The Best & Worst kits I built in 2022!

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Жыл бұрын

With the conclusion of another year, join me as I take a look back at the previous 12 months and rank the kits in order from worst to best! These is a subjective list based on models that were built during the year.
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2. Beacon Models Bf109 Build • Exclusive FIRST BUILD ...
3. Airfix Fw190 A-8 (Airbrush Review) • A Portable Airbrush & ...
Hon Mention. Airfix Spitfire M4H
4. Airfix Hawker Demon • One of the BEST Vintag...
5. Airfix Jet provost Nail Polish Challenge
6. Revell F117A Nighthawk • The Revell F-117A Nigh...
7. Hobby 2000 Hurricane Mk1
8. PM Model Sea Fury
9. Academy F104G Starfighter • The Academy F-104G Sta...
10.Revell TA152 H
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@beacon_models Жыл бұрын

Wow so cool to make this list! That's an amazing surprise, thank you so much! So glad you enjoyed the sample and hopefully you'll enjoy the production version and the Spitfire.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

It was a great build! Looking forward to the "proper" versions :D

@jaws666 Жыл бұрын

@@ModelMinutes that spitfire looks amazing.

@kevinholderness4243 Жыл бұрын

Quite a broad range of models. Looking forward to what you undertake next year. A prosperous new year to you and yours.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks! The same to you! I hope that i can find the time to do some bigger projects next year

@wadejustanamerican1201 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for a wonderful year in model building. Building my Hawker Demon this week ( no broken parts). You have built a great community here. Happy New Year to you and all of my fellow modelers here.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

@DannyBoy-vg6kp Жыл бұрын

Another great video. You did a great job with your kits in 2022, I look forward to seeing what you do in 2023. Id like to wish you and your family a happy new year and hope that 2023 brings health and happiness to you all 🥳

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks! And to you and yours too!

@plasticalchemist Жыл бұрын

Great builds and great Top 10. Wish you a happy new year and that 2023 is full of success my friend.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@ShuttleFactoryScaleModels Жыл бұрын

Even though some of the bad kits you made were not of great quality . You still did an amazing job on them. Keep up the great work Model Minutes and here's to a great 2023

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks a bunch!

@bugler75 Жыл бұрын

Always great to see a ‘wheels-up’ modeller 👍🏼 Happy New Year to you Matt and all here. Ian, France

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@robertbate5790 Жыл бұрын

Great bit of fun, thanks for that. HAPPY NEW YEAR 🎈🎇🎈

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@Phil684 Жыл бұрын

Hi Matt, thanks for sharing, all the very best in 2023

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

You too!

@neilhaas Жыл бұрын

Best wishes for 2023 looking forward to more models.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

and to you!

@alancrowley7991 Жыл бұрын

Great job on the camel diorama Matt Well done............All the best for 2023..........👌👍

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

@ronandanne1 Жыл бұрын

The honorable mention kit is very creative and nicely done. For some reason i really liked that one a lot. Overall a very impressive list. Bravo!

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

thanks very much!

@yvesdubois4964 Жыл бұрын

Very nice model show, various subjects, all of them very well done, giving us new ideas or simply making us want to build, more and more...💡📝 Bravo !👍🏻 Happy new year to you, happy modeling ! 🛩️🪛🪚🗜️📏📐🖌️🎨 Best regards 🇨🇵🤝🏻🇬🇧

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Glad you like them!

@nthdesign Жыл бұрын

My favorite builds you did this year were the NHS Charity kits. I like paint schemes that you won’t see in the real world. Happy New Years from the (New) Jersey Shore!

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Cool, thanks!

@12am_scale_modeling Жыл бұрын

I look forward to these every year!

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

I was tempted not to do one this year, but lots of people asked so here we are lol :D

@12am_scale_modeling Жыл бұрын

@@ModelMinutes I hope you do a 2023 “good Bad and disappointing video” on Airfix’s product range.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

@@12am_scale_modeling 😂 maybe

@BobMuir100 Жыл бұрын

Very interesting video and what an amazing range of modelling! I think you are the only channel that I actually watch that offers me: trains, planes, tanks and camels!! ACE!! As I think you are aware you have been a positive influence on me since I returned this year and indeed you were the first channel I stumbled across when I turned to KZfaq! So Daddy you were there at my ‘birth’ LOLx2 😅😊 I think a biplane is in my future despite me thinking ‘……never in million years …..’ at one time, did I say you were a good influence???? Bob England

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks Bob! I like to think of myself as a bit of a variety modeller :D

@johnburger8762 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing, loved the video.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@joemulhall5202 Жыл бұрын

Fantastic. Nostalgia for my childhood hobby! Tended to prefer Airfix than any other brand. Hasten to add that the skills and review qualities are top notch and makes my efforts seem total pants ! Great watch.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the video :D

@joesanchez979 Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year 🥳🥳

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Happy new year!!

@DannyMNL Жыл бұрын

Regarding the silvering on the decals on the Starfighter kit: you can remove silvering by lightly stippling the affected areas with Tamiya extra thin cement. It will dissolve the top of the decal allowing the air to escape and will then almost immediately evaporate, sealing the decal again. I've saved many models like this. Assuming you're clear coating afterwards.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

I did use the tamiya ET cement on the transfers on the Hughes 500 I built, but those were way worse lol

@ninjawithfishontheback Жыл бұрын

happy new year

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Happy new year

@ninjawithfishontheback Жыл бұрын

i love building models and your vides i dont know why your vids give me good vibes

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

good to hear!

@robpowell8633 Жыл бұрын

Great mini Messeschmitt. This has made me look back over 2022 and realise how many models I've done. The best was Das Werks fantastic U9 submarine. Glad you still do transfers instead of deee-kals.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Sounds like you had a good year!

@yorkshiremanmodels Жыл бұрын

honestly i loved the star fighter yea fair enough the pilot looks like hes a alien from a star wars film but the model at the end in my view looked great and you made a dogs dinner look fit for a king i also enjoyed the hurricane build as it involved some decal errors and new paints, plus the add on of using a 3d printer made the video a lot more interesting i am looking forward to your builds next year keep up the good work

@thehaikulibrarian Жыл бұрын

l've built a couple of the Academy F-104Gs and they aren't the best Starfighters in the scale, but they are a good quick build. l've also built the Revell Ta 152H and was quite impressed with it.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks! more to come :D

@charliebowman785 Жыл бұрын

Honorable mention, all are so gorgeous but that spitfire white and red is beyond outstanding. Don't be so severe with yourself. Keep up the great work. Kudos.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@clouddog2393 Жыл бұрын

Excellent models very well made and painted . You,re no . 1 the camel diorama was most impressive . A good years modelling with fine results .

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

@Juno58 Жыл бұрын

Forget that Bf 109 E! Try the amazing Special Hobby 1/72 kit. It"s unbelievable what an amount of details this stunning kit has even in this relative small scale, i.e. the DB engine, the MGs with ammo feeders, full cockpit details, and beautiful fine surface details. By far my best kit in '22!

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Sounds good! Bit of an unfair comparison between a 1/144 and 1/72 kit though

@Juno58 Жыл бұрын

@@ModelMinutes uups, i didn't get that your 109 is 144, sorry!

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

@@Juno58 is it more impressive now? 😂

@diggilad781 Жыл бұрын

Another year another best and worst kits review, this is probably the best part of my year

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Awesome!

@ewmhop Жыл бұрын

HAPPY NEW YEAR AND AS MAXS GLUE TROPPERS SAY MODEL ON. GOD BLESS

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Happy new year!

@chrisveya7556 Жыл бұрын

I thought it must have been my mistake that the propeller of the Revell FW turns backwards🤯 Thanks for revealing it was actually wrong in the instructions! That haunted me😄

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Lol yeah, they moulded the hole for the pin that goes on the engine on the wrong side 🫠

@GeneralKatarn 11 ай бұрын

Despite the lower ranking kits being bad, you have more than enough skill and patience to make them look presentable. Kudos to that

@ModelMinutes 11 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

@gernaneering Жыл бұрын

i find you very encouraging to build these less than perfect planes and other subject models , that really helps me to be happy to apply myself with very minimal skills and basic knowledge, Overall i want to make models with very simple and easy to use skills and tools . ie i dont want to have tool, and paint store the size of a garage to complete a model. Feeling i done the best i could with out having a massive investment in equipment and in time and effort, like using a sledge hammer to crack a nut.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@darkwood777 Жыл бұрын

I enjoyed those MasterBox figures as well. I split them between two dioramas. One with the Tamiya LRDG truck, and the other with the Tamiya Matilda tank.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Very cool

@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835 Жыл бұрын

What a cracking model the camel and its humans is. I love the evil eye the camel is giving you - presumably it wasn't pleased with your efforts with the filler 🤣

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

haha i'm sure he wasn't happy!

@chrispacer4231 Жыл бұрын

I REALLY LIKED YOUR Me 109 Diorama, my favorite Also like the CAMEL FIGURE diorama, You do a great job, THANKS FOR PUTTING THIS TOGETHER… CHRIS from OHIO…

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@jojomaster7675 Жыл бұрын

Good video. Though to be fair for the rewell ta-152 kit, it's probably one of the cheapest kits you can get. So it makes sense the quality isn't exactly up there. I bought one essentially just for the decals, because I want to build a dragon Ta-152 I found in my dad's closet (unfortunately without the original decals), and this kit was actually cheaper than most decal sheets i could find for it.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

You can buy brand new tooled kits for almost the same price though, same price and better quality

@jojomaster7675 Жыл бұрын

@@ModelMinutes Can you? I'm kinda new to modelling, so I don't know that much about prices, but I got this revell kit for 150kč (6.50USD), which seems rather cheap compared to other 1:72 kits I've seen for sale.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

@@jojomaster7675 definitely, it really depends on where you shop (and sadly to some extent the country you live in) but I managed to get a 2020 tooling Airfix Sherman Firefly for like $8 (converted from £GBP). There are many newer kits out there which retail for the same price (i've even managed on the rare occasion to get some cheaper which is crazy lol)

@F4PhantomGaming Жыл бұрын

wow dude, all of these are insane! id give anything to be able to make my models look that good, even though the kits are terrible

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

thanks very much :D

@alanrogers8535 Жыл бұрын

I love the Spit livery, cant find it in your videos lists. More info on it pleeeez... Just subd.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! It's a video that is yet to be made so watch this space and it will be out in 2023

@alanrogers8535 Жыл бұрын

@@ModelMinutes Look forward to it.

@mrains100 Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

You're welcome!

@ey7290 Жыл бұрын

Easy for me, my best kit this year is the one i'm currently building, Eduard 1/72 MiG-21 PFM in Egyptian colours as part of a "6 Day War collection" with an Israeli Mirage III from Special Hobby.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

sounds cool!

@RandomPerson-bv3ww Жыл бұрын

Have you tried any premium hobbies models by chance? They are pretty high quality but I personally haven’t seen any sort of content on it

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

sadly not, can't say i'm familiar with them

@TFFANYEA Жыл бұрын

So model minutes I only recently got in to making model kits so do you have any recommendations of kits that are good to start with?

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Any of the more recent Airfix starter sets are a good choice to get some practice

@matthewcox6615 Жыл бұрын

I hope to be more productive for the new year. I have quite a few kits to build at some point.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

me too lol

@bertie1234 Жыл бұрын

8:33 I have this model, this was my first one.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@shaggygabe728 Жыл бұрын

I actually quite liked the Ta 152 H from revell. Sure it's old tooling, but for 7 euro's it was great.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

You can get the Airfix FW190 (not quite the same exact model but similar) for round the same price and that is miles better lol

@MCT954 10 ай бұрын

Added to which the Revell kit is actually the Frog kit from the early 1970s, and so not really a comparison. Companies will issue old kits if they think they can turn a profit on them, at least Airfix with their Vintage Classics tell you it's old. There is something nice though about bringing stuff up to date with a bit of scratch building etc.

@simongee8928 Жыл бұрын

Notice that apart from the No.1, you are an aircraft buff - no vehicles at all in your list. Ref figures, I too shied away from doing figures for a long time, but started a while back as with the WW2 military tanks & trucks I make, I think that including figures really brings a vehicle alive. 😁

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

in reality, trains are my bag - but sadly i don't have space for them. Also, I didn't get the chance to build many vehicles this year (unless you count that kubelwagon and some halo warthogs i 3d printed) so hopefully 2023 might change that - fingers crossed! I do have a lot of planes though

@simongee8928 Жыл бұрын

@@ModelMinutes In my youth, I built a lot of aircraft in 1.72 scale, from Sopwith Camel to B.29, but as a 'returned adult ' and realising they would take up so much space, I switched to 1.35 scale vehicles as I can get a lot more on my display shelves - ! 🤣

@robie4569 Жыл бұрын

is there video for the model for hero's spitfire?

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

There will be

@Gibbo263 Жыл бұрын

The Jet Provost was the first kit I ever did

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Nice!

@beskimo2 Жыл бұрын

Not sure if you noticed, but looks like the second person in the list is, MiG . Nice.👍

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

not sure i follow?

@beskimo2 Жыл бұрын

@@ModelMinutes The Soviet maker MiG. MiG-29, MiG-31 and so on.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

@@beskimo2 yeah, I know who mig are. I just don’t get what “second person looks like mig” means

@beskimo2 Жыл бұрын

@@ModelMinutes hi sorry the second person on your list at the end of the video was MiG .

@MultiPedroAndrade Жыл бұрын

i still have the Frog Ta 152 to build

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Same version as the one in this vide, probably better moulding lol

@sebenk1 Жыл бұрын

Will this get uploaded on near years eve?

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

that's the plan!

@davidhughes5353 Жыл бұрын

What on earth possessed you to paint the JP with nail varnish!?

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

i thought it would be fun lol

@damien5748 Жыл бұрын

To be fair i know of at least 3 examples from Airfix that could be construed as lying 1). ..when they reissued the Fouga Magister about 10 years ago in the red box with the Irish and Belgian Decals they had it listed as new in their catalogue even though its the same Fouga kit they releasrd way back in 1975. 2) when they first released their "Top gun" Mig-28 again they listed it as new even though its the same F-5E kit going back to at least 1987....could even be older and it Definitly shows its age. 3) Again another problem with their Topgun series and this time what they try to pass off as Mavericks F/A-18E is wrong as the kit is actually an F/A-18A. So thats 2 cases of potential lying about the age of the kit and 1 case of the completley wrong aircraft.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

I agree with number 2 and 3, but number one was done in a time before vintage classics existed - I don't think they would do it again now (especially as head of brand has told us that anything pre-hornby is considerd vintage classic now)

@52down Жыл бұрын

You should paint as many bands as possible instead of using kit decals included

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

yeah, i'll probably start doing that on some of my kits in the future

@kevinsands7639 Жыл бұрын

I am building MACH 2 DeHaviland C4 Comet airliner the moment it really is the worst kit ever! I challenge you to find a worse model than the MACH 2 range! They are even worse than vac-forms.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

thanks for the suggestion!

@modelsnmemes5558 Жыл бұрын

Have you ever built or thought about building a Tamiya model? The details, engineering, and quality are outstanding and I think you might like it if you tried one!

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

I've got some in the stash somewhere . . .

@JanKon8 Жыл бұрын

Unexpected

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

😂

@TheClutchCraft Жыл бұрын

No. 3 should be no. 1 (in my opinion lol)

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

😂

@charliebowman785 Жыл бұрын

OK up to here, I've seen about half of the video at minute 8:32 and except the poor provost painted with nail enamel, the rest of the models are more than acceptable to me. I expect never to run into your way with my models because you could kill me because of the poor finishing compared with yours (of course I'm joking) . I guess that on point that would be if not impossible, almost impossible to rate is "observer's opinion" as it is in my case. I think that you're a bit cruel with yourself. Models up to here are magnificent to me including the first one. Let's go on with it.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think that I try and forsee criticism so that people can see that I understand areas that need improvement - a little bit of self-awareness i suppose

@alandavis5950 Жыл бұрын

Yes, that's your top ten. Where are the worst?

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

In the video you just watched

@ronp510 5 ай бұрын

Your building in the wrong scale, that's the problem LOL

@ModelMinutes 5 ай бұрын

The “right” scale being…?

@JeffJefferyUK Жыл бұрын

"Gotten"? "Anyways"? What next? "Math" instead of "maths"? "I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less"? 😉

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Some Americanisms can be mistaken for local dialects and sayings depending on the region, after all, most American English is based on British English

@JeffJefferyUK Жыл бұрын

@@ModelMinutes I know. Was only teasing.

@vincentfiore2228 Жыл бұрын

Sir, the kits may be poor, however, you are a very poor modeler.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Care to give me some pointers?

@adampender2482 Жыл бұрын

I'd like some pointers as well. I can't seem to count all the rivets without losing my place

@vincentlussier8264 Жыл бұрын

Tamiya put out more reissue kits than new ones. They don't put out the models that modellers want. Often the editors of Tamiya magazine have asked modellers what subjects would they like to see. The modellers pitch in their requests which are relayed to the bigshot at Tamya. The respose is something like "All suggestions will be taken into account and we can assure you that many exciting models will will follow". But every year they come out with the same old stuff again, along with some new kits some of which are lunch bag letdowns! Tamiya does what Tamiya wants and if you don't like it ,that's what your getting! They seldom do kits with the modeller in mind!

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing your thoughts!

@masonharper4220 Жыл бұрын

I just got Instagram so I can follow you on there now I'm still trying to figure it out 😆(great vid!)

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thank you!

@ja37d-34 Жыл бұрын

Watching this, painting an Orc Shaman for Mordheim.. Try some Games Workshop models during 2023= it is fun... Orks especially.

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

sounds fun!

@oliverforbes8796 Жыл бұрын

Hey there, I’ve been building planes for about a year or two now and I’ve been a subscriber for about a year and a half. I would love it if I could show you my models and you could give me some feedback, maybe I could DM you on instagram and you good have a peek? - thanks Matt!✌🏻✌🏻

@ModelMinutes Жыл бұрын

Thanks! :D