In this video we get the cockpit assembled and painted and then fit the fuselage hales together around it. If you would like to contribute to the channel.. please look here.. / nigelsmodellingbench
Just come back to refer to this brilliant material, as I have started one of these. All this hidden interior work. I simply don;t have the time. So i am going to watch this carefully and cut necessary corners to eliminate the detail. I'm becoming an efficient model maker to put the hours in where it counts. This helps a lot
hi nige just sold me on another model to build i love your reviews . i am still building my 1/24 spitfire you recomended and im loving it never built a 1/24 before i think its great 1/72 scale definatly to small for me these days so im going to try 1/32 scale after 1/24 spit . thanks nigel for getting me back in the hobby
Love the Hollywood-style intro!!! Eat your heart out Cecile B De Mille! Next stop a Remake of Ben Hur. Just one question Nige - who is the funny looking guy behind the pilot...?
Looking great Nigel for a 32 scale the cockpit looks really neat and tidy I will be catching up on this build series the last Revell plane I did was the 1/48 scale Memphis Belle diorama with motors in the props and nav lights, not a bad kit but it's showing its age now 👍👍
Very happy you are doing this one Nige! I've just got mine, it came yesterday and I'll be starting later today. It looks like an amazing kit for the money, I know there isn't much after market stuff to throw at it yet, but I have ordered a seatbelt set and masks. Glad you covered the cockpit color in this video as there are so many conflicted opinions on line. Look forward to the next video.
So pleased you're doing this one Nige. My first kit back in the hobby last year was the Revell 1/32 Spitfire IIa and despite some of the reviews that I read, it wasn't too bad. 1/32 isn't too fiddly and it presented a good opportunity to practice some techniques (including correcting my mistakes!). Not too many parts, so allowed me to make progress at a decent pace. Also a good price, so I think I'll do this one to get some more practice in ahead of the Kotare Spitfire.
Tamiya extra thin is definitely very volatile. Here in Brisbane we have had some hotish weather (35-38 C) and half a bottle disappeared because I forgot to fully tighten it by a half turn. Several people have now confirmed that extra thin and Tamiya airbrush cleaner are the same thing - acetone and butyl acetate.
Nigel the radiator on the hurricane is painted silver, the airframe tubes are not aluminium but steel and it depended where they were manufactured, could be gray or silver.
Great to see this one too. I really like these "out of the box builds" your doing. Now, if only I could just find one of these and the Airfix Spitfire here in the US.
Cockpit looks great with a good bit of detail considering the price. Looking forward to part two. BTW that individual in the flying helmet and goggles is quite striking, oh, and the fellow in the flying kit looks pretty good also, lol. Cheers mate.
I doff my cap to your cockpit, I've just finished assembling mine and a found it very fiddly, a metric ton of clean up and so fragile and it looks about 20% as good as yours.
Acetone will evaporate at 26-29C Butyl Acetate has an evaporation rate of 7.5 which makes it "fast evaporating" (compared to a standard rate of 1.0). So yes, TET could go off if left open (especially in warm environments).
Great video my friend looks a very detailed kit and for the money is excellent value really liking your approach to this build series and look forward to seeing more thanks for sharing 👍👍
Spiffing video their old chap. What ho. looks really nice Nigel and good value. Should be able to get one in a week or so I hope. I look forward to part 2
@Nigel’s Modelling Bench I wondered about that. So far the plastic seems kinda brittle, I've broken one of the small cockpit area tubing pieces already 🙄
I'm enjoying this build immensely. I do have a question. In your Mosquito build you painted a yellow dot on the armor plating. Was that done on bombers only, or did the fighters have that marking as well?
@@NigelsModellingBench yes; I think so; there'll be just a few changes to operate; like the two "intakes" ? on the outside of the cockpit that seemingly weren't on the mark 1...
