The box art is /probably/ from the Winter War between Finland and the USSR. IIRC there were Finns in the Wehrmacht.. I /think/ there was even a Finnish SS battalion. 100% agreed ref symbols and history. It happened. Deal with it. End of. :) Lovely build :)

Excellent build Capt. I built the Hasegawa version in 1/72 and the old ESCI in 1/48. Looking forward to watching the next video 😊

Lovely job! Crew figures are a /constant/ pain in the proverbial, even fighters often have no pilot! Multiple crew aircraft /never/ have all the crew positions filled.

Great build! PMSL at the commentary such as '.. multitude of sodding turrets..' :) WRT weight, lead shot might be an idea. Takes up more of the available space than lead strips. I've just looked online and you can get a 10Kg bag of 1.8mm shot for £47.40. Sounds expensive but 10Kg would last a very long time. Even if every model took 55gm 10Kg is enough for 181 models with a few gm spare :)

Simply beautiful!! I wish I could match you!! Keep them coming 🎉 Bob England

Love the colours on this one!

I've just read Rowland White's 'Mosquito'.. Fantastic book :) Love this build too :) I think the better thought out build process is probably worth the extra £5.

*ouch* As soon as I saw Mistercr@p (my name not yours) in the video title I thought 'Oh hell..' PMSL at the destructions.. especially the various part 16s! TBH I don't think English not being their native language is an excuse.. if all else fails but you want the aircraft history cut and paste from the English language Wikipedia entry. I love how the best bit was the box quality!

Lovely build :) First video I've watched (subbed after watching Ms Modeller's video with a few creators). One thought I had with /any/ naval aircraft. Model it with the arrestor hook down.. that way if there isn't enough weight in the nose it looks like a dynamic pose of the aircraft landing, and the modeller can say that's what was intended all along! :)

The Hasegawa offering is also a good option

I've built this in one of the Coltishall schemes as I don't live a million miles from the former base. They have an excellent heritage centre that is well worth a visit and do guided tours of the base for a bargain £5, well worth a visit. I would love for one of the manufacturers to produce a new tool, well overdue. Excellent video as always, cheers

A Swedish Hunter. Nice.

I picked up the 2005 release for £5 - box is a bit *bleh* but otherwise a lovely little bargain from what I’m seeing here

I built this same kit at the start of the year and agree completely with your review. It's basically a nice kit that fits together pretty well. The fins on the tail are indicated poorly on the instructions and I used internet pictures to research where they were located. Similarly, I also lost one of the pitot tubes and had to replace it with one from the spares box😂 I painted mine with an Arctic camouflage scheme. All in all you did a lovely build and a very accurate review. 👍👍 Ps Tamiya also used these moulds for their editions of the Jaguar. Perhaps an indication that parts fit wasn't going to be too bad.

I'd love to see italeri release a 1/32 Jag GR1 to go with the Tornado.

Looks cool. ✈

Hasegawa's Jag looks pretty decent but being a 1984 tooling probably isn't *much* better (if at all) than this one. Shame really

Of course he's a captain , he has a jaaaaag ! 😂

If someone does release a new Jaguar, it'll be bright pink and yellow.

A lovely build as always. I always thought the Jag was a little ..... Well dull I guess when I was young. She wasn't winning any stats top trumps. She lacked the cool factor of a swing wing, my younger self would say, and the undercarriage was a bit ungainly and made me think of her as a baby giraffe learning to walk. But now I can see a bit of rugged beauty to her. I listened to Mike Sutton's book Typhoon where he recounts his early career flying them and that has given me a greater appreciation for both the Jag and those that were able to get her to do so much. Thanks for the video, I agree a new tool is very much needed, but I might have to give this one a go if I see it.

Agreed, looks great!

Bought their 2 seat T-2 kit the other day....looks like a great kit

See Airfix....THIS is what you should have in your range.

Obeying the Algorithm - scrubs up nicely btw

Fun video.

AFAIK the holes in the dive brakes are almost right, the top ones could do with a slight widening to the appropriate 1mm.

Do like the Dauntless and always wondered what this manufacturer was like. Thanks for the unboxing

Bought one of these last year, and watching this has just encouraged me to buy another for the princely sum of £10.61 delivered on an aliexpress deal. Detail is exquisite, and a steal at that price :)

Get on and make it

I’ve been wanting to get a Dauntless so I’ll be thinking of ways to justify adding one of these to the stash I think

I do not know dude! That is 1 big box. I have several 1:48 kits in boxes way smaller than that.

Excellent build son. I'm loving the scheme 😊

It really does (ahem) look the bee's knees.

It's certainly going to stand out against all the run-of-the-mill spits entered. When I looked last the normal camo versions hadn't done too well on the voting compared to the more inventive schemes. Can I just ask how do you keep your models dust free?

spit, mustang and bf109 were on sale for last few months, available at 50% of RRP so I guess we will see new toolings in 2025 ;-)

Airfix has priced themselves out of my budget, they are way overpriced.

Thanks for the heads up about the misnumbering of the landing gear legs; I'll watch out for it when I get around to building my kit. Best wishes.

A target-towing Spitfire, lol, that yellow and black paint scheme looks good on it, it's a pity you never got around to scratch building the towing gear that would have just topped off the kit. This is one of the two Airfix 1/48 scale Spitfire's I would love to see Airfix scale down to 1/72, at the moment there isn't a decent 1/72 kit of this mark available.

good camo idea. I am a skinflint with models so if i can get it cheaper i will. Thank you for a great video

Needs Autobot isgnia on it

very cool. if it was the dark green + ocean grey I would not even have clicked tbh

Intresting scheme.....but if i can be honest as it is a spitfire the gb is a miss for me.....but a great result none the less.👍👍👍

It is categorically the most impressive and versatile British aircraft of World War 2, and a very slick and seductive one at that. The sheer number of mission roles it could play, in my opinion, opened eyes to the concept of a 'multi-role' aircraft and aircraft like the Eurofighter Typhoon and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter can trace their lineage back to the Mosquito. The fact it could deliver a 4000 lbs bomb to Berlin, tussle with a single fighter on equal (ISH) footing or speed past enemy defences to do a David Bailey impression before anyone had seen it coming is just incredible. As to the De Havilland museum, what a hidden gem it is. The Airfix kit looks impressive and shall have to be added to the stash (which will outlive me at this point). Thanks for the video. I love your content. Very inspirational. Thanks

Hope the course went well.

Great box review. I think I might have to pick up the Typhoon. I haven't taken the membership plunge with Airfix yet, but some of their club kits have been interesting. The Hawk First and Last was one I have picked up in the past. Thanks for the video.

I picked up this kit at the weekend, because Hobbycraft offered Airfix kits 3 for 2 (cheapest one free). I'm looking forward to your build and building mine.

I built the old plastic bag one where the hull 2 halves included the pilot.. back in the day

Cpt VFC, you silly boy brushing that cobweb off the Gladiator. Find the spider who made it, and train him, or her, in rigging your model. Simple! (and I am.)

I hope it's still good. With just a little extra work the ancient Matchbox/Revell Gladiator looks quite passable.