Monogram 1/48 Hawker Typhoon Mk.1b "Full Build + Final Reveal" (7.28.17) 

Thanks Tom, greatly appreciated mate! Have a great weekend! Cheers : )

Thanks Fred, greatly appreciated! Have a great weekend! Cheers : )

Thanks Chris, greatly appreciated and sorry for the very late reply, I'm just seeing your comments and others that I missed, too! Cheers 👍🙂🥃🥃

Thanks Chris greatly appreciated, and yes, I too have a lot of modern well engineered kits, but every now and then, I like to dig out an old kit and try to polish it up a little! Here's the first video update for an old Revell 1/48 Mosquito kit from 1966 that was very basic, that I decided to add a lot of scratch-building to enhance it a little. Cheers 👍🙂🥃🥃 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-UAP5Hig9whw.htmlsi=IxdKlfrcAYsKkxTJ

Hello Les, that's an early beer mate for me, but after a hard days night, it's deserved! happy you like how this old kit turned out mate. Regarding the paint work...I actually brush painted over the grey color, too, because I thought that it looked too blue...I forgot to mention that in the video. I used some very diluted grey paint and brushed it over the blue looking grey to tone it down. So really, the whole of the upper exterior surface is brush painted. Then, at the weathering stage, it gets brush painted again with the oil-paint filter. First part of the 1/24th build won;t be for a while yet mate...I won;t be starting it until the back end of next week....taking a break now to do some jobs around the house. Have a great weekend! Cheers, Martin : )

Thanks William, greatly appreciated and sorry for the very late reply, I'm just seeing your comments and others that I missed, too! Cheers 👍🙂🥃🥃

Thanks mate, much appreciated. Yeah baby, I'm going to dive bomb some troop lines, train lines, communication lines, fuel lines and ammo dumps, should be fun! Are you still going to build yours, or is life making it unlikely? I hope you join in. Cheers 👍😃

Sounds epic mate.Look forward to it.Life is defiantly making it unlikely Martin,sadly.Looking forward to a fresh new year ;)

Thanks Bill, greatly appreciated! it's fun scratch-building the smaller details that are not provided. And yes....I can't wait to get stuck into the main course which will begin towards the back end of next week; I have some projects to attend to around the house before my nephew and his girlfriend arrive from the UK on Sunday August 13th. Have a great weekend mate! Cheers, Martin : )

Thanks Joe, greatly appreciated and sorry for the very late reply, I'm just seeing your comments and others that I missed, too! Regarding how long it took to build, I cannot remember now that this is over 6 years ago, but I'd imagine somewhere in the 35 to 40 hr range. Cheers 👍🙂🥃🥃

Thank you tugs, greatly appreciated and sorry for the very late response, I'm just seeing this comment, because someone else commented on this video today! How did yours turn out?! Cheers 👍🙂🥃🥃

I'm the hat-man mate, I have around 40 to 50 on a couple of top shelves in the closet! They keep my head warm during the very long winters here in this part of the world. Glad you think my Tiffy is okay, I'm trying my best, but, I'm relatively still new to this game...just over 3 years doing it so far...maybe in another 5 years of pushing myself, I'll improve a little more? :P

International British Modeler Well, some people like yourself and that Gary who makes models again have a natural flair for the art. Most of the rest of us struggle on..

Oh behave....you are the brush master! : )

I agree, I had a lot of fun with it! Thanks for watching! Cheers : )

But what a great video to watch!! :P ha ha! Happy New Year to you, too! Cheers : )

Happy new 2020 ;)

Thanks Eric, much appreciated mate! Cheers : )

Yes, I enjoyed building it! Thanks for watching! Cheers 👍🙂🥃🥃

Thanks Anthony, greatly appreciated. It's not a bad kit for 50 years old. Have a great weekend! Cheers : )

yes around our vintage lets hope we get better like good wine

That would be nice : )

Thanks Joe, greatly appreciated mate! I'm looking forward to making a start on the BIG one towards the end of next week! Have a great weekend! Cheers : )

Thanks Bob, much appreciated! Yes, this has been a nice little warm up for me in terms of trying to get the color shades I wanted for the big one....I still think the Dark Green looks too brown instead of the bronze-green I believe it should be? You have a good weekend, too, mate....I came to bed early tonight, my back went into bad spasm mode, so, propped up with pillows against the head board and neck support. Cheers : )

Thanks Ben, much appreciated! I only recently began to add some scratch built items to my builds...it's helps enhance the appeal of the model, adds more interest and is fun to do. The BIG one will begin next week! Cheers : )

Thanks mate, much appreciated! Have a great weekend! Cheers : )

Thanks Marian, greatly appreciated mate! Have a great weekend, your self! Cheers : )

Thanks mate, greatly appreciated and happy you like how she turned out! Have a great weekend! Cheers : )

Thanks Brian, much appreciated...I’ll check out your book recommendation. 👍🙂 If you’d like to watch another video of mine showing a more recent build of a “Tiffy”, then I think you’ll like this more recent build in comparison...it’s highly detailed with a full engine, cockpit, machine gun bays, undercarriage and flaps, far more superior to the Monogram kit that you just watched. Cheers 🙂. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-holTszPyA78.html

Thanks Richie, much appreciated mate :)

Thanks Jens, much appreciated....I wish this old kit typing this reply could be turned into a thing of beauty, too! 😜 Last year, at the first mention of this buddy build, it was intended to just be for the 1/24, but then a few months before it began, I decided that it would be too limiting for others that wanted to join in, so I announced that it was for all scales. I look forward to seeing a winged subject from you mate! Have a great weekend, too! Cheers 👍😃

LOL!!! I think it was a wise decision to open the BB for all scales, but quite honestly, I'm most looking forward to seeing the giant kits! What a fantastic scale with unlimited opportunities for extra detailing! At the moment I don't feel comfy enough to build an aircraft. It's mainly because of my still rather limited airbrush skills, but also because of the plans I have for the Italeri Me 262. I want to do a maintenance scene with all the access panels for one jet engine open. You know that the kit doesn't provide a jet engine and since you know me... Well, I already found a couple of pics of the actual thing. Maybe I should do the Revell Fw 190 first, hehehe! Cheers :)

I do know you, and damn, I'm already "chomping at the bit" at the thought of you scratch-building an engine for your Me 262 and incorporating it into a maintenance scene....I hope that's not too far into the future?! Whichever one you do...both ideas come with lots of details! Cheers : )

Hey Graham, sorry for the slow response, but been very busy with work. Regarding the instruction manual; When I complete a kit, the only thing I save are the spare decals and spare parts that I put into two separate boxes. The kit box, instructions and scrap runners are thrown out to make room on my shelf for a new kit box to be placed. If you're a member of an online Modeling forum, put a request out on there to see if anyone can help you put, they usually have thousands of members. Good luck : )

Thanks mate, much appreciated and great job on your whirlybird! Cheers : )

Ha ha and thank you very much! The BIG one will begin next Monday, August 7th....cheers : )

?? You obviously didn't watch the video.

Thanks Jean, greatly appreciated mate! Cheers 👍😃

I don't sand them out, it's explained in the video .

Thanks mate, much appreciated! Have a great weekend! Cheers : )

Thanks Darren, greatly appreciated mate! I'll be starting my 1/24th kit at the back end of next week....I have a few jobs to do around the house before my nephew and his girlfriend arrive from the UK on August 13th. Noooo....too much detail on the 1/24th engine to cover it up....I'm going to try to expose every bit of detail that I can with my 1/24th build! Cheers : )

International British Modeler I know ,I know but she looks like a typhoon without the engine detail if you know what I mean. But no denying the engine is superb...

Maybe you'll have to build two; one all closed up and one showing as much detail as possible 👍😃

Thanks mate, much appreciated and congratulations on being the first to comment! Sorry that there are no prizes, but, i wish you a great weekend instead! Cheers : )

No worries. I'll fly either an airplane or a glider this weekend. I get my airplane fix either way. :) Thanks to RU-vid I get to see model building, and fly the real deal. Cause I cant do both.

I think I'd prefer to be out at the weekends flying a real airplane, or glider, hope you had fun?! Cheers 👍😃