I'm a Hunterphile and have bought every kit that I can find of the Hunter in various scales including this particular Airfix kit. All stored in the loft awaiting my retirement, in the next year and the time available to build them. At the last count I've got just shy of 350 kits of various aircraft in the loft! It's been nearly 30 years since I last built a plastic model aircraft and then painting was by impatiently slapping on with a brush in one coat, all brush strokes fully visible! I've recently treated myself to an airbrush, actually 2 one with an under slung jar which is good for large broad areas and the other gravity fed which is much better for fine work. I have several 1/72 and 1/48 scale aircraft bought at a boot sale for very little money to practice techniques before trying them on my more valued kits. Videos like this one are giving me lots of hints and tips for airbrushing. Thanks.
Extraordinary work, well done. My great uncle Les used to fly recon in Hunters. He had a flame out approaching base one day & was ordered to eject but as he was over a populated area he chose to stick with it & try to bring it home. He nearly managed it but flipped literally over the runway & unfortunately bought the farm. We always refer to him as the family hero.
Wow ! It's always humbling to hear of servicemen and their relationships with the vehicles that we build and paint, we sometimes loose sight of the ultimate sacrifice that heroes of all nationalities make in the defence of our counties. Thanks for sharing Les' story. James
Thankyou Silver Finger. I'm sorry you cant model anymore and I am over the moon that one of my videos has given you a bit of your modelling fix. Thankyou for the kind words ! James
This new Hawker Hunter kit far out shines the ancient Testors/Hawk offering which was inaccurate in certain areas. You did a fine job on yours, now I want one!!
Thanks a lot ! I havent built the older kits as I havent been into the hobby for that long ( few years)! Its a great kit and an easy build. You'll love it
A beaut and professional build. Very enjoyable and valuable commentary and a superbly completed model. This being your first full build video is a gem...will look forward to more to come!!
I had seen your videos before but somehow this one had flown under my radar. Before watching your build I was on the fence about buying the Airfix Hunter. Now, my mind's made up. Off to the internets! Lovely work.
Wanted to make this but was unsure about airfix. Stumbled across your channel tonight and after watching you, I subscribed straight away. I will now certainly get one. Many thanks mate. Loved it and your ‘relaxed’ presentation; even after the wheel strut mishap. Keep em coming buddy! Thankyou Chris Lancaster UK
Wonderful job and a great build. Audio, lighting, background music all of it was well done. Just a quick note, videoing while building is no picnic. Editing is even more of a pain. In my non-expert opinion, you did a fantastic job over all, as I stated, in my opinion. Thanks, I hope to see more.
Fantastic build and arguably the best video quality of all YT modelling videos. Thanks for putting this up. Also, your Totoro solution to keep the decal water warm was just a revelation if my assumption is correct that that's what it was. ^^ Looking forward to the re-upload of your Bf-109 video in UHD. It got even better with tool and color infos and also your skill. Keep em coming!
Tinhead thankyou ! Your comment is very encouraging and it made my evening. Its heartening to see my RU-vid channel grow thanks to folks like you supporting the process. The Totoro thingy was a cheap USB cup warmer I bought from wish. Very handy for long decal sessions ! The 109 is being rendered right now but I will only re release it once the quality goes up to at least 1080. Many thanks for the kind words James
A very nice and well built model, thanks for sharing the build, it has given me some tips on how to achieve a very nice finish. One thing that you could have done for a even more realistic finish(if you had not done it, I didn’t manage to see, even when re-watching a few times) was to finish the main wheel aligning spike in the wheel bays in a highly polished metal finish, a spike I and many others became best friends with after hitting our heads on it a few times, and it hurt like hell I can assure you. I can’t remember (to many years have passed by) if the spike was on all the marks of hunter in service but I would bet they were, just a little suggestion from a model maker returning to the hobby after about 40 years, and boy have things changed, for the better I might add, with a vast array of kits and paints etc that didn’t exist when I last picked up a brush(no airbrushes back then) and to have tutorials at my fingertips is excellent, thank you.
I really enjoyed this build vid, it was just the right balance of dialog at only were it was needed, and the background music was just where it needed to be in the background. In most of these type of vids either they talk to much or they don't speak at all. You got just the right balance so that I could actually concentrate on your build without invasive distraction. As for the model itself, well executed and finished.
Joseph thankyou kindly ! I tried to get the right balance , I'm glad I hit the mark there. One thing I'm aware of is how dead pan and boring I sound. Hopefully that doesnt put people off.
That is one of the most beautiful models I've seen on RU-vid. Great work, commentary is entertaining and informative, well done. Beautiful aircraft too. 10/10 five star ***** A+ upwards pointing thumb
Great video! I am definitely looking forward to seeing more builds. I was just a bit disappointed you didn't show final painting and assembly on the landing gear. You showed assembly right up to painting the exterior, but no detail work on the wheels or gear itself after the exterior was painted. I had hoped to see how you went about doing that. Subscribed and hoping for another build soon!
Matthew thankyou very much. The main gear was sprayed with the underside colours and there wasnt much to show, next time I'll make sure to focus on the gear for a bit longer. There will be a new video, hopefully soon. I have been a little busy of late but the schedule will be clearer soon ! Also theres the question of what to build ! Thanks James
Really nice relaxing build, and a beautiful subject - about to try black basing for the first time on an RAF Mustang - hope it looks as good - you do realise I'll blame you if goes horribly wrong lol - thanks for sharing - subscribed.
Black basing is my go to at the moment. ! Good luck ! Heres a more in depth snippet I used on a fw190. Hopefully you can access it ! m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=2228749974079983&id=1801757760112542
Nice build... I do always try to get away with airbrush camo... and not always work as you clearly stated... Anyway, subscribed and looking forward to new builds... My Hawker Hunter has advanced a couple of places in my pile of kits waiting to be built...
Surely they did a Hunter in 1/72nd. It's usually that before larger scale. Used to love building these but watching the painting skill & attention to small detail finished me on the ground. still awestruck tho. Nice to watch
Revell of Germany do an amazing Hunter in 1/72, just been rereleased as well. Airfix would not sell many as a result. Their choice of 1/48 was well planned.
Very nicely done! The Hunter is to jets what the Spitfire is to piston engined fighters - incomparably elegant but with no sacrifice to function. We will never see the like again,,,,
Thanks Les ! I went out of my comfort zone with a jet 😉 I'm glad you enjoyed it as well! SAMI is a new one for me usually I'm in MAM and I was glady surprised to find it in there in Smith's this week ! Thanks for the support
It's a good kit ! I think there were a few builds on britmodeller. Hopefully it gives airfix a cash boost so they can work on adding just a tiny bit more detail !
