Tamiya 1/48 Fairey Swordfish Mk.II
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 29 сен 2024
- scalemodelshed...
Hi RUclips,
In this video I am building Tamiya's lovely Fairey Swordfish Mk.II
In the video I use a mix of Mr Hobby, Tamiya, AK Interactive, Abteilung 502, Ammo by Mig, Vallejo and Microscale Industries products. I use Tamiya and Mr Hobby paints to paint the main surfaces of the model and most of the weathering is done using my favourite Abteilung 502 oils.
Please also follow me on Instagram for my build updates:
/ scale_model_shed_andy
And follow me on Facebook for updates regarding my shop in Somerset, UK.
/ thescalemodelshed
Thanks for watching.
There is no paid promotion in this video.
Great video, and great looking model. Thanks for leaving the paint spill on the video. I just recently did that with a bright yellow. It's heartening to know that even pro's have accidents too!
Indeed - nice touch! 🙂
Wow!!! What a beautiful model. Looks like you could hop in and start flying.
These planes were the ones that sunk the Bismarck. Bravo!
I love your builds there detailed,beautiful and fun you deserve soooo much more attention
This is such a great way to help with stress.
Hi, thanks very much for not only sharing this but also the paints and processes you have used, it looks excellent.. I am just about to start this model and you have given me some excellent tips.
Cheers
My grandfather flew with B for Baker flight of 836 squadron on HMS MacAlpine doing transatlantic convoys. I have his logbooks and it contains a record of having flown this exact aircraft! 836 squadron are well known as the last to use swordfish operationally. They retrained on Barracudas by which time my grandfather had made flight commander. Its strange and lovely to see depictions of aircraft he actually flew so often made as models. The crews of the mac ships (merchant aircraft carriers) were merchant navy and thus lower paid than the fleet Air arm crews. In solidarity members of 836 would sometimes replace the 'royal navy' stencils on the rear fuselage with 'merchant navy'! Frowned upon by the navy but apparently appreciated by the merchant sailors.
Beautiful model.
Hi, thank you so much for your message. It's so interesting to hear the personal history people have connected to these aircraft. It is one reason I love the hobby, they aren't JUST a model kit! All the best. Andy
Lovely build, the weathering was spot on, stunning, you are very talented Sir.
Really relaxing viewing.
Jase
fantastic ... best Swordfish i've seen -- well done.
That is a really nice kit... built it meself a couple years back and thoroughly enjoyed it. I must say yours turned out great and good on ya for using the figures... they look really nicely as well.
Great video!
You posses an amazing skill. Thanks for sharing.
Incredible detail 👍
Wonderful build of a solid model! Thank you for sharing your skills, now I want to build one!
Awesome!!! Congrats
Brilliant model making.
Amazing Work........
45:22 The beautiful weathering on this makes it look like it weighs a fair bit.
such a bjuty of a bird :) the model looks impressiv !
what a beauty.
Not convinced by the tamiya bracing wires tbh but the build is fantastic
It's hard to believe that a torpedo from one of these Fairey's spelled the downfall of the Bismark. It was a torpedo launched from one of these planes that hit the Bismark's rudder causing it too run in circles. In order to launch the torpedo from the air without destroying it from the impact with the water they had to fly so low over the water that they were almost touching the wave tops. One of the crew members had to hang over the side to see how close they were to the water and give the signal to launch. All of this occurred in the North Atlantic with launches and landings on pitching carrier decks in lousy weather. Hopefully anyone who sees this model will explore the stories of the plane and the brave men who flew them.
It’s not that great a stretch of the imagination when one considers that basically the same thing happened to the Musashi, sister ship of the Yamato.
And in the channel dash most died !!!
The one nitpick I have is the lack of weathering on the propeller. The leading edges and tips always take a hammering, but maybe this one had just been replaced by the fitters 😀
SickZ‼️ Great video too
Amazing skills
Mind blowing
My father served in the Royal navy ww2 on a convoy carrier & they carried these affectionately known as string-bag also sea fire.. sea hurricanes wildcats & avengers
Andy, on a separate note, you have a picture of a Me-109 at the start, do you happen to have more pics, as I’m building that kit now 😁
Thanks
Jase 🇬🇧
I'm new to modelling and this is way beyond my skill level at the moment. I have some questions, though. When applying the under coat on the front of the plane you applied an off white and then black over the panel lines, why did you do this? As it appeared to get covered completely by the top coat then the effect was added after that coat had dried with the black oil (I think). It was the same for the figures, to me, the top layer covers the base layer completely, so how does this help with the shadows?
Beautiful video and really nice build. Could I ask what rotary tool you used to drill.
Hi, yes it's a Dremel Stylo. Thanks. Andy
Where do you find the extra metal parts
Such a shame to enclose forever, that beautifully detailed cockpit into the fuselage. I wilsh they would engineer these kind of models to enable displaying the interior.
Brilliant, and thanks so much for keeping in the spilled paint sequence. I did the same thing 'twice' in a matter of minutes so it's good to see even the experts have events ! Great work.
My late father in law would have loved this.
He flew as an observer in stringbags, shagbats and avengers (amongst other aircraft) during and after the war. He was on the Implaccable as part of the British Pacific fleet.
Went in the sea twice but was rescued both times and survived the war and achieved the rank of Lt commander.
This has to be one of the most beautiful Tamiya Swordfishes I've ever seen, loved the camo choice, and the fact that you pulled it off while filming is impressive!.
Also, you made the build look like not that hard, I'm sure it will be used as a reference for someone's project.
Thank you. I hope it is useful to some people. I used to watch videos for reference when I first started building models. Cheers. Andy
私もプラモデルを作る人なのですが、最近は作っていないけど、ここRUclipsで観るプラモデルのメイキング動画は本当に面白いし、勉強になります。
模型を作る時に黒手袋をするなんて、日本じゃないですよね？
模型に「指紋･指の脂」が付くのを極端に嫌っているのだろうと推測するのですが？
この動画、丁寧な「ウェザリング」が素晴らしいです！
{塗装中の塗料の瓶が倒れて作業台が塗料だらけになる場面で、私も思わず、ああっ！、と声に出して言ってしまいましたよ}
Just outstanding. Perfection, I think - not sure how this can be bettered. My father was a Wireless Operator / Air Gunner on Swordfish throughout much of WW2 so I have the deepest affection for this wonderful, iconic aeroplane. I enjoyed every moment of your video - thank you.
Hi, Thank you so much. I feel glad to have spent a lot of time with my Grandfather growing up and I love building these machines that played such an important part in the lives his generation. It's unbelievable what they had to do. All the best. Andy
@@ScaleModelShed I can relate even though I'm am a Yank, My Dad joined the US Navy at 14 years old they finally caught up with him in England while he was a Gunners mate with the Rank of
Petty officer 3rd Class and they sent him home too my Grand mother with a Honorable Discharge for serving almost
Four years. Dad passed away at Age 90
In Chicago at his home. My Boys went
In my place , Because it happened very
Fast, I talked to him for about 15 minets on the phone in November 2017. He also
Spent 8 years in the US Army when Korean war broke out 4 years Korea
532nd engineer Brigade & another 4
Years in Japan as Military Police and
Two years in the Army Reserves here
In the states.I thank all who served their country's! God Bless!
I’ve always thought Swordfish crews were among the bravest men in any conflict and in their hands the Swordfish did great things.
@@stevebettany8778 Steve - my father survived two crash landings in Swordfish - one on an airfield and one on HMS Illustrious and was shot down, crashed in the sea and survived that too. He always said he had confidence that a Swordfish would 'get you through' (!) To look at it nowadays, I have to say I'm not sure I'd have had his faith .... mind you, he was far less complementary about the Barracuda, his comments on which are unprintable 😅
Hi, Great video, very fitting tribute, thanks, My Father also flew in this aircraft as gunner/wireless operator, unfortunately I have no idea how to research His service history as a death certificate etc is required, He sadly passed when I was ten so I have nothing to work on, frustrating sometimes.
I loved how you kept the spilled bottle in your video. We all do it, we all know we do it, and it is great that you showed us that to guys that make these awesome videos do it as well.
Well done.
Scratch Build a 1/48 Scale Bismarck so you can have the Swordfish Dropping the Torpedo at it.
Easy!
A 1/48th Bismark? His house wouldn't be big enough. 😂😂
Please note, this not a complaint but an expression of my opinion, only.
Nice looking model. In my opinion far too heavily weathered. In my day on the flight line the aircraft were far better looked after than the one you depicted. The people in charge of the aircraft would have demanded the that aeroplane was cleaned long before it got to that state. Imagine if you were tasked with flying it! The first question that would raise in your head would be, "Have they looked after this thing properly?". Just before you refused to sign the 700, and thus accepting the aeroplane. I believe that many people fall into the trap modelling old aircraft as if they were old. Of course, when the aircraft were doing their jobs, they were not old, necessarily. Please do not overly weather the ordnance, the chances that that would have been brand spanking new, straight out of the packagingbefore arming the aeroplane, especially during war.
Still, I do enjoy your content especially when you depict the silly mistakes we all make from time to time.
Cheers
Ian
PS
I subscribed 🙂
I am glad to se that you use "Micro Sol" and "Micro Set" to apply decals. They make decals look like they are painted on.... even over panel lines and rivets, etc
BTW, every modeler has had an accidental paint spill.
You can't go wrong with Tamiya kits. Tamiya manufacturers simple but detailed, easy to build without any fuss, quality plastic, and Tamiya has the best box art, and very easy to read manual, variety 9f selections in mmy opinion, everything fits nearly perfectly and many of Chinese products ( Takom, Dragon, Trumpeter..) have way too unnecessary parts, very hard to assemble so would rather buy Tamiya over Chinese models.
Very nice build! A tip to avoid knocking over paint bottles is to wrap some kitchen foil around the bottle and then crush it into a firm collar that effectively widens the base of the bottle. The bottle will easily lift out so you can just swap bottles into the collar as you use them.
Or…orrrr use acrylic water based paints and invest in a wet palette
I wish my grandfather was still around so I could make models with him and show him the spitfires in my war thunder game
I loved this build, like other comments my dad was a TAG- Telegraphist Air Gunner in Swordfish during the war and despite moving on to Barracudas and Avengers he always had a soft spot for the "string bag". Clearly that love has been passed down the generations as here we all are loving your beautiful build. Made me a little emotional seeing the crew close-up at the end tbh. Nice one thank you
42:15 best part
heheheheh
I have no idea how this ended up in my recommended videos, but I'm glad it did
This is amazing!!!
I was a bit skeptical about the oils to simulate salt weathering over the wings, but it ended up looking perfect! Great looking swordfish, maybe the best I have seen.
I can feel the pain about accidentally hitting that rain effects wash... I think we all have gone through that
Every job I do, I look about the table and guess which item I will spill / break today.
I have
Thank you, as someone else said, at least it wasn't extra thin! Cheers. Andy
Stunning work, I wondered if you were going a bit overboard with the weathering but once it all went together it looks very true to life. Great stuff!
Gorgeous! I have this kit (the boxed kit has been on my shelf for a year!), but I've been practicing on other bi planes to work my skill level up. This is a great job, and I'm so impressed with your attention to weathering details...it is eye catching.
I remember my father, who was an aircraft mechanic in the FAA during WWII and worked on many types of aircraft from Seafires to Barracudas, saying that when the Swordfish returned off carrier duties the undercarriage was all braced and held together with wire to stop the wheels splaying out because they were so worn from the hard carrier landings...
Spectacular build mate! I can't imagine the misery of flying for hours on end with such a cramped seating arrangement, while the bitter cold wind is howling about the open cockpit. These craft are from the era when the men were made of steel and the planes were made of wood. Cheers. 🙂
Tremendous attention to detail on one of my favorite WW2 aircraft. Also loved the paint spill. :-)
When you said you'd snapped off the tailwheel, I half expected to see you stretching a bit of sprue over a candle flame to fab up a custom plastic "pin" to re-mount it with. Sacrificing the micro drill was like, "Yeah, this model's worth it." Boss move.
When this kit hit the market it was billed as the most expensive 1/48 kit. I think $130.00
But It was also considered a real royalty of a kit to build.
Thanks for sharing your wonderful kit build.
This is just brilliant job !!! But how much money it cost you to build model like this (with all the stuff like model, million different paints and etc.) - like half a million dollars?😃😃😃
Brilliant. Thank you. You've inspired me to get this model and have a go. I loved the paint spill, and your self-control!
Wow! Amazing model! I never tried it!
Hi Dasha. It's a lovely kit, fiddly at times but worth it! Thank you for watching, Andy.
0:17 OMG! "Unboxing" and we find model parts in a model kit box! Awesome beyond belief.
43:34 What could have been a beautiful model is turned into trash by "weathering" it. Obviously people think that aircraft never came new from the factory.
Absolutely brilliant work there, Subbed and liked, I'm knocking on 60 and must get back to modelling again, I've got a big stash of kits collecting dust dating back to my youth! I can't bring myself to sell them.
You've done well! A great tribute to a plane that fought well above it's measurables. Nice work!
I'd probably watch Thalasohobbyer think channel is called who does modelling but mostly underwater. But I reckon recreate the time Swordfish were scrambled to sink The Bismark. Have that as a background and the plane turning away after its dropped the torpedo and is getting outta dodge, you'll be able to see the torpedo in the water and the backdrop of the German Battleship which in my opinion would make for a good model set.
But good work incredible detail on a plane that doesn't get as much attention as it should seeing as she was the backbone of the Royal Navy in WW2.
Unlucky with the paint but it's nice to know I'm not the only one that does. Lovely finished model.
I started cracking up when he did that, but only because it broke the chill mojo, and the fact that I've done that so many times before. At least it wasn't a bottle of extra thin...
@@trydrew Ohh I've done that. Bought a holder for the bottle and still managed to knock off the bench into my lap.
Wait what, MicroSol goes on first!?
I've been doing red and then blue my whole life wth!
Would this scale, 1/48 ,work in a diorama with à 1/350 finely detailed Tamiya or Revell Bismarck in some what rough seas with wind creaming the waves. Using canvases painted with low hanging clouds and overcast . It make an awesome scene with 7 or 9 Swordfish torpedo planes attacking the Bismarck delivering a Fatal hit to her rudders .
Great video, and a fantastic job at making a fairly monochrome paint scheme look interesting and with great texture to draw the eye to the appropriate places!
Also, my full bottle spill was "Wash for Interiors" right at the start of COVID-19, so it took months to get a replacement.
This video inspired me to go and spend a decent amount of time and money building an awesome scene with a 1/200 scale Bismarck and build a giant diorama of the scene in the Denmark Straight 5/24 1941 in some what rough seas I couldn't possibly imagine being on any one of those ships at that exact moments going back in time In history. The cold wind and waves the ships exchanging fire and the shell splashes high as houses .,the silhouettes of the two German ships the smoke and booming 💥 of all ships then one suddenly explosions Fire sky-high and thick billowing black smoke and more fire in the sky with smoke and the bow of the Hood slides back into the smoke and fire Bismarck turns her guns few more on the Prince of Wales with in a
That was a absolutely outstanding build, the weathering was again absolutely perfect, well done mate.
Definitely, great work. Excellent weathering and detailed work. I have this same model in my collection of un built. Do all the photo etch parts come in this kit? Also, can you share a link to your accessories you used on this build that weren't included in the kit. Thanks for sharing. Great job
That was a nicely made model. No complicated potions or magic tools, just straight forward (and above average) modelling skills.
I just went and found this kit hiding in my local hobby shop this morning, So home with me it came! I'm building the 1.32 Trumpeter Dauntless what a lovely build that is! I've Bordor model's 1.35 stuka for next but apparently the props are inaccurate? Anyone built it and know what's what with the props?
I have been working on my Tamiya Fairey Swordfish Mk II for several months. I would like to share some photos with you and also share some of my experiences with this kit.
How do I get in touch with you?
How long did it take you to build this kit?
You did an incredible job on this!
Fabulous build . I genuinely hate to criticize but I did notice one minor inaccuracy . The bracing "wires"on the wings should have zero sag. In reality they were under constant tension. They were not actually wires , but more like modern aerodynamic bicycle spokes with a flat blade like cross section with the hin section facing into the wind. Perhaps an opportunity for another photo etch set.
My PC monitor does not do justice to your paint work and weathering. Only my personal modelling experience and imagination fills in the details where my monitors lack of color fidelity leaves off. A good PC monitor that would do your models justic is 4K OLED monitor and those cost a fortune. I am currently trying to transfer my experience in plastic modelling work into PC modelling and all I have to say is, it's nearly impossible to pull off
I tried to build this kit. It ended up being a total disaster. I have put together many excellent Tamiya kits, but this one just didn't fit right on many of the major parts right out of the box. Fill and sand, fill and sand, ad nauseam. I used the photo-etch bracing wire upgrade and spent hours trying to get the wires where they were supposed to go with the right amount of tension, etc. Following your video, I finally had everything going and started assembling the wings to the fuselage - again a bad fit (yours looked so easy to go together) with a 1/8" gap.. While I was struggling to get the wings attached using CA glue trying to mitigate the large gap, something slipped and the whole thing just exploded into a hundred pieces of broken plastic and bits of bracing wire. It was totally unsalvageable. Ninety bucks down the drain.
Museum quality Swordfish. I'm taking notes but I'm way behind in quality. I'll keep plugging away at it. You do amazing work.
I just love Swordfish torpedo planes . I just can't put my finger on it, and they played in the game till the very end. Not particularly pretty but they were tough just like British sailors and Marines. None tougher.
I have always wondered how these wing suports and photoetch worked. Looks like it wasn't to bad. But experience required.
If I remember correctly tamyia sold photoetch side kits for this model and pretty much everyone that makes step up kits also made them.
It's quite the kit to build and highly on my list.
In my head if you build this rite it's a kit that says. Yes I'm a little better then i was before I started.
Then drag it around the house to my family. HE LOOK AT THIS and then look over here look under hear look in there.
And they all say yes dad 😂❤
Never quite worked out how people avoid overspray when airbrushing at that distance from the model? I get it even if I'm in really close. :(
Very nice work. Too bad about that paint getting knocked over, I think most of us have done that a few times. 😲👍
Confused. Why would you polish a part (sanding to 4000) before paint? I'd have thought that was pretty much the opposite of convention. But I'm not a modeler, so...
Really hope this channel starts seeing the exposure it really deserves. Excellent job and the production quality of the video is also top notch. Keep up the cracking work.
Excellent work! I haven't built in about 30 years but this brings back great old memories.
46:17. Happens to all of us sooner or later. Even the Pope would have said a mouthfull. Cheers!
Only came across this channel a couple of days ago and although I'm not really into aircraft I can certainly appreciate a good modeler.
After watching only a handful videos I've already picked up a stack of tips..
The model?
It looks awesome!!!
Can you tell me what the 3 pronged things are that are attached to the middle of the front outside struts, if it was mentioned I must have missed it.
It's a like and sub from me for sure
Scale Model Shed your model brings a tear to my eye! I am a huge Swordfish fan and this is just superb and realistic. I just finished the book "Stringbag" too, highly recommended.
I love the weathering your vids... inspires me to want to do that on my model cars. I love how you left the paint spill in and didnt edit that out. We have all been there... very nice work.
I recently subscribed to your channel after watching another of your videos. This was only the 3rd one I watched but I like your style and your honesty. I really enjoyed this video even though it is an old one. Keep up the good work.
Very nice job. That rigging must have been a baarstaard. I have an Airfix Walrus in a state of incomplete for the last 2 years as I’m terrified of the rigging.
Very informative! I learned a lot. Thank you. I like that you put photos of the product your using inset in the video. Could you leave the photos up a little longer please. And your photography and video quality is first rate! I wonder what you do for a living if that attention to detail corresponds to your occupation. Thanks again. I’m a subscriber now!
Can I ask, what airbrush and compressor are you using. I am starting from scratch and want to build up my kit before starting (again). Thanks
I dont build models but would like to begin doing so at some point in the future. However, I find watching them being built very therapeutic and enjoyable. Plus, I also learn whilst watching. The Swordfish is one of my fave aircraft and looking forward to weatching this :-).
They are therapeutic and very enjoyable to build. What type of models are you looking to build?
@@f-4bphantom591 Hey Phantom, I plan to build aircraft - specifically WW2 and other military aircraft. It's the painting/adding wear as well as when to do that which has me confused. Essentially the whole painting process. That's the bit that 'frightens' me most :-)
@@dokken1212 that's awesome, that's what I build mostly but I build all different kinds of models. If you'd like help, tips and other ideas feel free to ask, also if you'd like supplies as well.
Excellent work, amazing! And the snap sound of the Tamiya kit is so relaxing jaja
Always stand pots of paint in a cut-down youghurt pot/ flowerpot base (so,etching with a wide base so when you knock the pot over . . .
Always.
When I first heard of the swordfish I was like, pfff... biplanes. Then I watched another model making channel modeling one and, I said it’s not bad!
Dought you read these comments, but I really wished someone that had talent would sit their butts down and do a video on using soldering wire or regular wire and making hydraulic & brake lines for landing gear like on the B-17 landing main gear struts. There are sone real artists out there but no e of them showing their skills at maki g Eduards Brassin metal landing gear like in b17 look realistic Or shorting the gear to collapsed position they only come in extended
Hello. Thanks for the cool video. Tell me, please, and after how long it is possible to process the Vallejo putty, with which you processed the seam between the halves of the fuselage?
Just taken modelling up again after a near 50 yr gap. Stumbled across this video, and WOW, your skill in unsurpassed. The detail in the model is exceptional. Looking forward to seeing the model with torpedo.
Its like table etiquette . Put your glasses and bottles at 1 o'clock on the work bench so you dont knock them over . You guys with filthy bench areas just keep making same mistake and not learn
Wow! You are the Rembrandt of the Tamiya universe! Reading about the naval battles in the Med. featuring the Swordfish and it is thrilling to see such a lifelike representation. Good work.
My dad was a pilot on one of these and was part of the squadron that took down the bismark, unfortunately he was killed in the holocaust before I was born so I never met him, the nazis put him on the infamous “rollercoaster of of death”, so tragic
Andy, is there any chance you could do a video on the very basics of painting and weathering, i.e. what are the paints, which sealer should you use after which paints, which sealer to use before weathering, which thinners to use with which weathering medium e.g. oils, enamel washes etc