*Read before complaining about the lack of swastikas:* Bismarck’s swastikas were painted over prior to her fight with HMS Hood, which is the version I chose to depict. The paint wore off over time, which is why the swastikas are now visible on the wreck. According to Bismarck's War Diary, 1307 hours on 22 May 1941: "Alarm beendet. Anschliessend auf Befehl Flotte Fliegersichtzeichen auf den Türmen und Hoheitszeichen auf Back und Schanz übermalt. Alarm ended. Subsequently, by the order of Fleet the aircraft identification insignias on the turrets and the national emblems [swastikas] on the forecastle and poop deck are painted over." (Edit: Most people choose to paint Bismarck in the Baltic Camouflage scheme with its striking black and white stripes, but I purposely chose this equally historically accurate paint job because 1. I plan to build HMS Hood sometime in the future and display the two ships together 2. Skill issue) Revell doesn’t include any swastikas in the kit, and even the flags are censored, which is a shame, but it’s understandable considering the laws in Germany. I believe other manufacturers like Trumpeter include workarounds that allow you to add them if you desire. Anyways that’s all, take care
German laws kinda stupid. It is okay to depict historical moments, in films too. But maybe the model sets are considered toys, and toys should not advertise swastikas to kids. Still stupid, this is history. Anyway, thanks for the clarification, I wasn't aware that it was painted over. Was it painter over, cause it is a giant aiming cross? :)
@@baronmateo6736 some of us would disagree that the German laws are stupid. In someways it's very helpful because it sets a firm boundary between what is and is an accepted and acceptable and their society. Remember that many Nazis returned to civilian life after the war. Some immigrated to Argentina and Brazil, but many stayed in Germany and continued on in places of authority as though the war had never happened.
Censoring history isn't understandable, nor is it stupid - it's dangerous. When authorities take ownership of reality, it's time to read Orwell again. Yes, read - not watch.
"bad symbols" Too triggered to even say the name. Yes, you are just censoring it because you are triggered by it. Only losers use that chad picture. It has nothing to do about you not caring about historical accuracy. You are censoring it because you care a lot about it. You should put BLM and trans flags on it, that would make you more comfortable.
@StyreneKing Something always goes wrong with the cursed things...usually due to my impatience. I still struggle with keeping my hands off until paint/glue/decals are 100% dry.
When i find myself getting impatient its time to put the model down. Force yourself to work at a pace, and force yourself to stop when youre off pace. You’ll eventually develop more patience because youll be tired of stopping so much
@@kenkingsflyingmachines2382 I tend to work on several models at a time. Take a break. Look at the others and see where you can build sub-assemblies. Things like drop tanks and weaponry for planes. Motors for vehicles, etc. Do you have a favourite? I'm a semi-retired pro-modeller, but still love building plastic models. I started with the 1st 'proper' Airfix kit. There are plenty of videos such as this. Unfortunately I've no idea how to. But I'm here if I can help.👍
Same here. I had Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, Graf Spee, KGV, Yamato, Ise, Washington and PT-109. Most of them were Revell, some were from other companies I don't remember the name. The worst I ever had was a French frigate made by model company Heller. Drop the last two letters of their name and you get the proper name for their products.
As a kid, I built a bunch of Revelle kits in the ‘60s and ‘70s. I remember regarding them as one of the higher-quality kit mfrs. No doubt my standards were lower back then.
I gotta say... I never, in a million years, thought that I would watch someone assemble a battleship model kit. I saw that this was 22 minutes long, and thought "there is no way I can watch someone assembling a battleship for 22 minutes," but I was so wrong. The dry sense of humor had me literally laughing out loud. I am now seeking out more of this content! Hahah. Nice work.
Not sure how I got here, but I have to be honest. Fifty plus years ago when I was building models, I never built any ships. I loved fighters, bombers, and cars instead. The level of effort, amount of work, and attention to detail you put into this, makes every single model I ever built feel like my end result was from Matchbox.
This has to be one of the best youtube posts.. I am not a model ship builder, I came across this while searching ''how to paint 28mm samurai'' and boy was I glad I watched.. very skillful , and very entertaining.. thank you for your work
@@BoxmanBuildstry your own voice sometime. My favorite channel used to do computer voice but it’s better now with his own British voice. (@Drachinifel)
You are a more meticulous builder than most I have known. I wouldn’t kick yourself as you seem to desire to give life to your models more than just put them together as some do. I would also say, don’t lose this way you have to bring life to what you build and paint. It is more than I could muster. We all have things we excel and that which we do not. This is one you should be proud of.
April 25, 2024 - Like a number of commenters here, I just stumbled on to this channel and I'm very pleased that I did. Before talking about me.. my favorite subject😁 I'll say that I found Boxman's ability to mix valuable information about model building while making humorous comments very entertaining. I actually found this video quite mesmerizing👍👍😊 I built a lot of Revell, Aurora, Monogram etc. kits. You name it, I probably built it. Airplanes, tanks, self-propelled artillery, various kinds of military vehicles. I think the only ship model I made was of the USS Canberra missile cruiser, (named in honor of the Australian WWII cruiser the HMAS Canberra). It turned out pretty well I think. Some of my tank models fell victim to my mental condition 😟of loving to see things blow up using firecrackers. 😁I still have a large envelope containing the instructions and diagrams for most of the models I built in the mid 1950’s.
Same here, I'm 73 and wish I had saved instructions too. My big score was saving decal sheets. Sometimes I would get lucky and and find 2, 3 even a couple of times I had 4 sheets stuck together. I just retired on Dec., 31st, 2023 after a 52 year career as an aircraft mechanic. 20 years of my career , was spent in the Navy. I was able to work on many of the same planes I built models of, when I was a boy. While in the Navy, I worked on the F-4, A-4, A-3, EC-121, T-28, S-2, C-1, A-6, F-14, and H-2 ASW helicopter. As a Civil Service aircraft mechanic, I worked on the F-14, and at US Air the DeHaviland -8, and for the USCG - the HU-25, MH-60, C-144, and C-27. While in the Navy I was on 2 aircraft carriers, the Forrestal and the Nimitz. I think up to 1970, I built every model plane I could lay my hands on. 🙂
@@redr1150r April 28, 2024 - I salute you my fellow vet. I served for three years in the U.S. Army during both the Berlin and Cuban Missile crisis. Your career sounds very interesting and certainly impressive. Sadly, a divorce in early adulthood, and a lot of moving over the decades means I lost all of the models I made in my mid-teens. The only thing I was able to hold on to from those years, was part of my collection of W. Britain company lead soldiers. A box containing five charging 42nd. Foot, The Black Watch Scottish Infantry and a bagpiper originally cost $2.00 back in the 1950's. That same box, if in mint condition, is worth at least $200.00 today.😲 Sadly, I lost the boxes long ago, and all of my 1950's era W. Britain soldiers are in very good condition, but can't be considered in mint condition. In the past twenty years I have been about to collect W. Britain figures that are real works of art detail wise. Each infantry figure can cost as much as $40.00+, and a figure mounted on a horse is much more. I have four displays representing battles the 42nd. took part in prior to WW I, including Waterloo. Thank you for your interesting comments and I wish you the very best in your retirement years. As us old Trekkies say "Live long and prosper!🖖🏻"😊
I attempted to build one model in 1954 and made such a mess of it that I never tried again. None the less I enjoyed watching this build and its narration. Thank you.
Achshhhhually.... People saying 15 inch guns were puny are usually not aware that there were two different types of battleships: Atlantic style BB and Pacific style BBs. BBs designed for the choppy, rough waters and bad visibility of the North Atlantic had to be set up for short range battles. That meant their armor layout was specialized against horizontally incoming fire and their guns were knowingly and deliberately smaller to enable higher rates of fire and more ammo to be carried, so they could throw more shit at the wall in the hopes that something stuck. Pacific style BB were set up for long range fire, which meant they could afford having bigger guns and a armor layout that was better against vertically incoming plunging fire. A high rate of fire wasn't as important because you would want to wait and see where your salvo landed before firing the next one. So all those people saying the Bismarck was outdated or primitive because it didn't have the same setup (armor or guns) as American or Japanese battleships, are being very ignorant and have no idea what they are talking. There are reasons for why the British Vanguard, the last and most advanced BB to be designed and built was basically a British copy of the Bismarck class. Look up and compare their stats. Why would that be the case if the Bismarck was a outdated design almost a decade earlier?
Whereever did you get your strange ideas about HMS Vanguard from? In essence, she embodied most of the design concepts of the Lion Class, modified to take advantage of the barbettes & turrets held in store since HMS Courageous and HMS Glorious had been converted into aircraft carriers. Bismarck had precisely nothing to do with Vanguard.
People like this that just spread mis information and think that they are qualified to become a naval historian is rampant and a pain in the ASS today sadly.@@dovetonsturdee7033
@@dovetonsturdee7033 He didn't say Vanguard was an actual Bismarck copy. You just can't read. Go back to school. You literally aren't fluent in English. OP simply said Bismarck and Vanguard have basically identical stat lines. Which is true.
@@CharlesFreck I assume that there is something wrong with you? Where exactly did you get the bizarre idea that i suggested that 'Vanguard was an actual Bismarck copy' when the last line of my post said that 'Bismarck had precisely nothing to do with Vanguard?' i assume that the insults arise from your intellectual shortcomings, of course. You have my sympathy.
@dovetonsturdee7033 once again, illiterate. You accused OP of saying the Vanguard was a Bismarck clone. I'm telling you OP never said that. Learn to fu****g read
As a kid in the late ‘60’s early ‘70’s I built a lot of models from Revell, Monogram, Testors, etc. One unsupervised summer afternoon friends and I had the great idea of an epic Bikini Atoll nuclear test. We filled up a kid’s wading pool, floated all of our battleship models and poured in a bunch of gasoline. The pool was under the eave of the house. The fire was spectacular. The ships melted and sank, but then the pool melted! Liquid fire poured out and all of us 11 year olds freaked out as we thought the house would catch fire. We got the fire out somehow and all ran for home.
I built Revell's 1/350th scale Bismarck kit in around 1978 or 1979. I had the same issues with the rudder assembly, and I used the same solution -- drill with a knife!! But in my case, I used the awl tool on my Victorinox Swiss Army knife. I love this video, it brings back such great memories. Thank you, Mr. BoxmanBuilds.
50yo here. I remember building Monogram and Revell ships and other military kits in the 1980s. I always thought the Revell plastics and finish were inferior to Monogram. The Monogram kits looked better as well.
when I was a kid, my buddy would bring one of his battleship models over to my house, and we'd go in my backyard with one of my battleships. He'd shoot at mine and I'd shoot at his with our bb guns. The carnage was epic.
"Ladyfinger firecrackers could be placed in strategic locations on ship models or tanks, or tucked under the arm of my marx ww2 soldiers...We used pea shooters and matches to create battle scars and "Total Anihilation"...
This is my new favorite modelmaking channel. This style is the antidote I need to the take-things-too-seriously attitude that comes from watching perfect build processes on YT and feeling bad about myself.
I've got a half finished Leopard 2 in the cupboard that I was saying "I just need to do the panel wash and then gloss it" for months about. This video taught me to do the gloss first.
Okay...that was one of, if not the best narrated model builds. I'm not completely confident that I understood some of the slang...but the narration was excellent none-the-less. Many of the "tips" were very helpful and I plan on using them on a future kit. The humor was 10/10...so good I subscribed. Great build, an impressive 1/700 scale build from a 70% kit. Well done Sir, well done indeed.
Instant sub within one minute of watching. Your style is so watchable and funny. Other modeling channels are good too but they're played totally straight and can be very dull. This is the first channel I'd watch just for the sake of it, rather than to get a specific technique down. Please keep making videos man!!
I must commend you on your perseverance and sense of humor! I haven't built ANY sort of models for decades, but I can see that Revell still has a (plastic) flash problem that I still remember... all the way back from the 1980's when I started getting into this hobby!
I have found that most instructions in model kits are more like "suggestions". I built a Hasegawa Apache a while back and the instructions had you putting the rotors on right near the start.
I love your style, Boxman. It's barely been a minute in and I can already tell you take yourself just seriously enough to take aim at your own flaws and do so with humorous self-awareness.
Love the presentation style, I've not enjoyed a build as much as this for a long while - instant sub from me and props to your build and RUclips-Fu. If you're ever free on a Wednesday evening (UK time), would love to have you on MMM Midweek Model Meet. Cheers!
I built this exact ship when I was about 14 years old (about 1977). Painted and everything - but with a brush. Even used the "dangerous" modeling glue. I remember using my Exacto knife as a drill also. I also used that to cut the parts out of the frame. I still have it.
That is one beautiful ship. A difficult turn of phrase for any English bloke to come to terms with, but, we got the bugger eventually. Your deft work is mightily enviable and your ironic narrative is an absolute joy. Well done sir, congratulations and thank you so much for such an enjoyable and enlightening demonstration of what most would say is Ossum skill. Personally I would say you are inspirational. I am resolving to attack my 1: 700 / 770 Hindenberg and Titanic kits over Christmas. Bob Ross never had me reaching for a paintbrush I tell thee.
I want to start building this model. I don't have much experience in painting. I intend to paint the wooden part with a single brown color with a spray can.
I'll do the same thing you did for the main structure, I'll color it brown and then I'll cover the wooden parts and recolor everything gray again with the spray can. I also took the wasch To create a more "human" effect, I wanted to ask you if these things I have are enough to create a humanly watchable ship without being atrocious.
" ... invest in a hand drill ... " (roughly 1:12) Two pieces of [unsolicited] advice - 1) For hand drilling, I highly recommend either of the 2 Ball Head Pin Vises from Micro Mark. The "standard" comes with four collet's [0" - 1/8" bits]; the "deluxe" comes with a drill chuck [1/64" - 1/8"] I use the standard because it will hold the #80 drill bit (0.0135") and what I'm saying below. 2) For powered drilling, I recommend the Dremel Lite 7760-N/10A rechargeable tool. It's the least expensive of the Dremel rechargeables and has plenty of power for the time you'd need it for building a model. FWIW, I am a HO Scale model railroader. Hole for adding small details like grab irons on a diesel locomotive required the #80 - #74 bit sizes. I regularly broke those when trying to drill holes with a regular pin vice. Seems I spent enough money on replacement bits to have actually purchased one of the early Dremel battery powered tools, "back then." Since buying the Dremel, I have broken very few bits, the speed lets me get in and out quickly with limited side force on the bits. Also, my Dremels have the 0" - 1/8" collets which allows me to use all of my small drill bits from 1/8" down to the #80. IMO, of course; continue the good work; I enjoyed watching this build. 👍😎👍
Damn, my first modeling experience was in ‘11, as in 2011 😅 My father got me Revell’s 1/700 Queen Mary 2, which was far beyond my capabilities as a small child. I’m amazed that I still got into this hobby after multiple traumatizing experiences like that 😂
@@BoxmanBuilds Sounds familiar. My first kit was a 1/72 Airfix Short Stirling, with 4 prop engines, 3 turrets and even ground equipment. There was thick glue and Humbrol paint everywhere, including on my shirt ( I was 7), lol. But I was bitten by the bug and I'm still building 🙂.
Very well done, to your workmanship, humour and honesty. Very few model building tubers will admit there mistakes and even less will pay homage to (let’s face it) a “Grad master” modeller like Plasmo simply because they’re usually seen or thought of as the direct competition. Your channel is fun, engaging and very entertaining to watch which has earned my thumbs up and my subscription. 👍👍👍
The Arazona kit you mentioned is the first (and so far only) model I've built. It was fun, but the rear tripod mast is crooked on mine, probably my fault, and I never got around to painting it. I distinctly remember having to hold the halves of the hull together with clothespins while the glue I was using was drying.
When I clicked this video. I didn't think I would be clicking again so soon. I was clicking the subscribe button and saying out loud, to no one in the room. "Permission to come aboard Sir!!" What got me to subscribe? It was when you admitted to being a risk taker. I salute you Good Sir!
Lovely build. Yes the Flyhawk kit is a lot better. But it's also 3 times the price of the Revell kit. I think it's great to have multiple manufacturers making the same kits, it gives us modellers the chance to choose which one we want to build.
No idea why the algorithm suggested this, but i love the dry humor and the building itself, definitely subbed. I tried to build revell ships as a kid, but needless to say i always fucked it up early xD
The reason the Bismark has a reputation as being the most powerful battleship ever built is because of that lucky shot that took out HMS Hood in just under 5 minutes.
Lucky Shot? German naval gunnery tended to land very tight salvos quickly and then accuracy would taper off. It's somewhat of a mystery. I read some speculation that the optics were too delicate and were jarred out of alignment with successive salvos.
@@allanfifield8256 They had RADAR too, Drachinifel's (real time) video Operation Rheinübung - First and Last Voyage of the Bismarck is worth watching. The Bismark took 4000 British naval shells over the two engagements (a lot of misses at first, the close in work was 100% on target), the trauma suffered by a ships crew must have been enormous.
She was a modern powerful ship that had to be respected but she had her strengths and weaknesses though. It is TV that has really made her out to be this super ship when in truth she was more a typical new battleship of her day. Little larger then ships made to treaty limits but not a super battleship by any measure.
This is the first video from this channel that I've watched. Only a minute into it and I started asking myself, "Did he really just say what I thought he said?" The self-depreciating, ironic, deadpan style narrative crushed it. Instant sub...and I don't mean a U-boat.⚡👊🏼⚡
I started building one of these about a year ago but had to stop after building the hull due to a very important missing piece. I have two lots of superstructure parts so i can build the bridge twice but I do not have the deck. I can build everything but I can't put the thing together. And then i got sidetracked from my attempt to look for a wooden deck by building a couple 1/350s.
I'm not even into modeling, thought this was a world of warships video but couldn't turn it off... now you have a new sub, I don't even know what happened. This is very entertaining! I might even consider getting a model now!
I appreciate that your narration is jovial but serious where needed, to many build reviews are dry and without any real depth of feeling, and that you are not shy in saying what you think, a refreshing and interesting angle to come from. The only thing that, so far, has made me say WTF is the declaration that you don’t own a hobby drill, personally I could not get anywhere without mine, I actually have three, a pin vice, a small electric one speed drill and a Dremel type multi tool that is ideal for grinding and polishing, even on pesky seam lines, I honestly don’t know if you’re pulling our plonkers or genuinely don’t have any use for one, but each to their own. I don’t use a decent quality airbrush, for a couple of reasons, firstly I can’t afford it and secondly because I don’t want to destroy a decent airbrush when priming is the order of the day, I have a reasonable price Ammo airbrush for detail work but it was only £30+ in an eBay sale, but I would, as with most model makers like a really expensive airbrush for precision detailing, but alas my pension won’t stretch far enough for one, but I do get excellent coverage and precision with my cheap but functional airbrush’s.
This was just a random video that popped up for me to watch but I found it very interesting. I had no idea how much work was involved in building and especially painting one of these models. Well done.
Just found this channel and I actually strongly believe you’re definitely going to improve a lot, just the jokes and commentary alone are worth to subscribe for😂
Always loved Airfix and Revell, moving to Tamiya. I've never heard of those other companies. Tamiya models are made from metal molds with the concept of easy to build plans and excellent quality. I have built heaps of WW2 tanks.
I genuinely love the humorous self deprecating but informative commentary mixed with the deadpan text-to-speech delivery. Just stumbled upon this channel but I'm genuinely a fan.
The completed model looks great. The only ship I ever built is the Titanic the Academy kit. Boy did I encounter problems and frustrations!! I'd love to know why some railing or safety walls were missing and railing that would not fit anywhere. That build is a mess even though completed and the rigging...Oh boy!! Better not to ad at all! I'm not in to building ships. Too much fidely tiny parts easy to lose. I build Aircraft that are also frustrating. Especially if it's got resin and photo etched. I'm just amateur modeller. Your Bismarck kit is excellent. Your work on that top marks for all that masking and weathering worked out well. I'd like to do that model but seeing all the masking I'm not so sure. I hate masking and losing patience. Great work. From Australia.👍🇭🇲✌️
4:25 To be fair no one was as big a fanboy of the Bismarck as the Royal Navy. They dedicated several fleets to the hunt for the Bismarck, not to mention the colossal effort they dedicated to its sister ship Tirpitz. The fear that the Tirpitz's mere existence caused in the British navy forced entire convoys to travel far beyond the Fjords...
Several fleets? What gave you that idea? Moreover, what do you think the role of the heavy ships of the Royal Navy was? As to Tirpitz. What colossal effort?
@@dovetonsturdee7033 Elements of both the Home Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet, with most of their full force were involved in the attempt to intercept Bismarck. About Tirpitz, at least nine operations were conducted against her. Resulting in the destruction of at least 38 allied aircraft and 3 midget submarines.
@@vampirecount3880 Actually, the Home Fleet and Force H. Their entire raison d'etre was to engage and destroy enemy warships, which is what they did on this occasion, requiring less than a week to do it. 38 Aircraft & 3 X craft? You consider that 'Colossal?'
@@dovetonsturdee7033 The Tirpitz was that much feared by the british Navy that they put indeed a real big effort in destroying it. The concept of the "fleet in being" resolved around the Tirpitz, so it bound a lot of forces until it was finally destroyed. You could call it "colossal effort" if they designed submarines especially for this occasion, don't you think? :)
@@martinschnelle3077 Most of the fear was due to the difficulty of properly protecting the convoys with their own capital ships. The same level of "fear" was had over the Scharnhorts and its sister ship as well. It wasnt because the ship was somehow so much better (it wasnt, it was actually quite bad) but rather because it was a capital ship that could pack a serious punch if not taken out. Meanwhile the Germans were so scared of the British ships they never used it at all.
Yet another channel to help me with the 12 unopened car kits, 14 different planes, N, HO, and Z guage trains and buildings in the garage when I can no longer lift a cylinder head onto an engine block. Visual, auditory, instructional, creative, good stuff!
Finally found someone who subscribes to my model building philosophy lock-stock-and-barrel. I like Revell because almost all of them (I think I've done one exception) have defects that make them a craft challenge. (I love scratch building.) Good job on the Bismark! SUGGESTION: add lights (one bulb and a d cell battery is enough---you'll need a drill though. That way you can keep the model int he dark all the time.
i mean absolutely no disrespect by this but it is so nice to see a modeler on youtube ho is near my skill level. gets rough watching nightshift sometimes lol. keep up the great work man
A million years ago I built the AIRFIX model of the BISMARK. I think it was a smaller scale, but at the time, I was about 10. It seemed so complicated. love your work!.
This was awesome. Your narration is hilarious. I haven’t enjoyed a build vid this much in ages. I can’t believe I didn’t come across you long ago. I subbed. Keep up the great work and great commentary.
I just discovered this channel myself, and I love it! I've been building since I was about 7 or 8 and just turned 60. Started with snap ships. Still enjoy putting something together every once in a while. Keep up the great work!
In about 1980 my dad gave me a Bismark model kit that he'd had as a teen and never put together. So from sometime in the late 50s. I don't remember the manufacturer nor the scale, but it was about 2' long.. I was never a very good modeler, but it was fun. There were several issues that made it more of a hassle than it should have been, but still a good experience. This Bismark kit was far better than the one of the New Jersey that I'd previously put together, but also more complicated. It was also "motorized". I never hooked the motor up, but I can't remember why. Dad was useless, offering no assistance at all.
My first visit and easily the funniest video I've watched in ages. Love the D.I.C.K scale, love the model. I never had the patience, used to mostly build Airfix and leave unpainted. Not painting held me back as a modeller 😂
My dad's into almost everything WW2. I've tried to convince him to get into scale stuff for years. Maybe your video helps :D I also appreciated the honest review.
Its actually crazy how good the production value of this channel is. I just stumbled upon it and I gotta say this was one of the most entertaining modelling videos ive watched, to the point where I thought you mustve been doing this for years. Keep it up, this is dope ^^
First one of these I've seen, having moved on from model making a few decades ago. Thank you for your masterclass, it was interesting and well 'structured'.
*Read before complaining about the lack of swastikas:*
Bismarck’s swastikas were painted over prior to her fight with HMS Hood, which is the version I chose to depict. The paint wore off over time, which is why the swastikas are now visible on the wreck.
According to Bismarck's War Diary, 1307 hours on 22 May 1941:
"Alarm beendet. Anschliessend auf Befehl Flotte Fliegersichtzeichen auf den Türmen und Hoheitszeichen auf Back und Schanz übermalt.
Alarm ended. Subsequently, by the order of Fleet the aircraft identification insignias on the turrets and the national emblems [swastikas] on the forecastle and poop deck are painted over."
(Edit: Most people choose to paint Bismarck in the Baltic Camouflage scheme with its striking black and white stripes, but I purposely chose this equally historically accurate paint job because
1. I plan to build HMS Hood sometime in the future and display the two ships together
2. Skill issue)
Revell doesn’t include any swastikas in the kit, and even the flags are censored, which is a shame, but it’s understandable considering the laws in Germany. I believe other manufacturers like Trumpeter include workarounds that allow you to add them if you desire.
Anyways that’s all, take care
German laws kinda stupid. It is okay to depict historical moments, in films too. But maybe the model sets are considered toys, and toys should not advertise swastikas to kids. Still stupid, this is history. Anyway, thanks for the clarification, I wasn't aware that it was painted over. Was it painter over, cause it is a giant aiming cross? :)
@@baronmateo6736
some of us would disagree that the German laws are stupid.
In someways it's very helpful because it sets a firm boundary between what is and is an accepted and acceptable and their society. Remember that many Nazis returned to civilian life after the war. Some immigrated to Argentina and Brazil, but many stayed in Germany and continued on in places of authority as though the war had never happened.
Censoring history isn't understandable, nor is it stupid - it's dangerous. When authorities take ownership of reality, it's time to read Orwell again. Yes, read - not watch.
"bad symbols" Too triggered to even say the name. Yes, you are just censoring it because you are triggered by it. Only losers use that chad picture. It has nothing to do about you not caring about historical accuracy. You are censoring it because you care a lot about it. You should put BLM and trans flags on it, that would make you more comfortable.
@@anthonyat2401 It's been that way since the 1940's lmao, and somehow we haven't collapsed as a society yet
For 60 years, every plastic model I make looks like a ten-year-old made it.
I really enjoyed this.
That means you're still young :)
@StyreneKing Something always goes wrong with the cursed things...usually due to my impatience. I still struggle with keeping my hands off until paint/glue/decals are 100% dry.
When i find myself getting impatient its time to put the model down. Force yourself to work at a pace, and force yourself to stop when youre off pace. You’ll eventually develop more patience because youll be tired of stopping so much
me too, but only 40 years
@@kenkingsflyingmachines2382 I tend to work on several models at a time. Take a break. Look at the others and see where you can build sub-assemblies. Things like drop tanks and weaponry for planes. Motors for vehicles, etc. Do you have a favourite? I'm a semi-retired pro-modeller, but still love building plastic models. I started with the 1st 'proper' Airfix kit.
There are plenty of videos such as this. Unfortunately I've no idea how to.
But I'm here if I can help.👍
The self-deprecating commentary was absolutely the selling point for me with a final result that rivals anything I've ever put together.
It would be better if he knew how to pronounce Revell .
@@brettbuck7362 I thought that was the whole point of acting like he had no idea.
@reilly-vc1rm You just described the basic charter of RUclips.
@@brettbuck7362 It's an AI voice
@reilly-vc1rm I mean, it's RUclips.
When I was a boy - I LOVED - Revell kits, especially the ships, and nothing you can complain about will change that.
Same here. I had Bismarck, Prinz Eugen, Graf Spee, KGV, Yamato, Ise, Washington and PT-109. Most of them were Revell, some were from other companies I don't remember the name. The worst I ever had was a French frigate made by model company Heller. Drop the last two letters of their name and you get the proper name for their products.
As a kid, I built a bunch of Revelle kits in the ‘60s and ‘70s. I remember regarding them as one of the higher-quality kit mfrs. No doubt my standards were lower back then.
How did you discover his evil plan to ruin your childhood? It was so carefully disguised as a video for everyone.
Airfix where always my go to kits back in the 1970s/80s.
@@Thurgosh_OG
Airfix wasn’t around in the States when I was a kid and dinosaurs walked the earth.
Listen, we got 1/700 version, How about we do a 1/1 now
You are right, 2033 is around the corner. However, the subs have proven themselves superior
For sure. USS Enterprise should be saved as "Rivet City", not broken up.
Why not go for a 1/0.005 then? Go big.
Stumbled upon this channel 23 minutes ago. Best darn commentary I've listened to in a loooong time. Script delivery ...aprpvoed.
Too bad he can't pronounce Revell correctly.
I agree completely
You're approving of AI generated content appropriation.
@@steprob8692 Am I?
Different strokes for different folks. If I want crass I listen to Joey of Crime Pays but Botany Doesn't fame.
I gotta say... I never, in a million years, thought that I would watch someone assemble a battleship model kit. I saw that this was 22 minutes long, and thought "there is no way I can watch someone assembling a battleship for 22 minutes," but I was so wrong. The dry sense of humor had me literally laughing out loud. I am now seeking out more of this content! Hahah. Nice work.
You and me both, brother.
Not sure how I got here, but I have to be honest. Fifty plus years ago when I was building models, I never built any ships. I loved fighters, bombers, and cars instead. The level of effort, amount of work, and attention to detail you put into this, makes every single model I ever built feel like my end result was from Matchbox.
I used to build ships and funny cars. Nothing that looked as good as this, though.
@@epickett63 I loved funny cars. Old school, Prudhomme, McKewen, Muldowny, etc, etc!
ships too small...like 'em bigger...sometimes much bigger...still cheaper than buying them already built
Battleships and aircraft carriers were funtastic
@@gdiwolverinemale4th I should have built some. Sorry I didn't. After playing World of Warships for some time, I realize the fun it would have been
This has to be one of the best youtube posts.. I am not a model ship builder, I came across this while searching ''how to paint 28mm samurai'' and boy was I glad I watched.. very skillful , and very entertaining.. thank you for your work
This is one of the best modeling channels I’ve come across.
Thanks man. I’m hoping I can improve my content for the future 👍
@@BoxmanBuilds Your content is by far the best ... from a certain pont of view ... among all the modeling channels!
@@BoxmanBuildstry your own voice sometime. My favorite channel used to do computer voice but it’s better now with his own British voice. (@Drachinifel)
@@BoxmanBuildsnonononononono
you have to stay true to the hobby - attain an acceptable level and never improve past it
@@jamesjarrait2231 I hope to someday. I’ve been a drachinifel stan since his robo voice days 😂
I made this exact model last month... I used the wrong colour on the guns and read "I" instead of "J" and now all the guns are green...
I started on a Bismarck Kit in 1967. In 2024 I am nearing completion. Hey, it is 1:1 scale!
Great channel. Love the snark.
Good one sir, the punchline and its delivery was perfect. Here, grab your Internet of the Day prize 🙂
Applying a decal must be like putting up wallpaper.
You must have the world's largest pair of needlenose pliers.
The largest back garden in history, have you managed a slipway yet.
did the government come to your house when they first heard of 8x 15 inchers barrels arriving via trainload and ultra heavy hauling to your drive way?
You are a more meticulous builder than most I have known. I wouldn’t kick yourself as you seem to desire to give life to your models more than just put them together as some do. I would also say, don’t lose this way you have to bring life to what you build and paint. It is more than I could muster. We all have things we excel and that which we do not. This is one you should be proud of.
April 25, 2024 - Like a number of commenters here, I just stumbled on to this channel and I'm very pleased that I did. Before talking about me.. my favorite subject😁 I'll say that I found Boxman's ability to mix valuable information about model building while making humorous comments very entertaining. I actually found this video quite mesmerizing👍👍😊 I built a lot of Revell, Aurora, Monogram etc. kits. You name it, I probably built it. Airplanes, tanks, self-propelled artillery, various kinds of military vehicles. I think the only ship model I made was of the USS Canberra missile cruiser, (named in honor of the Australian WWII cruiser the HMAS Canberra). It turned out pretty well I think. Some of my tank models fell victim to my mental condition 😟of loving to see things blow up using firecrackers. 😁I still have a large envelope containing the instructions and diagrams for most of the models I built in the mid 1950’s.
I came across this parallel universe too! Incredible! I’m completely mesmerised!!😂
Same here, I'm 73 and wish I had saved instructions too. My big score was saving decal sheets. Sometimes I would get lucky and and find 2, 3 even a couple of times I had 4 sheets stuck together. I just retired on Dec., 31st, 2023 after a 52 year career as an aircraft mechanic. 20 years of my career , was spent in the Navy. I was able to work on many of the same planes I built models of, when I was a boy. While in the Navy, I worked on the F-4, A-4, A-3, EC-121, T-28, S-2, C-1, A-6, F-14, and H-2 ASW helicopter. As a Civil Service aircraft mechanic, I worked on the F-14, and at US Air the DeHaviland -8, and for the USCG - the HU-25, MH-60, C-144, and C-27. While in the Navy I was on 2 aircraft carriers, the Forrestal and the Nimitz. I think up to 1970, I built every model plane I could lay my hands on. 🙂
@@redr1150r April 28, 2024 - I salute you my fellow vet. I served for three years in the U.S. Army during both the Berlin and Cuban Missile crisis. Your career sounds very interesting and certainly impressive. Sadly, a divorce in early adulthood, and a lot of moving over the decades means I lost all of the models I made in my mid-teens. The only thing I was able to hold on to from those years, was part of my collection of W. Britain company lead soldiers. A box containing five charging 42nd. Foot, The Black Watch Scottish Infantry and a bagpiper originally cost $2.00 back in the 1950's. That same box, if in mint condition, is worth at least $200.00 today.😲 Sadly, I lost the boxes long ago, and all of my 1950's era W. Britain soldiers are in very good condition, but can't be considered in mint condition. In the past twenty years I have been about to collect W. Britain figures that are real works of art detail wise. Each infantry figure can cost as much as $40.00+, and a figure mounted on a horse is much more. I have four displays representing battles the 42nd. took part in prior to WW I, including Waterloo. Thank you for your interesting comments and I wish you the very best in your retirement years. As us old Trekkies say "Live long and prosper!🖖🏻"😊
"Humorous comments"???? You mean ATTEMPTS. Nothing humorous to sound like the opening act at a comedy club run by Democrats.
@@markmalasics3413 Trump is a RAPIST…
Life long modeler here. Watching this was a religious experience. Subscribed.
I attempted to build one model in 1954 and made such a mess of it that I never tried again. None the less I enjoyed watching this build and its narration. Thank you.
No better time than the present to try again. ;)
From actual war surplus parts I'm guessing.
Achshhhhually.... People saying 15 inch guns were puny are usually not aware that there were two different types of battleships:
Atlantic style BB and Pacific style BBs.
BBs designed for the choppy, rough waters and bad visibility of the North Atlantic had to be set up for short range battles. That meant their armor layout was specialized against horizontally incoming fire and their guns were knowingly and deliberately smaller to enable higher rates of fire and more ammo to be carried, so they could throw more shit at the wall in the hopes that something stuck.
Pacific style BB were set up for long range fire, which meant they could afford having bigger guns and a armor layout that was better against vertically incoming plunging fire. A high rate of fire wasn't as important because you would want to wait and see where your salvo landed before firing the next one.
So all those people saying the Bismarck was outdated or primitive because it didn't have the same setup (armor or guns) as American or Japanese battleships, are being very ignorant and have no idea what they are talking.
There are reasons for why the British Vanguard, the last and most advanced BB to be designed and built was basically a British copy of the Bismarck class. Look up and compare their stats.
Why would that be the case if the Bismarck was a outdated design almost a decade earlier?
Whereever did you get your strange ideas about HMS Vanguard from? In essence, she embodied most of the design concepts of the Lion Class, modified to take advantage of the barbettes & turrets held in store since HMS Courageous and HMS Glorious had been converted into aircraft carriers.
Bismarck had precisely nothing to do with Vanguard.
People like this that just spread mis information and think that they are qualified to become a naval historian is rampant and a pain in the ASS today sadly.@@dovetonsturdee7033
@@dovetonsturdee7033 He didn't say Vanguard was an actual Bismarck copy. You just can't read. Go back to school. You literally aren't fluent in English. OP simply said Bismarck and Vanguard have basically identical stat lines. Which is true.
@@CharlesFreck I assume that there is something wrong with you? Where exactly did you get the bizarre idea that i suggested that 'Vanguard was an actual Bismarck copy' when the last line of my post said that 'Bismarck had precisely nothing to do with Vanguard?'
i assume that the insults arise from your intellectual shortcomings, of course. You have my sympathy.
@dovetonsturdee7033 once again, illiterate. You accused OP of saying the Vanguard was a Bismarck clone. I'm telling you OP never said that. Learn to fu****g read
As a kid in the late ‘60’s early ‘70’s I built a lot of models from Revell, Monogram, Testors, etc. One unsupervised summer afternoon friends and I had the great idea of an epic Bikini Atoll nuclear test. We filled up a kid’s wading pool, floated all of our battleship models and poured in a bunch of gasoline. The pool was under the eave of the house. The fire was spectacular. The ships melted and sank, but then the pool melted! Liquid fire poured out and all of us 11 year olds freaked out as we thought the house would catch fire. We got the fire out somehow and all ran for home.
Epic! Wish I had been there.
complètement débiles !!
I built Revell's 1/350th scale Bismarck kit in around 1978 or 1979. I had the same issues with the rudder assembly, and I used the same solution -- drill with a knife!! But in my case, I used the awl tool on my Victorinox Swiss Army knife. I love this video, it brings back such great memories. Thank you, Mr. BoxmanBuilds.
Curiously, there's an internet guy who specializes in doing Swiss Army knife videos.
50yo here. I remember building Monogram and Revell ships and other military kits in the 1980s.
I always thought the Revell plastics and finish were inferior to Monogram. The Monogram kits looked better as well.
I have the Bismarck 1/350 model here waiting for assembly like 2 years. I even bought 2 detail kits for it.
I didn't think I'd watch the whole thing, but I did.
when I was a kid, my buddy would bring one of his battleship models over to my house, and we'd go in my backyard with one of my battleships. He'd shoot at mine and I'd shoot at his with our bb guns.
The carnage was epic.
It's all fun and games until someone shows up with a .22 and fire crackers.
@@terryboyer1342 firecrackers were totally illegal in California.
… so we would get the firecrackers and put them in the masts of model sailing ships
@@331SVTCobra That's the moral flexibility like to see.
"Ladyfinger firecrackers could be placed in strategic locations on ship models or tanks, or tucked under the arm of my marx ww2 soldiers...We used pea shooters and matches to create battle scars and "Total Anihilation"...
Thank God there are other people like me. I'd be too lazy to dust a model like that, let alone invest days of work in it.
12am click 'cause "muh bismark". Dry humor and deadpan delivery kept me to 1am. Very good 👍
This is my new favorite modelmaking channel. This style is the antidote I need to the take-things-too-seriously attitude that comes from watching perfect build processes on YT and feeling bad about myself.
I've got a half finished Leopard 2 in the cupboard that I was saying "I just need to do the panel wash and then gloss it" for months about. This video taught me to do the gloss first.
Okay...that was one of, if not the best narrated model builds. I'm not completely confident that I understood some of the slang...but the narration was excellent none-the-less. Many of the "tips" were very helpful and I plan on using them on a future kit. The humor was 10/10...so good I subscribed. Great build, an impressive 1/700 scale build from a 70% kit. Well done Sir, well done indeed.
I’m glad you can get some use out of my incoherent ramblings. Thank you!
@@BoxmanBuilds Your sarcasm and irony is much appreciated in Australia, a shit hot model made from shit.
I'd like to know from where Revell obtained the specs for the German Hanabau circular flying craft.
Ok I just spat my beer at "my wife and her boyfriend" line😂 Never seen this channel before, now I'm a bloody addict 👍😂
We live in a cruel world
@@BoxmanBuilds . . Your "my wife and her boyfriend" comment was a laugh, so much so that I am now a subscriber..
Located at around 6:59 LOL
This channel is friggin amazing!
@@Lance_Arn that's what happens when grown men spend all their time building models....instead of dating them
Instant sub within one minute of watching. Your style is so watchable and funny. Other modeling channels are good too but they're played totally straight and can be very dull. This is the first channel I'd watch just for the sake of it, rather than to get a specific technique down. Please keep making videos man!!
I must commend you on your perseverance and sense of humor! I haven't built ANY sort of models for decades, but I can see that Revell still has a (plastic) flash problem that I still remember... all the way back from the 1980's when I started getting into this hobby!
I started building models in the mid 1960s - Revell had that problem then also.
I have found that most instructions in model kits are more like "suggestions". I built a Hasegawa Apache a while back and the instructions had you putting the rotors on right near the start.
I love your style, Boxman. It's barely been a minute in and I can already tell you take yourself just seriously enough to take aim at your own flaws and do so with humorous self-awareness.
Its an AI voice that you laughed at.
@@peteryounger8876 ai still requires a script, so.. the voice is irrelevant.
Love the presentation style, I've not enjoyed a build as much as this for a long while - instant sub from me and props to your build and RUclips-Fu. If you're ever free on a Wednesday evening (UK time), would love to have you on MMM Midweek Model Meet. Cheers!
I built this exact ship when I was about 14 years old (about 1977). Painted and everything - but with a brush. Even used the "dangerous" modeling glue. I remember using my Exacto knife as a drill also. I also used that to cut the parts out of the frame. I still have it.
That’s about the same year I built the U.S.S. Arizona and Missouri. It was for a Boy Scout badge. I had a great time.
im 14 right now and i use the Exacto knifes as a drill too! it works really well
I'm 70 years old, and when I was a kid, I built both the REVELL models of the Bismarck, and sister ship Tirpitz. Fun to watch you build them.
I used to love to build ship models as a kid in the 70's and am so glad I found your channel. I think you did a fantastic job. Thanks for uploading
I used to love the Navy...until some of my relatives who served came back and told me what it was really like....
That is one beautiful ship. A difficult turn of phrase for any English bloke to come to terms with, but, we got the bugger eventually. Your deft work is mightily enviable and your ironic narrative is an absolute joy. Well done sir, congratulations and thank you so much for such an enjoyable and enlightening demonstration of what most would say is Ossum skill. Personally I would say you are inspirational. I am resolving to attack my 1: 700 / 770 Hindenberg and Titanic kits over Christmas. Bob Ross never had me reaching for a paintbrush I tell thee.
As a kid, I used a hot pin for drilling small holes.
I learned to apply paint very thinly with a small brush as I had no airbrush
The hot pin bullet holes for aircraft was a favorite
But seriously, pin vices with drill bits cost like 5 bucks, and are totally worth it. Make your coffee at home one day or something 😂
@@stevenshea990
This was in 1967
Dude, I don't know who you are or where you came from but I was suitably entertained.
I thought the guns were as big as steers and shells as big as trees?
Johnny Horton might have been exaggerating just a bit ;-). Nice recall, though.
I have a 45 with that song. The flip side is "When it's springtime in Alaska, it's 40 below." Good old Johnny Horton.
@@user-tx1qe7gi9qwell , shells were the same diameter as some trees. I’ve cut a lot of 15 inch firewood
@@guaporeturns9472 LoL😂. Come to think of it, so have I. Thank you for the reply.
That always seemed suspicious to me. A tree which would fit inside a steer is a pretty damn small tree.
I want to start building this model. I don't have much experience in painting. I intend to paint the wooden part with a single brown color with a spray can.
I'll do the same thing you did for the main structure, I'll color it brown and then I'll cover the wooden parts and recolor everything gray again with the spray can. I also took the wasch To create a more "human" effect, I wanted to ask you if these things I have are enough to create a humanly watchable ship without being atrocious.
I meant wash
Any model I ever made was so sad I never finished them. Watching the techniques used here tell me why. Very nicely done.
" ... invest in a hand drill ... " (roughly 1:12)
Two pieces of [unsolicited] advice -
1) For hand drilling, I highly recommend either of the 2 Ball Head Pin Vises from Micro Mark. The "standard" comes with four collet's [0" - 1/8" bits]; the "deluxe" comes with a drill chuck [1/64" - 1/8"] I use the standard because it will hold the #80 drill bit (0.0135") and what I'm saying below.
2) For powered drilling, I recommend the Dremel Lite 7760-N/10A rechargeable tool. It's the least expensive of the Dremel rechargeables and has plenty of power for the time you'd need it for building a model.
FWIW, I am a HO Scale model railroader. Hole for adding small details like grab irons on a diesel locomotive required the #80 - #74 bit sizes. I regularly broke those when trying to drill holes with a regular pin vice. Seems I spent enough money on replacement bits to have actually purchased one of the early Dremel battery powered tools, "back then." Since buying the Dremel, I have broken very few bits, the speed lets me get in and out quickly with limited side force on the bits. Also, my Dremels have the 0" - 1/8" collets which allows me to use all of my small drill bits from 1/8" down to the #80.
IMO, of course; continue the good work; I enjoyed watching this build. 👍😎👍
One of my oldest modeling memories was Christmas in like '64, the ancient Lindbergh Bismarck. Bring the kit builds!
Damn, my first modeling experience was in ‘11, as in 2011 😅 My father got me Revell’s 1/700 Queen Mary 2, which was far beyond my capabilities as a small child. I’m amazed that I still got into this hobby after multiple traumatizing experiences like that 😂
@@BoxmanBuilds Sounds familiar. My first kit was a 1/72 Airfix Short Stirling, with 4 prop engines, 3 turrets and even ground equipment. There was thick glue and Humbrol paint everywhere, including on my shirt ( I was 7), lol. But I was bitten by the bug and I'm still building 🙂.
I have no idea how this video was recommended to me, or why I clicked it, but I’m glad I did as I really enjoyed it. Great job
came for a lecture of a older man, stayed for the video layout, memes, and trash talking, love this.
Very well done, to your workmanship, humour and honesty. Very few model building tubers will admit there mistakes and even less will pay homage to (let’s face it) a “Grad master” modeller like Plasmo simply because they’re usually seen or thought of as the direct competition.
Your channel is fun, engaging and very entertaining to watch which has earned my thumbs up and my subscription. 👍👍👍
W video best shipman reviewer on the platform !1!1!1!1
Thanks for the glaze lil bro, I'm gonna smooch you real good
Hello, what did you put in it and what is it for at the second 19:26? Please answer me as soon as possible
BoxmanBuilds is the lovechild of Plasmo and Billy Butcher!
Zamn I just finished watching The Boys it’s peak
The Arazona kit you mentioned is the first (and so far only) model I've built. It was fun, but the rear tripod mast is crooked on mine, probably my fault, and I never got around to painting it. I distinctly remember having to hold the halves of the hull together with clothespins while the glue I was using was drying.
When I clicked this video. I didn't think I would be clicking again so soon. I was clicking the subscribe button and saying out loud, to no one in the room. "Permission to come aboard Sir!!"
What got me to subscribe?
It was when you admitted to being a risk taker.
I salute you Good Sir!
Lovely build. Yes the Flyhawk kit is a lot better. But it's also 3 times the price of the Revell kit. I think it's great to have multiple manufacturers making the same kits, it gives us modellers the chance to choose which one we want to build.
No idea why the algorithm suggested this, but i love the dry humor and the building itself, definitely subbed. I tried to build revell ships as a kid, but needless to say i always fucked it up early xD
I've been building for 40 something years and I have to say you definitely stood out (in a good way) narration was awesome !
Your use of the "Flower Duet" during the Plasmo cut-in was hilarious
Have you tried painting over the edges of decals then using the final clear coats waterproof the remaining exposed decal.
The reason the Bismark has a reputation as being the most powerful battleship ever built is because of that lucky shot that took out HMS Hood in just under 5 minutes.
Lucky Shot? German naval gunnery tended to land very tight salvos quickly and then accuracy would taper off. It's somewhat of a mystery. I read some speculation that the optics were too delicate and were jarred out of alignment with successive salvos.
@@allanfifield8256 They had RADAR too, Drachinifel's (real time) video Operation Rheinübung - First and Last Voyage of the Bismarck is worth watching.
The Bismark took 4000 British naval shells over the two engagements (a lot of misses at first, the close in work was 100% on target), the trauma suffered by a ships crew must have been enormous.
She was a modern powerful ship that had to be respected but she had her strengths and weaknesses though. It is TV that has really made her out to be this super ship when in truth she was more a typical new battleship of her day. Little larger then ships made to treaty limits but not a super battleship by any measure.
Lucky? Boy, the Bismark absolutely craped on the Royal Navy that day...
@Peorhum The Bismarck was good, the Tirpitz was better.
This is the first video from this channel that I've watched. Only a minute into it and I started asking myself, "Did he really just say what I thought he said?" The self-depreciating, ironic, deadpan style narrative crushed it. Instant sub...and I don't mean a U-boat.⚡👊🏼⚡
The narration is terrific.
I started building one of these about a year ago but had to stop after building the hull due to a very important missing piece. I have two lots of superstructure parts so i can build the bridge twice but I do not have the deck. I can build everything but I can't put the thing together. And then i got sidetracked from my attempt to look for a wooden deck by building a couple 1/350s.
This was one of the best videos I’ve seen on RUclips in the last 30 minutes
I'm not even into modeling, thought this was a world of warships video but couldn't turn it off... now you have a new sub, I don't even know what happened. This is very entertaining! I might even consider getting a model now!
This is such a good video. Made me laugh and felt relatable with the honesty regarding kit issues and such.
Keep it up Boxman :D
Thanks bro, I’m glad you enjoyed it 👍👍👍
I appreciate that your narration is jovial but serious where needed, to many build reviews are dry and without any real depth of feeling, and that you are not shy in saying what you think, a refreshing and interesting angle to come from. The only thing that, so far, has made me say WTF is the declaration that you don’t own a hobby drill, personally I could not get anywhere without mine, I actually have three, a pin vice, a small electric one speed drill and a Dremel type multi tool that is ideal for grinding and polishing, even on pesky seam lines, I honestly don’t know if you’re pulling our plonkers or genuinely don’t have any use for one, but each to their own.
I don’t use a decent quality airbrush, for a couple of reasons, firstly I can’t afford it and secondly because I don’t want to destroy a decent airbrush when priming is the order of the day, I have a reasonable price Ammo airbrush for detail work but it was only £30+ in an eBay sale, but I would, as with most model makers like a really expensive airbrush for precision detailing, but alas my pension won’t stretch far enough for one, but I do get excellent coverage and precision with my cheap but functional airbrush’s.
This was just a random video that popped up for me to watch but I found it very interesting. I had no idea how much work was involved in building and especially painting one of these models. Well done.
Just found this channel and I actually strongly believe you’re definitely going to improve a lot, just the jokes and commentary alone are worth to subscribe for😂
Always loved Airfix and Revell, moving to Tamiya. I've never heard of those other companies. Tamiya models are made from metal molds with the concept of easy to build plans and excellent quality. I have built heaps of WW2 tanks.
Tamiya with wooden deck add-ons and some brass details is top tier.
Stunning finish & I like the kit.
Your delivery is brilliant & hilarious.
Also, a big 'Hello' 👋 from Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire, England. 🏴
I haven't even progressed enough to paint mine! I just built 'em! Hoping I can pick out the deck with a brush! xD Your's look pretty dope and awesome.
Thanks man, good luck with painting👍
I genuinely love the humorous self deprecating but informative commentary mixed with the deadpan text-to-speech delivery. Just stumbled upon this channel but I'm genuinely a fan.
this is the best random chanell iv found!
The completed model looks great. The only ship I ever built is the Titanic the Academy kit. Boy did I encounter problems and frustrations!! I'd love to know why some railing or safety walls were missing and railing that would not fit anywhere. That build is a mess even though completed and the rigging...Oh boy!! Better not to ad at all! I'm not in to building ships. Too much fidely tiny parts easy to lose. I build Aircraft that are also frustrating. Especially if it's got resin and photo etched. I'm just amateur modeller. Your Bismarck kit is excellent. Your work on that top marks for all that masking and weathering worked out well. I'd like to do that model but seeing all the masking I'm not so sure. I hate masking and losing patience. Great work. From Australia.👍🇭🇲✌️
I love your dry humor.
Boosting for the algorithm 🙌 Love your work, keep it up! 🌻🐝
I love building models. I hate painting models.
I couldn't care less about models, but this channel is awesome. Your sarcastic and fictitious statement makes my day.
4:25
To be fair no one was as big a fanboy of the Bismarck as the Royal Navy. They dedicated several fleets to the hunt for the Bismarck, not to mention the colossal effort they dedicated to its sister ship Tirpitz. The fear that the Tirpitz's mere existence caused in the British navy forced entire convoys to travel far beyond the Fjords...
Several fleets? What gave you that idea? Moreover, what do you think the role of the heavy ships of the Royal Navy was?
As to Tirpitz. What colossal effort?
@@dovetonsturdee7033
Elements of both the Home Fleet and the Mediterranean Fleet, with most of their full force were involved in the attempt to intercept Bismarck. About Tirpitz, at least nine operations were conducted against her. Resulting in the destruction of at least 38 allied aircraft and 3 midget submarines.
@@vampirecount3880 Actually, the Home Fleet and Force H. Their entire raison d'etre was to engage and destroy enemy warships, which is what they did on this occasion, requiring less than a week to do it.
38 Aircraft & 3 X craft? You consider that 'Colossal?'
@@dovetonsturdee7033 The Tirpitz was that much feared by the british Navy that they put indeed a real big effort in destroying it. The concept of the "fleet in being" resolved around the Tirpitz, so it bound a lot of forces until it was finally destroyed.
You could call it "colossal effort" if they designed submarines especially for this occasion, don't you think? :)
@@martinschnelle3077 Most of the fear was due to the difficulty of properly protecting the convoys with their own capital ships. The same level of "fear" was had over the Scharnhorts and its sister ship as well. It wasnt because the ship was somehow so much better (it wasnt, it was actually quite bad) but rather because it was a capital ship that could pack a serious punch if not taken out. Meanwhile the Germans were so scared of the British ships they never used it at all.
Yet another channel to help me with the 12 unopened car kits, 14 different planes, N, HO, and Z guage trains and buildings in the garage when I can no longer lift a cylinder head onto an engine block. Visual, auditory, instructional, creative, good stuff!
It looks better under 100 gallons of water..
Finally found someone who subscribes to my model building philosophy lock-stock-and-barrel. I like Revell because almost all of them (I think I've done one exception) have defects that make them a craft challenge. (I love scratch building.) Good job on the Bismark! SUGGESTION: add lights (one bulb and a d cell battery is enough---you'll need a drill though. That way you can keep the model int he dark all the time.
It’s pronounced “Revéll” like hell, not “Revel” like Devil.
Sounds fitting
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No one knows how to talk now days.
i mean absolutely no disrespect by this but it is so nice to see a modeler on youtube ho is near my skill level. gets rough watching nightshift sometimes lol. keep up the great work man
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A million years ago I built the AIRFIX model of the BISMARK. I think it was a smaller scale, but at the time, I was about 10. It seemed so complicated. love your work!.
I laughed myself to death!
my bad
How can you do do intricate work like this with bloody great rubber gloves on ?
What strange narration … AI ?
“And the birth of my second son”….subbed! 😂
This was awesome. Your narration is hilarious. I haven’t enjoyed a build vid this much in ages. I can’t believe I didn’t come across you long ago. I subbed. Keep up the great work and great commentary.
I just discovered this channel myself, and I love it! I've been building since I was about 7 or 8 and just turned 60. Started with snap ships. Still enjoy putting something together every once in a while. Keep up the great work!
Hey mate, I loved your video. Loved the music and your commentary. Not to mention your building skills. Well done. Very captivating video.
I passed by your video I don"t know how many times until now. Boy was I missing a treat. Your presentation was awesome. Look forward to seeing more.
In about 1980 my dad gave me a Bismark model kit that he'd had as a teen and never put together. So from sometime in the late 50s. I don't remember the manufacturer nor the scale, but it was about 2' long.. I was never a very good modeler, but it was fun. There were several issues that made it more of a hassle than it should have been, but still a good experience. This Bismark kit was far better than the one of the New Jersey that I'd previously put together, but also more complicated. It was also "motorized". I never hooked the motor up, but I can't remember why. Dad was useless, offering no assistance at all.
Whats the Airfix version ? Not the same scale ? Tamiya ?
My first visit and easily the funniest video I've watched in ages. Love the D.I.C.K scale, love the model. I never had the patience, used to mostly build Airfix and leave unpainted. Not painting held me back as a modeller 😂
My dad's into almost everything WW2. I've tried to convince him to get into scale stuff for years. Maybe your video helps :D I also appreciated the honest review.
Hi Boxman, I love your narrative more than the model, although I think anyone else will think you are a "MAESTRO" in this model building thing!!!!!
Loved plastic models as a kid, but your skill level shows how little patience I had for such hobbies! Thoroughly enjoyed this video!
Its actually crazy how good the production value of this channel is. I just stumbled upon it and I gotta say this was one of the most entertaining modelling videos ive watched, to the point where I thought you mustve been doing this for years. Keep it up, this is dope ^^
First one of these I've seen, having moved on from model making a few decades ago. Thank you for your masterclass, it was interesting and well 'structured'.