Airfix Hurricane Mk.1 - Build With Me! Part 1 - Model Kit Basics & Cockpit Construction
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- The Hawker Hurricane was a fighter aircraft that saw service with the RAF during the Second World War. In this video I complete a long-format build of the Hawker Hurricane Mk.1 Plastic model kit in 1/72 scale.
The version I have here is from the Starter Set (or "gift set" as they are sometimes called) which comes with some small pots of paint, a brush and some cement. The perfect start for a beginner!
The aim of this series is to give you the chance to quite literally "build with me" - so if you have this kit and want to give it a go, this is the perfect video for you!
Alternatively, if you are a beginner, there are lots of helpful, simple and easy techniques that can be found in this series - so definitely worth a watch!
In this first part of the series I take a look at the contents of the kit, explore the various beginner techniques, tools and skills you might need, as well as construct the interior cockpit area and paint the pilot figure!
Make sure you subscribe so that you don't miss the next episode in the series where I complete the general construction of the model . . Stay tuned for that!
Get your Airfix Starter Set Hurricane Mk.1 here: amzn.to/3n6jq8O
Another (non starter set) Hurricane: amzn.to/3yO1rWP
Apologies if there are any editing errors in the video - I recorded this series as I build the model so there were very long takes and lots of footage to edit. The activity in this video took about 2 hours which was then edited to less than an hour - still quite a sizeable amount of work (and the perfect chance for errors to slip in)!
The audio quality in this series is known to be slightly lower than my normal videos due to the use of the in-built microphone in my camera - the use of my "good" mic would be very difficult to do as it isn't compatible with the camera. This is an area I'm looking at improving and overcoming in the future
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I wished I had had the possibility to watch these kind if videos when I was a beginner - back in 1975.
Me too when I first started
I think your videos are great for a beginner. Your explanation on paint and construction has the right tone.
I am not a beginner in modelling but I have learned many things from you. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
@@ModelMinutes may I suggest a similar video on tools Matt? Basically so a beginner can make the most of their first model. I know you talk about tools in this video but people might skip it if they don't want a Hurricane. A starter set with just a brush and paints doesn't cover things like snips, tweezers, glue etc so it's good to see you did. I know you /were/ happy with your first model made many years ago but what if you're /not/ as happy with it? That might put you off modelling when really you want the reverse to happen. In short a 'Tools Starter Set'. Also you mentioned tools being available in hobby shops but what if the model is an impulse purchase in another outlet like a museum? They may not sell tools.
@@julianmhall thanks for the suggestion :)
your channel is definatly my fav
Thanks very much 😊
I just ordered one of these. It will be my first model in about twenty years. Looking forward to getting back into things.
awesome! Hope you enjoy :D
I’m just starting these kits, and I love them, however there are a few I had. These videos help me so much, and I’m so grateful! Thank you so much!
Glad I could help!
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It’s better in real time not a time lapse great job mate!
Thanks!
Out of the 3 kits I've built so far in my collection, this was my 2nd and my favourite build, it came out so nice and I've not be doing model kits for nearly 20 years. Just trying to find time to do them around work.
Great to hear!
I tend to paint my pilots mostly the same, except I use 62 (leather) on the boots, gloves, lifejacket and flying helmet and I use 80 (chocolate) to paint the jacket area, it does tend to give a bit of contrast against the RAF blue.
good paint choices!
Thanks Matt
I think 80 is a great idea for the jacket.
Excellent video and guide !
Much appreciated!
This is great. Thanks and can't wait for Part 2!
Thanks! :D
Very nice looking fighter plane Hawker Hurricane that's awesome. I enjoyed this video of this aircraft. 👏👍🤗⭐🌟💔❤️🔘🔘💘
Many thanks!!
Great idea to do a beginners tutorial style series of videos. I have had a few students in my IT class that took an interest in what I did to build models. If this video had been around I would have pointed them to this for sure!
That's a great idea! Thanks :D
I’m loving this series I’ve watched the first one now I re watch it for fun
Awesome!
Now I am wondering when the next episode is coming
@@scalesmodellingmagic5883 maybe next week
Thank you Matt
My pleasure!
Very helpful, especially in regards to the pilot.
Glad to hear it!
I've got an Airfix 1/72 Hurricane in my stash, need to do it after I finish my Revell 1/32 and Tamiya 1/100 Phantoms. Great tips on the pilot. I'll be using my airbrush though. Keep up the great work.
sounds like a fun project!
Even though the poly cement is thick it has lasted me 2 1/72 spitfires a messersmit bf109 and a 1/48 hawker hurricane
Amazing videos keep up the work ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Very nice!
Thank you so much this means a lot
I got to see a real Hurricane at OshKosh this year. Really neat aircraft, and really sweet in the air during the flybys too.
very cool!
Very nice progress mate 👍😊
Thanks 👍
Enjoyed that, Matt. Looking forward to the second part.
Coming soon!
This is going to be very useful to me since I have this very same kit. It is a bit unusual Airfix is suggesting putting the pilot into the cockpit at the end of the build these days; many years ago when I was building Airfix aircraft kits he went in before you buttoned up the fuselage altogether; I'm sure there is a good reason for it. Using vinegar in the water when washing the parts before assembly is a new one to me, and I've been in this hobby for over 40 years now!
haha yeah, the acid in the vinegar can help clean the parts
I like the longer format, looking forward to the next one 😀
Awesome, thank you!
Hello from Indonesia mate 👋
Hello 👋
I use Revell contactor pro. on wargaming minis. That long needle applicator, gets in where ever you need it to go. But Tamiya extra thin on models. as that brush gives you pinpoint coverage and it s so much easier to control the quantity of glue.
:D
Hey Matt!
I really like the build and review videos.
I particularly like the Airfix Armstrong Whitworth Whitley as its my favourite WWII bomber!
I'd love to see you do a video on how to hang finished model kits from the ceiling as I've always struggled and never been able to display them successfully without accidents!
Id love to see your take on this.
Have a great Christmas and a fantastic New Year to you and your family!
Thanks, you too! I have already got the "displaying hanging models" idea on my video list, but yet to make any progress there
all you need is a ceiling hook
Great job. Looks great!
Thank you!
Re figures.. maybe cut them off with a piece of sprue still attached? That gives you something to hold that won't be painted. At the end just snip it off the sprue and touch up as needed.
i have done that in the past, its the touching up part i dont really like having to do :(
Nice progress 😊👍
Thanks 😁
I’ve just bought a mk 1 but it is not the starter set- it is JX G , but the cockpit assembly is quite different to this video. Fairly still detailed for a 1/72 scale, compared to the old days.
How is it different - the assembly should be the same. It's the same tooling so has the same parts, but extra parts for the 2 blade earlier propeller which is pretty much the only change (i've got the same kit in the stash)
Heavenly moments! why Airfix does not include "all" the color paints needed for the specific model?
To expensive I imagine. Just the basic colours saves money and less left over so not reducing future paint sales and if you want to do it properly you go and buy the other colours, so helping out .
Building on previous comments, as a "starter" set - it's just to get you started, it does say on the box that additional paints may be required to build the model to a higher specification
@@ModelMinutes yes! i forgot that, i have one Airfix starter set and it says that! oops..my bad
fantastic job , I started modelling last november , but I was utterly rubbish and it put me off, but having seen this I may have another go , I just find the small bits so fiddly and annoying , and then painting OMG , drove me nuts , HELP !!!
You should remember that building is for fun. If you dont like the fiddly parts, it's fine to leave them off. I know some people who don't paint their models because they only like the assembly part
Nice vid, thanks - I'd say the background music is a tad too loud though, Matt.
Thanks for letting me know! I thought it was quite low but i'll check my settings for future videos
The background music is far louder than your speech and is a little off putting and is about the same volume as the adverts
@@lxtechmangood9503 Did you guys watch this with headphones on? I didn't when i was editing and the voice was louder on my speakers than the music, but putting my headphones on I can see that i didn't get the audio levels quite right this time
@@ModelMinutes I was just watching it normally on my phone, no headphones were involved.
Kind regards Lxtechman
@@lxtechmangood9503 that’s odd, I’ll definitely keep an eye out for it in the future. Sorry that you guys had a bad experience this time. Perhaps turning the volume down and putting on the auto-generated captions might help?
Next video I make I’ll do a better job of checking the audio levels
'Why is everything so fiddly today?' Sod's Law Matt. it's fiddly because you know it's a video.. if it wasn't it would be fine :)
yeah, sometimes when im not recording it goes perfectly :P
Hey Matt I know your looking at building more ground vehicles and I must recommend the Airfix vintage classics DUKW as I am building one now and the fit of the parts is great plus it is an interesting vehicle with an interesting history
thanks for the suggestion!
Your welcome
next time you use ur airbrush for ur kit you should try mottling the paint, as it gives a really nice finish and it is good for improving your airbrushing skills. Anyway keep these videos coming! I love them a lot
Ok thanks!
I don't really like thick paint either but I can kinda understand why, if it starts off very thick you can thin it to *any* viscosity you want.
yup
24 hours for enamel to dry? that is optimistic. Good beginners video.
lol, depends on the thickness I suppose. I've known enamel to be touch-dry in an hour or two, and other times still sticky like 2 days later
The Airfix Hurricane is more detailed than I thought it was. It looks easier to build than the Arma brand Hurricane.
i've heard good things about the Arma version, but haven't seen one personally
You mean the Arma Hobby hurricane?
@@b.vhidalgo4817 Yes. It is more detailed than the Airfix, but costs more as well.
@@joeshmoe9978 I bought it a couple of months ago though I haven't assembly it yet. And yes, the detail on that kit is excelent and it also came with photoetch parts and a masking sheet.
@@b.vhidalgo4817 yeah, it should be really good.
Hey Matt, I just got into modeling and I want to get better at it, do you have any tips?
There are loads of tips - too many to list specifically here. I suggest you take a look at my playlist specifically created for this topic ua-cam.com/play/PLog8Ofdmjzor_G4uAEmOZ54Y4eYZMLqrN.html
could you maybe review the Westland sea king HAR3 starter set by airfix
thanks for the suggestion
This model is totally different to anyof the Airfix models I built in the early 60's ,a lot easier in fact, I was told in the instructions to paint detail parts and figures on the sprue rather than to wait until I'd part built it, to be honest , it was simpler in the long run, re: the pilot figure the pilot would often wear a sheeps leather jacket with a lambs wool collar which was white/cream, also the "flotation device# or Mae West"as it was also known(after the american actress of ample proportions...) was'nt always yellow as its colour was changed during the war due inbelevably to several aircrew and seamen being pulled underwater by a humingous Squid photgraphs have been published of sucker marks strtching fromone side of the body to t'other which means(assuming the unfortunate in question was a 6 footer )that according to the photograph that the sucker was (complete with central swivel hook from side to side ) ALEAST) a yard wide, apparently according to the Boffins of the day the large(!!) deep sea squid came to the surface to investigate all the racket of gunfire and have been recorded as having hoiked surviviors out of life boats who where wearing yellow Mae WestsI beieve the ch ange of colour was quite early in the war, might be worth a bit of reading ro check it out (wikipedia!)my original sources where from my dad and and some of his pals, all of whom joined up BEFORE the war started in September 39from places as diverse as Britain South Africa and Rhodesia, he was what was known then as a rigger, nowadays as an "airframe technician" he served from 39 to 69 an from 69 tothe early 70's as an instructor at R.A.F. Halton and finally at R.A.F. Aldergrove his favouriteaircraft was the Hurriane mk 2 c/d and he was my go to guy for most RAF aircraft as he'd worked on "airframes for everything from the A.V.R.O. 504N designed 1911to the RR engined phantom rather later! The 504 he'd lastv worked on in 1947 in Egypt I got the impressioin it was thelocal AOC's run around aiercraft, his TAXI if youwill :)
Thanks for all the info! Very interesting :D
Very nice build, good painting.
But the antenna Wire is far too thick, me myself and I use and old halloween black witch wig, the hair strands are perfect size 😀
lol thanks. Didn't add the antenna wire in this video though . . .
@@ModelMinutes well there is one in the thumbnail 😀
Are there any photos of real aircraft that show gun smoke streaking?
yeah there are - probably not as heavy as how i did them in the thumbnail of the video, but something like this: www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235022812-help-smoke-staining-how-do-i-do-it/
Edit: changed dead link
@@ModelMinutes that's very kind , and very helpful of you. Most of it is about engine exhausts, but the bits on gun smoke suggest very little staining about the gun ports, but a little around any ejector ports. Thanks Matt!
@@Simon_Nonymous yeah, so I think "modeller's licence" kicks in more than anything - but there probably is a prototype for everything somewhere
Doesn't really matter how you dry in terms of particles unless your using a 'clean room' it"s inevitable.
I’ve found that using a soft cloth or paper towel to dry parts often results in increased fibres on the plastic
@@ModelMinutes Oh yes I see what you mean they snag on the plastic and your model ends up somewhat hairy almost.
@@danhudson4614 yeah, so I prefer to let them air dry. I have used a hair dryer on occasion too, but if the room is a little bit dusty it can blow more dust onto the plastic too 😩
It was my first kit I ever built on my b-day i may lost 3 or 4 peices for it but its okay
Sounds good :D
Stroof........ last time I bought the Airfix 1/72 Hurricane the seat was must stuck to the side wall. I think I shall have to get a new one. Nice looking kit. Well done Airfix. By the way. Are the paints that come with it the same as the Humbrol Acrylic paints you buy in the shops
Yeha, it's the same paint just in a smaller pot
Is there some way to send flying hours your way?
kind offer but i'm ok for those at the moment - if you don't want them it would be better to send them to Models for heroes
Those toy acrylic paint pots look truly horrible. Like the paints that come with those cheap "paint by numbers" sets. I can remember when Airfix had their own enamel paint range. It came in little glass bottles with a metal screw top. Using them made the whole place stink like an oil refinery. In those days all you could get were the Airfix bottles, Humbrol "tinlets" or artist's oil paints in tubes from the posh art shops.
Humbrol paints have always been more of a "budget" value range, there are better manufacturers out there but their paints do usually do a fair job