FOLLAND GNAT Airfix Gift Set - how to make it!
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- Опубліковано 14 тра 2024
- In this video I'll show you how to make the Airfix gift kit of the Folland Gnat T.1 in the colours of the Yellowjacks display team. I'll use just what you get in the box plus a few simple tools.
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00:00 Introduction
01:54 What's in the box?
09:14 How to make it!
28:15 Painting
33:36 Conclusion
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Fun to watch you transfer your wealth of information on to new people. As a young pre-teen I remember driving my mother over the bend constantly borrowing her nail files, emery boards, tweezers and what ever else to assist in my new found hobby. Great memories!
Having watched Monday matters (4/12/23) I nipped to my local Lidl and managed to get this + 2 other kits (Spitfire & Willy's Jeep) all for the grand sum of £3:49 each. Thanks Gary for the heads up.
Have a soft spot for the Folland Gnat as I had an airfix kit about 2/6 in old money as a 12 year old back in the day.
What a neat little kit! Perfect for illustrating basic techniques without complex assembly sequences. And I agree -- there's something therapeutic about brushing paint on.
Bravo!
Wonderfully finished Yellowjack. Currently building this myself, it's fine for the most part, but those intakes, and that part that goes between the rear landing gear have been nothing but a pig's ear for me. Tooling's certainly showing it's age like you say.
A nice little kit, and not quite as basic as the Gnat i built back in the day, though that carried the normal RAF Trainer colour scheme. And those wing serial numbers... The display aircraft never used them, certainly for display, but the normal trainers did have slipper tanks, one on each wing, which fitted flush to the underside of the wing...
Nice little plane!
Right you did a great job and in theory this should be a cut and shut kit but this kit is the Bain of my life I seem to have thrown more of them but every year I go back and try again but for whatever reason I can't get on with the airfix gnat
I find using a cocktail stick to apply the glue is a good idea. I use my modelling knife to trim the cocktail stick to a very fine point which makes it a little easier to apply the glue to very small areas.
Good tip Stephen!
@@garys_stuff I also do this but find the contacta version with the attached thin metal tube applicator works perfectly alongside my extra thin
I always paint a matt white base coat first on anything that needs to be painted yellow, which I find really brings the brightness of the yellow out more easily.
Your finished kit does look great Gary.
Me too normally, but with these kits I try to make them with what’s in the box as much as possible.
Nice one. I suggest that it will go easier if the model is given a thin, even coat of silver paint and left to dry completely before applying the yellow paint. This will aid the coverage of the yellow. This kit looks to be a quick weekend build and is very attractive in its yellow livery.
The best acrylic yellow I use is the humbrol I think 155 yellow warning panel it a railway colour and covers well as does the oil based lemon yellow I used to touch up a dinky toys yellow pages 295 bus ,the gnat remember the red arrows at Biggin hill 1970 grandad pulled over and we watched from a field jam sandwiches too yumm
Happy days!
Just finished the Zero gift set lovely kit , treated myself when Lidl had them cheap Christmas time.
That Zero is a very nice kit - one of their best in 1/72 I think.
Hi Gary, I built the Red Arrows 2012 issue last year. The quality seems to have been better than the one shown here.
Beautiful little kit. Easy to make.
I painted mine with the old RAF trainer colours and included the slipper tanks provided.
Another UA-cam modeller ( Model Minutes) built the Lidl/Aldi Jet Provost but there was quality control issues with that one too.
Perhaps as you say they were bulk produced with lower QC for Christmas.
Your Gnat came out well using just the materials provided.
All the best,
Ian
The Aldi JP is the one I did for the My First Kit video a little while ago!
@@garys_stuff The JP is on my list to do😊
There was a cracking super detailed build on Britmodeller a few years back by an ex RAF Jaguar pilot called Freitag. His attention to detail was incredible. Worth a look but I warn you, it was about a hundred pages long!!!
Thanks Gary,
Ian
Another super video Gary, very enjoyable. Thank you. I agree that Airfix are expecting a lot from beginners, especially if they're doing the build just with the box contents. Like their 1/72 Bf109 with its tiny parts and huge sprue gates, really fiddly and difficult. And that yellow paint!!
Me too red baby
Good intro video Gary
Bob
England
Hi Gary . A rather nice little Kit . I was wondering if you have seen the Airfix You Tube video of their 2023 releases yet ? .Some nice kits on the way . I did ask the Gentleman if they do a Westland Wyvern . Take care , and happy modelling .
Yes I did, and I was chatting with Dale and Luke from Airfix about it today...
Great little series Gary👍.
I wish I had access to something like these when I returned to the hobby🙂Geoff.
Great job making the model using only the basic tools/paints. Too bad you didn't use the aircrew figures. The sparse cockpit would have looked better with them in it. A base coat of beige makes yellow go on better. Keep up the excellent work my friend.
Bill
Very nice kit well built Gary.
Nice! Thanks for sharing Gary! 😎🇨🇦
Great video Garry, as a beginner I found it extremely helpful.
If you have questions, don't hesitate to ask them here.
@@randytaylor1258 thank you.
Good man, Randy!!
Hi Gary nice build I’m just doing one at the moment. Trying to hone my skills. Regards Fred
Those intake lips will test your skills - but lots of dry fitting will help!
New Year treat thank you and keep building. Any chance of an Airfix A50009A D-Day Battlefront Gift Set or Boots on the Ground or any of the D Day gift sets build please.
John
Maybe John, I'll see how the schedule goes!
I have this kit and there’s something about it that confuses me. There are some parts in the kit that don’t seem to be mentioned at all in the instructions. Those are 1b and 2b and 14a. What are those for?
Auxiliary fuel tanks for the wings. In normal service they had extra fuel for longer training flights, for short displays they didn't carry them. Earlier versions of this kit used the tanks.
Hi Gary, I loved it.
I would be interested to see how you make your sanding boards.
I see a lot has changed since I last built anything, we used to have enamel paints, thinners, awkward to clean brushes a distinctive smell and, usually, a mess. I like the "stickit to a block of wood with blue tack", thats a new one to me.
I remeber that with the soldier sets Airfix did, it was necessary to wash the parting agent off with soapy water before painting. Adhesive from tape might be a problem too. Might that improve the application of these acrilics?
Did you intend not to paint the rear cockpit bulkhead? There was definately not enough colours of paint to include the aircrew.
She sat on her nose wheel without a bit of extra weight. Unusual but pleasing.
Lovely build and you showed a lot of useful techniques that the beginner (or even returner) can benefit from. You kept it simple. Thats very good.
The sanding sticks are just lolly sticks (popsicle sticks to my friends across the water) with bits of sandpaper glued on. I did a short about it and it's in my "10 Top Tips" video from way back near the start of my channel. With almost every kit I wash the parts first in case some release agent has been used - although i know for sure it's not used on the 1/24 Spitfire! But acrylics still have an issue bonding to shiny plastic at first.
Glad you like the videos, I try to keep it to what an everyday modeller is comfortable with!
@@garys_stuff Thanks Gary, thorough answer. Could the paint problem be why I've seen reference to paint primer?
I just made a red arrows folland gnat so this is familiar
How did you find the fit of the parts? I'm asking because Airifx have just re-released the Gnat in their range and I can ask the boss about it today as I've got a chat scheduled with him.
@@garys_stuff Hi Gary, I've got the 2012 Red Arrows issue of this kit (A55105) and I've just opened it to check the moulding. The plastic of the older issue is a darker grey and the moulding looks much crisper and cleaner. This is particularly noticeable on the undercarriage, aerials and air intakes as shown at 18:50 in your video. I'm surprised by the difference as the moulds are only 10 years old and wonder if the newer polystyrene is softer.
I did build this kit at it's first issue in 2012 and liked it a lot. That's why I also got the Red Arrows version, plus the last time I saw the Red Arrows live they were still flying the Gnat! From memory the construction around the air intakes, cockpit and fuselage was a bit tricky and I agree that it's not ideal as a starter set both for that and because of the yellow paint. The red one I've got wouldn't be much easier to paint without primer and using a hairy stick. 🙂
Enjoyed the video and I like how you aim these starter set builds at less experienced modellers.
@@jonmurnaghan6356 thanks for that Jon. I'll ask about this later as I wonder if the Lidl/Aldi offered were moulded in bulk to order and perhaps had less quality control. Having visited the factory where the new 1/24 Spitfire is made, it's clear there are many ways a shortcut can be taken that may have a detrimental effect on a kit, so I hope this isn't the case. The issue of the plastic formulation is an interesting one, as they do add softeners and flow improvers to the raw polystyrene as well as colourants.
Hi Gary, sorry if this is a stupid question. I'm an experienced modeller but have always made ships. I came across a gut talking about "canopy dipping" and wondered if this is something you know about and could say whether it's useful/necessary
I don't do it myself - maybe I should - but I believe the idea is to dip the canopy in some "Klear" floor polish - apparently it makes the plastic extremely, well, clear. I guess it's really good when you've got a lot of cockpit detail - maybe for 1/48 and bigger.
@@garys_stuff thanks Gary.
13:37 did you add thinner or water?
I use a little water normally. You can of course use an acrylic thinner but I'm not sure it would make much difference! If I'm diluting for an air brush I use thinner because I think it dilutes more evenly, but with brush painting there is a lot of mechanical mixing during the brushing process and it seems to work.
@@garys_stuff
The acrylic thinners also let the paint flow and level out over the finish. Also, it increases the drying time, both of which help hide brush marks.
This was the first kit I built and I did it with the included paints etc. I am not sure I would recommend this as a starter kit. It's fiddly and the fit is not great. Don't even attempt to install the crew! Ian
I’d agree Ian. It isn’t sold as a starter set as such, but when you include paints, brush and glue it is clearly intended for modellers with little or no experience.
No nose weight!!! Noooooooooo tail sitter right there now ;)
I didn’t find it needed a nose weight.
It's perfectly fine without weight in the nose.