In this video I Tackle the Airfix 1/72 Wildcat F4F-4, An iconic aircraft, serving throughout the Second World War. The kit was tooled in 2015, Is it already showing it's age? Patreon - www.patreon.com/lpjmodels VMS - www.vms-supplies.com
I have this kit… THE F4F is my favorite aircraft from WW2… I will watch this again… Bought this kit from SQUADRON SHOP , took forever to get it … from what I can tell , this is a great kit for its scale, beats all others Thanks for putting this together CHRIS from OHIO 🇺🇸
Stellar result James! I’m sweating over thinking about building a 1/48 Wildcat, and I’m in awe over what you were able to do at 1/72, especially with an Airfix kit!
Lazy modelling, my arse! It's all about fun and that's what you're doing. Love it. Unpretentious modelling and exactly what most of us are like. Love your work 🤙
Good job on that kit especially with the crap moulding which unfortunately is very Airfix. When it came out it was the best Wildcat on the market in 1/72 but it's been completely superseded by the absolutely fantastic Arma Hobby kit.
A very impressive result and a soothing video to watch too. Afterwards, I felt nicely relaxed and in no mood to start fiddling with bits of plastic myself! 🙂
Great done. I think it will be food to use cap for airbrush cup, because spillover on almost ready model will be real disaster. All the best for You! ;)
Another way to stop fish eyes is to wash the kit with soap and water before doing anything and by doing this, it will save you in the long run. I do this with all my models before I start
@@lpjmodels I've got the same kit, same box art, same everything (purchased in California) and mine has none of that flash that yours has. Unfortunately, I guess it looks like you got a lemon. However, you made it work and the final product looks amazing! Great job.
James, "you lazy git" ;🤣 There's two types of modellers in this world - the lazy gits and those who pretend they're not. 😁. Definitely silk purse from a sows ear, mate. Nice work. Cheers 👍👍
Nice build there James. Given it was a mojo build you may not want to do this however an email to Airfix with a couple of photos recommending they up their quality control may be in order, It seems to be a constant problem of theirs
Thanks Kiwaruna . One of the things they ( Airfix) told us on the airfix day, is that the kits get made and packed ( mostly in India) and then are never opened until the customer sees the parts. They claimed that having someone go over the sprues would add too much money to the end product. Making them even more expensive. It is something that I felt needed bringing up when I had my 1on1 chat, and this is the reply I got. I fear I'd be flogging a dead horse. I get it, but it is annoying . 😒
@@lpjmodels So theirs and Hornby's products are made in China and boxed in India? After shutting down their British factory and leaving just a tiny design office here it's a cheek they still claim to be a great British company.
@@fus149hammer5 I think the toolings are China,( not 100% on tooling but its the most logical place ) moulding in India. But the new spitfire is a completely UK project.
@@lpjmodels There's a TV series in the UK called 'Hornby A Model World' Which follows Hornby and Airfix. In it they design and update model trains, cars and planes from their catalogue. They design items in this country then send the plans via the Internet to China for manufacture. Hornby/Airfix had a large factory in the UK but shut it down and outsourced the work to China making lots of people redundant. Their claim to be a "british icon" ting pretty hollow.
@@fus149hammer5 I dont know when this was filmed, but when I was invited to the hornby HQ a few months back they stated India as the site of the mouldings. Also confirmed on the wiki page here imgur.com/a/SgkVXD7 I agree it's a bit iffy but a lot of companies outsource tooling and moulding, purely because of the cost. I think there are very few European manufacturers that have in house moulding, I'm fairly sure eduard and special hobby over in CZ have in house tooling and moulding but I'm not 100%, das werk use the takom factory, airfix armour is academy tooled and so on. I think producing the kits here completely would be prohibitively expensive. One of the things that was said about the upcoming 24th spitfire made in the UK was that the dearest part of the process having them made here funnily was the packaging. And that's probably down to having to pay a minimum hourly wage of around £9 for someone to box something instead of 50p. Which in itself is a bit rubbish for the overseas workers too.
Model sprues with lots of flashing? That'll be an Airfix. I remember trying to build the bengal lancer once. The figure was OK but the horse? The body was so warped the two halves of the horses arse wouldn't join up so that went back!🤣 When you look at the quality of other brands it's a wonder they are still in business.
I dont usually. Because of how mould release agents work today there is often no need unless the sprue is visibly greasy. Like the engine sprue here. Wierd, because the rest of the kit was fine
Excellent work James! By the way, how did you go gluing the fuselage halves in front of the cockpit? Mine had a massive gap that required sheet styrene and lots of putty.
Yuppers, Patreon supports the creator. 80+ in premiere chat, less than 20 likes (including the Patreon members) which also supports the creator. So for less than a fiver, small benefits, and the creator doesn't run out of cotton swabs. 👍
Hi LPJ, great video as usual. I built this kit twice and screwed up the landing gear twice. Thanks for showing how it's done! The painting is fantastic!! I was also chicken to try the folded wing. Good show all around.
