Airfix B-24H Liberator - Building the excellent brand new B-24 and then taking it for a little trip.

[@Claymore5]

Love the build - really nice. I know Old Buckenham too as we are only a few miles away. My late father-in-law grew up at Seething and used to watch the B-24's fly in and out of there during the war. He was lucky enough to be given a baseball bat by one of the airmen stationed there as he had just completed his tour and was going back to the States the next day. He still had it when he passed away - it was one of his most treasured possessions. Lovely work and a fitting place for Corky to be shown.

[@julianmhall]

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 :)

[@thebobloblawshow8832]

Amazing build and cheers to the detail in the decals that denotes the armour plate that was added.

[@gstjwright]

Excellent build.

[@beertruk2429]

Nice model and brilliant commentary. Well done.

[@barrythatcher9349]

What a great build. Love ending at Old Buchaman.

[@swing.wing_singh]

Lovely build of the Libby. It's come out really good. But truly that amount of lead inside the cockpit is just....hazardous and explosive !! Beautiful pictures of the airfield and rhe aeroplanes in the backdrop specially the last one with the flags and the memorial. Keep up the good work

[@VFCproductions]

Thank you very much. I'm grateful the weather allowed me to get as much footage as I did!

[@TheFunkhouser]

The Monogram 1/48 scale B24 was a delight too.

[@farkinarkin5099]

Nice build. Re: Tail-sitters. Aside from using gold instead of lead, you may try a couple of things: __1__ Cutting out the sides of the weight “bin” so you can put more lead in (checking for fit often, of course). __2__ Putting weight in the nacelles (although, that depends on the strength of the undercarriage as there is not nearly the leverage as the front of the fuselage has. __3__ Use a neodymium magnet inside a thinned out front wheel and display on a suitable magnetic surface. The first option should be enough, but there is just so much styrene on the tail of this kit, perhaps the neutron star material *is* the only option. = = = = = 😁

[@VFCproductions]

I contemplated filling the rear fuselage with Hydrogen, but I had this uncomfortable feeling that a large bag of highly flammable gas may cause issues..

[@asdf9890]

Neutron star counterweights! Great idea 😂

[@zzzyxwv]

The one I built 55years ago had a ball turret that slided in and out💪

[@Hi-lb8cq]

Sweet video....the build came out great and looks awsome

[@robertlockie7072]

To increase the mass of lead in the nose, you might try using powdered lead to reduce the incidence of voids. Apparently golfists use it for something or other (weighting their bats, I assume) but pouring in a quantity and adding PVA to fix it together might do the job.

[@SullysScaleModels]

Great build dude and fantastic way to show it off!!!

[@kevinburt44]

Just subscribed to your channel, love the vids, and the humor, something which is lacking in some rivet counter videos online. Great tribute taking the Liberator to home base as it were. Lovely work on your kits, inspiring.

[@MsModeller]

Incredible build! Obvs known about this for a while and I'm just so proud of you! 🙏🙏

[@VFCproductions]

Thank you!

[@thomasweelie]

Great build, love it. On the other hand she doesn't neccesarily have to be a tail sitter but it needs sacrifices. I literally removed everything wich is below upper turret and put there circa 14 lbs of pure lead. Then I cut off most of lower part of turret ( that is hidden in fuselage) to fit it on it's place. What I sacrificed would be invisible anyway and the plane is firmly on all three wheels.

[@AtariFitness]

You have done a cracking job. 👍

[@ChrisColeman-yf8jk]

Excellent build !

[@schmedly014]

In the past I have put ballast in the cowling behind the engine .

[@the.just.able.biker67]

That was an excellent video. This channel deserves at least ten times the amount of subs that it has. 👍

[@VFCproductions]

Thank you very much!

[@paulrourke4785]

For your question, regarding the internal colour. it came from Us!

[@davidsakal449]

Airfix, Please scale this up to 1/48!! Great build!

[@ModelMinutes]

great build!

[@csf6614]

Great video

[@idiot-cd6pl]

Very nice build and a great idea taking it to the airfield. I thought you might donate it for their museum.

[@2-Hands]

"Thanks" for rhe build, was wondering how it goes together, I got one to build for my local Air Force recruitment center.

[@asdf9890]

Look up Liquid Gravity. It’s small lead beads that are pourable and can be glued with pva glue. Easy to make a big mess with though!

[@mets1617]

Great job

[@tonygary7611]

Nice

[@geoffreyclark9909]

Turned out ok. Newmarket road looking lovely. Id have got as far as the eagle and never got to old buckenham

[@jcwoodman5285]

Great Work! I'm debating whether to stay in my preference scale of 48th & get the new Hobby Boss kit or do this version....

[@uscstaylor]

Just a FYI I use fishiing weights for mine and usually you just add one and done and they come in all types of sizes...Nice Build

[@pawelpw1161]

but this is lead, still. I think you will have to use lead blocks filling 100 assigned compartment, no free space ;)

[@MisterHampshire]

I use Liquid Gravity, which may be familiar to some modellers. It goes everywhere if you're not careful, but, it fills all those gaps your lead leaves. Think Blue Peter and their glitter: pour it into the spaces over a large sheet of paper with a crease already in it, then any overspill can be poured back into the pot. Pour some diluted PVA onto it which when 'cured', does a great job of holding it all in.

[@VFCproductions]

Liquid gravity is my go-to for curved spaces. Lead is denser and if the psace is fairly square, will do a better job

[@shanemanuel7686]

@@VFCproductionsI think I saw a guy use liquid gravity on this same kit and it was able to hold it up on its nose, I may be wrong though.

[@pawelpw1161]

@@VFCproductions so maybe you can go for lead pieces and liquid gravity to fill space between them.

[@matehavasi5743]

In such a case, I think, I would add more weight in the engines. Plus, if you use plasticine to fix the weight, that adds some more.

[@iandawkins2182]

They expect you to use Osmium, the heaviest metal on earth which is about twice as heavy as lead. 😉😉

[@televisionone4177]

You seem like a nice chap. Have a subscriber

[@larrywisniewski282]

Great narration! Yep, that weight problem is a deal killer for me. I guess Airfix doesn't have the where with all that Tamiya does when it comes to accuratly sized premolded weights. Too bad.

[@Steelbackuk]

Cracking job. Did you donate the model to the museum there?

[@VFCproductions]

Currently, no. I had insufficient time to arrange a safe home for the kit, but plan to donate it to them (or another) if they want it.

[@matthewfindlay2242]

Use the boarding ladder included in the kit thats what its there for?

[@ChristianSchroter-ok4sk]

Hello mr. Captain!boy!that boxart looks mean and angry.thank u4sharing.with sticky greetings from sandy Brandenburg/germany.your modellmate.christian

[@ktos337]

So 40g of lead was not enaught? Strange. In manual Airfix suggest 25g? I’m curious how it really need to be.

[@FPVisnotacrime]

Are you sure those weights are lead? For a while now, I can only get those in zinc, which are a lot lighter

[@VFCproductions]

@FPVisnotacrime it is definitely lead. I have had this sheet for well over a decade and only use it for the models that really need it.

[@normg2242]

You should have said - "If you don't like the green I was using, go ahead and hit the 'dislike' button twice for good measure...!" Lol

[@lxtechmangood9503]

Lead + liquid gravity as an option maybe??

[@VFCproductions]

I tested liquid gravity as an option but it is considerably lighter than the lead sheet. The lead was cut tight enough that it filled most of the available space and was thus the heaviest option available to me

[@czerskip]

Wow, an Airfix kit without mishaped parts? You're really lucky! 😂

[@VFCproductions]

There are plenty of good quality Airfix kits out there and hopefully one day a misshapen one will be a rarity...

[@czerskip]

@@VFCproductions Sure, in the recent years, they greatly improved the detail quality and amount, and the engineering of the parts and fit are usually great. And I'm yet to buy any of their kits that would come with no warped parts. Sadly, their QA is still abysmal and they seem to give no single F about it 🥴

[@matthewfindlay2242]

The ferret,the sea king the buccaneer the anson the walrus i bought all of these kits and made them not a warped part on any of them@czerskip

[@themagnificentmackrel6505]

melting the lead and pouring it in might help

[@thekinksfan5102]

Polystyrene has lower melting point than lead, so pouring molten lead on kit parts is not a great idea.

[@craig4867]

WATCHING FROM RUSSIA 🇷🇺

[@kennethjames9416]

It's too expensive for what it is,Academy's version is half the price and is just as good.

[@pawelpw1161]

I'd say Academy is half the price and half the parts count :-) but still, big respecto for such big bird at this price point

[@derekryan4299]

boring and hardly pocket money price

[@VFCproductions]

Boring - subjective. It's the most produced bomber aircraft and has a huge local history for me. Price is harder to gauge as I rarely buy something this large. It is reasonable compared with other newer tooled aircraft of the same size

[@derekryan4299]

ive got every book on the 8th af plus all the flying colthes plus a B4 life jacket from 100 th BG plus bits in bobs of crashed aircraft

[@stevesstuff1450]

@@derekryan4299 : Wow! You must a bundle of fun at parties with that attitude... 🙄 Just try and accept that looks to be a very well designed and produced model kit, of an important aircraft, and replicates a great and local interest aircraft for anyone especially in the East Anglia region...regardless of how many books and clothes you own.... 🙄 As for the price? With it's detail and complexity, it isn't aimed at "pocket money" prices...we've moved on a bit from early 1970s very basic Airfix models in plastic bags in Woolies for 2'/6....

[@derekryan4299]

well muppet this why kids dont take up modeling as they or there parants cant afford them and if it wasnt for airfix kits at 2/- in a plastic bag 1000s would have never taken up modeling now gow away in chew on that

[@stevesstuff1450]

@@derekryan4299 : Damn.... illiterate, as well as a crashing bore..! Charming fellow! Well, I guess it's beyond you to acknowledge that a kit of this complexity, in this day and age, is a stunning example, and not aimed at kids with their pocket money prices.... Not every model has to be for the beginner; more mature enthusiasts have to catered to as well, and this kit is certainly for that crowd. Quite why you chose this rather nice video to pick-on for your unpleasantness, I don't know. It certainly doesn't deserve your nasty pedantry....

[@kjarnberg]

For anyone who wants excellent info on ww2US bombers. check the USWW2BOMBERS channel on youtube, absolutely worthwhile. Beautiful build, mate, and I like your vids.