Airfix 1/72 Scale Bf109 G6 Build and Review - The Worst Recent Airfix Kit? 

Nicley picked up! For future planes I might try and still sand it flat to get rid of the raised flash and then do a subtle score for the centre seemline. Thanks for the tip and for watching👍🏻😁

Thanks very much, glad you could learn from it, it all just takes a bit of practice😄

Thanks a lot. Haha I bet that interior kit would’ve really helped make it a bit better. Thanks for the advice I may have to give your technique a try. Take care👍🏻😁

Thanks so much man, really appreciate it👍🏻😁

Thanks a lot. Haha yeah I think I’m only going to build one of the Airfix G6, but I’ve done about 4 of the E4 and it’s a great little kit. I found out after filming this series that a company called AZ-Models do a really big rnage of Bf109s with a fair bit of detail and the same markings in this kit, but they are very nice. I ended up using scheme b from this kit on the Italeri 109😂

@@Luca_Sprues_Model_Kits I recommend Special Hobbys 109 E Series, i was blown away about the fine details. Unbelievable for that small 1/72 scale!

I might have to build one of those then@@Juno58! The other good one is the AZ model Bf109 range which I may have to also do a video on at some point... Take care mate :)

I have not, although I would like to. Unfortunately they are rather rare in Australia and normally cost around $45 AUD! Thanks for watching👍🏻😁

@@Luca_Sprues_Model_Kits They are around that price here but I got mine from HLJ.

Hey, I could be tempted. Someone else asked about the Tamiya one and AZ model have a few ones I could be tempted by😃

Hey mate, I probably should have been more clear that I am from Australia not the USA! I also work in a hobbyshop and as a result I am aware of how much the distributor of Airfix charges the stores to buy this kit for and I have a general idea of what other shops in Australia sell it for and between 27-30 AUD is pretty average with a half decent profit margin for them. In my opinion compared to Airfix’s other single engine fighter kits in 1/72 (which are normally about $20 AUD for older ones and $30 for newer tools) for no cockpit and some other simplified details that is a bit much! Thanks a lot anyways for watching, I appreciate it😁👍🏻

I have to agree with you there mate. Lets see how their 'new' Bf109F is when they FINALLY arrive in Australia haha! Thanks for watching :)

@@Luca_Sprues_Model_Kits Same with the recent Spitfire Mk V tooling if I'm not mistaken. The Mk 1 and Mk 2 are great kits, good detail but the MkVB (my favorite) is lacking in detail. Though the MkVC has detail I believe. Odd.

@@gsr4535 The Airfix Spitfires are definitely great kits! I believe the VB and VC are different tools with the VB designed to be easier for new builders, but I’ve only done the Vc in Soviet colours and it was a pretty good kit despite the canopy being a bit distorted😁

Thanks Bill. Yeah I realised I forgot to mention the pilot which is better moulded than the rest of the plane! At some point I’ll have to paint some of the pilots I forget to do with their kits! I know it’s such a tricky one. I leave them off only beacuse I don’t want RU-vid to freak out but I agree, it’s a bit ignorant of the truth about the plane to leave it off.

Man those must’ve been the days! I think this kit should probably cost that much instead of $30!

@@Luca_Sprues_Model_Kits late 80s. Back then they were 1/2 the price of Revel, and x2 the quality. ME262 by airfix, 1/72 scale, was the first kit I ever built with no flash to trim.

Ah man the good old 80s. At least now pretty much all Airfix kits have no flash, so swings and roundabouts haha

Same 😂😂

Very happy to see this video. I was about to buy one. 😁

It's a good kit, other than cockpit detail and if you put a pilot in and close the canopy, in this scale you will really struggle to see anything inside anyway.

I know, if RU-vid wasn’t so funny about it I would slap a spare one on☹️