I'm 63, in the 1960s all us boys could afford was airfix spitfires in a bag.we used to share a tube of grey labeled model glue and had no paint..😅

Hi Pete, I have just come across your channel and what a breath of fresh air. I love your choice of kits although I am currently going through a military vehicle phase. Good luck with your surgery, you will have lots of models to keep you occupied afterwards and what better way to recuperate, cheers.

I haven't built a model in nearly 50 years but find myself drawn to modelling channels and are amazed at the standard of work using materials that we never has access to - for armour 'Nightshift' is a must see! My favourite from way back? The Airfix 1:72 P61 Black Widow in the matt black nightfighter guise. Although the 1:72 EE Lightning, now you mention it... Thank you and keep up the excellent work.

6:42 No need to beat yourself up over a 'misplaced' antenna - it's actually a D/F loop (Direction Finding) which is manually rotated to obtain bearings from ground based transmitters and thus determine aircraft position by means of a two station 'fix'. Hope this helps. All the best for your surgery.

This is the first of your videos I've watched. I am such an airfix fan. The first kit I did, after 35 years, was the 72nd wildcat. I now have 6 in my stash. Lol. Good luck with your surgery. Cheers from Nova Scotia

Wishing you all the best with your hip replacement Pete!! Take good care!! 👍👍

My rebuilds would be the Airfix Mosquito in all its variants

Cracking kit to start your Top 10 and one that is missing out of my stash I look forward to seeing yours once done. Best wishes with the Hip operation 👍

Just came across that same Wellington model in a shop in Thunder Bay Ontario. Yesterday. It’s now in my stash. I’ll be starting it very soon.

Well the very best of luck Pete for the op, your recuperation and the recovery builds. That lovely selection would be at least a year's worth of work for me and thats with two old but thankfully still functioning hips!

Good luck on your operation Look forward to the builds.

All nice picks, hope all is well with the hip operation, and happy building, thanks for the update Pete!

Hi Pete love watching your videos,been watching since the first ones you did,look after yourself especially after your big operation on your hip, and a great choice for your ten recovery builds,well done mate.

Those are some excellent choices Pete! I wish you good luck with your hip replacement.(I've had two knees and two hips replaced) Tom S.

HMS Fearless, from what I remember some 45 years ago was a nice kit (Belfast was another good one) and I have bought it again to build soon. Looking forward to seeing these on your bench Pete.👍👍😉

Yes good luck on your surgery. Hope it goes well. You've inspired me to do coastal command schemes. Other than flying boats I've just done a Shackleton. I really liked how it turned out. Heavily weathered the white.

Good video and interesting concept. Good luck with the operation. Great idea to integrate your hobby into your recovery plans! The Whitley is a solid choice, and the Lightning.

All the very best Pete,great video and really good selections

Some lovely kits there mate enjoy. Happy modelling old boy 👍

Very good video sir. Best wishes on your recovery!

All the very best with the hip op.A good choice of kits to recoup👍

Really great video, you've got me wanting the lightning! New subscriber

Really cool models. Have a great build. 🛩

lovely picks

Firstly I hope the hip replacement goes well. Some excellent choices in there to keep you occupied post op.

pete all the best on your surgery pal good to see you back on with your top 10

Went to Chatham navy day when I were a lad and went onboard HMS Fearless, gave me a love of all things military. Hope your hip op goes well, and follow it up with the physio work - you'll be right as reign in no time.

Great video Pete. Hope the op goes well for you.

My dad had both hips done and was thankful for both. All the best for that. I never built the Airfix B17, I had the Revell Memphis belle, but that was over 50 years ago and not the one they do now. I like your list and I have the first 2 in my stash too. I wish they would do the earlier Mossies, the FB VI and the B IV. I loved my old FB VI. Another I liked was the old Lightning F1. I have an F2 to build but wish they would do an F1 again. I have the perfact diorama in mind for it if only they would, otherwise I might have to find the F1 to F2 conversion article in Airfix magazine and do it the other way. Happy Birthday. PS I've subscibed hoping to see some diorama stuff.

Hope the surgery went well. Very envious of your Whitley. I missed getting the GR VII and like you I'm a fan of the air-sea combo. I keep praying Airfix will re-release the kit. Then again, I'll have to get 2 since I like interwar/wartime civilian aircraft too.

Hms Fearless - first boat kit i built as a kid back in the 80s, great memories, enjoy.

Great video, thank for sharing

Good luck with the op and happy assembling!

All the 1/72 b24 & b17 kits I built I have them hanging from my ceiling in formation like they did during ww2

Airfix are re-releasing the Hampden this year as part of their Vintage Classics range. Whilst nice to have it available again, it really is time that they brought out a New Tool Hampden (it would fit well with their New Tool Wellingtons and Whitley. I built one of the last "Red Box" (2010) issues quite recently and I have to say that the moulds are obviously getting very tired. I found the fit wasn't great - especially the wings to the fuselage. I still enjoyed the build and the end product but I really think that they should be looking at a brand new up to date tooling in the near future. The "aerial" you broke off on your previous Hampden is actually the RDF Loop. (RDF - Radio Direction Finder). Believe it or not, it was fully rotatable by the navigator from inside so that he could obtain radio "fixes" (a bit like the way we used to rotate our old AM/Medium Wave transistor radios to pick up Radio Luxembourg better). So, showing it sideways on would not have been 100% wrong - although when not in use they were usually placed parallel to the airflow to reduce drag - or even fully retracted. Later RDFs were contained within a streamlined fairing. Airfix provides the alternative type of RDF fitting in the Hampden kit. And best of luck with the op.

All the best for the op Pete and a swift recovery….not too swift mind as you need to enjoy those kits! 😅

Great choice of a top ten! Looking forward to the first build. My favourite is the mosquito. Cant tell you why although I first built one 50 years ago.👍

Good luck with the op, Pete

ICM will be releasing a 1/48 Handley Page Hampden next year and I can't wait! 😁 Excellent video and choices of kits.... Airfix definitely has some of the best boxarts around today!

Funky editing! Wishing you all the best with your surgery & recovery. Do you think you'll complete all 10 kits? Regardless, make the most of your forthcoming free time and be sure to share everything to your audience!

Great choice of kits. The Fearless what a kit!! Im waiting for a hip too. Best of luck with your op. Just suggestion to make your vids even better perhaps use a personal mike to keep your interesting commentary on the one level whilst using multi cameras. Brilliantly presented thanks

Just found your channel, this was a great video and I've subbed and will look forward to checking out your other videos!

Lovely channel Pete! I also have the P51 in my stash 🙂

Hope your surgery and recovery goes ss planned,well tidy top ten.l

Humbrol products are awful now. Paints terrible,mini pots in airfix but even the 2nd gen acrylic bottles. I go with Vallejo and AK after many trials. Pure acrylic. Try their varnishes. AK have a newish one called Intermediate Gauzy Agent ( sounds like a crime character not a satin varnish) Nice and thin and water based. They have their thinners. Inter branding rarely works. And Ammo Mugs varnish selection excellent. All the best with your op,and enjoy convalescing as only a true modeller aka plastic nut can!! All your choices are great,10/10 and im jealous of your set-up and meeting James May. Well deserved im sure. Happy modelling and show us your finished results when you can please. I love a Whittely. Unsung heros.

Love ww2 coastal command aircraft great colour schemes and great many aircraft to choose from best wishes with the op

BOAC HAD SOME VERY INTERESTING OPS DURING THE WAR , THEY USED MOSQUITOS TO SMUGGLE BEARINGS FROM GKN BEARINGS IN SWEDEN FOR PRODUCTION HERE AND ALSO TO SMUGGLE SPIES ETC

Windsor and newton galleria acrylic matt varnish is the stuff you want never had an issue with it and thin with clean water And i use either floor wax or gauzy for gloss no issues ever

I built the Airfix Sea Harrier, it's a nice kit, but missing some detail such as the air intakes near the cockpit, they are even shown on the box art

What about Avro Shackleton, and also Nimrod? ( Not sure if there is a Nimrod kit....) As an air scout years ago flew in both out of RAF Kinloss and RAF St Mawgen. Fanastic aircraft and such memories.

had my 2nd hip replacment in january you wont be doing much for the first 6 weeks thats for sure and tbh siting down for long periods is not what is needed I was walking 3 miles a day for weeks on sticks sorry to be a kill joy but having had 2 hips replaced now it was a knackering time .I wish you good luck with the op its a very routine op but still a very big one all the best neil

I’d love to see the tank diorama that you talked about when mentioning the hawker typhoon but I can’t see it on your channel. Is it one there?

I can speak for the Typhoon, beautiful kit, get the Airfix RAF figures for the re arming guys to go with it.

Hi Pete it's Ash, good luck with your hip replacement, i had a new hip June last year and i feel much better no pain. I fancy having a go at building the Wellington mk 8 coastal command, I use a paint brush and acrylic paint. Could you do a video showing how you'd build and paint it please? I keep getting confused, do i build before i paint, do i paint before i build, i never know what's easier

Been hanging for a new tool hampden I won't touch old tool Airfix hope one day Airfix do the right thing cheers

I’m going to make a new video featuring the dioramas that I’ve made soon, watch this space!

When I get my knee done I will do the B17 and B24 - Maybe a Lancaster... Thanks for the ideas

Hi. Some very nice kits there,especially the newly tooled one's. Should keep you busy during your recuperation,good luck with that by the way. I noticed that there were no Spits or Hurries or any German opposition,what didn,t fancy any of them ? I liked the look of the Hampden, is that a new tool or not ? I remember finding out that one crashed in Dartford in Kent not far from where I worked. There's a plaque on the wall, but not much detail of the particular aircraft or crew. Thats a shame. I suppose someone would know about it. Any way nice vid and some lovely models. Good luck to you.

Good luck with your op and recovery, I trust refreshments are all a part of the recovery process, I think you IT personnel need mention and pay rise!!😂

HI PETE WHERE DO YOU DO YOUR SPRAYPAINTING

Capt. Slow rules!!

ATB for your hip op, take care.

wish you well with the opp

Hope the op went well! Enjoy 😊.

I always liked the fact that AIRFIX was the first to produce a model that no one else had done. I'm going to be a little specific in choice by saying that we had the first ever hovercraft prototype SR N1, then we had the SR N4. Airfix missed the boat by not making an SR N6. So a 1/72 and/or 1/35 version would absolutely compliment a historical range that was unique to the U.K. Just saying ;-)

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Built HMS Fearless as a kid in the 70s and was fascinated with the landing craft and helicopter.Made it four times since but I don’t have any of them anymore.However I picked up an old unmade 70s kit along with about 20 other kits in a big box at a jumble sale for $20.Mostly Airfix.Bargain.There is a lot on the to do list

Jason at Modelkit stuff and Nigel at Nigels modelling are doing a buddy build on the B17 , worth the time to take a look.

Последние выпуски моделей очень радуют...только дорого...😢😮😂

Why don't you build in a bigger scale 1/48 or 1/32 much more detail

No Luftwaffe?

nr 11... The new B-24! 😁

1.6k subscribers and 19365 views ??? so every subscriber has watched this 10 times?.....

Brexit has made this hobby too costly in my country, sorry, but the British models are at a horrible price now.

Just a suggestion...when you hold up a marvelous and incredible Airfix kit to show to your viewers...try holding it still. Avoid juggling and shaking. Your video has some very interesting model choices. Thank You for sharing. Good Luck with your procedure and get better quickly.

The best thing about Airfix is not its fine panel lines or its scarce and rough general and particular detail, the best thing is that they are kits with a low price. Wait wait, not that either because after Brexit it is now even more expensive than those from Eduard or Arma Hobby...😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣

When a friend of mine had a hip replacement, he said that he wished he had done it years earlier. And build some models when you're "high on painkillers," you might come up with some interesting inventions! Most of what I build now are 'What if?' models, and I do them straight and sober!