Airfix 1966 Vintage Arado Ar 196 1/72 Build

[@GhostRider247]

what a cracking job from an old kit !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! absoulutley brilliant !!! takes me back to my childhood , thank you so much and again a cracking job well done sir !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Thanks! Glad you liked it. It wasn't a first choice to build it, but glad I did. More old builds to come. Sara has bought me quite the stash and they won't all get dusty in the boxes...

[@767bob]

Beautiful work on this old kit, it looks pretty sharp! The clear flat finish tied everything together nicely, it made the two shades of green become more obvious. Great video, thank you for sharing this build.

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Thanks Bob!

[@richardmumford2708]

You said it ..might aswell show it .....Great build fantastic subject

[@neilbedford5082]

One of my favourites as a lad and great to see it built so beautifully. I still have one in my stash, unmade in a red stripe box like your one.

[@barrydelovetot-lawson6263]

Cheers Neil!

[@markfranks1329]

This is an excellent series you are doing. You're bringing back a lot of memories. This is a great model for it's time. I really hope Airfix will seriously consider doing a new tool in 72 and 48. Keep up the good work.

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Thanks Mark! I'm having a lot of fun looking at and making these old kits. The Arado was surprisingly well made for its age. I'm becoming a fan of 1/32 these days, easier on the bad eyes, so a 1/48 or even a 1/32 would be nice.

[@rogergibb705]

Great build. Love how the figures turned out. Like the use of blue in the googles,

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Thanks Roger. It only works for sunny days

[@philsmodelmaking2260]

nice build! I've had one of theses come via ebay today, it has been part started with the pilot, seat, instrument panel and yoke all already glued in, unpainted! while watching your video I dry fitted the two halves of mine, and the pilot and seat are way over to the right, almost looks like a side by side arrangement, also mine came without any instruction sheet, so you've helped me out on that score with those nice close up of your instructions, finally, I am going to use a set of those kora trnsfers too, to make mine represent an AR 196 from the tirpitz, because I have a 1/350 tamiya tirpitz kit, that has about four 196's in that scale, so I did want to build a "full size" version of one!

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

@@philsmodelmaking2260 nice one Phil. Enjoy the build!

[@wonsworld61]

lovely build .. one I had from years gone by :)

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Its one that passed me by, but a really nice kit.

[@neilmcclary]

The first kit i made with my dad back in the mid 60s ,he did most of it ahh all a very long time ago im the only one left good times

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Nice memory Neil

[@jagcop8357]

What a great paint job of the both pilots. They looks fantastic. I have the same kit , not so old, may be from the mid eighties. I think thats the first model which i will build after a long break of building. Hope that i could get the quality of your model.😁

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Thanks! Its really nice of you to say. Good luck with your return to the hobby, I'm sure you'll do a great job.

[@marcusaureliusantoninusaug2161]

Very good job!

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Thank you!

[@geoffthecarpenter]

Great to see another modelling enthusiast enjoying the vintage kits and not obsessing over the latest technology, it is after all these old kits that got us into the hobby in the first place, to much focus on accuracy, technical ability and finish has just about ruined the hobby for alot of people, they are just models, build em enjoy em.

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Absolutely! I enjoy a new kit, but love the old ones. Cheers Geoff!

[@markfranks1329]

Too true. Well said.👍

[@tigerfan9610]

It was my 1. modell

[@brianartillery]

I think 'RLM' stands for 'Reichsluftfahrtministerium' (German Air Ministry). Hannant's own paints are pretty good, to be honest, as are their range of decals.

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

That's easy for you to say. Yep, the paint went on nicely, just needs a bit more thinning with my airbrush. Hannants are great, could do with a better website but good stuff and fair prices too.

[@stevesstuff1450]

@@nostalgicplastic4323: Yeah, the labelling on their paints looks wrong as well.... the darker green was normally RLM70 (BlackGreen), and RLM71 being the lighter 'Green'..... Your pots showed RLM72 & 73 which were different shades of green again, but the colours that you got look spot-on on the model! Perfect RLM70/71 splinter camo - as much as we can tell 80-odd years on...!! 😜 Seeing your finished kit, it really doesn't show itself as being 50+ years old! It looks fantastic! Congrats! 👍 Having criticised the paint for the wrong numbers, it still looks like it went down well and very smooth, and the transfers/decals took to the surface very nicely with no visible silvering! Looks like good paint, and quality transfers/decals too! 😃 Oh! What did you thin the paint with? Water, Hannants own acrylic thinners? Vallejo thiners? Cheers! 😃

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

Thanks Steve. I use Vallejo Flow Improver as thinners, seems to work for me. Tried about 75/25 paint/flow improver, but it was a bit too thick, so roughly 50/50 works, but I have a fixed psi airbrush so it hasn't got the oomph.

[@stevesstuff1450]

@@nostalgicplastic4323 : Cheers! I haven't ever tried using flow improver as thinners - I too have a bottle of Vallejo, but it rarely gets used; the Vallejo thinners is normally fine if I feel the need to thin their Model Air paints... I'll have to give it try with the Flow Improver too! 😉

[@johnclarke25]

Did the same thing with the control surfaces back in 1972 so your not on your own😊.

[@nostalgicplastic4323]

One of those dumb didn't look properly moments. I do try, but my fingers do things before my brain catches up.

[@motthomas4220]

👁👁