Schnellboot Kit Comparison 1:72 Airfix, Revell and Fore Hobby

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Following on from my detailed review of the 1/72 Airfix E-Boot, Revell S-100 and the new kid on the block: Fore S-38 Schnellboot, this is the side by side comparison of all 3 kits. I compare each kits hull, deck, bridge, armament and railings, as well as discuss overall what I like about each kit and warn where they could be problems.
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00:00 Introduction
03:15 Airfix Hull and Deck
06:28 Revell Hull and Deck
09:06 Fore Hobby Hull and Deck
13:16 Airfix Bridge and Guns
17:05 Revell Bridge and Guns
22:05 Fore Hobby Bridge, Guns and railings
26:32 Summary

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@4ngu54110tt Жыл бұрын

Thanks Harry it's a great series. Hope you're on the mend and back to yourself soon mate. Cheers 👍😀🐈‍⬛ and note no thumb up the cats bum....

@HarryHoudiniModels Жыл бұрын

Wow Super Thanks Angus… I better get my digit out the cats hole then.

@BobbyG-bp9xr Ай бұрын

Fantastic comparison video Harry, really interesting to see the difference in these kits from different era's. I've never built a ship or boat before but seeing your vids has definitely given me the bug! Like you I love Airfix so I'd love the e boat and I've also seen the Flower class kit but they are ridiculous money, even the revell reboxes are like 200+quid on flea bay! Anyhoo, great video mate, will be watching the build vids next. Cheers Bobby 👊

@HarryHoudiniModels Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Bobby… on my list for retirement in a few years

@gerryswift5056 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the heads up Harry. Very useful as I have both the Airfix and Revell boats to do.The reference book for painting is very useful too. Much appreciated. 👍

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help Gerry

@midnightmodeling1639 2 жыл бұрын

All 3 of them will be great builds. Thanx for sharing.

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks matey

@billevans7936 2 жыл бұрын

Oh cool Harry...!! taking a looksee now...about 5am here..got the coffee on...

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Good man

@blainefrenette3520 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Been looking forward to this. Airfix has made a 1/72 MTB years ago I so want to do both the S boat and the MTB in 1/72 some day. It will go great with the Revel PT 109 I did last year.

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Yes they should all look great together on display Blaine.

@arildek7977 2 жыл бұрын

I already built the Revell kit and with additional PE accessories it makes a very nice model in my opinion. It is also reasonably priced. I would love to build the other two versions as well but the Airfix is hard to get where I live. Airfix made a very nice kit when taking its age into consideration. The Fore kit is rather pricy but you do not have to buy additional accessories and I will definitely have a go at it. All the best from Norway.

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

My words exactly. Good on you Arild.

@mirrorblue100 9 ай бұрын

All look bloody hunnish - I'll go with Revell. Thanks Harry.

@HarryHoudiniModels 9 ай бұрын

Well they are Schnellboots not Ferries LOL

@sabrekai8706 2 жыл бұрын

Built the Airfix kit about50 years ago. Doing it again, taking my time and adding details. I love the early boats. I have the Revell S-100, one of these days. One thing about the Airfix, I found a lot of sink marks on the deck which were annoying to fix, and the hull deck joint needed a fair amount of filling and sanding. The deck fits differently as you go down the length.

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

You might have a later release than my original white box Airfix kit, so the moulding or plastic may not be the same. I did not notice any sink marks on my deck and the dry fit, although a little fiddly, clicked together nicely. I have a full video review on the Airfix E-Boat as well.

@markpearce9619 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for part 2 of a great comparison , Harry. Having immersed myself in (and thoroughly enjoyed, several times over !! 👌) your build series on the Revell S-100 kit, you’ve already ‘cost’ me snagging one ( with the 3.7cm rear gun, not the later (quad) Flak Vierling version, plus the Eduard PE set !! (about 5 shekels for the kit) You’ve mentioned 3D-printed side railing stantions a couple of times now. Are these commercially available? (in the UK ?) I got the impression when you showed them during your S-100 build that it was just a favour for a mate. But in this comparison, you seemed to suggest that they might be more widely available ? Can you enlighten me, please? Superb job on the Revell kit by the way. Look forward to seeing how the Airfix build compares. Happy modelling, stay safe, and thanks for all that you bring us, Harry. Greetings from Old Mid Wales !!! as opposed to NSW !! 🤪🤪 👍👍

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark. Craig now has a website for his 3-D printed parts, but the stanchions were so popular they sold out in a day. No doubt he will print more. www.mousemuffinsdesign.com/shop

@daniellabra4186 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for the plesiosaurus. Without it I wouldn't have guessed the relative size of each boat 😂

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

It’s always good to have a yard stick, or a dinosaur, to help you visualise.

@daniellabra4186 2 жыл бұрын

@@HarryHoudiniModels Absolutely. We, relatively old people, might have seen one or both (the yard sitck and the dinosaur...)

@cobrawingman 2 жыл бұрын

nice review ...

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙂

@basfinnis 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the comparison. Very helpful if you were going for 1/72?

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Basil.. now I have to build all of them… maybe not for a while though ;)

@theowdgit9790 2 жыл бұрын

Built 3 of the Airfix E-boat in the 70's 80's, each one was different to sort out not a problem realy, one i gave away to next doors kid, one was deliberatly sunk in an old mine lodge (pond) hit by .177 Diana air rifle and the last went to sea made up with water tight marine glue with the propeller motor pod (from the QE-2 boatinglake effort from the 70's) attached underneath. happy days

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

so you are only in it for the sinking?

@theowdgit9790 2 жыл бұрын

@@HarryHoudiniModels lol bored kid syndrome,love to do one again to go with the others ive kept since the mid 90's 👍👍👍

@georgedistel1203 2 жыл бұрын

Still say they need a 1/35 scale one

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Ital-scary put out a 1/35 S-100 many years ago and just added the S-38 in that scale as well last year. www.scalemates.com/kits/italeri-5603-schnellboot-typ-s-100--109976

@PiperStart 2 жыл бұрын

Great review. It's a pity Hasegawa haven't brought out a Schnellboot - their ship kits are pretty well unparalleled.

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

As are Fuijimi. Fore Hobby just announced an S-38b kit. Which has the prototype armoured bridge like the S-100

@craigclark2936 2 жыл бұрын

@@HarryHoudiniModels Really? where?

@davidjennings9128 7 ай бұрын

Well there is a lot to think about Lucky for me I pick up a white box airfix e boat at a good price it’s the kit I always wanted as a kid but my parents couldn’t afford it so my mind set is buying kits from the 1970s yeah they have there problems but that modeling for you lol It’s kind of thing I like,I am impress with the newer models but for now I settle with the swearing Lol good review Harry simple straight foreward

@HarryHoudiniModels 7 ай бұрын

You are not enjoying it David, if your lips don’t slip out a few cuss words during the build.. LOL

@davidjennings9128 7 ай бұрын

@@HarryHoudiniModels your right mate looking forward to next project all the best

@4ngu54110tt 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Harry. 😊

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Angus

@michaelvalenzuela2528 2 жыл бұрын

I sure would like to see a Farmille class or German R-Boot in 1/72 scale.

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

we can only live in hope…or scratch build one!

@nickbrough8335 2 жыл бұрын

Harry. you spoke too soon. I see Fore Models is releasing a 1/72 S-38 with the armoured bridge shortly :) the review will need an update in a few weeks.

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I saw that just after I uploaded this video… maybe they will send me one for free to review?

@nickbrough8335 2 жыл бұрын

@@HarryHoudiniModels Definitely worth asking them. But I think you'd need to do a priority build as well.

@robertwallace9215 7 ай бұрын

I have an odd question maybe, when I was young I was a model geek. All my models had interiors that you put together and painted, the whole nine yards. Now I am older and I would love to make models again, but I can not find models with buildable interiors. Do they still make them? Where can I find some, anyone know?

@HarryHoudiniModels 7 ай бұрын

A lot of us scratch build our interiors. I do know of a Revell U-Boat with an interior, but it’s an old kit

@johndesalvo7738 3 ай бұрын

Depends on what u are building. Takom, ryefield, gecko, afv club, miniart makes armor kits with interiors. Eduard profipack has nice aircraft 1/48 and 1/32. Miniart has some detailed aircraft as well.

@sammy_dog 2 жыл бұрын

im likin the Airfu ummm i mean Airfix kit get building schnell schnell

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Building April as a buddy build with David Eaves

@soppdrake 9 ай бұрын

I see that someone had laid a cable on the Airfix' poop deck

@HarryHoudiniModels 9 ай бұрын

Indian rope trick on the fore deck, no pooping. LOL

@troyprosser4890 2 жыл бұрын

Schnell schnell build ze boats!

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

The S-7 is locked in for April, but as I said in the video the S-38 won’t be for some time, and I haven’t even finished my current S-100. So that S-100 Flak 38 version is years away.

@paulschumacher1263 2 жыл бұрын

The word "boot" in German is pronounced "boat."

@HarryHoudiniModels 2 жыл бұрын

Donkey Sean

@olipellert8315 Жыл бұрын

I have never heard an English native speaker pronounce the word "Schnellboot" so well. Have you ever learned the German language in your live? It is sometimes so terrible to watch documentations of WW2 and the narrator talks about German tanks, ships etc and the pronunciation is so bad.

@HarryHoudiniModels Жыл бұрын

My Father was South African and also spoke German so picked some up, as well as chatting with German friends over the years, I might have absorbed the accent. When I played the German Doctor live on stage in “Murder on the Nile” I had people coming up to me after the show asking if I was German. LOL

@olipellert8315 Жыл бұрын

@@HarryHoudiniModels Thank you for your response. Very interesting heritage.I can absolutely confirm that you speak the words like Schnellboot, Flak etc like a German. By the way I like your videos, there are informative, well done and I have learned a lot. Have a nice day.