NEW AIRFIX SPITFIRE IXc  

I think on reflection that my 9/10 is a fraction generous as I forgot to mention in my summary about the poor split tyres design, & seam down the centre of one of the canopies. It's really an 8.5/10

Oh boy, been waiting for this!

Definitely one for painting your own markings! I built a warped old-mold 1/24 Hurricane and following that battle, painted most of the markings. I was really pleased with them; tone the white down, make the red a bit more russetty, and play with the blue and yellow; then lighten the colours a little with buff and you can get the 'fade' of worn sun-bleached paint...

Great review..in 24th we have the Typhoon, Hellcat, Mk9C Spit, now please can we have a Sea Fury in either Airfix 24th or Tamiya 32nd pleeeese

Be nice to see you do a build series with this Peter,mine arrived 24 hours late,should of been here Tuesday,but arrived today.been through the instructions and sorted/highlighted the version I'm doing,cleared my work bench of my current builds,an start as soon as I have fresh paint supplies.

Nice review Peter. I am so excited I would probably give 9,5 - the middle section of the canopy bothers me the most - this transparency doesn't look as good as the other clear parts and may create the distortions. The price is reasonable for such amazing model. I am glad Airfix is producing this kit in Europe. I hope someone will print decals for one of the Polish Squadrons. Regards from Poland

Merry Christmas to you and yours Peter. Cheers

Great video!

Wow! This kit has me speechless with the level of detail in it! Hope it goes together without much hassle.

@ 3:08 I was lucky to have received this kit for my recent birthday, and I just wanted to say that I think it is a superb kit that has been manufactured with some painstaking attention to detail. I wanted to say that before you actually started your review Peter because I wanted to be able to say what I think of your review with honesty about my opinion. 1, First question for you already, what is it that makes the “CAD” photography something that is “less said the better”?, personally I like to see some of those C.A.D photos, I realise that they are there as a marketing opportunity to get customers to buy it based on them enticing a undecided customer, but most model makers realise that they are C.A.D and that the actual product is probably not going to be as good, still good but C.A.D can be deceptive to inexperienced model makers or those buying it as a gift, but overall I like to see them as part of the whole process of buying the kit through to the finished product (that is if you intend to build it or stash it). 2, in my opinion having two sprue’s in one bag is totally acceptable, apart from clear parts of course, I would prefer to have a small amount of scratching etc to repair than have one sprue individually bagged and waste plastic and possibly be taken into the final price equation, and that might seem a bit hypocritical, considering the amount of plastic used to actually manufacture it, plus the box itself and I am worrying about an extra few bags, but, and there is always a but, if you multiply the number of extra bags used with the number of kits manufactured then I would suggest it is not a few bags, it would probably be thousands, then multiply that by the number of kits the industry manufacturers every year and throughout the world and the amount of bags used would be in the millions, and if that amount goes into landfill, or whatever method different countries use, then we, as a whole, are contributing a huge amount of waste that is not necessary, and that in turn has an effect on the environment, our environment that needs cleaning up. Just for your information Peter, I am not an eco warrior, but I am a concerned father, grandfather and great-grandfather who does not want our beautiful planet and the environment completely ruined for my descendants to live in it, or miss seeing the beauty or planet has (at the moment) for them to enjoy. I sincerely hope that most model makers reuse or recycle as much as possible. The decal that you described as being other pilots @ 10:4o+ is actually the ground personnel responsible for the aircraft, it is just how the USAAF operates. The issue with the exhaust stacks is definitely an own goal by Airfix, I have not started on my kit yet but it seems to me that an aftermarket kit would be the easiest way around it, failing that maybe using a 3d printer pen could be used to make a new seam, a weld line using liquid putty, maybe a piece of fishing line or very thin rubber hose from a motorcycle kit, a piece of heated and stretched sprue that could be cut to length and attached, but those are thoughts straight of the top of my head. Now that multiple people have pointed out that the canopies were provided because of the manufacturing process not being able to produce a replica without the seam line so you get a slightly different canopy without the seam would you give Airfix the .5 mark deduction back to their score?, overall I agree with your review but I don’t agree about the plastic bags issue and the chin fairing being a two piece part is small potatoes that I don’t think is an issue, but each too their own. 9.5/10 in my opinion, and only because of the split tyres.

The three other names listed under the American pilot's name are his enlisted ground crew.

The other names on Garett's a/c are probably his ground crew.

I couldn't follow the live stream I was too tired and went to bed early. I'm impressed by this large scale 1/24 kit. But it seems to be no guarantee for a perfect quality?

Todavia recuerdo mi primer spitfire mk KL B Airfix 1/24 finales de los 70,s me he decidido a volver a adquirir de nuevo este precioso modelo . tengo en mi poder todavia un JU 87 stuka a escala 1/ 24 de esta misma marca , nuevo a estrenar. tambien realize el montaje de el P-51 big beatiful doll WZ I tambien de airfix Me ha encantado la ilustracion para enmarcar , es una maravilla. 1:04 video un gran saludo y gran canal

The names shown under the Major were the crew chief and ground personnel assigned to that particular aircraft.

The "Other Pilots" on the American Pilots decal, will be his groundcrew - "crewchiefs".

Yep mine arrived today and vid online a cracking piece of kit 🎉

I'll be doing a review of reviews. Peter Oxley v Geoff's Stuff. Same but different. Peter has the edge because he speaks with the correct accent. If you prefer a hairier approach, Geoff's your man. Peter pronounces décals correctly which is massive cause for celebration.

Hopefully the fact that the engine area, rudder and tailwheel area are all separate parts is a hint that we might have other marks of Spitfire to look forward to in the future, possibly a Mk.VIII or even a Mk.XIV.

Absolutely magic kit love Spitfires they sound incredible, Awesome review, I'm of to look at the prices🤫🙂 New Subscriber and we hit the bell 😊🤝 Have a great weekend 👊 Cheers 🍻🍺KC Cradle Mountain Tasmania Australia 🇦🇺🤝🇬🇧😊😎👍

The Wellington was also in service and in production throughout the war, the final examples being built at Blackpool with the production being cancelled after the end of the war in Japan.

Fantastic review and well presented.

Great video, really looking forward to getting my hands on this one. You mention a couple of times how you like that the kits made in England, why is that? I've built a fair few 1/72 kits and never had an issue with the plastic quality. Looking forward to seeing your completed model!

Thanks for taking the time to do this. The canopy looks a real issue- similar to the Typhooon, and the exhausts wtaf? For me it's going to be how the thing builds and how much clean up of mold seams, sink marks etc. I'll wait until others build before investing. But when I look at an Airfix kit I generally think great subject, but somehow no finesse compared to say GWH, Eduard, Tamiya etc. I mean could they slide mould the barrels for the cannons, and the interior details look a bit clunky. Plus no canopy masks or any photoetch which are more or less standard with other manufacturers? I may pass on this and feed my Spitfire fetish with Kotare.

Don't think I can afford this one at the moment. Looking forward to the build. Maybe I can buy one next year.

It’s the big one 😀. Just in time to get on the xmas list. Airfix are smashing it - but let’s see if it gets the oxley seal of approval 10/10?!

Hi Pete, I think I am correct in saying the American aircraft decals of the pilot name includes the crew chief and two maintenance techs as the Americans thought it important to bond with the people who looked after their aircraft. Good interesting review mate. (Wish it was in 1/32 scale though)..........

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Peter, do you mean the moulds are also made in the UK, not just the injection process? That would be Plastech in Newhaven, after 10 seconds of googling. Cheers, Simon

Surely it can’t be better by the Spitfire Kit the Ex Wingnut Wings guys are putting together?

Peter,the other 'pilots' for the yank aircraft,(the one I'm going to do)were his ground crew.there has/was also confusion with J E J's aircraft maple leaf,was it red or green,so you may actually have a choice of colour for J E J

Understand that it is a most stunning kit, well worth the price of admission...

Got to pass on this, just haven't got the room!

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I think airfix deliberately kept the box small so is modellers found it much easier to sneak past the wife 😂😂😂Tesco bag for life bam in the house in the stash wife non the wiser 😂😂😂

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Do you airbrush your kits or brush paint was gonna get an airbush but very costly if I'm no good at using it I stil havent built my mk ixc revvel spitfire 1/32 from a couple off year ago need to get it done havent built a model since I was a kid reason I wanted airbush is to have no brush Mark's looks neat and I noticed people make the excess panel lines stand out with black paint and then put thin layers of paint over the top would be nice if I can still do some level off detail and with barely any brush Mark's would be nice to get some black under the exhaust on my spitfire aswell nothing major fancy but would like to make a nice job off it I noticed u can buy thinner and use from brush painting aswell carnt u

These new 1/24 kits annoy me, they show what airfix really can do if they want to, but in 1/48 and 1/72 they wont and dont :-)

A bit too pricey for me. I thought £9.50 for the 1/24 Ju87 was expensive back in the 80's!

Re fishtail exhaust welds, perhaps some super fine stretched sprue laid on top and glued? Just a thought. Not optimal, but ... agreed, disappointing.

Thanks Peter for saving me some money. Given the scale, I think it is a very disappointing scale rendering of the Spitfire IX. All that terribly soft detail, that is sometimes simplified significantly, plus the appalling windscreen with stress fractures and that poor front panel amongst other misses including the box art. Since the Spits lack the Pytram drop tanks, that were carried by that squadron and others on the day.

All those "spars" are actually ribs! 🙂

Nice kit,looks impressive but its a pass for me simply on the grounds of space restriction....just dont have the room for it.

Where's the pilot?

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Weekend build. 😂

$200 aud.