D-Day 80th Anniversary build - Short Stirling (Italeri 1/72 scale model)

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  • Опубліковано 24 гру 2024

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  • @KGmodels
    @KGmodels 6 місяців тому +5

    The power behind this video is amazing Stu,those invasion stripes are sort of a sign of the beginning of the end of the war,and we must never forget those Who had the courage to run towards German fortifications.
    Lest we forget

  • @simonholmes5223
    @simonholmes5223 2 місяці тому +1

    The Airfix Sterling has always been a firm favourite of mine, since the very early 70s. Your build of the Italeri kit is superb and perhaps, just perhaps, you've now changed my mind re: the Airfix. Imagine if Italeri had included a tractor and bomb train. That would have been awesome. Great build, Mate 😉

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  2 місяці тому

      Thank you mate. I was really pleasantly surprised by the options and details on this kit too.

  • @TheWGLOVER
    @TheWGLOVER 2 місяці тому +2

    I have that model in my stash. You have given me the incentive to build it next.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  2 місяці тому +1

      Awesome! I was really impressed by the kit. Have fun!

    • @TheWGLOVER
      @TheWGLOVER 7 днів тому

      ​. Nearly finished. Quite a difficult kit with some poor instructions. Looking good.

  • @cjkirkland2334
    @cjkirkland2334 6 місяців тому +6

    I can't say it enough. I love your videos and narrative of them. Keep it up. My wife and I enjoy your work!!! 🎉

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thank you CJ - your support is much appreciated.

  • @BobbyG-bp9xr
    @BobbyG-bp9xr 6 місяців тому +2

    Stunning build Stu! Love the way you effortlessly make everything look so natural, never overdone. Love to see your aircraft builds, as there is always something I can take away and try myself. Well.... all your video's! Thanks for posting mate, appreciate and enjoy in equal measures!
    Lest we forget..... 🙏

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you - much appreciated. I'm glad my videos are helpful.

  • @robbo1068
    @robbo1068 6 місяців тому +1

    A fitting memorial to those that served, those that returned and those that gave their lives in the pursuit of freedom from tyranny. May we never forget! Fantastic build, great commentary and justice done to an aircraft that isn't as well known as others but did valiant service to those that flew in her.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you Robbo. Indeed, the Stirling doesn't seem to be well known at all (I hadn't realised that they were also used to carry paratroopers as well as tow gliders). Hopefully I'll eventually have the Stirling, Halifax, and Sunderland (with the Lancaster, Manchester, and Wellington already done).

  • @MikeUSA67
    @MikeUSA67 6 місяців тому +1

    It absolutely looks the part. Nicely done, Stu!

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thank you Mike!

    • @MikeUSA67
      @MikeUSA67 6 місяців тому

      @@ModelNerd BTW Stu, just out of curiosity, is there a specific reason why you kicked me off the Patreon list? Not that I care... but still? 😁

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Dear Mike,
      I'm really sorry - this is entirely my fault. I had another user called Mike who left Patreon, and I simply accidentally deleted the wrong Mike. No excuse - I should have been more careful. Please accept my apologies and you will, of course, be back on the list in the next video.

    • @MikeUSA67
      @MikeUSA67 6 місяців тому

      @@ModelNerd Accepted - but only this time 🙂

  • @ronaldbyrne3320
    @ronaldbyrne3320 6 місяців тому +2

    A stirling build, 😆. Love the square-jawed look of the Stirling fuselage. Hope to build the glider tug and bomber versions in the near future.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +2

      Thanks. It does stand out from the crowd, that's for sure.

  • @ljscalemodels526
    @ljscalemodels526 6 місяців тому +1

    Hi Stu - once again a stunning build and a fantastic subject matter on this important day - loved the PE in the cockpit really made it pop, thanks for sharing, cheers Liam

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thank you Liam - greatly appreciated

  • @markc7002
    @markc7002 6 місяців тому +1

    The camo modulation looks exceptional!!

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you! I think the oil dots helped a lot with that.

  • @ilpoomatili9549
    @ilpoomatili9549 6 місяців тому +2

    Absolutely glorious model of a gorgeous plane

    • @_Jester_
      @_Jester_ 6 місяців тому +2

      I would argue the 'gorgeous' part, the plane in my eyes is a rather ugly duckling. But I absolutely agree with the model, awesome build and paintwork.

    • @ilpoomatili9549
      @ilpoomatili9549 6 місяців тому +1

      @@_Jester_ curious, I always saw it as rather majestic. Good example of "beauty is in the eye of the looker"

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thank you mate

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thanks :)

  • @rutgaurxi7314
    @rutgaurxi7314 6 місяців тому +1

    A fine looking machine, worthy of those wo did their duty on D-Day, Excellent work.

  • @KitchenTableModeller
    @KitchenTableModeller 6 місяців тому +2

    Fantastic video of a brilliant build, Lest we Forget

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you. Absolutely.

  • @johntreloar8203
    @johntreloar8203 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice results Stu, the finished kit looks really good.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you John

  • @theartificerchannel2110
    @theartificerchannel2110 6 місяців тому +1

    Really smart build and nice job on the invasion stripes! 😎

  • @ada42klm
    @ada42klm 6 місяців тому +1

    Great work. Thank you for sharing with the modelling community.

  • @MichaelCampin
    @MichaelCampin 6 місяців тому +2

    You could do a cutaway version using clear styrene sheet to show the interior. Seems a pity to lose the detailed interior

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      I could, although replicating all the internal frames and stringers would be a lot of work.

  • @111doomer
    @111doomer 6 місяців тому +1

    What a nice kit. I need to try building some Italeri kits at some point I think.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      I was really pleased with it. The PE added a lot too, I thought - which isn't always the case. I'll be interested to build their Sunderland.

  • @typhoon2827
    @typhoon2827 6 місяців тому +1

    Morning Nerd! Nice surprise to watch while I have my shreddies. Thank you! 👏🏻

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Morning! Glad you liked it!

  • @stevie65able
    @stevie65able 6 місяців тому +1

    Another great build. Looks so good on completion!

  • @BrushQuill
    @BrushQuill 6 місяців тому +1

    Lovely build mate.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thank you mate - glad you enjoyed it!

  • @scaleffect
    @scaleffect 6 місяців тому

    Wow I've never even heard of this plane before. Now I'll have to go and look up some more information on it. Stunning build as usual, looks plucked straight out of a history book.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you - much appreciated

  • @Bob-b7x6v
    @Bob-b7x6v 6 місяців тому +2

    The short wingspan demanded by pre-war hangar dimensions was the Sterling's biggest downfall. It cost the aircraft range and altitude.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Ah, I didn't know that. Thanks!

  • @stevehollingbery9744
    @stevehollingbery9744 6 місяців тому +1

    Nice build and video, cheers.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thanks - glad you enjoyed it

  • @zetectic7968
    @zetectic7968 6 місяців тому

    This popped up in my feed. Had to watch & the result was a good looking model.
    The interest for me was that I had a relative that was tail-gunner (tail end Charlie). Sadly the aircraft was sent out on a bombing run to Essen with a defective compass in 1942 (75 NZ Squadron). They were shot down soon after dropping their bombs & the only survivor was the badly wounded navigator that was parachuted out, before they were fatally hit, as they didn't think he would make it back home alive. In a curious twist of fate he had been a greengrocer in the same town as my mother & she knew him.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      That's an interesting coincidence - my grandfather was a Lancaster tail gunner in 75 NZ Squadron. He was also the sole survivor when his aircraft was shot down.

    • @tracya4087
      @tracya4087 6 місяців тому

      lest we forget

  • @tracya4087
    @tracya4087 6 місяців тому +1

    i have one of these beauties stashed in the wardrobe , if only i could find the time to build it , kind regards from wigan , lancashire

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Enjoy it when you get around to it - it's a nice kit.

    • @tracya4087
      @tracya4087 6 місяців тому

      @@ModelNerd thanks mate , my late great uncles had a friend whom was lost in a mk 111, spent a whole year researching what happened and it was nt easy

  • @ricardoroberto7054
    @ricardoroberto7054 6 місяців тому

    Fantastic result well done.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you mate

  • @leeroyjenkins7141
    @leeroyjenkins7141 6 місяців тому

    Wow you knocked this one out of the park!
    Id love to see you do a hawker tempest at some stage. Keep up the great work 👍

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thank you. I do have a Tempest in the stash actually.

    • @leeroyjenkins7141
      @leeroyjenkins7141 6 місяців тому

      @@ModelNerd nice! Maybe one day we'll get to see it next to the Stirling!

  • @edwardknudsen4806
    @edwardknudsen4806 6 місяців тому +1

    Outstanding build!

  • @simonbaker6962
    @simonbaker6962 6 місяців тому +1

    The stripes were put on quickly and were rarely perfect.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Absolutely. For me the problem is trying to represent that imperfection without just making it look like a bad modelling job :) The same issue with the hand-applied snow camouflage on tanks etc.

  • @SMAZVidoes
    @SMAZVidoes 6 місяців тому

    Lovely build. Great subject

  • @Sea-cadet2838
    @Sea-cadet2838 6 місяців тому +1

    Keep up the good work 6:44pm in new Zealand😃

  • @greg8938
    @greg8938 6 місяців тому +1

    Awesome work Stu 👍🏻

  • @paulsmodels
    @paulsmodels 6 місяців тому +1

    I have heard other model builders on You Tube say the same thing about how the kit they are working on doesn't have a lot of parts, and is not over engineered, and then they proceed to build up this nicely detailed interior that comes with the kit but it will not be seen!
    Doesn't THAT qualify as over engineered?

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Haha, fair point! I guess it depends on whether you look at the macro or micro scale. From a macro scale, the fuselage interior is overengineered. From the micro scale, the parts inside it are not :)

  • @jessejones640
    @jessejones640 6 місяців тому +1

    Great job!

  • @led5762
    @led5762 6 місяців тому

    hi,just seen this been away on holiday,i live in Belfast in a street called stirling avenue and local streets have names associated with shorts eg rochester avenue and sunderland road as belfast had the massive shorts factory at Belfast Docks which made a lot of shorts sunderlands ,the large slipway still exists where they were put into Belfast Lough,would like to see you make a shorts sunderland model,keep up the good work.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      I love little reminders of history like that. It helps keep the memory alive, I think. I do have Italeri's Sunderland in the stash :)

  • @kevthedev9541
    @kevthedev9541 6 місяців тому

    Excellent build and kit. fantastic video....keep em coming and it's always worth subscribing to the 'Model Nerd.' However, there are areas that most model makers get wrong on WW2 RAF night bombers and that's the interior colour although as this is down to the model companies depending on the interior colour schemes of modern renovated examples of these classic aircraft regarding internal colours. The interior green should only be applied from beyond and aft of the Navigator/WOP position. Fore of that point ie the cockpit and the Air Bombers compartment would be in a factory available shade of 'Night.' Many Nav/aft fuselages were often just left in bare metal, bearing in mind the high waste rate in action of these aircraft. (no point in spending valuable work time and finances on an aircraft with a two month life expectancy?) Floors throughout on ALL RAF night 'kites' were black, usually with the bear metal wearing through. Interior green floors....all wrong. 80)

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thanks Kev for the info. My understanding was that a lot of the colours fall into the category of "it depends/it varied/we're not sure". I haven't seen any definitive evidence to support one choice over another 100% of the time (though I'm always open to seeing some!). :)

  • @davegiles2344
    @davegiles2344 6 місяців тому +1

    Great build 👌

  • @Bob-b7x6v
    @Bob-b7x6v 6 місяців тому +1

    At least the Sterling got to shine doing other jobs besides strategic bombing.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Yes, it still had very critical roles

  • @steveashforth5097
    @steveashforth5097 6 місяців тому

    Another great video, thanks. I'd love to see the release of a 1:48 scale Stirling, as my eyes struggle a lot with 1:72 scale these days. The first issue of the Airfix kit had pride of place on my shelf when I was a youngster. The reason being, because you got the tractor & bomb trolleys, lol! Regarding the engine air intakes, step 19 of the instructions, it shows the area for the little 'clips' to be drilled out. It's marked up as 'alternative', but as far as I'm aware all the Stirlings had them fitted, so why not supply a pre drilled hole? No harm done though, eh? Here's looking forward to the next build.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thanks, that's useful to know. I do wish companies would say which options/versions the "alternatives" are for when they include them in the kit.

    • @steveashforth5097
      @steveashforth5097 6 місяців тому

      @@ModelNerd Thanks for the reply. As far as I can ascertain, the Stirling was only powered by the radial engine. So I don't understand the reason to call the cut outs for the intakes 'alternative'. Very strange.
      As a personal aside: my dad missed D Day & was at Arnhem. He parachuted in on the second day. I'll be trying my best to whip up a model for the 80th anniversary of that "little bit of trouble" as my dad used to call it. Just under 3 months to go. The clock is ticking, lol!

  • @paulcorrigan649
    @paulcorrigan649 6 місяців тому +1

    Superb

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thank you! Cheers!

  • @potrzebieneuman4702
    @potrzebieneuman4702 6 місяців тому

    There you go, I had no idea the Stirling had a co-pilot, it must've been about the only one as most British Bombers had a pilot and the engineer who was expected to take over if the pilot was incapacitated.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      I didn't realise that either. The Manchester did have a co-pilot too, but the role and the second control column was removed when the design was converted to the Lancaster.

  • @potrzebieneuman4702
    @potrzebieneuman4702 6 місяців тому

    Having all that detail and not being able to see it seems a waste. I have an old Monogram C47 that has massive amounts of internal detail but non can be viewed and I've often considered cutting away parts of the fuselage. Very nice finished project there.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you. I agree - there's a nice example of a Stirling cutaway online. I'm not sure I have the skill for that.

  • @DaveKnight-qu1wz
    @DaveKnight-qu1wz 6 місяців тому

    Shouldn't the Stirling have yellow tips on the propellers but a lovely build

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      Thanks. I've seen reference images with and without the yellow, surprisingly.

  • @Bob-b7x6v
    @Bob-b7x6v 6 місяців тому +1

    That leggy gear made no sense and you needed a scissor lift to load bombs into a Sterling.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому

      It does look odd - and so do the gear bay doors, which are in very strange shapes

  • @anjkovo2138
    @anjkovo2138 6 місяців тому

    👍👍

  • @t55a2
    @t55a2 6 місяців тому

    So that’s what it was

  • @IgorSevcov
    @IgorSevcov 6 місяців тому

    🤝👍

  • @organicpaul
    @organicpaul 6 місяців тому +2

    A worthy tribute on this day! Well done.......btw have a look at Dame Laura Knights wartime portrait of a Stirling crew.

    • @ModelNerd
      @ModelNerd  6 місяців тому +1

      Thank you, I will look those up