This kit has a very special place for me. I can remember buying it in 1977. I was 14. Roy Cross's box art was so good I stared at it right up to walking into a lamp post. I've just bought it again an will endeavour to make as good a job as you have. Bravo sir.
thanks! I think a few little aftermarket tweaks can often lift these older kits, i really ought to do a full video build of an older kit being built with aftermarket stuff too.
Nice work! I’ve seen the old technique using clear red and clear green handle toothbrushes cut, shaped, glued, sanded, polished to achieve a similar effect.
have fun! this kit does look like its a nice build straight from the box, if I remember rightly though, some of the fuselage sprue gates were quite big and needed, filling and sanding, even though I tried to be careful cutting them off.
@@philsmodelmaking2260 Body is finished. Fit is ok - but Airfix removed sprue gates and left dirty great hole in fuselage top. Nothing some milliput and sandpaper can't fix! Bombs were the worst feature but after lots of sanding the joins, got them looking ok! Enjoying myself with this one!
Good job with this vintage, you certainly improved it, I saw it was back on sale, I never had a Hampden, maybe later...I have many vintages waiting for their chance. Regards.
I do have a fair few kits from back in the 70's I've picked up in the last 20 odd years, they seem to get released as vintage classics before I can build my older versions! having recently picked up an airfix arado Ar 196 I'm certain that will be a vintage classic in six months time!
That's a very nice build. Given all the work you have put into that model I was surprised to see the clunky posable ailerons unmodified. Couldn't have been too difficult to scratch replacements for those. I fondly remember building this kit as a teenager. I also distinctly remember that the original kit built up nowhere near as nice as this model you have here.
honestly, I never even thought about doing anything with the ailerons, except to deflect them slightly, and you can't really see now but I also made sure the control column was slightly pushed over to match them! I also wouldn't say this kit was particularly hard to build, apart from mine had some parts lost by the person who gave it to me, and I may at some point build the other one I have straight out of the box to see what I can do with just the kit pats.
I am a bit of a Babylon 5 fan, watched all the series when it was on tv in the 90's, don't know about building the station, but I have been tempted to try to get a star fury kit! did want a TSR 2 but those kits now are pretty expensive, would love to see a re release.
@@philsmodelmaking2260 he never spoke about it. it was all long before i was born. it was as if he hadnt done it at all. no trophies or pictures or keep sakes.
@@wind.del.change know what you're saying. my grandad fought in the western desert, was wounded, came back home, then was possibly involved in the fighting around Nijmegen bridge, but we don't really know because he never spoke much about his time in the war.
no, you're right! this kit (and most others of this vintage) certainly have lots of rivets, they can be toned down with a few passes of very fine grade abrasive though.
this was the first hampden I've ever built, airfix releasing stuff as vintage classics is giving me a chance to get those kits that I missed in my younger days, although i had this one since before it was a vintage classic, I also built a shooting star jet from a 1973 boxing recently that was released as a vintage classic about half way through my build!
once, many years ago (early 90's) I did start to build a guillows free flight Fokker triplane, never finished it! I am thinking of getting another guillows kit to have another go, seen them built on youtube, they do look like a lot of fun, and I do like to try different genres of model building. watch this space!
Nice job with this kit, makes me want to get a kit. Question I have, was the fuselage twisted on either kit. I'm asking because I have purchased vintage classics recently and the fuselages were twisted , the Hudson and the P61. If the original is good and the remake is twisted I will stay away from the new ones.
on my unbuilt 2011 hampden, the fuselage (and all the other large parts) are nice and straight, however I couldn't say what the newer vintage classics are like, but I have heard there have been issues with parts being short shot here and there with some of these newer kits, that said I have a few vintage classic releases (PAK 40 and blitz truck, Bristol bloodhound, and SR-N1 hovercraft that were all fine.
I believe there is a non flying Hampden in a museum in Canada, I did hear it had been damaged by having the weight of snow build up on the wings. its a torpedo carrying version that I studied photos of the ventral gunner area while i was building that section
thanks, but 1/72 is my preferred scale! I will be building the hampdens bigger brother, the halifax, another old tool airfix kit that i originally built in 1991, and have stripped down and am rebuilding
I love the OLD airfix kits, at that time they had been affordable and it was a real hobby. Today modelling is overpriced and looks more like work. Today only rivetcounters
I've always been a fan of building older kits to see how nice a model I can get out of them, and i can't deny that the nostalgia aspect is quite a big thing with me too.
@@philsmodelmaking2260 My carpet monster ate a hammer last night! Ok so it was a 1/35 scale hammer but I was on my knees with a torch for around half an hour and it was never found.
Sad to see how the box art on Airfix kits has been dumbed-down. The original box art showed Hampdens being attacked by FW190s with smoke and flame coming from the engine of the rearmost Hampden. Anything warlike has to be deleted these days. From a warplane. Which fought in a war.
that sounds like the airfix B 17 artwork rather than the Hampdens, I should know because I am building one of those as well now (my video thumbnails for it are the box art) ironically that was given to me by the same person who gave me the Hampden kit! as far as I know the Hampdens artwork hasn't been messed about with too much and always showed three Hampdens dropping bombs
@@philsmodelmaking2260 Thanks for your reply. The 1960s artwork definitely included FW190s and a trail of smoke. They started to mess around with the artwork in the 1970s. The original 1960s artwork for the Ju88 had the aircraft dropping bombs near a warship, with big explosion-splashes in the water. The big splashes were deleted on the modified artwork.
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this turned out to be the most expensive free kit I was ever given!
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This kit has a very special place for me. I can remember buying it in 1977. I was 14. Roy Cross's box art was so good I stared at it right up to walking into a lamp post. I've just bought it again an will endeavour to make as good a job as you have. Bravo sir.
what a brilliant story! I've always felt that Roy personally sold me many airfix kits thanks to his fantastic artwork.
Can you remember how much it cost ?
@@simoncullum5019 I can't; but I can remember the shop - Hodgson's Toys and Modlels, in Whitton Middlesex.
Great work amigo , that thing is beautiful
thank you, those words are much appreciated!
From memory I've got an unbuilt Airfix Hampden amongst the stash in my attic.
lol! I still have another unbuilt Hampden too! might build it as the Swedish version at some point.
Looks nice! The aftermarket was definitely worth it
thanks! I think a few little aftermarket tweaks can often lift these older kits, i really ought to do a full video build of an older kit being built with aftermarket stuff too.
Beautiful work! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
I'm looking forward to the ICM's Hampden in 1/48 next year!
yeah, built an ICM 1/48 cessna 0-2 last year, really nice kit, I could definitely be tempted to get a 1/48 hampden from them.
Nice work! I’ve seen the old technique using clear red and clear green handle toothbrushes cut, shaped, glued, sanded, polished to achieve a similar effect.
I've heard of that one, I use the clear sprue/dot of colour method because I couldn't find any of those toothbrushes!
Just bought the Vintage Classic Hampden from Jadlam! New decals are nice. Will watch this video as I build it this week! Good stuff!
have fun! this kit does look like its a nice build straight from the box, if I remember rightly though, some of the fuselage sprue gates were quite big and needed, filling and sanding, even though I tried to be careful cutting them off.
@@philsmodelmaking2260 Body is finished. Fit is ok - but Airfix removed sprue gates and left dirty great hole in fuselage top. Nothing some milliput and sandpaper can't fix! Bombs were the worst feature but after lots of sanding the joins, got them looking ok! Enjoying myself with this one!
Well done. Looks great.
thanks! I am quite a fan of the older stuff, and seeing how nice a model you can actually build from them
Turned out really nice 👍
thanks! I do enjoy seeing how good a model you can build from these older kits!
Great work.
thanks! I do enjoy seeing how nice a model you can get from these older kits.
If I build my kit as good as that, I'll be quite happy with it. Well done.
just build for yourself, and have fun doing it! thats always been my modelling motto.
Good job with this vintage, you certainly improved it, I saw it was back on sale, I never had a Hampden, maybe later...I have many vintages waiting for their chance.
Regards.
I do have a fair few kits from back in the 70's I've picked up in the last 20 odd years, they seem to get released as vintage classics before I can build my older versions! having recently picked up an airfix arado Ar 196 I'm certain that will be a vintage classic in six months time!
Don't hesitate, some companies are reissuing some old kits, we'll be keeping an eye out...to see what we can get!!@@philsmodelmaking2260
That's a very nice build. Given all the work you have put into that model I was surprised to see the clunky posable ailerons unmodified. Couldn't have been too difficult to scratch replacements for those.
I fondly remember building this kit as a teenager. I also distinctly remember that the original kit built up nowhere near as nice as this model you have here.
honestly, I never even thought about doing anything with the ailerons, except to deflect them slightly, and you can't really see now but I also made sure the control column was slightly pushed over to match them! I also wouldn't say this kit was particularly hard to build, apart from mine had some parts lost by the person who gave it to me, and I may at some point build the other one I have straight out of the box to see what I can do with just the kit pats.
Awesome work man, keep it up! It's looks like the tooling for it was released today and not over 45+ years ago. Cheers! :)
wow, thanks! I always had a vision of I wanted this kit to turn out, and luckily i was able to make that happen!
Nice. Don't know if she'd be your cup of tea but the Revell Babylon 5 space station was a fun build, So was the 1.72 Airfix TSR2.
I am a bit of a Babylon 5 fan, watched all the series when it was on tv in the 90's, don't know about building the station, but I have been tempted to try to get a star fury kit! did want a TSR 2 but those kits now are pretty expensive, would love to see a re release.
my grandad was a navigator in one of these thin cans. and then he was in a liberator until 1946
wow! I can only imagine what it must have been like to be crew in these aircraft, the liberator must have seemed massive after a Hampden!
@@philsmodelmaking2260 he never spoke about it. it was all long before i was born. it was as if he hadnt done it at all. no trophies or pictures or keep sakes.
@@wind.del.change know what you're saying. my grandad fought in the western desert, was wounded, came back home, then was possibly involved in the fighting around Nijmegen bridge, but we don't really know because he never spoke much about his time in the war.
The, "P," in Hampden is silent - at least in the place-name.
The aircraft was named for Abolitionist Sir John Hampden.
did not realise that!
I seem to remember this kit with wings covered in oversize rivets. I must be thinking of a different kit.
no, you're right! this kit (and most others of this vintage) certainly have lots of rivets, they can be toned down with a few passes of very fine grade abrasive though.
Good work sir
thanks! thats very much appreciated.
Yes I had that one as a boy too 😀
this was the first hampden I've ever built, airfix releasing stuff as vintage classics is giving me a chance to get those kits that I missed in my younger days, although i had this one since before it was a vintage classic, I also built a shooting star jet from a 1973 boxing recently that was released as a vintage classic about half way through my build!
Very Nice, did you consider fitting the radio antenna wires that ran from the rudders to the front radio mast?
I certainly did! its something I've forgotten to do on this kit!
Have you done free flight rubber scale?
once, many years ago (early 90's) I did start to build a guillows free flight Fokker triplane, never finished it! I am thinking of getting another guillows kit to have another go, seen them built on youtube, they do look like a lot of fun, and I do like to try different genres of model building.
watch this space!
Nice job with this kit, makes me want to get a kit. Question I have, was the fuselage twisted on either kit. I'm asking because I have purchased vintage classics recently and the fuselages were twisted , the Hudson and the P61. If the original is good and the remake is twisted I will stay away from the new ones.
on my unbuilt 2011 hampden, the fuselage (and all the other large parts) are nice and straight, however I couldn't say what the newer vintage classics are like, but I have heard there have been issues with parts being short shot here and there with some of these newer kits, that said I have a few vintage classic releases (PAK 40 and blitz truck, Bristol bloodhound, and SR-N1 hovercraft that were all fine.
@@philsmodelmaking2260 So I may take a chance on the older models, even if they have rivets .
Are there any intact Hampdens left?
I believe there is a non flying Hampden in a museum in Canada, I did hear it had been damaged by having the weight of snow build up on the wings. its a torpedo carrying version that I studied photos of the ventral gunner area while i was building that section
Very nice now get one in 1/48.
thanks, but 1/72 is my preferred scale! I will be building the hampdens bigger brother, the halifax, another old tool airfix kit that i originally built in 1991, and have stripped down and am rebuilding
@@philsmodelmaking2260 i want 1 in 1/48
I love the OLD airfix kits, at that time they had been affordable and it was a real hobby. Today modelling is overpriced and looks more like work. Today only rivetcounters
I've always been a fan of building older kits to see how nice a model I can get out of them, and i can't deny that the nostalgia aspect is quite a big thing with me too.
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thanks for the thumbs up! glad you like.
Whatever you do, don't put that wheel in a safe place..... or you will never find it again.
I glued it on the kit it belongs too almost straight after finding it! the carpet monster may be out for revenge on me!
@@philsmodelmaking2260 My carpet monster ate a hammer last night! Ok so it was a 1/35 scale hammer but I was on my knees with a torch for around half an hour and it was never found.
Sad to see how the box art on Airfix kits has been dumbed-down.
The original box art showed Hampdens being attacked by FW190s with smoke and flame coming from the engine of the rearmost Hampden.
Anything warlike has to be deleted these days. From a warplane. Which fought in a war.
that sounds like the airfix B 17 artwork rather than the Hampdens, I should know because I am building one of those as well now (my video thumbnails for it are the box art) ironically that was given to me by the same person who gave me the Hampden kit! as far as I know the Hampdens artwork hasn't been messed about with too much and always showed three Hampdens dropping bombs
@@philsmodelmaking2260 Thanks for your reply. The 1960s artwork definitely included FW190s and a trail of smoke. They started to mess around with the artwork in the 1970s. The original 1960s artwork for the Ju88 had the aircraft dropping bombs near a warship, with big explosion-splashes in the water. The big splashes were deleted on the modified artwork.