AIRFIX BEAUFIGHTER 1/72 scale model kit - how to build it!
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Today I'm building the 2016 release of the Bristol Beaufighter Mk.X aircraft in 1/72 scale from Airfix. Is it a beau or a boo?
00:00 Introduction
01:51 Cockpit & Crew
07:54 Fuselage Interior
10:47 Wings
11:41 Fuselage & tail
14:55 Main assembly
20:54 Paint & Weathering
26:21 Undercarriage & weapons
31:05 Props & final touches
33:16 Conclusions
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Once you use oils there’s no going back!
That’s a really beautiful avion de chasse 😁
I love the Coastal Commande schème.
Have a nice weekend everyone.
Ian
Thanks Ian!
Nigel, my apologies. The kit and your painting are beautiful. Great job
Great build Gary.......glad to see you DIDN'T go for an Aircraft with a Torpedo AND Rockets, as from what I understand, going by the coordinated attacks mounted by 455 RAAF and 489 RNZAF Squadrons as part of the "Anzac Strike Wing" of Coastal Command, the Rockbeaus hit with rockets which slowed, or stopped the target ship, while the Torbeaus sunk them with their torpedoes. So a mixed payload reduced the effective range to target. I love the weathering job.
Thanks Shane!
Great kit Gary! Some great tips too! Thanks for uploading
You are correct, Gary, rockets and torpedoes were not carried at the same time.
Another great video and build son 👍
I've just watched before going out to work.
Keep up the great work son 👍
Thanks Joe!
Lovely buildbofbs very striking model.
Terrific!
Hello Gary from across the pond. Just wanted you to know I love your videos and after watching the ones on the inspiration boxes I contacted James and worked out a one time deal to get one. James was great working with me since it had a long way to go to get here. Have a great one and I will be looking forward to your next work!
Thanks Kevin
Glad you managed to sort something out - James is a really helpful bloke. Hoping my own first inspiration box build won't be too long away now...
Nice job, Gary!
Best wishes from Wirral.
Have to say this is one of your best weathering efforts yet Gary! The use of oils has really paid off. Very convincing result, and you can really see a huge improvement in techniques you’re using now 👌🏼 keep it up.
Thanks Guy - I'm very happy with it as a well-used squadron 'hack' flying over the salty North sea day after day! Also glad to have cracked the collector rings on the engines - now I use burnt iron first then dull it down with some mid-rust coloured powder and you get that bronze look but without the shine. Enjoying it all, which is the main thing!
@@garys_stuff indeed! I’ve got some AK Xtreme Metal paints and they’re incredible but I’m going to have to get some burnt iron from Vallejo for my harrier build, definitely hits the right notes for that corroded hot exhaust 👌🏼
It's a cracking little kit, same as the Beaufort, you've done a great job mate,I did latest kit, but didn't realise they didn't load torpedoes and rockets,but hey ho
You’ve done a grate job Garry!The weathering is very good!
I love those costal command schemes. The weathering was kicked up another notch as well. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Paul, yes I love that scheme. Tempted now to find the Whitley they did in Coastal Command colours... Very happy with the experiment on weathering too, cheers!
@@garys_stuff
The B-17 in CC colours is also very handsome.
@@randytaylor1258 I know - temptations all around me!
Nice weathering. Have you ever used the Flory models clay washes? I hit the model with a coat of clear varnish then put the decals on. After that it gets another coat of clear to seal the decals and then a rub down with around a 1500 sanding sponge to get it dead smooth. The Flory wash can then be put on quite heavily and when dry rubbed off with a very slightly damp tissue to get good panel lines. The surface is then ideal for oil washes.
I've not tried Flory yet - something I should do I think!
Nice TF.X build.
Either rockets or torpedo carried, never seen one with both at the same time, though the torpedo gear was still fitted.
Nice one Gary. You are realy helping me getting back into
model building.
Can't hope for a better comment! Thanks Martin!
Lovely build - fabulous weathering on a scheme you don't often see. Nice one!
I like that Gary full marks to airfix thanks for the advice on the masking . All around a cracking video , look after yourself marra . Regards Gav.
Thanks marra - have a good weekend!
Great job. I like the alternative paint scheme. I love the crew figures. Planes look better populated. Keep having fun.
Bill
The livery really makes this kit something about a coastal command camo brilliant work I’ve got a one I’m going to do in RAAF livery but definitely going to get another to do in this livery
Looks like a lovely kit
Thanks for the review Gary, I'm tempted to get one of these, cheers mate.
Lovely model Gary :)
Re the figures:
Agreed they only need to be good enough for normal viewing distance. I mentioned viewing distance to Gavin Booth yesterday re his model of the USS Lexington.
Something I forgot to mention in your unboxing video of this one. The poses of the figures in the instructions are /different/ from the figures supplied, as if the ones supplied are just a standard moulding - they're identical so maybe so - or the figures in the instructions are just standard computer models the designer has dropped in.
Regarding weaponry I think you're right. In the ground attack role it had rockets, and in maritime use had a torpedo. Different marks used in each (Wikipedia claims the Mk21 had rockets) so I think you're spot on to say it didn't have both at the same time. Wartime photos seem to bear that out.
The figure in the instructions are messed with in many ways, not least of which into include a portrait of one of the designers or other team members. They do have a set of standard figures, but not all will fit in every model - for example, the Mossie can't contain a navigator from their set of figures. I think part of the issue is that the internal dimension is always less than scale because of the out-of-scale thickness of the walls! Having standard figures also has its issues - I once got a harrier GR7 kit with a pilot figure sporting goggles and leather flying helmet as they'd put the wrong stock figure in!
I have seen footage of the Beau being used with rockets against shipping too - indeed on the IWM site there is a film about rockets that shows how they were to land them slightly short so the rockets would hit below the water line. Really interesting film.
I don't think the torpedo and the rockets were carried, either. But I am putting all of mine on. What a super job you have done on the smeared weathering!
You do what you want. I think they might have been OK on weight to take off with both, not entirely sure, but who is to say they NEVER did it? Your kit, your rules mate!
Cracking result, Gary. Looks fantastic. Well played.
Thanks John!
Great build Gary and very enjoyable to follow you building it👍thanks 👍😎Pete 🤓
Thanks Pete!
@@garys_stuff I really enjoy your videos,Gary. Your ability to work round the camera amazes me and your narration always covers your progress well👍. Thanks for showing and best wishes from jolly old Norfolkshire 👍😎Pete 🤓
Great build I want made the conversion at beaufighter MK21 using CMK conversion 1/72.☺️☺️👏🏻
I built the IX version of this kit. Airfix has really stepped up their game when compared to their retro kits. Their retools are as good or better than any current chinese made model kit and really go together well with very little putty needed, if at all.
Like your weathering work on the model very much Gary. And how you painted the pilot and observer. That colour scheme is really attractive. In two minds now about doing the Malaya-based Beaufighter, but I most likely will stick with that.
Go with your gut on colours - I'd say the Malaya one is unusual enough to be worth it - you can always get another Beau at a later date!
@@garys_stuff lol, that’s true. A second Beau is not impossible since it would not be a thimble-nosed one. 😀 👍🏻
That is a fine build, Gary. The use of the oils works really well. Excellent
Very nice kit. Well built. Thanks for sharing. 😎🇨🇦
yet another cracking build Garry, thanks for sharing.
A fabulous job again, Gary. I also echo the comments regarding the weathering. Really most convincing. That late war C.C. finish also really stands out.
Beautiful work 👍
You were right about the fuel dumps - There's fuel tanks each side of the engines, with two jettison pipes (one fro each tank) feed into it from inside the nacelle.
My grandad flew in Beaufighters (Coastal Command) - earlier models though... just a bubble canopy with no gun.
That's a very nice kit. I saw one at my local hobby shop the other day and almost bought it, but it was a bit expensive and I didn't know the quality. I'll go back later in the week and pick it up if they still have it.
Thanks for sharing. You are the Bob Ross of plastic models 😃
Dude, I'll take that! Used to watch Bob Ross loads when I was younger!
I've got this kit in my stash so this was the perfect video for me and as always a great build video.
I always wonder about the size of the pilots in those kits. The pilot has about a foot and a half (scale, of course) of headroom in the cockpit. It's just a little detail but this kind of stuff always bothers me. But I really love the paint scheme you picked!
Really great job Gary. Looks so realistic and I agree with all the guys who commented on the weathering, looks great 👍 thanks for sharing.
Thanks Rob!
Hi Gary. Thanks for a great build. I've got the TF.10 ready to be built, your video will help massively. Take care.
Hi Gary, that was a absolutely outstanding build sir, it was I think one of your best builds, mind you all your build are outstanding, very best regards from a Kiwi living in Australia 👍👍👍👍
Thanks Les, kind of you to say so!
Nice kit!
Nice build Gary, looks very good in the coastal command scheme.
Shame that the undercarriage is so fiddly to fit together. Can't help thinking that they could have come up with an easier way of building it up.
Personally I'd /suggest/ doing the undercarriage in a different order. The A frames first, /then/ the main vertical leg and let it start to dry so it's held but still moveable, /then/ the actuators that fit into the bottom of them. That way there's only one moving part at once.
Beau fighter as in Beau Geste.
The current Airfix pilot is vastly improved over the blobs that they used to have falling off the sprues. I'd have sworn that was a 48th item
Thanks! I've just been doing some very old crew figures and they are really awful!
Those faces became quite zombie after the highlighting! 😁
good vid nice build big like thanks lee
Very impressive apart from the engine cowling and the undercarriage which were a bit fiddly a nice build, and will definitely go into my stash as l am now an Airfix member and love the weathering very realistic looking well done Gary 👍
Thanks Barry - the engine cowlings and gear just need a little concentration, everything else is really good to build!
Bellissimo modello 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Grazie mille!
Back in the day I built the Matchbox one. It is crude in comparison, almost a half century later.
It looks like a lovely kit and you’ve made a lovely job of it Gary. Congratulations! I particularly liked the tips on painting figures and the weathering with oils. I think that is going to come in very useful on the Italeri Sunderland I’ve got in my stash. Just out of curiosity does anyone know why the Beaufighter had 4 guns in one wing and 2 in the other rather than 3+3?
Really nice work. I love your videos, they’ve been a great help in getting me back into modelling. One suggestion, if you have the time it would be great if you could pop up a caption with the actual paint numbers you use. On that point, I struggle with spraying white paint, any secrets or tips? Thanks
Yes, sorry about the [paint. I used to do it all the time but really just forgot on this one. I used Vallejo Dark Grey 71.110 and BS Dark Green 71.324 for the camouflage and White 71.001 over the fuselage. For an all-over white I would normally use a white spray primer, but as I wanted this one to be a bit grubbier I used my usual grey primer then two coats of white.
Very nice Gary. What's the cradle suooort you use for upside down, working on the bottom? It looks rather useful.
Its a thing I got off eBay some years ago from an Australian company. I think you can get pretty much the same thing under the Ammo by Mig brand - search for biplane jig!
@@garys_stuff Thank you Gary. I am astounded by the variety that brings.
Hello! What set of aftermarket decals did You use?
I used a set from Xtradecal X72227
That pilot sculpt is crisp. I’m making the Airfix Zero at the moment and the details on the pilot are poor, very soft. I was worried all airfix kits may be like that.
The pilot on the 1/72 P-40 is sharp like this too.
In general: airfix is "blergh"!
I get it. You hate Airfix.
These intros are getting worse mate
It was late in the day mate, what can I say?
I enjoy the intros, as I've posted before. They're fresh and original and personable.