My dad and I built the Airfix Sterling back in the sixties. Black plastic leviathan that hung from the ceiling in my bedroom. Dad was in the REME during WW2, at one stage seconded to USAF. We built B-17 "bit ol lace" and he regaled me with stories of the plane together with mustangs and Thunderbolts. Great kits and a wonderful Dad who I still miss. Loved this video.
My Grandfather flew the Stirling during the war. As I understand it, owing to it being designed and built before the outbreak of war, it’s wingspan was limited to allow it to fit into the hardened hangers that the RAF had built. This made the aircraft effectively obsolete due to it’s limited ceiling. As such my Grandfather mostly flew supply missions for the Dutch underground. Flying alone in the dead of night over occupied Europe. He was also involved in Operation Market Garden, towing gliders into Arnhem. An ill conceived plan in a terrible war that he and his crew made it through miraculously completely unscathed.
The thing about hangar doors is a myth. Much more complicated reason but essentially it was a weight issue. The Stirling had to requirements that the other heavies didn’t have to meet
It's just possible that your grandfather met my late parents as Dad was an engine mechanic and Mum a WRAF on Stirlings. They would talk about them setting off towing gliders for Operation Market Garden and the Dutch relief flights you mention. Dad converted to Merlin engines and was sent to the Japanese theatre.
My dad told me about the food droppings by these planes that saved his life and alot of peoples lives in the Netherlands. Thank you all brave people who liberated the Netherlands from the facists. We will always remember XXX
That's glorious. My uncle died in a Stirling crash in July 1943 - 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF. I'd love to build one of these as a remembrance - but yours has put anything I could do to shame. Great stuff.
Don’t let that stop you building yours! My grandfather died in a Wellington crash. I made a model of it as tribute but it would never make it to RUclips! 😅
My late father was a ground crewman with 75 ( NZ).. He joined the Squadron when they were transitioning on to Lancasters at Mepal. He said that the Stirling was the only plane that he could walk under when the props were turning
My last kit was made 35 years ago using a tube of polystyrene cement and four little cans of Humbrol enamel. This vid was a revelation - all that detail, some of which you probably cannot see. Well done!
I built the Airfix Short Stirling, purely to get my hands on the tractor. That would have been in the mid 1970s. Sadly my Stirling has long since been lost to the sands of time, but I still have the tractor. I was delighted to see this Italeri build. A lovely trip down memory lane. Cheers Greg.
I was worried at first that this might be a re-boxing of the old Airfix kit, but was pleasantly surprised to see the better fit from the new mold, and improved decal sheet from the newer Aliteri effort. You did a really nice job.
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Sunday, 8 September, 2024) A re-boxing of the Airfix kit, complete with a tractor and amply laden bomb trolleys. Had I the money, I would have bought it for sentimental value, rebuilding what I decades past had assembled as a boy, quite as you have. Your video is a double treat: 1) a fond stroll down memory lane, and 2) an opportunity to learn how better to make of it a serviceable replica. Here in the States, several Airfix kits, for their shortcomings, hold a tender place in my heart: the de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito Mk IV light bomber, renowned as “the wooden wonder” racing across Germany’s skies regardless of the hour! The Avro Lancaster RAF four-engine heavy bomber, long recognised for its cavernous bomb bay; incidentally, has Airfix offered a mark with the Bristol Hercules 14-cylinder radial aircraft engines (as well as one with a set of the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 motors)? The Handley-Page Halifax RAF heavy bomber, an always reliable performer (I believe with four Bristol Hercules radials, at that), both of which I had constructed airborne en route to Nazi Germany’s industrial centre. The Short Stirling, the RAF’s third big warbird (I greatly enjoyed the tow tractor and trolleys; they are why I had built the long æroplane aground, displaying it undergoing preparatory servicing prior to some nocturnal, secret sortie somewhere over Nazi-held Europe), and the Vickers Wellington RAF Medium Bomber, known for its geodesic construction (I to my regret cannot recall the mark number of the latter four). At 3:00 in your video, I see on the sprue four radial engines. Are those the kind I had mentioned? This kit is of FAR better detail than the iteration of the Airfix Short Stirling model I recall as a boy, so this looks to be no mere re-boxing! Your assembly of the interior, especially the flight deck, is absolutely extraordinary, especially given the small scale of this kit. Incidentally, do any model makers produce any 1:48th-scale kits of this big warbird, the Halifax, and/or the Wellington bombers? All in all, a genuinely excellent job, mate! Now make them again, please! This time, all of them airborne, the propellers spinning, the crew members at their combat stations, all flying in close formation. Perhaps the speedy Mosquito is in the lead as a pathfinder.
Building mine from scratch using thin cardboard sheet, but had no idea of what the interior looked like, now i do! Thank you, itll really help. Yes, i make every part myself. To be different, im making the mk2 that would have been Canadian built with American engines.
Hey, Greg! Manuel here from Spain sharing the same feelings with that old Airfix Stirling kit. My father and I went to the models shop and it was love at first sight. We built it together, black plastic and huge wings! Still one of my favorite moments with plastic models, thank you for this wonderful video. Lots of good memories are back.
One of your build videos dropping on a weekend is a real treat to watch with my morning coffee. Takes me back to Saturday morning TV as a kid. The video is exactly as long as it needs to be and packed with information and tips and a friendly, no-nonsense approach to each build. The builds are always outstanding, but I’m also impressed by the way in which you know what you want to build and you put in the work to do it that way. Thanks Greg - impressive stuff.
Thank you so so much for this video Greg. So many tips and tricks I will use when building this, my first kit in about 20 years! I couldn't believe it when I (Tom) spotted this kit in a local model shop the other week, and the decal sets included, Goosebumps everywhere. EX-G - The Gremlin Teaser was my Grandads aircraft, so seeing it reproduced brings back a huge wave of emotions. And as an extra bit of nostalgic magic, he was also Squadron 199's artist, so painted the very distinct nose art, including the lady who my Gran was VERY much not a fan of! He also painted the Stirling mural housed in RAF Hendon. The squadron has a very interesting history, and was involved in operation Window during D-Day, dropping vast amounts of aluminium strips as a radar decoy. (so the bomb loadout might be incorrect) Currently researching all the kit and best paints I need to give this build my best shot, as a tribute to a talented artist and engineer, who I sadly never got to meet. Thanks again, excellent build.
Hi Greg - I have a way to deal with dimples (and other such problems with clear parts). They can be filled with clear two-part "five minute" epoxy glue. After applying to the part, make sure there are no air bubbles. Once hardened, this can be sanded and polished smooth.
I really enjoy your videos and especially your methodology, no nonsense, no pontificating on the best way of modeling. I like your choices in subjects as well. Keep these video’s coming!
Every time you start your videos and you do that "hi" with you arm, it reminds me of driving in the rain and watching my windshield wipers go back and forth !!!
My great uncle was killed in a Stirling from 199 Squadron, Sept 15-16, 1944. I was always looking for a kit to build and now, especially with the 199 squadron aircraft shown in the decal sheet I have to find this one an build it. Thanks for posting. Cheers
Fantastic job as always Greg. So glad you represented one of 199 Sqn’s, as it was my fiancée’s grandad’s squadron (he was a mid upper gunner in these beasts and his records show he flew in both R for Roger and G for George). I haven’t touched a model since my teen years, but when my son’s old enough, we’ll give this kit a go! 👍
Man, you have great memory. I don't have the guts to remove everything from a sprue and try to remember its adjacent number as I might get it confused. LOL! Man, o man, your kit looks very realistic as always! Great job Greg!🤠
Just watched this again. I love the detail in the cockpit, such as the navigator's table. This aircraft must have been a real handful to land, with such tall undercarriage.
Wow! another beautiful build Greg, a little bit of scratch build mixed with an impeccable paint job. Always look forward to your videos. I grab a coffee and I’m ready to go.
@@t55a2 Yes I use to have the old FM kit some years ago. It really was a dreadful kit, my personal opinion. Gives me the shivers thinking about it now 😬
I had one oif the Airfix Stirlings you mentioned. The plane it'self is long gone, but the tractor now lives, battered and rusted besides a barn on my model railway.
Stunning work as always!. I’ve been mulling over getting this kit for some time. The ejector pins and deep panel lines always did kind of put me off. I too built the older Airfix kit years ago, and externally I’d say it looks better than the Italeri kit (yes, lots of rivets and raised panels), but it does look more to scale!. Either way you did my fave Brit heavy justice …Cheers !.
Wonderful build wish Airfix would do a new Stirling in the early war years one of these was hit with our own guns, approaching The east coast the crew all got out and landed in our village Roos nr Hull.
Hi Greg very nice build & story me personally still get that buzz when I get new kit Of late black jack display typhoon from conninsby just down the road&seen last 2times doing gardening typical &belkits mg metro 6r4 seen many times at Caldwell & very privileged to get passenger ride at bomber command centre this year great work as always Greg thank you jon
OH dear Greg ! YES searched the last night between all that Boxes from moving to new home... AND YES right next to me now there is the airfix Box with that nice drawing on: the Short Stirling =)) AND YES i dream of a Dio with that tractor trolleys and arfix arifield vehicles and some "Männle" =) ) here goes so many wrong... you bring such a great smile on my face in this times ! Thank You !
Per ardua ad astra, Outstanding example of your skills and perseverance. Always a treat to watch your build progress. The series of photos are wonderful. 'Target for Tonight."
Guess what is sat next to my desk ready for assembly. Yes this is the third iteration of this kit, the other two being the Mk. I and the Mk. IV glider tug I think. I have made the Mk. I and found it a fine kit; the panel lines look fine when painted, and require a lot less fannying around with washes etc. I could be wrong but on my Mk. I the injector pin marks were all where they wouldn't really be seen... let's see about them when I build this beauty, thank you for making the kit and the video!!
The "injector pin marks" are actually marks from *ejectors,* pins that should sit flush while a part is cast and then push outward to help release the parts from the mold. Unfortunately, they tend to stick to far in or out, leaving obvious marks.
Hi Greg, thank you for this entertaining video. Very nicely detailed model kit - the decals are impressive and the fact that you can choose from five different versions is also very positive. I particularly like the interior design. You also did a great job with the painting and the realistic aging. I'm thrilled and happy to leave a subscription here. I am interested in history, especially the regional past. On August 2nd and 3rd, 1943, Hamburg was to be bombed again. However, there were various difficulties, so that my hometown was bombed as an alternative target. My father had often told me about this. A bomber (No. 214 Squadron Stirling III EF409 BU-V) was shot down by the German air defenses on the return flight and had to ditch in the Wadden Sea. ...just a short history excursion. I look forward to more videos! Cheers, John
@@GregsModels used to live in School Lane !! Greg , went up to the camp a few times and sat at the end of the runway watching the Tornado's of 617 take off !!! magical man !!!
Sublime magnifique très belle maquette de la part d'italeri le travail d'amélioration est fantastique la peinture de la déco est superbe de réalisme bravo pour cette magnifique réalisation
Nice build and well done. I have done the Sunderland Italeri and many other of the same manifacturer. I always found their kits quite nice and without serious issues. At the same level of Revell and a little bit higher than Airfix, in my opinion. I disagree with your opinion but I haven't done the Stirling to share your disappointment or not. In your movie it looks good. I consider those sink marks a surface nuisance and are visible in many kits, the majoity I think. Also, about the deep panel lines is a matter of personal preference. To me they're fine, same as the Sunderland.
I too used to build model in the 70s when I was a kid, mostly Airfix and Tamiya models. I got back into it during Covid and bought a Hasegawa F/14 Tomcat and I was pretty surprised how bad the quality was compared to the old days. Parts were hard to fit, didn’t have lugs etc, and no pilots! Models always used to have pilots. Can’t believe quality has gone backwards.
I do like the views of the finished model at the end, particularly the ones that have a viewpoint as if you are standing on the ground looking at it. The model has the same heavy, solid look as the real thing. Maybe we should call it a replica.
I am delighted to see that BK714 is included as an option. My late father flew this aircraft and crash-landed in Denmark on his way to Rostok. He was captured straight away and spent the rest of the war in Stalag- Luft III.
A diorama idea to show off interiors of aircraft. A backboard with an airfield scene. No wings on the aircraft with the stub of one glued to the backboard. Half the fuselage left off exposing all the interior work. [I you want to go further, perhaps include the inner wing of a four engined bomber with undercaarriage and an exposed engine.]
Another excellent and enjoyable build Greg. Hope it will not be too long before we see your next one. Was it a good nostalgia trip in the end for you I do hope so. All the best mate.
Great video - lovely result. I never knew the Stirling had bomb bay in the wings too. Typically, I bought the glider tug version of this a while ago as it was the only one I could find, then Italeri release this :) I'm hoping my version has the sprues and clear parts for the turrets still...
I when finally sold the old family home i had a cupboard full of Airfix kits in draws and pinned to cupboard walls. Selling up was like having a life clear out and all the models went in the bin....much to my regret later.
Great looking Stirling. Italeri had a good effort at it but made a few mistakes notably the colour call out for the interior. Generally cockpit green up to the Navigators bulkhead, aft of which is aluminium. The wing bomb cell doors don't project into the airflow and in fact retract into the cell. Cockpit has some resemblance to the real thing but is greatly oversimplified with the observors platform missing completely. The liferaft banding on the port wing should be red not yellow and shouldn't be square. At the end of the day though it looks like a Stirling😁
So much enjoyment packed into a 30 minute video! The flip side…wanting more! I remember the Airfix kit, always thought the Stirling was an attractive aircraft. Appears that Italeri’s rendering could have been better, don’t know when it was produced? Really enjoy the builds Greg!
That's just awful for a 2014 tool with a few new parts for the Mk. III issued in 2022! Kudos to you for your perseverence. I cut my adolescent teeth modelling through the 1960s, and so have the skills. Given the limitations of machining and tooling back then, the kind of flaws obvious in this kit may have been acceptable 60 years ago. Personally, I'm not interested in doing all that work today and expect better in 2024. Tamiya engineering, fit and moulding is the standard for me in 2024. Better still, Dragon Smart Kit parts count, engineering, slide moulding when it comes to armour and small parts. Bad as it is, it's still certainly light years ahead of the venerable Airfix Stirling if willing to put in all the corrective work. Nice job.
Great build. Love the plastic card to get rid of those ejector pin marks. Really nice attention to detail. Well done. You make it look easy. Interested to know how many hours were really put into this project. Cheers.
I seem to remember the Airfix kit for Xmas about 1970 in black plastic. On fact my memory has all the RAF Airfix bombers Hampden, Wellington and the heavies in black plastic. Mind you it's 50 years so could be age. You've done a lovely job of the Stirling, maybe I missed it but is this a rebox of another kit or Italeri original.
Yes, all of the Airfix British bombers were moulded in black, Wimpy, Halifax and Lanc right up to the very end. But for some reason the Stirling was treated to a producing of light blue plastic in the seventies. But I could be making this all up, you can never tell with me. 😁
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My dad and I built the Airfix Sterling back in the sixties. Black plastic leviathan that hung from the ceiling in my bedroom. Dad was in the REME during WW2, at one stage seconded to USAF. We built B-17 "bit ol lace" and he regaled me with stories of the plane together with mustangs and Thunderbolts. Great kits and a wonderful Dad who I still miss.
Loved this video.
My Grandfather flew the Stirling during the war. As I understand it, owing to it being designed and built before the outbreak of war, it’s wingspan was limited to allow it to fit into the hardened hangers that the RAF had built. This made the aircraft effectively obsolete due to it’s limited ceiling. As such my Grandfather mostly flew supply missions for the Dutch underground. Flying alone in the dead of night over occupied Europe. He was also involved in Operation Market Garden, towing gliders into Arnhem. An ill conceived plan in a terrible war that he and his crew made it through miraculously completely unscathed.
The thing about hangar doors is a myth. Much more complicated reason but essentially it was a weight issue. The Stirling had to requirements that the other heavies didn’t have to meet
It's just possible that your grandfather met my late parents as Dad was an engine mechanic and Mum a WRAF on Stirlings. They would talk about them setting off towing gliders for Operation Market Garden and the Dutch relief flights you mention. Dad converted to Merlin engines and was sent to the Japanese theatre.
Likewise my father was with 190 and 620 squadrons Great Dunmow .sadly gone but not forgotten ❤
My dad told me about the food droppings by these planes that saved his life and alot of peoples lives in the Netherlands.
Thank you all brave people who liberated the Netherlands from the facists.
We will always remember XXX
That's glorious. My uncle died in a Stirling crash in July 1943 - 75 (NZ) Squadron RAF. I'd love to build one of these as a remembrance - but yours has put anything I could do to shame. Great stuff.
If you could find out the ID letters on Uncle's plane it would be a touching tribute to build it.
Don’t let that stop you building yours! My grandfather died in a Wellington crash. I made a model of it as tribute but it would never make it to RUclips! 😅
My late father was a ground crewman with 75 ( NZ).. He joined the Squadron when they were transitioning on to Lancasters at Mepal. He said that the Stirling was the only plane that he could walk under when the props were turning
My last kit was made 35 years ago using a tube of polystyrene cement and four little cans of Humbrol enamel. This vid was a revelation - all that detail, some of which you probably cannot see. Well done!
I built the Airfix Short Stirling, purely to get my hands on the tractor. That would have been in the mid 1970s. Sadly my Stirling has long since been lost to the sands of time, but I still have the tractor. I was delighted to see this Italeri build. A lovely trip down memory lane. Cheers Greg.
I was worried at first that this might be a re-boxing of the old Airfix kit, but was pleasantly surprised to see the better fit from the new mold, and improved decal sheet from the newer Aliteri effort. You did a really nice job.
...who will ever rebox airfix trash
David R Lentz, Columbus, Ohio, USA (Sunday, 8 September, 2024)
A re-boxing of the Airfix kit, complete with a tractor and amply laden bomb trolleys. Had I the money, I would have bought it for sentimental value, rebuilding what I decades past had assembled as a boy, quite as you have. Your video is a double treat: 1) a fond stroll down memory lane, and 2) an opportunity to learn how better to make of it a serviceable replica. Here in the States, several Airfix kits, for their shortcomings, hold a tender place in my heart: the de Havilland DH-98 Mosquito Mk IV light bomber, renowned as “the wooden wonder” racing across Germany’s skies regardless of the hour! The Avro Lancaster RAF four-engine heavy bomber, long recognised for its cavernous bomb bay; incidentally, has Airfix offered a mark with the Bristol Hercules 14-cylinder radial aircraft engines (as well as one with a set of the Rolls-Royce Merlin V-12 motors)? The Handley-Page Halifax RAF heavy bomber, an always reliable performer (I believe with four Bristol Hercules radials, at that), both of which I had constructed airborne en route to Nazi Germany’s industrial centre. The Short Stirling, the RAF’s third big warbird (I greatly enjoyed the tow tractor and trolleys; they are why I had built the long æroplane aground, displaying it undergoing preparatory servicing prior to some nocturnal, secret sortie somewhere over Nazi-held Europe), and the Vickers Wellington RAF Medium Bomber, known for its geodesic construction (I to my regret cannot recall the mark number of the latter four).
At 3:00 in your video, I see on the sprue four radial engines. Are those the kind I had mentioned?
This kit is of FAR better detail than the iteration of the Airfix Short Stirling model I recall as a boy, so this looks to be no mere re-boxing! Your assembly of the interior, especially the flight deck, is absolutely extraordinary, especially given the small scale of this kit.
Incidentally, do any model makers produce any 1:48th-scale kits of this big warbird, the Halifax, and/or the Wellington bombers?
All in all, a genuinely excellent job, mate! Now make them again, please! This time, all of them airborne, the propellers spinning, the crew members at their combat stations, all flying in close formation. Perhaps the speedy Mosquito is in the lead as a pathfinder.
Thank you for not spending any time on excessive weathering. Those birds didn't grow old over German skies.
Building mine from scratch using thin cardboard sheet, but had no idea of what the interior looked like, now i do! Thank you, itll really help. Yes, i make every part myself. To be different, im making the mk2 that would have been Canadian built with American engines.
Thank you for this build. My father, who died last year, served in the RAF and worked on the Stirling in the last war.
Hey, Greg! Manuel here from Spain sharing the same feelings with that old Airfix Stirling kit. My father and I went to the models shop and it was love at first sight. We built it together, black plastic and huge wings! Still one of my favorite moments with plastic models, thank you for this wonderful video. Lots of good memories are back.
😎👍
One of your build videos dropping on a weekend is a real treat to watch with my morning coffee. Takes me back to Saturday morning TV as a kid. The video is exactly as long as it needs to be and packed with information and tips and a friendly, no-nonsense approach to each build. The builds are always outstanding, but I’m also impressed by the way in which you know what you want to build and you put in the work to do it that way. Thanks Greg - impressive stuff.
Thank you very much Martin, it's a pleasure 👍
Thank you so so much for this video Greg.
So many tips and tricks I will use when building this, my first kit in about 20 years!
I couldn't believe it when I (Tom) spotted this kit in a local model shop the other week, and the decal sets included, Goosebumps everywhere.
EX-G - The Gremlin Teaser was my Grandads aircraft, so seeing it reproduced brings back a huge wave of emotions.
And as an extra bit of nostalgic magic, he was also Squadron 199's artist, so painted the very distinct nose art, including the lady who my Gran was VERY much not a fan of!
He also painted the Stirling mural housed in RAF Hendon.
The squadron has a very interesting history, and was involved in operation Window during D-Day, dropping vast amounts of aluminium strips as a radar decoy. (so the bomb loadout might be incorrect)
Currently researching all the kit and best paints I need to give this build my best shot, as a tribute to a talented artist and engineer, who I sadly never got to meet.
Thanks again, excellent build.
Thank you so much, Greg
Hi Greg - I have a way to deal with dimples (and other such problems with clear parts). They can be filled with clear two-part "five minute" epoxy glue. After applying to the part, make sure there are no air bubbles. Once hardened, this can be sanded and polished smooth.
Thanks Eric I'll take that on board for the next time 👍
I really enjoy your videos and especially your methodology, no nonsense, no pontificating on the best way of modeling. I like your choices in subjects as well. Keep these video’s coming!
This is exactly what I thought!
Every time you start your videos and you do that "hi" with you arm, it reminds me of driving in the rain and watching my windshield wipers go back and forth !!!
I love the paint job.
Realistic and attractive, yet simple.
Takes artistic skill to do that.
My great uncle was killed in a Stirling from 199 Squadron, Sept 15-16, 1944. I was always looking for a kit to build and now, especially with the 199 squadron aircraft shown in the decal sheet I have to find this one an build it. Thanks for posting. Cheers
Exquisite Workmanship Greg, A challenging subject indeed, A magnificent outcome 🫶
Fantastic job as always Greg. So glad you represented one of 199 Sqn’s, as it was my fiancée’s grandad’s squadron (he was a mid upper gunner in these beasts and his records show he flew in both R for Roger and G for George). I haven’t touched a model since my teen years, but when my son’s old enough, we’ll give this kit a go! 👍
Get him started on some of the new Airfix kits first; or if price isn't an issue, a Tamiya tooled kit 👍😎
Wonderful build and finish. I occasionally hand paint the window framing as you have done here. I find a dark pin wash will further define the frame.
Man, you have great memory. I don't have the guts to remove everything from a sprue and try to remember its adjacent number as I might get it confused. LOL! Man, o man, your kit looks very realistic as always! Great job Greg!🤠
Cheers, it doesn't always go my way, every now and then I end up in agony city 😎
Great job Greg...thank you for talking just what was necessary, some fellow modelers keep talking and talking and talking...
Once again a sublime build Gregg and a truly wonderful finish. You’ve really done the aircraft justice
Just watched this again. I love the detail in the cockpit, such as the navigator's table. This aircraft must have been a real handful to land, with such tall undercarriage.
Wow! another beautiful build Greg, a little bit of scratch build mixed with an impeccable paint job. Always look forward to your videos. I grab a coffee and I’m ready to go.
Many thanks!
*This Italeri kit is fabulous and you put it to the top! Very good work on the paint and the details.*
Lovely crisp details and camouflage.
What a great way to start my Sunday morning!! Once again, spectacular build! My favourite modeller on RUclips... hands down! Thankyou and take care
Always a pleasure to hear from you Edward; take care 👍
You really are a master of your craft Greg, I always really look forward to your videos, whatever the subject! Thank you.
I have this kit in my stash and you've inspired me to crack on with it. You have made a beautiful job Greg, fantastic work, looks stunning! 👏 👍
Thanks Robert 😎
Built mk4 glider tug 3 years ago. Really great kit from same manufacturer!
Very nice indeed 😉
I've always liked the Stirling and the Halifax. I wish someone would do a 1/48 of them.
You and me both!
FM do a 1:48 Halifax, Sanger do a Stirling 1:48 vac form
@@t55a2 Yes I use to have the old FM kit some years ago. It really was a dreadful kit, my personal opinion. Gives me the shivers thinking about it now 😬
The detail on these 1/72 scale mobel kits have come a long way since I built them as a young teenager back in the late 50's early 60's.
A silk purse from a sow's ear Greg, you are a craftsman!
I had one oif the Airfix Stirlings you mentioned. The plane it'self is long gone, but the tractor now lives, battered and rusted besides a barn on my model railway.
Beautiful model great finish
Now know where I was going wrong all those years ago. Gute Arbeit!
Stunning work as always!. I’ve been mulling over getting this kit for some time. The ejector pins and deep panel lines always did kind of put me off. I too built the older Airfix kit years ago, and externally I’d say it looks better than the Italeri kit (yes, lots of rivets and raised panels), but it does look more to scale!. Either way you did my fave Brit heavy justice …Cheers !.
Anytime 👍
Wonderful build wish Airfix would do a new Stirling in the early war years one of these was hit with our own guns, approaching
The east coast the crew all got out and landed in our village Roos nr Hull.
Amazing to see one of these kits assembled properly.
Hi Greg very nice build & story me personally still get that buzz when I get new kit Of late black jack display typhoon from conninsby just down the road&seen last 2times doing gardening typical &belkits mg metro 6r4 seen many times at Caldwell & very privileged to get passenger ride at bomber command centre this year great work as always Greg thank you jon
OH dear Greg ! YES searched the last night between all that Boxes from moving to new home... AND YES right next to me now there is the airfix Box with that nice drawing on: the Short Stirling =))
AND YES i dream of a Dio with that tractor trolleys and arfix arifield vehicles and some "Männle" =) )
here goes so many wrong... you bring such a great smile on my face in this times ! Thank You !
Per ardua ad astra, Outstanding example of your skills and perseverance. Always a treat to watch your build progress. The series of photos are wonderful. 'Target for Tonight."
I struggle with the final photos with builds, but these hit the spot, thanks 😎
Guess what is sat next to my desk ready for assembly. Yes this is the third iteration of this kit, the other two being the Mk. I and the Mk. IV glider tug I think. I have made the Mk. I and found it a fine kit; the panel lines look fine when painted, and require a lot less fannying around with washes etc. I could be wrong but on my Mk. I the injector pin marks were all where they wouldn't really be seen... let's see about them when I build this beauty, thank you for making the kit and the video!!
My Granda built Stirlings during World War 2. I remember building the kit you mentioned with tractor and trolleys 😃
Strangely calming watching you do this. Excellent result.
Thank you! Cheers!
Stunning build as ever Greg and I always come away with a few hints and tips for future builds, so thank you! Looking forward to your next build :)
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Great kit, good detail. Good video. Great job, good skills.
I also bought many models back in the day from the model shop in King's Lynn.
There was a great model shop in Downham Market, long gone 😥
The "injector pin marks" are actually marks from *ejectors,* pins that should sit flush while a part is cast and then push outward to help release the parts from the mold. Unfortunately, they tend to stick to far in or out, leaving obvious marks.
Beautifully executed. Wonderful subtle weathering...
Thank you so much 😀
Love the nostalgia surrounding this kit.
Hi Greg, thank you for this entertaining video. Very nicely detailed model kit - the decals are impressive and the fact that you can choose from five different versions is also very positive. I particularly like the interior design. You also did a great job with the painting and the realistic aging. I'm thrilled and happy to leave a subscription here. I am interested in history, especially the regional past. On August 2nd and 3rd, 1943, Hamburg was to be bombed again. However, there were various difficulties, so that my hometown was bombed as an alternative target. My father had often told me about this. A bomber (No. 214 Squadron Stirling III EF409 BU-V) was shot down by the German air defenses on the return flight and had to ditch in the Wadden Sea. ...just a short history excursion. I look forward to more videos! Cheers, John
Thanks John 👍
Marham i used to live there !!! i loved it !!! you make a cracking job kidda thats beautiful work !!!!
Very fond memories of Marham, and the Victors.
@@GregsModels used to live in School Lane !! Greg , went up to the camp a few times and sat at the end of the runway watching the Tornado's of 617 take off !!! magical man !!!
Happy memories of the airfix kit in the seventies
You did a good job with that. Apart from a few things you pointed out, that looks like a contender for 'best in scale' for a Sterling.
Very well done Greg, like IT. 😀 The painting is done very nice, with ligts and shadows just at the right place. 👍
Cheers Stefan 👍
Super build. Lots of insights!
Sublime magnifique très belle maquette de la part d'italeri le travail d'amélioration est fantastique la peinture de la déco est superbe de réalisme bravo pour cette magnifique réalisation
😎👍
A sterling job Greg - really nice build of this WW2 bruiser!
That was a most enjoyable and fascinating watch, thank you. Beautiful end result 👍🏻👏🏻👌🏻
Thank you 😎
Turned out nice again innit. I love your builds which come up really well without the extreme detailing of someone like the mysterious Plasmo.
Your presentation is excellent!
Hiya Greg, awesome vid I enjoyed very much thanks for sharing this bit of nostalgia
Nice build and well done.
I have done the Sunderland Italeri and many other of the same manifacturer. I always found their kits quite nice and without serious issues. At the same level of Revell and a little bit higher than Airfix, in my opinion.
I disagree with your opinion but I haven't done the Stirling to share your disappointment or not. In your movie it looks good.
I consider those sink marks a surface nuisance and are visible in many kits, the majoity I think. Also, about the deep panel lines is a matter of personal preference. To me they're fine, same as the Sunderland.
Another well executed build Greg👍Top notch modelling as always👌
I too used to build model in the 70s when I was a kid, mostly Airfix and Tamiya models. I got back into it during Covid and bought a Hasegawa F/14 Tomcat and I was pretty surprised how bad the quality was compared to the old days. Parts were hard to fit, didn’t have lugs etc, and no pilots! Models always used to have pilots. Can’t believe quality has gone backwards.
Wonderful. Wonderful. Wonderful. Thank you. Inspirational as ever. I wish Italeri would shorten those Brownings!
Some areas look suspect, especially those chin pitot tubes.
I do like the views of the finished model at the end, particularly the ones that have a viewpoint as if you are standing on the ground looking at it. The model has the same heavy, solid look as the real thing. Maybe we should call it a replica.
I am delighted to see that BK714 is included as an option. My late father flew this aircraft and crash-landed in Denmark on his way to Rostok. He was captured straight away and spent the rest of the war in Stalag- Luft III.
It always amazes me how young and brave these individuals were. Made of different steel in those days.
Really enjoyed this build, thank you for your no nonsense approach great looking model thanks 🙏
A stunning result from a less than stellar kit. Fantastic mate!
A diorama idea to show off interiors of aircraft.
A backboard with an airfield scene.
No wings on the aircraft with the stub of one glued to the backboard.
Half the fuselage left off exposing all the interior work.
[I you want to go further, perhaps include the inner wing of a four engined bomber with undercaarriage and an exposed engine.]
Excellent work!😉👍
Thank you! Cheers!
Enjoyed watching that and picked up a few tips.
Another excellent and enjoyable build Greg. Hope it will not be too long before we see your next one. Was it a good nostalgia trip in the end for you I do hope so. All the best mate.
I miss my Tractor and bomb trolleys 😂
Beautiful result.
I do exactly the same thing when painting all the canopies, do it by hand and clean w toothpick and ur done
Great video - lovely result. I never knew the Stirling had bomb bay in the wings too. Typically, I bought the glider tug version of this a while ago as it was the only one I could find, then Italeri release this :) I'm hoping my version has the sprues and clear parts for the turrets still...
I when finally sold the old family home i had a cupboard full of Airfix kits in draws and pinned to cupboard walls. Selling up was like having a life clear out and all the models went in the bin....much to my regret later.
Great looking Stirling. Italeri had a good effort at it but made a few mistakes notably the colour call out for the interior. Generally cockpit green up to the Navigators bulkhead, aft of which is aluminium. The wing bomb cell doors don't project into the airflow and in fact retract into the cell. Cockpit has some resemblance to the real thing but is greatly oversimplified with the observors platform missing completely. The liferaft banding on the port wing should be red not yellow and shouldn't be square. At the end of the day though it looks like a Stirling😁
Another stunning build Greg!
So much enjoyment packed into a 30 minute video! The flip side…wanting more! I remember the Airfix kit, always thought the Stirling was an attractive aircraft. Appears that Italeri’s rendering could have been better, don’t know when it was produced? Really enjoy the builds Greg!
Kids of today’s generation will never know the joy of building this airplane models.
Immaculate work and very entertaining content!
Beautiful job
Very nice build mate…keep them coming 😊
Airfix Stirling in light blue plastic? Thought it came in black plastic?
I had one in light blue plastic
It may well have been, most Airfix bombers, lanc and Halifax were black plastic. But it was produced in light blue in the late seventies.
How did the British build such absolutely beautiful fighters and, at the same time, horrifically horrendous bombers.
That's just awful for a 2014 tool with a few new parts for the Mk. III issued in 2022! Kudos to you for your perseverence. I cut my adolescent teeth modelling through the 1960s, and so have the skills. Given the limitations of machining and tooling back then, the kind of flaws obvious in this kit may have been acceptable 60 years ago. Personally, I'm not interested in doing all that work today and expect better in 2024. Tamiya engineering, fit and moulding is the standard for me in 2024. Better still, Dragon Smart Kit parts count, engineering, slide moulding when it comes to armour and small parts.
Bad as it is, it's still certainly light years ahead of the venerable Airfix Stirling if willing to put in all the corrective work. Nice job.
Great build. Love the plastic card to get rid of those ejector pin marks. Really nice attention to detail. Well done. You make it look easy. Interested to know how many hours were really put into this project. Cheers.
Excellent
Airfix all the way here. I`m blinded by nostalgia. Have the White Ensign sets, i`ll make do with that. Love the yellow bombs though ;-)
Who in history walked up to the drawing board & said "Wow that looks awesome!
Nicely done
Nice build Greg of a sadly neglected aircraft type 👍 Imagine that in 1/48 😲
Dude, nice build!
I seem to remember the Airfix kit for Xmas about 1970 in black plastic. On fact my memory has all the RAF Airfix bombers Hampden, Wellington and the heavies in black plastic. Mind you it's 50 years so could be age.
You've done a lovely job of the Stirling, maybe I missed it but is this a rebox of another kit or Italeri original.
Yes, all of the Airfix British bombers were moulded in black, Wimpy, Halifax and Lanc right up to the very end. But for some reason the Stirling was treated to a producing of light blue plastic in the seventies. But I could be making this all up, you can never tell with me. 😁
Very nice build Greg!