Its looking like the originals used to be factory built.

You change direction too fast when shooting the figures, it hurts my eyes...

David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Tuesday, 30 July, 2024) Andy, I essentially have been binge-watching your KZfaq videos on your building Airfix’s 1:24th-scale model kit of the Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat USN carrier-based fighter. It is a remarkable kit of an interesting aircraft, not as dynamic as the Chance Vought F4U Corsair USN/USMC fighter; as graceful as the Supermarine Spitfire RAF fighter; as polished as the North American Aviation P-51 Mustang USAAF air superiority fighter; as distinctive as the Lockheed P-38 Lighting USAAF fighter-interceptor (the company expressly had presented it in those terms explicitly to work round the unnecessarily stifling strictures in the late 1930s the War Department had set upon new combat aircraft design parameters); as formidable as the brawny Republic P-47 Thunderbolt USAAF fighter. Even so, it had managed to combine elements of all these traits into a hardy, reliable workhorse, silently leaving its remarkable record of excellence to speak for it. I occasionally have a question or a comment, at which time I shall pause to present it. (Indeed, I already may have done so. Alan’s Scale Models has a series of build videos on the Airfix 1:24th-scale Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat USN carrier-based fighter kit, and I erroneously may be conflating his with yours.) At 17:35, you start to wire your engine. I understand that an engine’s electrical system has a sequence to firing the spark plugs in the cylinders, and that one must wire them in the proper order. Is that valid? Would it apply to a static model? If so, how are we to implement this? I would endeavour to a modicum of verisimilitude, though I am a model nerd, and an aspiring novelist, essayist, classical vocalist, illustrator, NOT an internal combustion engine mechanic! I also understand that such spark plug wiring requires “braided line” (whatever that could be!); Tamiya offer something they call “braided line”, though I do not know if that would be a functioning electrical accoutrement for their radio controlled (RC) vehicles, or a usable item to detail stationary replicas, such as their model kits. Could you help us to sort all these issues, please?

Paul I got a dumb question. God knows I enjoy these video's even gettin a F4 myself. But why did you paint entire inside of plane, no one will ever see it. Unless it cracks open one day. Just curious.

David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Tuesday, 30 July, 2024) At 11:32, you show us the fuselage interior starboard half, painted interior green, aft to the bulkhead supporting the tail wheel assembly and the tailhook arrestor apparatus, where you note the paint’s colour changes to “midnight blue”. Is this an intentional switch of the Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), or an error in naming the hue applied here? In the U.S. Navy, the F6F-5 at this latter period would be gloss dark sea blue overall, which is how it appears to me (only insignia blue, the shade of the USA’s roundel markings, was darker).

Great to see everyone as always!

Another giveaway how exciting

Welcome back Chris. Nice to have the original team back together.

fingers crossed for that bag 'o' etch

I told my mate I'd built a model of the Himalayas. He said "To scale?" I said "No, just to look at"

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What do you call a droid that likes taking the scenic route? R2-Detour lol

Could the thin hose for brake lines etc., be replaced with an aftermarket braided line and what diameter is the thin hose?

I think from Star Trek: Have you no tongue?

A joke for you. My current project the Airfix Severn class lifeboat is a skill level 2!

God hand swn 125 please

Good to see you all back together

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Nice to hear both C's back live Chris and Colin.

Well I'll be dipped Foxx. I've been working on that same kit you gave Festa. Cheers!

Fun fact: the RLM- mandated cockpit color change over date to RLM66 from RLM02 was November 1941. Your example of the 109 would have left the factory wearing RLM02. Sorry that this info is 11 yrs too late for your model... BTW, RLM02 remained the specification for landing gear bays, inside wheel covers, landing gear struts, engine bays, inside panels, cockpit side of firewalls, and fuselage interiors (not cockpits) until the end of the war--not to imply this was always adhered to. One must check references for specific a/c.

Do these also fit into the Tamiya pin vises?

Intresting

Is the blue, orange and soot a chalk material or a paint?

Very cool build. I just bought the newer version of this kit and holding till August 1st to start building. It’s a group build and I’m supposed to be done by December 1st. You said yours took a year to build so I’m a bit nervous cause I have work and stuff to do. Haha😅😂. But cheers! Hope your other channels and life are doing well

Hobby Heaven!

They look good.. cheers colin

How poseable are they? I wanted to make a T-800 Band with 3D printed instruments.

Would love to see an Alcad Chrome II treatment. I uave a bottle of it and want to test it

So simple yet effective. Cheers Colin.

I've been using the AK5 for quite a while now and had absolutely NO clue it could stand up like that.

Seems like a pretty rude cameraperson to me. No respect for personal space.

je vois qu'il y a une petite planche de photo decoupe , un bon point pour eux 😄ça ajoute une touche de réalisme mais ce n'est pas toujours facile à utiliser comme je peux le voir sur une maquette du titanic au 1/400 que je suis en train de monter , j'ai acheté en plus deux kits de photo decoupe , des petits problèmes de collage sur des rambardes

So cool! Haha

Tankage looks great!

Are those guns real or are they models.

Oh sorry I spoke to soon.

You could have gotten closer to some of the exhibits.

Conga line

I hope you sell more Japanese models in the UK

Did you use primer before painting the antifouling?

great video although i gather your not a kyosho fan?

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If a box shows figures on it then they should be included with the kit. However it looks a nice model

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