of a retro year, youngest of these being 1985 tooling. But I started working on amazing 1/72 Dragon Gemini Spacecraft with interior and spacewalker. Plan to continue it this spring.

On my "worst kits" list are ALL the kits by Starfix of Israel. Their BF-109 and Spitfires labeled as 1/48 scale but are closer to 1/60. Odd ball scale, wrong proportions, the "Spitfire Mk. 22" is actually their Mk. IX kit with five blade prop, so many detail problems. Also on my list is ICM's 1/72 SB-2M Russian bomber. I literally couldn't assemble it, even with 50+ years modeling experience. Like the Starfix kits, it went into the trash. I normally like ICM kits. I am not a "rivet counter", and enjoy building the old Aurora, Lindberg, Hawk, etc. kits of my youth in the 1960s/1970s, as well as better detailed kits. Most kits have pros and cons, but those on my "worst" list are stinkers.

That stuka looks absolutely magnificent in my opinion

What a surprise to see the Churchill here, it is in fact my first model!

Probably the 2 worst kits I can remember off hand, from when I was a kid, were the Airfix 1/72 Tiger & Panther tanks respectively. Now those would be a challenge to anyones modeling skills to try and correct/update. Mind you, some of the early Tamiya 1/35 scale kits fall into this category as well. I have to give you props though for doing an outstanding job on all of these kits. The Churchill is particularly noteworthy. Great modeling job!! 👍😎👌

Thanks matt, I was going to buy the Stuka dive bomber but now I’ve changed my mind. I think i’ll get the Mk.1 Hawker Hurricane instead!

My worst kit of 2020 was a *Mistercraft* also; so I feel the pain. I want to make that the topic of my 1st video review when hardware allows; as it's almost comically bad. The *Academy "Sky Giants" 1:700 XB-70 Valkyrie* kit would be my #2 worst, as the landing gear is unsalvagable, the undercart doors barely passable, and the intakes only acceptable with application of plasticard & inginuity. A 1970's *1/700 Aoshima IJN Yukikaze* kit would be #3, as well as - on a more positive note - the topic of my first model blog preview :D .

I built that Airfix Churchill 30+ years ago. It was OK, but I preferred the Matchbox one with the bridge- layer thing. Very recently I bought the Tamiya 1/35 Churchill. I am going to build a "bikini tank- wash" diorama, featuring loads of women (Masterbox Pin- up); largely minus the bikinis.

I used to make these kits in the 1960s !!! In those days the kits always had Pilots and gunners !!!! But now I use My Gaming PC to fly these Aircraft which I find amazing !!!! I built most of them but I was more interested in what the Aircraft or Tank looked like when it was Completed !!! I built a large Stuka, a large Lockheed Starfighter, a large Mosquito and Dozens of Tamiya Tanks etc !!!!

I suppose these would be good for practicing various build/painting techniques!

Not many that I really do get on with - the KP 1/72 Piper Cub is badly designed with the weight of each wing on the clear parts and which split and using appropriate glue around would mark the clear parts so I gave up and binned it in the end. To heal the wound I built a Smer one instead which was much easier with the wings moulded together with correct dihedral. The Roden 1/72 Heinkel III E was the ultimate pig I have ever built. I did finish it but every part did not fit properly and I can see why the Roden early Heinkels are really cheap to now buy despite being the only 1/72 versions as clearly word has got around what monsters they are.

Worst kit I ever had was a Hobbycraft Avro Arrow 1:72 the 'retooled' version. Poor printing on instructions, part numbers in each step misidentified ( as in each tree tagged with a letter but part ID given for wrong tree), alignment pins that misalign parts, even the box illustration show outer half of landing gear panels opening in wrong direction.

Can't go on live since I have practice at that time

so, i made stuka from rewel too, and my father 30 years ago too, it was the same kit :-)

model minutes. I purchased the 1/144 panavia Tornado this year. I like this model because it was easy and fun to build. The color not too difficult: however, the decals were a bit disappointing and did not want to stick nicely. However I might do this model again but from another company

Nice video thanks for upload🥰

These look incredible! If you can do this with terrible kits, you're one of the most skilled modelers I've ever seen.

The vintage tank kits are perfect for kitbashing!

Ah, how 2020 has rushed past this year. I have to say, I cannot but agree with your choices there. First of all, for a company of its fame, and with all of the models they have released in recent years, it still astounds me that Revell loves grabbing back to some of its vintage kits without any alterations to the mould. Even though in the past they have collaborated with companies such as Italeri, Heller, Special Hobby and - recently - Academy (which, coincidentally, has a wonderfully modelled 1990s-vintage Junkers Ju 87G which only suffers from the usual horrible Academy decals), they sometimes have the odd habit of grabbing back to kits that have, in all honesty, clapped out. The 1/72 Stearman Kaydet is a good example (first issued by Revell Great Britain in 1965, most recent reissue 2010); perhaps the worst offender in the same series would be the P-51D Mustang (first issued 1963, most recent reissue 2011 - and perhaps the second worst P-51D around in 1/72 scale after the infamous Starfix one - and no, don't even try and build that one). In recent years, Airfix has upped its game quite significantly; and while some of their vintage kits are a real pleasure to build, the Churchill most definitely isn't one of them. Even at the time, the 'rolling tracks' concept for its tanks kits (i.e. simplified roadwheels and bogey construction which allowed the modeller to build the kit with rolling wheels) made them more toylike than accurate - and worst of all, it never really worked in the first place. Luckily, on its most recent tank kits Airfix has abandoned this approach (such as the Cromwell, Sherman Firefly and new Tiger I with single-piece moulded plastic tracks); one can only hope that Airfix will continue with this and replace other tank kits from its vintage catalogue with retooled issues. One thing I have learnt over the course of 1500 model kits and dozens of manufacturers, though, is to avoid Mister Craft kits like a bad case (or any case) of Corona. I've made the mistake twice - once with their Yak-1, and once with the PZL.37. Generally, most of the Mister Craft kits can be traced back to ZTS Plastyk of Poland, kits I generally refer to as 'hammer and sickle' kits as they weren't only built behind the Iron Curtain under communist rule, but also because they're so crude and made from plastic so hard one needs a hammer and sickle to get the parts from the sprues! (Other such firms would be Plasticard of East Germany; the old Kovozavody Prostejov of the former Czechoslovakia; DZI Donetsk Toys Institute of the former Soviet Union; etc...) In the case of Mister Craft's Yak-1, it was made of such bad and brittle plastic that I had no choice but to discard the kit; and in both the cases of the Yak-1 and the PZL.37, they came with the wrong sets of decals which did not allow one to build any of the variants listed in the instructions. Well, lessons learned there, so what else to say than: very best wishes for 2021, and may it bring many beautiful models! Keep building! ^_^

I agree wholeheartedly about the Airfix Churchill VII. I have built dozens of the things, swearing at the suspension units and bogies all the time, until one day, it dawned on me that it was possible to cement the wheels to the suspension units whilst they were still on the frames, en masse. They were still a pain in the sit upon to fix to the hull, but at least no more fiddling with tiny bogie wheels that the carpet was hungrily awaiting pinging out of your tweezers. I do prefer the ESCI Churchill IV - although I do wish they would reintroduce the AMRCR (Anti Mine Reconaissance Castoring Roller) accessory for it. The Hasegawa Churchill I kit is nice, too, and a useful base for several outlandish looking Churchill adaptations. All three kits are showing their age though. If Airfix could give us a nice mark IV, with ideally, parts to make it into an AVRE, and ESCI style running gear (a couple of pieces, and no fiddly wheels), then I, and certainly a lot of other people, would be happy.

That Churchill actually was my first introduction to model making. It didn’t turn out great at all but I am no quitter.

Goodness gracious MAN...even the worst kits you did look GREAT...too hard on yourself... the STUNKA diorama looks great I’m looking for a AIRFIX CHURCHILL KIT... The local hobby shops where I live don’t carry much AIRFIX products I’ll be searching on line for it Happy new year CHRIS from OHIO

oh gods I remember that Churchill from when I was a kid. It came in a triple pack with a FW190 and a Biplane. It was AWFUL

Thanks for your advice.

Mistercraft kits are always a challenge. 🙂

The pzl is pretty bad. I mean mistercraft is Notorious for this type of kits. Here in Poland we use to buy them for kids so they can play around with a cheap kit. Generations of modelers grew up with this kit in Poland. If you would like to build a nice pzl Loś in 1/72 then get yourself the IBG kit. It’s a new tooling, very nice details, very nice fit you even get a small pe sheet. only thing I would recommend to get is a mask set.

Funny I got on ok with the PZL 37 and I actually have three Mistercraft on the go at present. An IL 2, Bloch MB 152 (I have built one before and it was ok) and a Pe 2 all captured Luftwaffe versions. As per my below comment you have to be realistic about what you get for the price these are mainly very tired old Heller moulds and the IL 2 lacked decals but I can easily make up from the spares box. If you want a comfortable life and to produce top quality models without pain then go for Tamika or Hasegawa, but you will pay - your choice ?

OMG that Tornado looks hideous!

Regarding my recent comment about the airfix heron kit. On reviewing the video if you get to 5.59 minutes you can see the hole which is about 5mm diameter below the 2nd window from the rear of the fuselage

the worst kit I've build would be a junkers volksjäger from unicraft at 1/72 scale ,the best one ,a what if serbian tiger weserhütte using trumpeter E-75 1/35 scale kit(+it appeared in the truck & tank magazine)

What brand of glue do you use?

I'm also disappointed of the mirage because they also say authentic French air force markings included...

I bought an Airfix F22 lego style model for fun. I actually had lots of fun putting that thing together.

Actually, Airfix's Churchill was my first attempt at making a tank model. I was unable to assemble the wheels. It was a real mess. I think it ended in the dust-bin. I must say, I was 11 or 12 years old. As it reads nowadays on the box, it is not suitable for an under 14 person. But it did not prevent me from making plastic models and figures. I think, I'll make a new attempt to build an Airfix Churchill tank ... one of the days.

Happy new year and i just turned twelve my bday was on 29

Concerning the Stearman Kaydett, I have not yet seen any review nor build pointing at its very biggest flaw - struts, all of them, are too short so upper wing is too close to fuselage!