FROG 1963 English Electric Canberra PR.7 Vintage Model Kit Review and Unboxing
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- Howdy! Welcome back to the channel. Today we have a 1963 issue of a 1955 FROG kit of the beautiful English Electric Canberra. The pilot in the end phots is Roland Beamont. He was English Electrics chief test pilot on the Canberra and other great aircraft. Let us know in the comments if you have built this version of the Canberra from FROG. Thanks for stopping by!
Great video. Sat in the cockpit of a Canberra at an airshow, was a completely awesome experience. One of the coolest bombers ever made.
Great experience!! Thanks for sharing!
Was that at East Kirkby? Climbed in their nose section of a Canberra a couple of times when saying hello to their "captive Lancaster". Thought It would take the Fire Service to extract me lol! Still wonder how ejection went for the crew!
@@peterhewson3216 Staverton Airport in the 1970s, was a Canberra on active service, normal grey/green camo and normal shape. Sat inside Concorde, Canberra and a Folland Gnat I think.
Great presentation. I remember making this as a kid, the very thick plastic was memorable. In my stash I have two of the Airfix 1/48 Canberra’s.
The plastic is very thick on this kit! Did it build up well or is it just a vague representation of the Canberra?
If I remember correctly, it had the vague shape of a PR.7. I removed the pilot figure, hollowed out the fuselage & installed a seat from a Matchbox Percival Provost….complete with an unidentified pilot!! I was nine years old at the time and I am amazed that I can remember this almost forty five years later!!
@@MrDastardly pretty sophisticated work for a 9 yr old. I was just trying not to get glue fingerprints on my builds let alone major aircraft surgery.
Listed on the front of the box in the yellow area: "Tube of special polystyrene cement" I guess yours didn't have that included?
Never built one of these. Thanks for the review.
I think the glue tubes were not included in the US imports. I have several FROG kits from this era and they are all missing the glue.
@@CelebratingVintageModelKits I have one of those FROG tubes of glue from my 1/96 scale BOAC Douglas DC-7C kit (perhaps someone brought the model from the U.K.). The body of it measures 2" long x 3/4" wide. The tube colors (or rather, colours) are black, white and blue. It seems it was just enough glue to complete the DC-7C with sparing use of it.
Another great video, thanks!
I have never built a frog kit..i dont think ive even seen one in a hobby shop..
Do you collect any subjects besides aircraft?
I build everything...lol
Mostly armor and cars..
Thanks! Mostly aircraft in my collection but a little bit of other stuff as well. I will be mixing in some of that too.
The oldest kit I have is a Johan AMX super stocker..and of course,I built it...
All of these kits are extremely crude by today's standards but back when I was 6-7 years old we were very glad of them!
And when you’re older and your eyes and dexterity start to go, you appreciate them again!
Very few British aircraft were finished in natural polished metal. Most of your silver aeroplanes would be painted in Alu silver
Thanks for the info! This period reminds me of the interwar silver doped biplanes in full squadron regalia. Thanks for watching!
My memory of the kit was that was very minimal and lacked basic detail, such as engines and undercarraige.
It is about as simple as you can get!
Just for information, it’s pronounced “Witon” but spelt “Wyton”!
Thanks for the tip!
Never had this one although I have built their 1972ish Canberra B(I)8 - which is basic but accurate. When Airfix did their later B2/B6 - they got the nose shape totally wrong.
I can see why FROG redid the kit. Its about as basic as you can get.
@@CelebratingVintageModelKits Have you had a look at their similar era Gannet?
@@EricIrl No Gannet but a few more early jets from this era of boxing