Airfix BMW R69 Full Build and Review of this Classic Kit - Finding Airfix Rare Kits

[@alanmorris8783]

That’s some of the best scale looking chrome I’ve ever seen!!!!!! So much better than that horrible chrome sprue’s you get and the thick stuff that comes from those pens. Well done Sir, top work old chap.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Wow, thanks!

[@colinjohnston8519]

Revell do a 1/16 BMW isetta bubble car that has the decal you're after Harry. Maybe get hold of one and scan it? You could also build it and would go well with your bike. Nice build mate. Wish airfix would re release this.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I actually have the Isetta, was another gift from Becker last Christmas. I did check that decal, but there is only one, and it’s a little small. I have the colour logo from BMW in my computer so just need to get someone to print it on decal paper for me. My printer is a monochrome laser, so not up to the task.

[@MojoDevirus]

Ohhhhhhhhhh wow !!! That's a classic beauty.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It’s a lovely model to build.

[@TheQstoltz]

Another very nice build. Just goes to show that old models if well designed are still a viable option even today. Thanks for sharing and best wishes. Regards.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Couldn't agree more!

[@johnf3885]

Great build Harry, who would have thought a 45-year-old model could look as good as this.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It was a good kit back then and with the few tweaks I’ve added has the potential to be a great kit now.

[@shimaichiban12]

Glad to see it finally finished. Turned out very nice.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@4ngu54110tt]

Hooray another model completed. Now you just have keep Bask from nudging it over the edge of the table...Cheers Harry 😊

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

That's the plan! It went straight into my locked display cabinet.

[@jonward5028]

Great result from an old kit

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks 👍

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

Beautiful build of a beautiful kit. Well done.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thank you kindly!

[@modelnut]

Hi Harry hope you are well, remember building this kit when I was a boy, was inspired by Steve McQueen in the great escape & was as good then as it was for you. Happy modelling from over the pond. 👍🏻😃

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Mark. Yes the motorcycle escape scene with McQueen is a classic and I bet he wished he had the more modern R69 rather than the Triumph TR6 disguised as a BMW R75 used in the movie.

[@simonfunwithtrains1572]

As ever with early Airfix kits the box Artwork often out shines the kit contents. Still, a nice job from you.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Simon

[@thomasmcelroy3637]

hi harry.you have done a stunning job on the bike.happy to see the finished result. cheers tom.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Many thanks Tom.

[@thomasmcelroy3637]

@@HarryHoudiniModels your welcome

[@anthonylichfield7002]

Great paint job mate you have made a old kit look amazing you should be proud of it keep up the great work all the best from here in the uk

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Anthony 👍

[@HamilkarBarkasScaleModelling]

What a gorgeous bike and model Harry! I love all the little improvements you did here and i spotted the Varta logo on the battery. Excellent detail you added there mate :)

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good eyes. It is pretty much hidden under the seat.

[@Claymore5]

Got one of these in my stash to build. I can only hope it turns out as well as yours did! Nice tip about the AK chrome - thank you.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks for watching Bruce

[@billevans7936]

Oh my...beautiful .great run thru on build...

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Glad you like it Bill

[@syrmalcolm]

Great work on that one HH, expecially figuring out that chrome.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks. Took me a few attempts but I got there in the end.

[@nickbutler7935]

That is one beautiful Build Harry and superb paint job. I built this model from my 'Stash' in the late 90's. Back then I used the Model Master range of paints from Testors, which at the time did a pretty pucker job. Keep the Vids coming.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Nick

[@BGsModelWorkshop]

Wonderful build my friend!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thank you kindly

[@tomwark6446]

Lovely Harry , nice work mate .

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@erikliljeberg1796]

Looks fantastic lad

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Very kind.

[@briandavey7187]

I use a 2mm Molotow Liquid Chrome pen on big surfaces like exhausts, just finished the Airfix BSA C15 using a 1mm and 2mm pen, came up great. Seeing what a nice job you made of this build I'm tempted to go over the old Airfix BMW R69 I made 45 years ago now!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Must not dry as fast where you are... kit was fun though and that AK Xtreme metal is the buiness

[@panzer-meister]

Hi, it's nice work. Actually, this model looks like old. But finish is so nice. Thank you !

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thank you too!

[@seorwulf1049]

Lovely - be nice if Airfix re- released this kit and their other old bikes

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes it would.. I’d like the old Arrow or BSA

[@seorwulf1049]

@@HarryHoudiniModels me too, I love Tamiya and Aoshima models but for the most part they seem obsessed with later model Jap faired and race bikes, I would love to see a wider range of European and American bikes especailly from the 40s and 50s

[@modelnut]

Theatrical license Harry, by the way thanks for the photograph lighting tip s helped lot. Might be appearing in the Airfix magazine with one of my builds.cheers

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I trod the boards in the theatre... does it show?

[@yellowcake1320]

Another nice build Harry! Love the videos. Oh......hi Bask

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Hey, thanks! Bask asks where her fish is?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Bask says I can’t start the Chebec until I finish all my other WIP kits. The Cat has spoken.

[@yellowcake1320]

I guess I'll just give all these fishes to another feline......😪

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Bask changed her mind very quickly..... stomach before Hooman every time!

[@norman-king]

I have one of these in the attic I built when I kid back in the 70’s. Seeing how nicely yours turned out I’m wondering if I could strip off the brush applied Humbrol paint and rebuild it?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I am sure you could give it a go

[@claytonmcclain182]

Really pops.👍 like the chrome pens there awesome for headlights. Nice to know anything bigger they don't really work so thanks for that. Did you find or make the tank decals? Great video as always Harry👍. Look forward to your next endeavor😁

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I have been searching for some time to source a couple of 6mm diameter BMW logo decals but to no avail. Need to get some printed.

[@andreamorris8132]

Great job 👍 Hey Harry where did the front number plate go?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

The kit had one of those suicide front wheel fender ones. Most owners would rip them off and just use the back plate. Too many riders were sliced in half when they went over the bars in a prang. So those front plates were eventually banned.

[@thomasdailey9280]

That's a great looking Beemer build Harry ! You did some precision scraping for those pinstripes. What was the closing music ? It sounded like it could be Doc Watson .

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

The closing track is a KZbin freebie called Tea for Two. So could be a sound-a-like. I was using music from my old royalty free TV Jingle library, from when I made TV adverts, but some one now claims rights to those tracks and then tries to steal my monetisation. So I have to use KZbin approved music, unless I play my own. Bask! Tune the banjo!

[@thomasdailey9280]

Harry , does Bask have perfect pitch ?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

She has a Chromatic meow!

[@themetropolitanline480]

lovely

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks matey

[@jimminey-fooking-cricket4903]

Chrome parts the reason I never got into scale car modelling but this chrome method I can pull off. Maybe my GTO's can see the light of day and my 55 shoe box Chevy and of course it's younger brother the 57 Bel Air. Bike looks great.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Go for it!

[@FullMoonStudio]

Love the ships man. Just need a break from the rigging he he ;-)

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

You and me both!

[@GYRUSS]

I built that bike when I was a small human.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I knew you were an old fart like me LOL

[@joshem16]

Lovely build Harry - could you please tell me what the (FTRC) means in the corner of you screen - thanks George from the UK

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks George. FTRC stands for Fokker The Rivet Counters. The name of my Facebook group. It was a response to a lot of rivet counting trolls I had to deal with many years ago. I might design a logo for my channel and use that as my watermark instead.