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Well, it would be rude not to......

I’m not going to buy a Spitfire model either, maybe a Seafire but definitely not a Spitfire.

Yep, I do that. "I'm not going to buy more models!" Shortly after, I order another model or two. 😅

Been there, done that. Well done1

Someone likes Matchbox Models. Look forward to the next video.

Just an observation. I might be way off base on this but I think that kit was manufactured in the early 70s, probably before the re-tool. I say this because my recollection is that the bases(pre and early 70s)used to be a more angular clear plastic and at some point in they started sending out the kits with the more rounded ones that you are using there. I base this purely on my own limited experience of kit building back in the day.

Marvelous

I just want to say thank you for helping me make my own Lego uss fletcher!

Was that an Airfix Challenge Coin you took off the box at the beginning? Thanks.

Just found your channel...Brilliant job! -Dan

I love watching retro-modelling videos, hope to see lots more!

Every day is a learning curve. Seeing old kits coming to life. Your approach and commentary adds a good touch to it all. Really looking forward to more.

I'm going to be at Telford all weekend, if I manage to spot you despite your camouflaged hat I'll be sure to say hello!

Its 25 quid to get in, so i won't be going..

Wow! that piece of the Victory is impressive, thanks for bringing this to my attention. That book cover looks familiar, has it been used elsewhere on a different book? Great to see your work in the Tamiya magazine, well done old son.

Just a lovely.

Whirlwind... possibly my favourite 40s plane . Seldom mentioned. Not one example left except yours and my rc one which has never flown for more than 10 seconds!

The Whirlwhind was far too small an airframe to be fitted with Merlins. In any case, the biggest limiter on the aircraft’s performance wasn’t so much the engines but the propellers that were fitted to production aircraft.

Great job on an old kit, nice break from $100.00 kits.

I'm officially impressed! 😊 The trick with the kitchen tissue is ingenious!

I built this kit way back c1963-4 I think. Every weekend I was down at the local model shop spending my small / saved up pocket money on Airfix kits, paints etc. Happy days

This was one of my earliest Airfix purchases back in the early 60's from the Post Office in Breaston, Derbyshire, primarily because it had 2 engines. I remember it was 1 shilling and 3 pence (1/3, about 6p in todays world). Even back then as a 7-8 year old naive modeller, I knew this was a dog. From memory, I think you have made a slightly better job of it than I did!

Blimey! Bagged Airfix! This takes me back 50 years when I used to get the baggies from a local newsagent. My building was always good, the painting not so...

I remember seeing these kits at my local newsagents here in Australia. Was a great entry into the hobby in the seventies.

Hi, it's my first time here. Please consider scanning, or getting these 3D scanned before you build.

Ah, this brings back memories of a 1963-vintage Airfix Jet Provost kit our dentist gave to my younger brother some 45 years ago (damn am I old!). It came in similar packaging, which was odd to me at the time because other kits I had (from Tamiya and Otaki) came in boxes. Building model kits was a hobby of mine when I was young, the last kit I built was a Tamiya 1/32 Tomcat some 25 years ago. Sadly I can no longer indulge myself in this hobby for various reasons. Thanks for the memories!

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The kit in that bag is as old as I am! I remember building that in the 70's, but mine was pre re-tooling, so I guess the same as that one.

Cost 2 shillings in the 50's and 60's . 10pence in our current currency. I mainly saw them being sold in racks in Woolworths

The airfix Westland Whirlwind was the first kit I ever bought and put together late 1960's,/early 1970s. Was a fun build but I got a touch high from the polystyrene cement! A VERY fun build.

Nice one, I remember that package art like it was yesterday. I was very young finished models were for playing with, mine never looked like that! 😁

I built mine in about 1964. I had trouble keeping the tailplanes level while the glue set. You need a tube of good old Britfix 77 for the glue! The polish of choice for scratched canopies back then was toothpaste. I tried the Humbrol maskol in about '76 on a Matchbox SLUF A7. Not very sucessful, but then we didn't have airbrushes then.

Actually .. the main thing which doomed the Whirlwind was that it simply cost too much to make and was rather more complicated due to the amount of alloys it needed and its build time .. ( they took a long time to make) .. There where plans to try and get Merlins into it ..but it was deemed too costly and the Merlins where need for the Spitfires /Hurricanes .. Simply put it was just too expensive and too innovative to make .

That was a good landing Gina, a lot of Crosswind and a short runway! I think I need a new tin hat!🎉 Never Stop

i think the airframe wasn't strong enough for merlins so would have needed extensive reworking to work. i agree it would have been devastating in the bob although there was only something like 5 seconds worth of ammo (15 secs for spit/hurri)

I love old Airfix kits. Next time you need to get paint off try dettol 50/50. leave it immersed for a couple of days then hot water and fairy dish washer and a toothbrush. Job done. loved the vid. Thanks.

I used to buy bagged kits like these from Woolworths for half a crown. Dates me.

Brilliant job. New subscriber. All the best from Ireland

They should bring them back again..l miss them, nice work Sir..🎉❤😊

Ahhhhhh back to the good old days

Beautiful job especially given the age. Lots of good detail tips in there too. Thank you.

Two bob (10p) from Woolworths in Watford High Street. I made so many at that time with my pocket money. Looking back I must have been obsessive...my parents must have despaired.

Sure I read that Merlin engines would have been overpowered for the airframe

That's just the type of Airfix kit I used to build in the mid 1960's in my early teens.(Born 1950) I never thought I'd sent a kit ina plastic bag again. I'm sure it was one shilling and six pence And I'm almost certain I built a Westland Whirlwind Every Saturday morning I bought one Airfix kit from Woolworths with my pocket money and assembled it in the afternoon. Many thanks for reviving these memories

Great collection!

Lots of memorys with that Airfix kit. Thanks !

Many modelling channels seem to trouble with focus, I wonder if turning the cutting mat upside down so there isn't an obvious grid to for the camera to autofocus on would help.

Fantastic- you “freed” the 60-year old plastic from its prison bag! Great to see. A real historic kit from many models youth. Keep building “ “ancient” plastic.