Tamiya 1/48 Spitfire Mk.1 (61119) After-build review
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- Опубліковано 16 лют 2021
- My building experience of the 1/48 Spitfire Mk.1 ('The Phantom Flyer') may not be what we all expected...-as Luke Skywalker said in Star Wars: "This is not going to go the way you think!" Lol!
I forgot to add: When I said I overcame the Tamiya thick decals on the earlier 1/32 kit build, I remembered afterwards that I actually got so frustrated with trying to get them to conform that I switched to the 'Techmod' decals instead, which then worked fine. 😳
The required stencils ARE on the decal sheet, but many of them not mentioned on the instructions stencil page! 😖
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Hey Peter, I am currently building this and stumbled across your video. Enjoyed it, but I think some of the "major" faults you credit this one with are really not faults at all.
Your videos are invaluable Peter for old gits like myself contemplating a return to this hobby after several decades - keep up the good work!
When I start this build I though this would be another 10/10 kit from Tamiya. Now I'm about to finish it and I found exact the same issues. Realy good review!
You have done a terrific job there Peter, thank you for the heads up on the errors. They've been noted for when i eventually start it.
Thank you for your commentary!!!!! I have not bought Tamiya's 1/48 Spitfire, I have second thoughts. A good honest opinion, again, thanks!!!!
I made two of them and fitted a resin merlin exposed engine. The second one I put an electric motor in it.
Well done. I have made the Revell 1/32, the Airfix 1/24, the Tamiya, Academy, Airfix and Hasegawa 1/72 models of the Spitfire. I found the 1/24 Airfix the most satisfying.
I was glad to see this honest review. I was gifted this kit and have now annotated the instrucitons with your findings.
Ahhhh warlord ! One of my favourites, along with the obligatory commando , and also action , and battle , before they combined into battle action . Still got a few commando knocking about , wish I had them all still lol
Hi Peter! I'm building this kit now. It cost me C$63.00 (about 38 pounds) with free delivery. I've always been a great fan of Tamiya, but with this kit, I agree there are some issues, and I'm glad it's not just me. I'm not the brightest bulb, but some of the instructions were baffling, and that open canopy set-up was problematic for me -- add, take away, put back? What, why? And I hunted around for the part they show that needs decaling on the side hatch, but they didn't tell me that's only for the closed canopy -- the open hatch came at the end... It was also difficult because it kept me jumping around from sprue-to-sprue. Anyway, as they say: An old friend is someone who knows everything about you, but they're still your friend anyway... 😏 Now you've made me go and look for the BF-109G-6... P.S. i thought you had crickets in your garage, but now I see it's your camera zooming...
Subscribed instantly,what an amazing channel and info/stories that go together with scale modeling and actual history.Great stuff Peter👏🏻So far my favourite channel,greetings from Russia.
Hey my dad really loves ur videos !! Thanks for making content that he enjoys !!
Despite all, you've done a great build, and the paintwork is superb!
I recently finished my N3200 QV version of this and had no problems whatsoever with it. The front of the cowling fitted almost exactly with only a very light sanding, and the fit of the wings was so good that they would stay in place without cement. I thoroughly enjoyed the build- it's one of the most pleasurable kits I've ever made. I studied the instructions thoroughly before starting and noticed the issues with the holes in the top of the fuselage, so I dealt with them as they came up. I must admit I didn't notice the wrong-sized canopy hatch- as it's moulded into the canopy, I left the extra pieces off. The unused photo etch parts are awaiting future duty in my spares box- I'm grateful for them!
I had a big coloured sheet with probably the stencils etc on. It was a scale/model sized graphic of the plane scheme.
Thank's for your honest review, shame about the discrepancies with the kit. Not interested in subscribing to channels with in box reviews, although I do make an exception for yours. Best Tamiya kit I was fortunate to build was the Navy version of the Douglas Skyraider, totally faultless..Stay safe Peter.
Nice post build review 👍🏻
There is a production joint at the front of the cowling on the real aircraft but it's hard to see most of the time. Given that it's not a big panel joint the clean up you did on it was just about spot on.
It does tell you to cut a hole for the morse code light on STEP 1 to the left where it says <> and STEP 3 to the left where it says <>
Great Story of this Nice Kit I have build only 3 Tamiya Kits The Me 109 E3 The Fw 190 A3 And the Fw 190 D9 in 1/48 Pretty good too bulding And the Me 262 In 1/48 waiting to build sometimes The a make really good Kits But a litte expenssif Good Job greetings