I absolutely LOVE your videos. I've just built my first kit in 7 years, reignited this wonderful hobby thanks to you and other modellers who put their builds online! Thank you SO much for the inspiration!
Daniel Williams I agree that this is a marvellous build, but have to say it’s not perfect, if it was perfection you might as well give up building, nothing left to strive for, I don’t know where I heard this but “there is always one more thing you can try”.
Dusan, your videos are so professional, it made me breathless, your way of building process, the blue background cardboard, the clear and clean pictures, the relaxing background music, all these things invite me to stay and watch your videos. Please continue......making more videos
Reginald Joseph Mitchell was born in Butt Lane (village) Talke, Staffordshire…in a terrace house right opposite my dentist’s front door …every time I exit from my dentist my eye is drawn to the blue commemoration plaque on the house wall as a constant reminder ( after being drilled) …things could have been far worse..RIP Reggie…
Robert. In the words of the old Monty Python team... 'you lucky, lucky *******'. Part ownership of a Spit... that's the stuff dreams are made of. Fly safe, fella !
It's the second time that I have watched this episode. I needed inspiration to get me back to working on my Lancaster Mk. I. I need to work on the cockpit interior but motivation is lacking. 😊❤😊
Great to watch your builds ,I'm retired now looking forward to getting back to modelling,I have got a few kits stashed ,I can build ok ,but always struggle with the painting and weathering ,
I don’t typically like watching build and finish videos...I’m not really sure why, but I often find myself skipping through them because the modeller is dwelling on some boring part of the build, or whatever. I’m as passionate about modelling as everyone else, but these videos make me want to plunge a fork in my eye. Your vids however, seem to be different. They’re never boring...in spite of the fact that I’m an armour modeller and not aircraft...and I watch them straight through from start to finish, enjoying every moment. I think it might be how you edit your presentations. Either way, keep up the awesome work.
Darrin, thank you for your kind words! Well I agree on some points and I understand what you mean. Thank you again for your feedback! All the best and take care! Dusan.
I just ordered the model. I hope I can do it half as good as you. I’ve read great things about this model. Thanks for your meticulous work and inspiration, looking forward to it.
That was AMAZING! I watch these build videos all he time and this one is the best I've ever seen hands down. You make it look like a 5 year old can do it. Being I have the coordination of a 5 year old it gives me hope. Great, great job. Thank you.
Nice build! Small remark with regards to the cockpit. The three knobs on the right wall of the cockpit are spare light bulbs for the gun sight and shouldn't have been painted white but rather silver for the reflector part and brass for the base...
....and not to forget that the crowbar being painted red is something of modern time. During wartime the crowbar was either painted black or plain cockpit color (interior green).
Your model making abilities are truly awe inspiring, every piece you make is museum-grade quality. Would you ever consider making a plastic rocket kit? There are many different types available and there is actually a large community, at least in America, that converts these scale kits to actual flying model rockets and holds competitions for their likeness to the real thing. Keep up your good work.
Thank you very much! Well I have limited amount of free time for models at the moment so I should stick to the current field of interest, however that sounds interesting to me and tempting. Who knows what the future will bring... thank for suggestion! All the best!! Dusan
My favourite modelling channel on RUclips. Dusan, you have a great format - kit review and build all in one and presented in a very relaxed way. Genuinely look forward to your videos. Thanks mate. 👍
Honestly I am 13 and make models and shame myself for my skill level compared to yours it’s crazy how much detail and time and effort you put into making models just about to start a 1/48 tamiya mustang any tips would be very helpful thanks
Hey your 13 you have many years of modeling ahead of you, dont feel ashamed that you think your skill level is below par. We all start out as novices it comes with experience and taking the time to build a kit to your standard, then when you move onto a new project you can say to yourself, "hey I know I can improve on this one as I now have that experience behind me". As we modelers say, modeling is meant to be fun, and at the end of the day what we turn out we should be proud of.
You make it look so easy, the parts seem to fit perfectly without any extra work. When I was still building plastic kits, I remember always struggling with getting the wings on symmetrically, tail planes perpendicular to the fuselage, landing gear aligned, and plane not having one wing standing further of the ground than the other, when looking from the front. Could just have been my lack of skills, but it also seems kits like these are much higher quality than the ones I struggled with back then.
Very nice build. Very nice kit, too. Please allow me to make a few constructive comments : In random order : - The original DWK had no black area at the base of the antenna mast. I have never seen this on ANY Spitfire, ever.... - Most, if not all Mark 1 Spits were carefully masked and painted. Therefor, the separation line between the green and brown was very thin, about half an inch. In scale 1:48 this could be represented by a hard line. And sometimes, the separation was hard, on the real aircraft. - A red crow bar in the hatch...... MOST modelers make this mistake. NONE of the early Spitfires had crow bars. They were first seen on the Mark 5 and they were cockpit green in most cases, bare metal or matt black in some cases. The color red did not become compulsory until early 1949 (fire extinguishers and crow bars, f.i.), so, NONE of the WW2 Spitfires had red crow bars. NONE of them.....!!!! I am truly amazed Tamiya makes mistakes like these. - A good color for propellor tips is Revell 310 Lufthansa yellow, the same color of the yellow ring on the roundels. - Stretched spue to make antenna wires from is not a good idea, since plastic becomes brittle, breaks easily after a few years and is next to impossible to fix (properly). I speak out of personal experience..... [-( EZ-linie is a far better choice. - The original DWK had a very short, pointed spinner, something Tamiya got wrong, also. However, unless somebody studied pictures, nobody will ever see this little detail. Except rivet counters like me .....! ;-) Still....great video, great build. Keep 'm coming !!!
I would double check your references.. Mk 1's had overspray off the ying yang for the top camo... also, the crowbar was red for Mk 1's... I've seen these in person at RIAT.
The camo pattern on Spitfires was applied in the factory using rubber mats as masks, so you always get a hard edge between colours. Very nice looking kit, I like what they did for fitting the undercarriage.
Wow, your antenna idea blew my mind. So simple yet so effective. Cheers! Love your work, thanks for taking the extra time to get those close up shots and showing us all the details.
Fantastic finish sir. With regard to the camouflage I recently came across the Air Ministry "manual" 1939-1945 marking out rules for colours for camo. etc together with the size of squadron markings. The ministry decreed that the camouflage colours should merge and not be defined by a sharp line. So you have it spot on sir. Great video.
Magnificent video, got the kit...... Now to work, I wish I could get it to look like this...., patience & skill is well presented in this video. Thanks for sharing. 😉
Brilliant build. Really enjoyed the video. I did notice however that it seems that although you put the mount for the compass in (photo-etched), I did not see you fit the compass. I think I'll get one of these kits after seeing you build it and how it can turn out. Thanks.
I have a spitfire of similar build to put together, its a Revell, so not sure how easy i will find this. Chap, a pleasure to watch with much learned! thank you!
G'day SMA, I reckon this kit by Tamiya is the best they've done in years. Its clever, innovative design features result in an outstanding fit and the level of minute detail gives even Eduard Profipaks a run for their money. I did one of these soon after they were released down here in Australia and I enjoyed the build so much I'm about to do another one, this time the version with the black and white under wings. You did an excellent build and some logical weathering without going overboard as the trend is, sometimes, these days. One tiny point: I didn't see any weathering on the prop blades, although I just could have missed them in your camera shots. Overall, this Tamiya kit has a higher level of detail and is a little bit more 'fiddly' than their standard kits; and that's a good thing. They should do more kits this way. I'm really pleased at how your build and paint job worked out, and I'm sure you are too. Cheers, and all the best, Bill H.
a small tip : When u make the aircraft look "used" then maybe add some silver or grey sprinklers to the leading edges and especially to the leading edge of the propeller blades. Because small stones always damage these areas and remove the paint from there so you can see the bare aluminium. But still great work! Well done
Such a beauty Dusan, nice PE work, sweet pit, handy bit of painting and just the correct amount of weathering also. I haven't purchased this kit yet because I have all three types Tamiya in 1/32nd. Once I'm done with my present build {P-47} the 1/32nd Spit XVIe is next. Always a pleasure Dusan, another beautiful build. Congrats!
Looks amazing! Thanks for a build that was so pleasant to watch. Funny just how some parts of this kit just seem to be occupational therapy, like glueing boxes to the side panels. Couldn't they just have produced the parts like this in the first place? Anyway, this is masterclass!
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I think in your past life you were a Surgeon. Watching you was very relaxing and eased my stress in this challenging times.
I absolutely LOVE your videos. I've just built my first kit in 7 years, reignited this wonderful hobby thanks to you and other modellers who put their builds online! Thank you SO much for the inspiration!
hi im an aspiring 12 year old model builder and your videos really made me want to do it more often thanks!
This is one of the best kits I have ever built. Tamiya did an excellent job with the details
Dusan, your skills as an artist are matched only by Tamia's engineering. In other words a perfect build.
Daniel Williams I agree that this is a marvellous build, but have to say it’s not perfect, if it was perfection you might as well give up building, nothing left to strive for, I don’t know where I heard this but “there is always one more thing you can try”.
FANTASTIC !!!! !!!! !!!! BRAVO !!!! Greetings from Athens, Greece!!!
Absolutely top drawer. She looks like she's ready to go out on a sortie and just waiting for the scramble signal
One of the best Spitfire i've seen. This model from Tamiya is excellent, great work, deffinetely worth seeing.
Dusan, your videos are so professional, it made me breathless, your way of building process, the blue background cardboard, the clear and clean pictures, the relaxing background music, all these things invite me to stay and watch your videos. Please continue......making more videos
I just haven't got that much patience or skill.
Incredible!!
Masterfully done! Always nice for a mediocre modeller like me to watch the masters at work!
Thank you very much for kind words but you can achieve that same result! Dusan
Esos modelos de Tamiya siempre he dicho que son de otro planeta 😱😳
...Lo mismo que su precio... Pero lo valen...
I'm working on this kit myself, it goes together like a dream
JUST ARRIVED RIGHT NOW!!!!!!!!
Reginald Joseph Mitchell was born in Butt Lane (village) Talke, Staffordshire…in a terrace house right opposite my dentist’s front door …every time I exit from my dentist my eye is drawn to the blue commemoration plaque on the house wall as a constant reminder ( after being drilled) …things could have been far worse..RIP Reggie…
Beautiful model of the Spit ,have built many in different scale's, and am fortunate to have 25% ownership of a real Spit MK 5b .
Robert. In the words of the old Monty Python team... 'you lucky, lucky *******'.
Part ownership of a Spit... that's the stuff dreams are made of.
Fly safe, fella !
It's the second time that I have watched this episode. I needed inspiration to get me back to working on my Lancaster Mk. I.
I need to work on the cockpit interior but motivation is lacking. 😊❤😊
Great to watch your builds ,I'm retired now looking forward to getting back to modelling,I have got a few kits stashed ,I can build ok ,but always struggle with the painting and weathering ,
I don’t typically like watching build and finish videos...I’m not really sure why, but I often find myself skipping through them because the modeller is dwelling on some boring part of the build, or whatever. I’m as passionate about modelling as everyone else, but these videos make me want to plunge a fork in my eye.
Your vids however, seem to be different. They’re never boring...in spite of the fact that I’m an armour modeller and not aircraft...and I watch them straight through from start to finish, enjoying every moment. I think it might be how you edit your presentations. Either way, keep up the awesome work.
Darrin, thank you for your kind words! Well I agree on some points and I understand what you mean. Thank you again for your feedback! All the best and take care! Dusan.
very beautiful it turns out
I just ordered the model. I hope I can do it half as good as you. I’ve read great things about this model. Thanks for your meticulous work and inspiration, looking forward to it.
That was AMAZING! I watch these build videos all he time and this one is the best I've ever seen hands down. You make it look like a 5 year old can do it. Being I have the coordination of a 5 year old it gives me hope. Great, great job. Thank you.
Mk 1a, Classic Battle of Britain Spitfire. Along with the Hurricane, my 2 best ever fighters from WW2. Beautiful model, wonderful detail.
Now this should be cool! Probably prettiest plane ever designed.
Uno dei modelli più belli, di uno degli aerei più belli (One of the most beautiful Kit, of one of the most beutiful airplane)
Nice build! Small remark with regards to the cockpit. The three knobs on the right wall of the cockpit are spare light bulbs for the gun sight and shouldn't have been painted white but rather silver for the reflector part and brass for the base...
....and not to forget that the crowbar being painted red is something of modern time. During wartime the crowbar was either painted black or plain cockpit color (interior green).
Very good , great to watch a awesome builder at work...................
Your model making abilities are truly awe inspiring, every piece you make is museum-grade quality.
Would you ever consider making a plastic rocket kit? There are many different types available and there is actually a large community, at least in America, that converts these scale kits to actual flying model rockets and holds competitions for their likeness to the real thing. Keep up your good work.
Thank you very much! Well I have limited amount of free time for models at the moment so I should stick to the current field of interest, however that sounds interesting to me and tempting. Who knows what the future will bring... thank for suggestion! All the best!! Dusan
A work of art
Absolutely beautiful work. very nice.
Just beautiful
Beautiful
My favourite modelling channel on RUclips. Dusan, you have a great format - kit review and build all in one and presented in a very relaxed way. Genuinely look forward to your videos. Thanks mate. 👍
Honestly I am 13 and make models and shame myself for my skill level compared to yours it’s crazy how much detail and time and effort you put into making models just about to start a 1/48 tamiya mustang any tips would be very helpful thanks
Hey your 13 you have many years of modeling ahead of you, dont feel ashamed that you think your skill level is below par. We all start out as novices it comes with experience and taking the time to build a kit to your standard, then when you move onto a new project you can say to yourself, "hey I know I can improve on this one as I now have that experience behind me". As we modelers say, modeling is meant to be fun, and at the end of the day what we turn out we should be proud of.
You make it look so easy, the parts seem to fit perfectly without any extra work. When I was still building plastic kits, I remember always struggling with getting the wings on symmetrically, tail planes perpendicular to the fuselage, landing gear aligned, and plane not having one wing standing further of the ground than the other, when looking from the front. Could just have been my lack of skills, but it also seems kits like these are much higher quality than the ones I struggled with back then.
Thanks for taking the time to share this. Very interesting.
Yes, I think that this is what they envisioned when they made these kits. What an amazing job, thank you for sharing your wonderful hard work
A thing of beauty, absolutely amazing to watch. It also shows you "you get what you pay with Tamiya" amazing kits
Left handed same as I , great job!!!!!
I had this very same kit back when I was a kid. Was like 25 years ago.
Built two already. A Mk.Ia, and a Mk.II. Exquisite kit!
I love Tamiya Models It's easy😄
Very nice build. Very nice kit, too.
Please allow me to make a few constructive comments :
In random order :
- The original DWK had no black area at the base of the antenna mast. I have never seen this on ANY Spitfire, ever....
- Most, if not all Mark 1 Spits were carefully masked and painted. Therefor, the separation line between the green and brown was very thin, about half an inch. In scale 1:48 this could be represented by a hard line. And sometimes, the separation was hard, on the real aircraft.
- A red crow bar in the hatch...... MOST modelers make this mistake. NONE of the early Spitfires had crow bars. They were first seen on the Mark 5 and they were cockpit green in most cases, bare metal or matt black in some cases. The color red did not become compulsory until early 1949 (fire extinguishers and crow bars, f.i.), so, NONE of the WW2 Spitfires had red crow bars. NONE of them.....!!!! I am truly amazed Tamiya makes mistakes like these.
- A good color for propellor tips is Revell 310 Lufthansa yellow, the same color of the yellow ring on the roundels.
- Stretched spue to make antenna wires from is not a good idea, since plastic becomes brittle, breaks easily after a few years and is next to impossible to fix (properly). I speak out of personal experience..... [-( EZ-linie is a far better choice.
- The original DWK had a very short, pointed spinner, something Tamiya got wrong, also. However, unless somebody studied pictures, nobody will ever see this little detail. Except rivet counters like me .....! ;-)
Still....great video, great build. Keep 'm coming !!!
I would double check your references.. Mk 1's had overspray off the ying yang for the top camo... also, the crowbar was red for Mk 1's... I've seen these in person at RIAT.
Thank you for sharing this, its my fave fighter plane along with the Messerschmidt ME 109
The camo pattern on Spitfires was applied in the factory using rubber mats as masks, so you always get a hard edge between colours. Very nice looking kit, I like what they did for fitting the undercarriage.
I don't build aircraft but its always a pleasure to watch you work Dusan.
Great work very well done.
Nice build
AK Camouflage putty well worth investing in, really simple and reusable. Model looks great
Nooossaaaa.....
Grande!!!
Very nice instructional video. Thank you for sharing.
Work of Art skills of the highest order ( including the film editing) screams professional on every level well done.
Tamiya + the Master!
Amazing. perhaps the best kit of all time done a wonderful justice.
Svaka čast!
Lovely job there. Come on Tamiya please make a Spitfire MK XIV in the high back version!
I wish Tamiya would release the Mk 1 Spitfire in 1/32nd scale.
LOVE SCALE MODEL AIRCRAFT
Very nice work!
You have to be the BEST model builder on RUclips bar none!! Fantastic. 👍🏻👍🏻
Professional skills indeed!
getting me motivated to become a better a modeller ....keep it up
Thank you very much!! Dusan
Wow, your antenna idea blew my mind. So simple yet so effective. Cheers! Love your work, thanks for taking the extra time to get those close up shots and showing us all the details.
Blew youre mind 🤯 like this dude? Haha 🤣. He do a very good job yes 👍 that's true
Thank you for showing the wires!
Ты как всегда сотворил волшебство👍👍👍👍👍🌸💝🐱
Hello from France
Fantastic finish sir. With regard to the camouflage I recently came across the Air Ministry "manual" 1939-1945 marking out rules for colours for camo. etc together with the size of squadron markings. The ministry decreed that the camouflage colours should merge and not be defined by a sharp line. So you have it spot on sir. Great video.
I love this kit, it looks amazing and you did a fantastic job of finishing it! Maybe I’ll get to build one on my channel one day too 😂
Very nice!... we have a Spitfire warbird here in NZ.👍🇳🇿✈️
Just WoW!!!
Magnificent video, got the kit...... Now to work, I wish I could get it to look like this...., patience & skill is well presented in this video. Thanks for sharing. 😉
Nice work.
Great job, great plane.
Very nice build. Happy to have found it as this video as I’m about to start this kit. The information about painting is most helpful. Thanks!
this is the most perfect meditation - and what a build. Amazing.
Brilliant build. Really enjoyed the video. I did notice however that it seems that although you put the mount for the compass in (photo-etched), I did not see you fit the compass. I think I'll get one of these kits after seeing you build it and how it can turn out. Thanks.
Nice, just in time. I bought this kit 2 days ago, and this video will help.
I live close to the BBMF..this is as good as the real thing I see fly over my house!
Bonjour. Beautiful work and thank you for sharing this airplane. The Spitfire supermarine are my favorite ww2 airplane.
That’s a beauty.
I have a spitfire of similar build to put together, its a Revell, so not sure how easy i will find this. Chap, a pleasure to watch with much learned! thank you!
Another excellent build thank you for the inspiration
Thank you!! All the best!! Dusan.
Like watching an artist
Bravo,Dusane
Incredible 🙌🏻
Браво Душане! Заиста перфектан рад!
I may be young but i am very patient so everytime i build tamiya models i always have fun even tough its hard to build
G'day SMA, I reckon this kit by Tamiya is the best they've done in years. Its clever, innovative design features result in an outstanding fit and the level of minute detail gives even Eduard Profipaks a run for their money. I did one of these soon after they were released down here in Australia and I enjoyed the build so much I'm about to do another one, this time the version with the black and white under wings.
You did an excellent build and some logical weathering without going overboard as the trend is, sometimes, these days. One tiny point: I didn't see any weathering on the prop blades, although I just could have missed them in your camera shots.
Overall, this Tamiya kit has a higher level of detail and is a little bit more 'fiddly' than their standard kits; and that's a good thing. They should do more kits this way. I'm really pleased at how your build and paint job worked out, and I'm sure you are too.
Cheers, and all the best, Bill H.
Great ...
That was great. Turned out really smart.
tamiya is one of thr best
Great job Limey from Detroit 👍👌🤘
Hey, thanks!
It has very nice details both interior and outside. Also I think the parts separation is very concerned.
t's excellent !!!
a small tip : When u make the aircraft look "used" then maybe add some silver or grey sprinklers to the leading edges and especially to the leading edge of the propeller blades. Because small stones always damage these areas and remove the paint from there so you can see the bare aluminium. But still great work! Well done
Such a beauty Dusan, nice PE work, sweet pit, handy bit of painting and just the correct amount of weathering also. I haven't purchased this kit yet because I have all three types Tamiya in 1/32nd. Once I'm done with my present build {P-47} the 1/32nd Spit XVIe is next. Always a pleasure Dusan, another beautiful build. Congrats!
Thank you very much Bob! The 32nd scale kits of Spitfire are superb indeed! All the best!! Dusan
Dusan, what can I say other than........EXCELLENT work my friend.
Amazing work Dusan watching your videos give me lots of help becoming a better model builder. Thank you.
Looks amazing! Thanks for a build that was so pleasant to watch. Funny just how some parts of this kit just seem to be occupational therapy, like glueing boxes to the side panels. Couldn't they just have produced the parts like this in the first place? Anyway, this is masterclass!
Wonderful
Outstanding work Dusan...well done
Amazing video! You did a great job on this kit.
Thumbs up ...fabulous work and attention to detail.