Just ordered one of these, love these type of aircraft. Tbh it was a toss up between this and the Aifix 1/48 Anson, saw your video and that's what swung it. The only thing is I think I'll do mine with the upper turret, which may mean camo and yellow. Not a combination I particularly like. We'll see. Great build btw.
I flew this aircraft as part of my National Service pilot training 1951-1953, moving on from single engine (Chipmunks) to Airspeed Oxfords for asymetrc flying. We flew them solo (RAF Dalcross. Inverness) in preparation for our conversion to Meteors (which I failed). My memory was that in no circumcstanaces were we to get into a spin, as this aircraft could not recover. The escape hatch was in the roof towards the rear of the fuselage. You were supposed to get out of you seat and climb to the back with the aid of a rope along the ceiling. In short, pretty well zero chance! I survived and will shortly reach my 91st birthday.
That’s fantastic information Edward, this is exactly why I do this. Oxfords to Meteors??!! Wow bit of a jump.. Thank you so much for sharing and happy birthday 🥳
Although it may be a Special Hobby kit and it had some issues, you've done a stellar job on this one, Tim. I know the challenges associated with these kits and congratulate you for the great job and sharing your opinion about the build.
My dad flew these in the war for gunnery training. I have this exact kit and will start building soon now I have seen how to do it. Great help, thanks so much.
Hello Tim, it is partially true. The Special Hobby/CMK was doing the molds for Classic Airframes and those remained in CZ. After time they are taking them out, changing some of the resin for injected plastic and the vacu formed cabins for the plastic. This was done for example for the Reggiane Re.2000
Cheers Otto. I had trouble editing the vid for some reason, I’m glad it came out ok. Yes mate, it is Tamiya own lacquer thinner. I wanted to use on Tamiya to see if there was a difference MLT. It is supposed to formulated especially for Tamiya paints. I couldn’t notice a difference, although it is a little hotter.
Thats a nice looking model that I feel you have made really well from a difficult kit. Your painting is extremely good as I think yellow is a difficult colour to get even over such a large area and the finish looks top notch.
Amazing build. British Common Air Training Plan are my favorite subjects as we had a base here in Yorkton, Saskatchewan 1940-45. Mainly, Harvards, Cranes, and Anson's. It was a busy place during the war. Most were the Training Yellow!
@@TimsScaleModelling Unfortunately Tim, it is not. We lost out in 1946 to a city 3 hours southeast of us, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 15 Wing Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Moose Jaw home to the 431 Air Demonstration Squadron affectionately referred to as the Snowbirds. On a happier note I have a pre-order of the Kinetic 1/48 Canadair Tutor Snowbird, which I should receive in November of this year.
You've made a cracking job of that, lovely work. The Oxford was designed by Nevil Shute Norway, co-founder of Airspeed and as Nevil Shute he wrote some OK novels. A Town Called Alice is maybe the most famous. Nevil Shute was also a keen modelmaker, but he made steam engines and the like, model engineering basically.
“Some OK novels”? He wrote “On the Beach”, perhaps the finest nuclear apocalypse story ever written! It was later made into a movie. I’ve read every Nevil Shute novel I could get my hands on, probably around 2 dozen or more. They are all worthwhile. His autobiography, “Sliderule” Autobiography of an Engineer” is fascinating. In addition to working with Airspeed, he also worked with DeHavilland and was involved with the R100 airship project. His novels can be gathered into roughly 2 groups-those written while he was in England and those he wrote after emigrating to Australia. If I had to sum up his fiction with one word it would be “humanity”-he had a very empathetic way of writing about the human condition. In addition to his autobiography, which I recommend to anyone interested in aviation history, I recommend his novels “On the Beach”, “A Town Called Alice”, and “Trustee From the Toolroom”. IMO those are his best, each one of them very worth reading. If you like them, read the rest of his books. He is a seriously under appreciated and forgotten novelist.
SH is classic airframes since both produced in Czechoslovakia!🤔
Jman
Looks cool. 100th 👍
That turned out well!
Not bad Simon, thanks mate
Just ordered one of these, love these type of aircraft. Tbh it was a toss up between this and the Aifix 1/48 Anson, saw your video and that's what swung it. The only thing is I think I'll do mine with the upper turret, which may mean camo and yellow. Not a combination I particularly like. We'll see. Great build btw.
Great stuff Tez. It could do with replacement engines but you ain’t gonna find any.
Hey that’s pretty beautiful.
I flew this aircraft as part of my National Service pilot training 1951-1953, moving on from single engine (Chipmunks) to Airspeed Oxfords for asymetrc flying. We flew them solo (RAF Dalcross. Inverness) in preparation for our conversion to Meteors (which I failed). My memory was that in no circumcstanaces were we to get into a spin, as this aircraft could not recover. The escape hatch was in the roof towards the rear of the fuselage. You were supposed to get out of you seat and climb to the back with the aid of a rope along the ceiling. In short, pretty well zero chance! I survived and will shortly reach my 91st birthday.
That’s fantastic information Edward, this is exactly why I do this. Oxfords to Meteors??!! Wow bit of a jump..
Thank you so much for sharing and happy birthday 🥳
Happy birthday
Although it may be a Special Hobby kit and it had some issues, you've done a stellar job on this one, Tim. I know the challenges associated with these kits and congratulate you for the great job and sharing your opinion about the build.
Cheers Robbo.. the round up at the end is a new thing I tried.. I might well continue doing it
lovely. Clean and "golden". Subbed.
Thank you Martin
My dad flew these in the war for gunnery training. I have this exact kit and will start building soon now I have seen how to do it. Great help, thanks so much.
Looks great!🙂 what paint did you use for the engine cowlings? They look so realistic.
Cheers Vinnie… AK Extreme Metal polished aluminium over a gloss black base colour
Even it’s dry in minutes, they brighten up after a couple of hours
Looks fabulous, Tim, thanks🙂
Hi Tim chalk up another super build and paint job, you've made a classy looking model out of what is not the best of kits. Best wishes Vic.
Great stuff, thanks Vic 😀
Cracking build and finish 👍
Hello Tim, it is partially true. The Special Hobby/CMK was doing the molds for Classic Airframes and those remained in CZ. After time they are taking them out, changing some of the resin for injected plastic and the vacu formed cabins for the plastic. This was done for example for the Reggiane Re.2000
My thoughts were that the kit felt familiar, very reminiscent of older Classic Airframes and the unusual subject matter
Lovely job Tim. I might have to get myself one of these as my dad used to make them at Airspeed’s factory at Portsmouth during the was.
Thank yer Dave. I think you need to mate ☺️
What a stunning build👍. Great to see more projects.
That Tamiya retarder lacquer thinner, is it their equivalent of levelling thinner?
Cheers Otto. I had trouble editing the vid for some reason, I’m glad it came out ok. Yes mate, it is Tamiya own lacquer thinner. I wanted to use on Tamiya to see if there was a difference MLT. It is supposed to formulated especially for Tamiya paints. I couldn’t notice a difference, although it is a little hotter.
Thats a nice looking model that I feel you have made really well from a difficult kit. Your painting is extremely good as I think yellow is a difficult colour to get even over such a large area and the finish looks top notch.
Thank you Allan
Thoroughly enjoyed the video build as always Tim. A lovely little kit.
Great stuff Alan, thank you
Amazing build. British Common Air Training Plan are my favorite subjects as we had a base here in Yorkton, Saskatchewan 1940-45. Mainly, Harvards, Cranes, and Anson's. It was a busy place during the war. Most were the Training Yellow!
Ah excellent Will. Is the base still there? Can you visit?
@@TimsScaleModelling Unfortunately Tim, it is not. We lost out in 1946 to a city 3 hours southeast of us, Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. 15 Wing Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Moose Jaw home to the 431 Air Demonstration Squadron affectionately referred to as the Snowbirds. On a happier note I have a pre-order of the Kinetic 1/48 Canadair Tutor Snowbird, which I should receive in November of this year.
Beautiful build and great colour scheme
Thank you Barry 👍
Very nice indeed Tim, lovely little aircraft 😮
Cheers Dave 👌
You've made a cracking job of that, lovely work.
The Oxford was designed by Nevil Shute Norway, co-founder of Airspeed and as Nevil Shute he wrote some OK novels. A Town Called Alice is maybe the most famous. Nevil Shute was also a keen modelmaker, but he made steam engines and the like, model engineering basically.
Oh wow! I didn’t know that. Thank you for taking time to comment 👌
“Some OK novels”? He wrote “On the Beach”, perhaps the finest nuclear apocalypse story ever written! It was later made into a movie. I’ve read every Nevil Shute novel I could get my hands on, probably around 2 dozen or more. They are all worthwhile. His autobiography, “Sliderule” Autobiography of an Engineer” is fascinating. In addition to working with Airspeed, he also worked with DeHavilland and was involved with the R100 airship project. His novels can be gathered into roughly 2 groups-those written while he was in England and those he wrote after emigrating to Australia. If I had to sum up his fiction with one word it would be “humanity”-he had a very empathetic way of writing about the human condition. In addition to his autobiography, which I recommend to anyone interested in aviation history, I recommend his novels “On the Beach”, “A Town Called Alice”, and “Trustee From the Toolroom”. IMO those are his best, each one of them very worth reading. If you like them, read the rest of his books. He is a seriously under appreciated and forgotten novelist.
Fantastic 57hound, thanks for letting us know 👍👍
He shoots, he scores!! A beauty Tim
Haha thanks Les 😂
Very, very smart 👍🏻
Cheers Septic