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After the loss of the Admiral Graf spee, the Deuchland was actually renamed whilst at sea, as Hitler feared the loss of prestige if a ship named Deuchland was sunk.

The Airfix kit is actually quite different from the M3A1 half-track shown in your photo. ua-cam.com/video/iNWNEMxGz_0/v-deo.html

Thanks for the build John, I think it looks great, I do hope that you finish off the tail markings off camera , lol, I know that I do.

A super build John, I love the splinter camouflage, very nice.

As with most low pressure toolings the parts need a good clean up prior to fitting together but other than that I found that it went together pretty well. I actually completely forgot to fit the front spar on mine so you can get away without that part.

Great job with the Heinkel, John. Your invested effort has been paid of, which the result truly shows. Have further much fun at the workbench. I wish you a nice weekend. Greetings, Joachim

It looked more French than German ,like a Belphégor

landing gear doors are on backward

An unusual and interesting model, well executed.

is this the old matchbox kit? I have a revell boxing of one in my stash somewhere.

The box you were referring to under the "tank cover" is part of the air boost system if I'm not mistaken.

This is the first time I've heard anyone in the hobby pronounce the Italian Company ESCI ("äschi") like "e-Sci"! Interesting.

This was very interesting, thank you for posting. I am building several Adams kits now, trying to make a better job of them than I did 50 years ago.

I received as gift an original Tristan. It is the most amazing Tank kit I ever saw out of the box, Surpass my Academy Tiger I cutaway...

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Paint call outs were in the Humbrol authentic colour range.

Nice review John and good to see the kit comparisons, we really need some new tooled kits don't we.

Very nice work and the result is convincing. Great job with the camouflage pattern, John. Best wishes, Joachim

Nice kit ,i also made this kit with a dark camo and eyes decals on the nose , there are a lot of interesting paintjobs to this aircraft.

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻great build

A story behind the decals.. When Airfix was released by the ownership of Heller/Humbrol, they tried to go it alone for producing BOTH decals and kits.. the trouble was it was quantity over quality really in the early 2000's before Hornby made Airfix the respected model kit giant it is today. The decals you had issues with were purely down to them being.. well really stickers but made adhesive with water.. this was done to minimize costs.. I remember them being terrible and recently my Dad made me the 25 year anniversary release of the Avro Vulcan kit, and it had THESE decals.. he said they were horrible to use.. but he persevered with finishing the model kit but you can see the overbright and glossy finish these models have. Micro Set/Sol or Decalfix won't work with them. as I said they are really stickers but made adhesive...

I built this kit in 1972, thanks for the nostalgia trip John.

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Call me mad, but i quite like the look of it despite its inaccuracies.

An aesthetically pleasing a/c to look at and a worthy topic for any model manufacturer.

Sacrilege!!! Couldn't you have found a later release of this kit, rather than destroying an archaeological treasure? My god, it's like recarving a 3500 year old tomb statue, just because you think it would look better with a moustache! 😢😢😢

Looks well, John. A good work which ended with a nice model of the M3A1 Lee tank. A model which is seldom seen. Greetings, Joachim

Nice result with this little tank from Hasegawa, John. Best wishes, Joachim

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Cool music 😊

How is that veryvery old kit still available ? It´s low quality, but nevertheless......... I have build them too. The moulds are CROWN ( ??? ) origin as I guess.

Fond memories of the Sea Vixen John. They were still in service for aircraft handling training when I arrived at Culdrose in ‘79 for my AH basic training. Distinctive shape, noise and presence. The airfix 1.48 kit is sitting in the stash. Must get around to it. Enjoying the content. Cheers, Alan

My Frog kit was large as the Javalin's were.Good kits but detail was sparse.

This has the same feel as the old Revell Spitfire Mk.IIa you did a while back. Nicely done though!

Nice model but I don't think Tempests ever carried rockets

A very tidy model and I love the camouflage.

I was thinking of getting this kit from an online retailer, I just might. It doesn't look as crap as I'd feared, and you did a fine job with it.

Great build in old vintage kit 😮😊

Lovely job!!

A nice plane in the air..

So is this kit as terrible as alk the rest ?

Cool model. 🛩 Have a great build.

It was amazing that the Soviets allowed Poland to design and produce this jet PZL TS-11 Iskra at all! Because the Soviets actually prevented the satellite states from even designing and producing complex weapons systems. Only the Soviets should be allowed to develop such complex weapons such as jets but also tanks etc. in order to keep the satellite states dependent. But states that had the ability to develop weapons would also be more self-confident and the Soviets obviously didn't want the self-confidence to arise among the satellite states. For these reasons, the satellite states were actually only allowed to produce weapons developed in the Soviet Union under license. But since it was just a jet trainer and not a fighter jet, the Soviets tolerated the development and production of the Jest! Despite the difficulties, that was a pretty good jet trainer. However the PZL TS-11 Iskra prototype broke four separate world records in its class, including a speed record. The Polish Air Force used this jet trainer extensively and the jet was still used for pilot training even after the millennium. Overall were 424 jets produced and some exported to India. In fact, the Soviets even allowed the development of a successor jet, the PZL I-22 Iryda and the jet was developed and even some were produced in the 80s. The production should be continued with an improved variant even after gaining independence from the Soviets in 1988/89. But the Polish aviation industry was too weak for this, so the project was abandoned. So also this example also showed that because of the Soviet occupation, Poland's industry was less developed compared to so-called Western countries. In any case, Poland is getting its aviation industry back on track with pretty good results. BUT one must not forget because of whose fault Poland was oppressed by the Soviets for almost 50 years. Only because the Germans raided Poland in 1939 the Soviets were later able to occupy Poland and force it to communism. Because Poland was damaged by them not only through the genocidal occupation, the war with the destruction of many cities and the complete ruin of the economy, but also by enabling the occupation by the communists. As a result, the communists murdered an additional 150,000 Poles in addition to the 6 million previously murdered citizens of Poland. If I write who murdered the 6 millions, my comment will unfortunately be deleted! In any case, the the quite successful Polish aviation industry was factually destroyed during the communist period at the behest of the Soviets. Contrary to the nonsense that is spread about Poland before the war, Poland actually had a successful aviation industry before the war. Poland built an aviation industry surprisingly quickly, practically from nothing because of the approx. 100-year occupation of Poland by Russia, Austria and Prussia/Germany, there was hardly any industry in Poland. In any case, Poland was able to successfully build an aviation industry shortly after gaining independence in 1918. In 1930, just 12 years after gaining independence the PWS-10 was the first Polish-designed and produced fighter in Poland to enter serial production. This wasn't a biplane fighter, which was still in use in virtually all countries at the time, but a very modern monoplane fighter. But as early as 1929, only 11 years after gaining independence, the newly formed Polish aviation industry produced the PZL P.1 as the first prototype of a monoplane new new generation fighter. This prototype was then developed to the PZL P.7 fighter which was produced in series as early as 1932. However this means that the Polish aviation industry was already producing 2 very modern monoplane fighters at a time when compared to the Polish fighters outdated biplane fighters, were common in virtually all air forces. By 1933 the Polish Air Force became the first in the world to field a fleet of fighters consisting of all-metal-skinned monoplanes - certainly ahead of its time." So the Polish Air Force was the first Air Force to be fully equipped with all-metal fighters. The PWS-10 was a good fighter but the PZL P.7 was better which is why the Polish Air Force preferred this new generation fighter. The PZL P.7 introduced a high gull wing whose design was called the "Polish wing" or "Pulawski wing" which significantly improved the pilot's view from the cockpit, with the view being further increased by the elevated position of the cockpit. What a good fighter the PZL P.7 was is illustrated by the fact that the PZL P.6, the prototype from which the PZL P.7 was further developed, won the American National Air Races in 1931. During a presentation at the Paris Air Show in Le Bourget in 1931, the international aviation press acknowledged the P.6 as one of the world's top fighter. Mind you, the PZL P.6 was the prototype of the further developed PZL P.7, which was an even better fighter and this already very good fighter was then improved and further developed into the even better fighter PZL P.11. In fact, the new generation fighter PZL P.11 was the most advanced fighter then in service in the world and so the best fighter of its time with the first flight in 1931 which is why in the mid-1930s, several countries expressed their willingness to purchase the PZL P.11 and some of them did that too. With the Loire 46 fighter including the "Pulawski wing" the French actually copied this excellent Polish PZL P.11 fighter, although the French fighter was not as good as the Polish fighter. Mind you, this PZL P.11 fighter was produced by the newly created Polish aviation industry which was truly a great achievement. But when Poland was raided by the Germans in 1939 there was the next generation of fighters like the German Bf 109 which were significantly faster than the Polish PZL P.11. Although it is exaggerated that the Polish fighters were completely inferior to the German Bf 109 because the Polish fighters were more maneuverable and the Polish pilots had a better view from the cockpit but these advantages could not compensate for the disadvantage of the significantly lower speed of the PZL P.11. In any case, a new generation of fighters was being planned in Poland with the PZL.55, which would be faster than the Bf 109. Poland took its time with the new development of the aircraft because Poland was of the opinion that the PZL P.11 in smaller Number than the German fighters would reach out to hold out long enough until the allies would defeat the Germans with the massive attack in the west. Poland couldn't have imagined that there wouldn't be a massive attack in the west because the Polish allies decided to betray Poland. By the way, the Polish aviation industry also produced an excellent bomber called the PZL.37 Łoś. This was one of the best twin-engine medium bombers of its time and had its first flight in 1936. The Polish PZL.37 Łoś twin-engined medium bomber was one of the most modern, effective and advanced bombers of this time. The Polish bomber was clearly superior to the German counterparts Dornier Do 17 and Heinkel He 111. Many foreign air forces were interested in the bomber and also ordered the bomber from Poland! The Polish light bomber PZL.23 was also innovative. One of the more unusual features of the PZL.23 was the design of its three-piece low-mounted wing. In order to produce a wing that was both light and strong, the Polish engineers had opted to use a relatively new wing structure. This wing combined a revolutionary heavy-gauge corrugated duralumin center box and a multi-cellular trailing edge, along with a partially stressed exterior skin composed of duralumin. That was one of the earliest implementations of a metal sandwich structure in the field of aviation. But although the aircraft mentioned here were developed in Poland, they were powered by foreign engines that were produced under license in Poland.As already mentioned, Poland had hardly any industry due to the very damaging occupation of around 100 years. In any case, engines are the most complex component of an aircraft and the development of new engines is very complex, which is why it is not surprising that there were no engine factories in Poland where engines were developed. But there were also Polish efforts to make up for the deficit. So engine development was also pushed forward in Poland, so that aircraft engines were also developed in Poland. So for example, the RWD-14 Czapla observation, reconnaissance and liaison aircraft was equipped with a Polish engine and the RWD 8 monoplane trainer aircraft too. But there were also civilian aircraft that were produced in Poland, some of which I will list here, for example. PWS-24 was a Polish passenger aircraft. In 1932 it took the first place in a passenger aircraft race at the international air meeting in Warsaw. RWD 6 was a Polish sports plane. It was the winner of the IIIrd Challenge de Tourisme International Challenge in 1932. The RWD 13 was a Polish touring plane. It took the 1st places in a touring aircraft competition during the 4th International Air Meeting in Zurich in 1937. The RWD 13S won a prize of Esch town for the best air ambulance of an International Ambulance Aircraft Contest in Esch, Luxembourg in 1938. RWD 9 was a Polish sports plane It was the winner of the IVth Challenge de Tourisme International in 1934 PZL.44 Wicher was a Polish airliner designed to compete with American airliners. Only a prototype was built. The war prevented serine production. All of this makes it clear that Poland had an efficient aviation industry before the war. Incidentally, contrary to the nonsense that is being spread, Poland was at the same technological level as the Germans before the war.

A very nice Panzer III, John. Great kind of camouflage pattern. Well done job! Best wishes, Joachim

thanks for this video John! I have never heard of this company. I am rather interested in Soviet space craft kits so I might source out one to try it.

Great job on the panzer iii

Nice result for the kit! I have an unbuilt Airfix kit, but think I will get the Eduard example to build instead. I rather enjoy building Soviet aircraft adorned with patriotic slogans painted on them.

03:30 Observations on mg colour noted. 👍🏻

I bloo*y enjoyed that nice work thanks for sharing 😎👍🏻

Sorry. Had to mute it. I've got a vacform one of these. Airwaves do a PE fret for this kit though, so will probably use that if I ever get round to making it.