Airfix Sunderland Part 1 Box Open and Dry Fit plus Aftermarket - Finding Airfix Rare Kits

[@londonleedsfan]

Really enjoy your videos, maybe not enough for curry but perhaps a beer to go with it!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

A beer it is then! Super Thanks Stewart.

[@steveg3981]

I'm 70 now . Somebody, probably mum and dad, gave me this kit when I was 11. I was interested in military history and this was appropriate. Loved Airfix , especially the 20mm soldiers. Eighth Army v the Africa Corps were my favourite. Not sure how the Sunderland fitted in. None the less I built it. For me it was a giant kit. My mates loved it. For some reason I painted it forest green. Likely because it was the only paint I had left over from painting trees on my Triang model train layout. Happy days. Great memories. Thanks

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Happy Days Steve… I have built the model now and there is a series of videos on my upgrades and scratch additions. Very enjoyable build.

[@doddsy2978]

Hi I remember this kit from childhood, my father made it because he served on them. Told the tale about being tasked with fitting control locks. He jumped across from fuselage to tailplane, slipped and fell into the water, quite a distance.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Just like the Goon Show “He’s fallen in the water…” hahaha

[@babylonsburning1]

I loved these old Airfix kits. Loved the lesser bombers in particular, the Sunderland, Stirling, Halifax, Hampden, these are still favourites. Excited to see the build, Harry. Keep on keeping on.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Glad you like them matey…

[@bobbyrayofthefamilysmith24]

It's amazing to see how far the quality of modern kits has come. Just the packing,box and instructions along with PE and paint guides make today's kits look amazing compared to a bunch of parts thrown in a box

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Well it was over 60 years ago that Airfix tooled that kit. There may have been a bag for the plastic in my 1994 re-rellease, along with the updated instructions and decals, but in the last 30 years they have all gone missing.

[@nickhatcher7606]

The memories came flooding back ... I built this when I was ten (I'm 67 now!!). It was my second big kit after the B24 Liberator and came in white plastic. Looking forward to seeing the final result. All the best Harry from a stormy South of England.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Nick… it was far too expensive for my pocket money back in the 60’s.

[@FredWilbury]

Me too Nick trouble was we blew it to pieces with bangers as we did with all our kits , such fun in the fifties😊

[@andyrichardsvideovlogs8835]

I built it in 1965 when I was 10 and it was an original release from 1959. I remember my father buying it and it was stuck in his stash (yes, people had stashes even way back then). The only difference to your kit Harry is that it came in white plastic which vastly reduced the painting required. Great trip down memory lane, thanks 👍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

That would certainly save on the white paint Andy :)

[@pandaphil]

My favorite hobby, taking old kits and giving them an upgrade. But wow, thats actually really impressive for 1959!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

A lot of the old Airfix kits still stand up well today, and as you say Phil, with a little upgrading can become superb models.

[@soppdrake]

Good grief! I feel my modelling synapses kicking in big time! I can just feel those rivets under my fingertips as if they were airfix braille and the sight of that torso-gunner nearly brought a tear to my eye! Thanks for sending me down memory lane!!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

My pleasure Mark

[@randalscott7224]

Looking forward to seeing this build Harry! I remember building this when it was moulded in white plastic and the written instructions actually told you what part of the aeroplane (or ship or tank, whatever) you were glueing together. "Take part 17, left hand grommet and cement to part 43, right hand doodad."

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I have a scan of those old exploded instructions, as I showed in the video, but had not read them yet. Thanks for the reminder.

[@Tonyblack261]

I built this kit when I was a kid in the late 60s. It was always one of my favourite kids. I used to wonder what the interior was like. It took until recently that I used the Internet for photos of the interior.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

The new releases of the Sunderland from Italeri and Special Hobby, I believe, have some interior moulding. I found a guy on the interwebs who scratch built all the internal ribbing and made the maintenance platforms for the wings.

[@Tonyblack261]

@@HarryHoudiniModels Excellent! I remember reading a series of books where a character was converting a Sunderland into a boat house.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Not hard.. it already has two levels, with a kitchen, bathroom and sleeping.

[@sandyp2714]

My Dad loved flying boats when due to some masterful military logic he did his National service in the RAF At Southampton docks, i his unit serviced and maintained the raf launches and flying boats, they all got taken on a “test flight” when the Queen was reviewing the fleet!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Great story Sandy

[@garyarmitage9359]

Still love the Airfix 1/76 /1/72 British WWII Vehicles and tanks! Still use them for wargaming. Love your videos!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Gary

[@mike59317]

Hi Harry your video is a great look at this kit. Airfix has started to re-release some of their older kits, lets hope this kit will be one of them.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Fingers crossed Michael... but for now I can enjoy the nostalgia with this kit

[@judebrad]

The first Airfix kits I build had that exploded view ( I started in 1972) "Locate and Cement" are forever embedded in my brain.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

But at least you then knew the name of every part… I have a scan of the exploded view instructions and will print them out to help build the kit.

[@brucecreswell136]

I can't wait Harry. I finally found one at my local model shop a couple of years ago for $15.00. I built it out of the box. Now I have the Italeri one that will be my next build.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It would be interesting to compare the Ital-scary and Special Hobby versions…. hmmmmm a video idea?

[@andrewdrabble8939]

I built this back in the day. It's a fairly nice kit. You'll have fun putting it together

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Andrew.

[@pauljohnson4833]

First thing I thought was "Mine was white". Loved the slide out bombs and I'd forgotten how much you actually had to think it out with the old style instructions. Airfix probably helped "train" me to be an engineer in later life

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Airfix started out with the premise to educate kids about the world through model making, so went to great lengths to explain the machines history and what all the parts were called. If you had first built Tamiya then you would have just got a job with Lego or Ikea hehe

[@stuartsscalemodels.8299]

I built that kit in my youth & thoroughly enjoyed it and I'm looking forward to your updates. Its a huge aircraft as I've been inside the real thing at the Royal Air force museum at Hendon in North London.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It would be a sight to see in real life Stuart. There is one in New Zealand, just over the ditch down south. Maybe I should have a holiday down there and check it out?

[@jamesmilne8445]

Always loved the box art.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Sometimes the box art was the reason I bought an Airfix kit James. Makes them very wantable!

[@JAFKARNAT]

Great model. The Sunderland was the second Airfix model I made, sixty years ago!!. Looking forward to seeing you make it. Great channel keep up the good work.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks John… This is like being a kid in the 60’s all over again

[@rolandbee2791]

Thanks very much for your help - you are a star - will give those people a try. Really looking forward to the next episode.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Roland

[@kiwiruna9077]

Harry, This is the perfect excuse for you to pop across the ditch in the name of research, to MOTAT here in Auckland to see one up close and personal. Can't wait for this to get started.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Brilliant, and you of course have offered to put me up room and meals for the weeks visit?

[@beckersmodels]

This kit looks familiar! Looking forward to the build...

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes Santa... a very wise choice.. you may have my first born!

[@iankerridge5720]

Military Aviation History Channel has a great video featuring the Sunderland at RAF Museum Hendon, Inside and Out, including exclusive access to the Upper deck.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Might have watched that one.. but thanks I will check it out in case I missed it

[@georgecoventry8441]

Cor Blimey! It's the Flying Porcupine! That was one of the few Airfix kits I never bought or built way back then when Airfix was my favorite model company. It actually looks pretty good. Very nice molding for 1959. And amazing box art! Now you've got a choice between this one...and the new Italeri kit. The Airfix kit has all the rivets...which look fine to me. The Italeri kit has overdone "trench-like" sunken panel lines. Hmm. Well, you should have a lot of fun building this one, Harry.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I haven’t seen the Italeri kit or the new Special Hobby one, but there is nothing wrong with this classic Airfix version George. Yes, it should be a lot of fun.

[@stevesstuff1450]

That hits the old nostalgias pretty hard!! 🫢 I built one of these in around 1970 when I was about 9... it looked enormous back then! And yes, liberally coated with the good old Humbrol enamels. 😆 I look forward to seeing your build, and in the meantime, I must have a look and see if there's any about on Bay..! 😉

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

They do come up Steve, but often at silly money. My friend David picked up a white box in a local model sale.. maybe someone selling off a deceased estate. He paid just 2 shekels for it! Sells for up to ten times that on Evil Bay

[@bellkevan]

Built mine around 1976 loved it

[@morrisminor56]

Built one of these in the mid 70's and of course hung it from the ceiling with all the other Airfix models.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

As we all did back then Christopher…. maybe not this time though :)

[@Habu2]

Happy days christopher.....I have memories of doing some of my kits in a pretty cold bedroom with no central heating (UK)

[@iangoldstraw6002]

Made the Sunderland when i was a kid ( a long time ago !) lt was molded in white plastic and the original white box with red stripe

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Now that would be an original moulding. How do the parts compare now with what I have shown in the video Ian?

[@iangoldstraw6002]

@@HarryHoudiniModels I would assume the original plastic would fit better than this softer grey plastic reissue..I was only a kid when I made it..I'm nearly 60 now !! And I no longer have my Sunderland as it damaged in a house move. I would stick with the rivets as they are not to overdone considering the size of the boat /kit

[@brianartillery]

I love this kit. I have one in my stash, which is probably number five or six. It was the kit, which, if you were at school in the early 1970's, and had one, all the other kids would want to see it, and would often offer ridiculous amounts of stuff to swap for it. Extra kudos would be attained by ensuring all the moving parts moved, and on this kit, the retracting nose turret was the trickiest (as a nine year old kid) to make so it worked. The real thing retracted so a crewmember could get out and tie the plane to a mooring buoy. Duxford air museum have a Sunderland on static display, and it's huge. It has a galley, and a workshop inside. A real shame that none still fly.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I was not lucky enough to have the pocket money to afford this kit back in the 60’s/70’s… but can now in my second childhood

[@brianartillery]

@@HarryHoudiniModels - My first one was a birthday present, and I remember my dad was aching to build it. That's why I never bought car kits - he'd 'have a look at it' and make it. He was good at it - but I'd have loved to. Similarly, when my brother and I were given a Scalextric slot car set one Christmas, Dad and an uncle, and the bloke from across the road, tested it to 'make sure it was safe'. We got to play with OUR present on Boxing day.

[@timmaslow5193]

I made that kit as a lad. Our history teacher was a modeller and he had several of them in the history room. I took my Sunderland to school and back on the bus...and it arrived at both destinations all in one piece 😂

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Those Sunderlands were hardy birds Tim

[@davidguy6823]

Really looking forward to your build of this kit which I had not long after it was released and I remember I loved it. I know you will too!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks David. I have always wanted one… and it was a surprise gift.

[@lewistaylor1965]

Great video...I built one of these in mid-70's...I was about 12 maybe 13...A few years ago I wrote to Roy Cross (box art artist of all those memorable airfix box arts in the 70's) He wrote me back and I framed his signature with his Lanc box art (print)...And I see you have HMS Warspite on the shelf, my grandfather served on that ship during WW2 in the med and Malta...I should really make that kit at some point shouldn't I...Great to see someone as nostalgic as me on this vid...

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I’m just doing what I could not afford to do in my childhood… and loving it.

[@lewistaylor1965]

@@HarryHoudiniModels Haha...Yep...That's how I see it...Back in the 70's I had a little stash of Humbrol paints, a bottle of white spirit and a couple tubes of polystyrene cement in the toothpaste tube form...A 1/72 fighter kit would take me a saturday evening at the dinner table, bought, built and painted with my pocket money...Every birthday and christmas I got a 1/72 bomber and the Sunderland was one of those occasions...Now I have a spray kit and a couple big boxes of tools, glues and paints...I think it's an old gits thing, we do the hobbys we did in the 70's but now we can splash out on all the gear we longed for back then but couldn't afford...Happy modeling brother!

[@arthurrytis6010]

Looking forward to the end result.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Me too

[@DutchDaveModels]

Cool kit Harry. This build will be great!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks 👍 I am really looking forward to it as well Dave.

[@cosmarendy8417]

Thanks Harry, great video. I have the Short Sutherland kit as well so look forward to your videos.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Coming soon Cos….

[@mikemontgomery2654]

There was a point in time where, that kit was hard to find and still in demand. If you’d like some reference, Military Aviation History did a walk around/walk through of the Sunderland at the RAF museum. Very insightful video and a very large plane! They were almost self sustaining, even had a workshop to fix parts.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes Mike it is a fascinating subject and I have watched a number of youtube walk throughs of the museum aircraft.

[@robbielloyd5767]

Harry I made one of these about 20 years ago great model to build only trouble I had was my cat decided it would be great fun to knock it off the shelf so she could get some sleep.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Well if you are silly enough to leave a model in the place where your cat sleeps then you have no sympathy from me Robbie LOL

[@doddsy2978]

That funny egg shape thing is a DF loop fairing, I believe. Used in radio direction finding.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes, thank you Ian. I did find a scan of the old Airfix exploded instructions after I shot the video. They list every part by name and tell you in the text where to put it.

[@sammy_dog]

that was one kit I would of loved to of built back in the day but never got around to it cannot wait for your build video of the old girl

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Ok, but please don’t call me an old girl ;) hehe

[@brucegibbins3792]

Whenever I visit Auckland, New Zealand I invariably visit MOTAT the transport museum there. They, have on static display an ex-WW2 RNZAF Sunderland Flying Flying Boat and a Solent, the commercial version, painted in the livery of TEAL Tasman Empire Airlines.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Must be impressive in the flesh Bruce.

[@stephenmcdonald7908]

This brings back memories had one for xmas 1961 it cost 10/6d ( 521/2p) a fortune.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes it was back then…. now we both are showing our age :)

[@basfinnis]

Ah lovely. Will look spiffing 👌 Funnily was just at the old Sunderland sea base in Plymouth.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Well how about that Basil…

[@soppdrake]

When I was a kid, I always wondered how the hell the gunners could see any targets through their windows. Thanks Airfix!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

You drongo LOL

[@rolandbee2791]

Really enjoying this build - managed to get the kit via ebay but so far cannot find any after market parts anywhere - have you got any ideas please ?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Hi Roland, you need to think laterally to find stuff. The brass barrels I found were Browning 303 from Master www.scalemates.com/kits/master-am-72-153-boulton-paul-defiant--1385598 or www.scalemates.com/kits/master-gm-72-001-browning-m1919-30-cal-machine-gun-barrels--1251026 or from Mini World www.scalemates.com/kits/mini-world-7227b-browning-m2-cal50-aircraft--182890 Decals I bought locally to do an Australian Version www.scalemates.com/kits/novascale-n-72046-short-sunderland-raaf-wwii-decals--1102402 Canopy and turret mask from Eduard Italeri Mk3 version www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard-cx396-sunderland-mkiii--533392 my vac form canopy looks like its from Squadron www.scalemates.com/kits/squadron-9192-short-sunderland-main-canopyastrodomenose-turretmid-upper-turretrear-turret--1029348 New prop blades from Pavia www.scalemates.com/kits/pavla-models-u72-143-sunderland-mki-propellers--193368 Photo Etch from Eduard Italeri Mk.3 version www.scalemates.com/kits/eduard-73510-sunderland-mkiii-interior-sa--411361 hope that helps?

[@chrismawson4185]

Nice one harry looking forward to this one

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

You and me both Chris

[@usssaratogacv3lefevre978]

Looks like a fun build. I know you will do it right.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I will do my best and crack a lot of old Dad jokes along the way ;)

[@4ngu54110tt]

Cheers Harry. Hope the new job is working out well. Cheers 🐈‍⬛👍😀

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It’s been a challenge finding modelling time, with all the training and orientation at the new job. But hopefully over the next few weeks that will settle down then I can stick to a routine which will give me ample time to make videos.

[@americanpatriot2422]

Great video! Awesome model.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks matey

[@georgecoventry8441]

I just bought one of these old Airfix Sunderland kits on Ebay and am starting the build. It's a surprisingly good model for a kit molded in 1959! I really like the very fine rivet detail, which actually looks better, in my opinion, than the overly deep engraved panel lines on the much newer Italeri kits. And it's going together quite nicely so far. I will get some brass machine guns to replace the kit parts, and maybe some vacuformed canopy and turret parts. We'll see.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Nice one George.. I easily found aftermarket brass barrels for the guns on mine, and ordered the Eduard colour PE interior. Won’t start mine for a few months yet.. enjoy

[@georgecoventry8441]

@@HarryHoudiniModels - Which brass barrel set is the one to get, Harry? I'm thinking that Master Model may have the ones I need. They have a set of 4 barrels, .303 Browning with flash hiders, like are used on most RAF bombers.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

They work but if you want the 0.5 Browing, as used later on, you can get them in sets of 2 also from Master Models. www.bnamodelworld.com/model-planes-gun-barrels-master-models-am-72-001

[@georgecoventry8441]

@@HarryHoudiniModels - great! I'll do that. Much obliged!

[@billevans7936]

Nifty......darn good video Harry...

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Glad you enjoyed it Bill

[@george_364]

Looks like good kit, will be nice build.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Super Thanks George 👍

[@mike59317]

Thanks!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Super Thanks Michael

[@iankerridge5720]

Hi Harry, don't know if you are already aware, but Airfix are re-releasing their Great Western kit later this year. i know you love building ships

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Oh yes and I am just waiting on pricing down under

[@randytaylor1258]

Magnificent flying machine, in real life and 1/72. I had one when the earth was cooling but I've honestly never seen another one built. That "football", as pilot students called it, was the radio direction-finder loop in its aerodynamic case, so the navigator could rotate it to find the source of the signal. Have you given any thought to the model's final setting? Cheers!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Randy, I wondered what that pizza maker really was. Eventually I found a scan of the old 1960’s instructions where Airfix list the names of all parts. I’ll be making mine into one of the Australian versions, probably Coastal Command, as I like the white look, with minimal camo atop.

[@splukker]

Are you going to sand and polish out the dimples in the round windows?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Might be faster, easier and look better to cut out windows from thin acetate, like I did for the Stingray (video out soon)

[@Yves95128]

Hi Harry, I look forward to this build, I love those old kits. The only one I hated from Airfix is the old Aston martin db5 (?) 1/32, where everything was off, the only kit I ever threw away☹.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Goodness, was it a later rebox in that horrible plastic? A lot of great old Airfix kits were ruined in the 80’s-90’s by being pressed at the worn out Heller facility in Normandy.

[@Yves95128]

@@HarryHoudiniModels I don't know where it came from, I got it in California, but it looked like the mold was misaligned during injection, it's possible that Heller made that, injection is not their forte to say the least.

[@PsychicalTraumaPL]

I've skipped the Stingray videos, cause it's just not my cup of tea, but this one, OH BOY! I always wanted to build this model, this plane is a beautiful piece of an odd looking engineering! Can't wait to see the build videos 😎

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Only one more Stingray video to avoid, then it’s the Tamiya Honda F1 Race car build. Sunderland build in a few months

[@PsychicalTraumaPL]

@@HarryHoudiniModels hmm, then I might actually end up watching the Stingray 😅

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It’s about making an acetate curved windshield. So something useful in other types of models.

[@PsychicalTraumaPL]

@@HarryHoudiniModels fair enough 😎 don't get me wrong, I know it's worth watching, it's just the type of vehicles (?) like Stingray that don't tick the box for me 😅

[@ryburnsjr]

Looking forward to this build 😀😀😀😀

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It will be a trip down memory lane into my second childhood Roy

[@Jelly-B]

It's these old Airfix kits that I grew up on although it was always my Dad that insisted on building my kits. Mum said he didn't want me n my brother wasting them

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Ha ha. He just wanted a hobby… great story Jelly

[@scottfoster9452]

Thanks Harry, this is going to be a wonderful build series, of a fascinating plane, I mean boat! 😅👍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes this boat will be a lot of fun

[@thedisabledwelshman9266]

@@HarryHoudiniModels no disrespect. but why would u buy an incomplete kit?.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Often for rare kits, 1. You can’t find one and 2. Even when you find one the prices are ridiculous. 3. It was a Christmas Present. 4. See what I did with the Airfix St Louis, which was both an incomplete kit and a horribly started model. I enjoyed all the repairs and scratch work to bring it up to better than it ever was back in the 70’s.

[@GregReilly135ScaleModels]

Nice old Kit harry all of those photos you showed are from Windermere lake where I live they were built and maintained there I have a book about it somewhere I'll dig it out and could send you some picture's if you want

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks. That would be very useful

[@411maintainer]

I would love to see what you do with the interior of this kit.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Me too…

[@captaincool3329]

Interesting coincidence that your decision to make the Airfix Sunderland an RAAF one coincides with Airfix's new 2023 range, which includes multiple RAAF options- I'm gunning for the Spitfire Mk Vc (RAAF silvery colour and blue-white roundel).

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

This is why I sold off half a dozen Spitfire kits to make room for the new Airfix Aussie versions :)

[@oldfella3919]

Great to see an old Sunderland under inspection. I've got one in the stash ready to go. But .... what's the model Stingray on the back shelf???? Now there's a model I've been looking for since I was a nipper in the mid 60's. Is it readily available (I've always looked but never found one) - who's the manufacturer, where can I get one, how much do they cost, what's the quality ... so many questions. I'm jealous and seriously considering becoming a burglar 😄😄🤩

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I have a whole build series on the Doyusha Stingray. Part 8 out tonight. I lowered the window height, raked back the window pillars, then scratch built the whole interior. In the latest video I remade all the glass windows using clear acetate and added some LED in the cabin so I could see it. Enjoy!

[@oldfella3919]

@@HarryHoudiniModels I will! Came across your channel by chance ... now subscribed! Cheers 👍👍

[@soppdrake]

I built a Stingray model I found at Forbidden Planet, London about 1983. It had vac formed hull halves and metal skids. Lost it! No idea where the thing went!

[@andrewcomerford264]

Love the instrument panel - cut it out of the instructions and stick it on.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes those were the days... Mine will be a photo etch upgrade... slightly better

[@randytaylor1258]

Are you going to paint the window framing flat black? Will that hide it better?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

You’ll need to watch the next video to find out

[@michaelpeters1644]

The gunner was moulded with that oversize ring, for the guns to threaded through so that they could be moved up and down. Same as movable turrets, rolling wheels, spinning propellers, because they were intended for the children's toy market at that time. Of which, I suppose I was one.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Well it is a great toy that I just completed a few months back. Lots of fun and I am very chuffed with the result.

[@paulprice1994]

just signed up again Harry, love the Sunderland, by the the the Lightning turned out great

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

For the Stingray?

[@paulprice1994]

@@HarryHoudiniModels the stingray is great Harry, takes me back to my school days, Im an old fart like you

[@Redgolf2]

Harry looks exactly like Col. Birdseye! 🤣

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Wanna buy some fish?

[@Habu2]

Capt. Birdseye surely ?

[@captaincharlemagne]

got say you keep impressing harry your videos are a joy to watch. Hoping to pick your brain for some advice I am planning to do an out of the box review of the french battleship/battlecruiser Strasbourg however i keep getting nervous and feel like it turn out really bad. How did you overcome such fears when you first started doing such videos sir.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Just Go for it! Be yourself and be honest. You don’t need to show your face at first, if that is confronting for you. I did neck down shots for the first 6 months, worried my old face and baggy eyes would look bad on camera. I’d been on Television reading news, in interviews and adverts plus the Stage with live theatre for many years back when I was much younger, and much prettier. However I knew what I wanted to say and simply let the camera roll. One take, no edits, uploaded from iPad. Remember you are talking to someone. So just pretend it is a conversation from you to them. The more genuine and friendly you come across the better, and quite frankly just having a chat is far easier than writing a script then trying to read it.

[@captaincharlemagne]

@@HarryHoudiniModels thank you for the advice sir very much appricated

[@abyssminiaturestudios6103]

all those rivitts so many to count, lol Jk looks like a good kit. These old ones always suprise me. Maybe its just cause im a youngin and i love the nostalgia , Have a good day/evening whatever time it is in wallaby land

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Steve… I just asked my wallaby and he said the wombat thinks its 5am… but you can never trust those sly old buggas

[@thanassisveggos627]

Hey Harry Happy New Year! You're looking quite dapper this year. Did you lose weight,?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes I did... thanks for noticing

[@aussiefrenchman-hobbytable9960]

Bonjour Harry, farking glad its a boat ,lol don't do planes, bloody canopies get me every time, hopefully might learn something mate !😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It’s a floater mate.. flotte juste sur l'eau mec

[@skylongskylong1982]

Get a model of the Revell Nazi Condor , and depict the battle on the box. Boys own stuff, adventures

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Now don’t temp me Sky!

[@crunter]

I built this in Xmas 1972. Next May, Sunderland FC beat Leeds in the FA Cup Final!!!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It was way out of my pocket money limit back in ‘72 Phil…. but I can have fun building it now in my second childhood.

[@crunter]

@@HarryHoudiniModels I remember going down to Woolworths in South Shields on Xmas day with my Xmas money! On my bloody pushbike, I also bought the Airfix Heinkel.Wow,those were the days! I think they cost 15/-?

[@kevelliott]

@@crunter I used to go to Maxwell's in Sunderland in those days!

[@darronhedges5873]

Cheers,Vintage Airfix ...nostalgia or childhood trauma revisited?Now if Zoukei did a \48....

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I never had any trauma with Airfix in the 60’s and 70’s… it was a joy to build their models… I know the later 80’s 90’s period was pretty awful when a US consortium took over, cost cut and but fucked the product, which is why so many Tamiya builders bag Airfix. But in its heyday, 60 years ago, Airfix was at the top of the game, and we loved everyone of their kits.

[@darronhedges5873]

@@HarryHoudiniModels It was a 'clickbait' question.Im 57 and was wooed from the joy of \56,\76 interesting catalogue of British army vehicles to \35 tamiya figures.My reason for building at moment is to help concentrate over effects of very strong pain meds,so im drawn to complex builds.Made rear grill's and mesh's on rear deck of T34 from brass and copper wire,and built 'travel locking' chain for Panther out of 54 tiny links(bicycle chain style 5-4-5-4...)Do'nt know whose madder?Rochm for including it in PE set,or me for building it?There are a few subjects out there i would love to see RFM create some moulds of.All last dozen armour kits outclass everyone else on detail/scale.Cheers for reply,better go to the only other relatable modeller on YT and say hello.....Nigel.

[@finlayfraser9952]

Double entendres all around!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

You should watch my Workbench And New Kits videos LOL

[@markkrug766]

Kangaroo - Mate! What about the 'flash' you exhibited with your wit and humor? Love your vids, keep them coming.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I am pretty flash… thanks for noticing Mark :)

[@russellblake9850]

why not make it a Sandringham ? in good olde Ansett colours ...

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It’s a consideration

[@charlesmendoza3]

Airfix will send you any missing parts

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

The postage down under would be 10 times the price of the aftermarket. Been down this road before.

[@21monkey21ify]

im from sunderland

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Susan… Did they float the Flyingboats there?

[@randomnickify]

Wait... You are in Australia? You have your camera set upside down then!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I hang from the ceiling mate!

[@pojuwolf]

Aw Harry! You ain't old, man. I'm 67 and feel as I always have. I love your videos though your waffling annoys when you MUMBLE. Innunciate, s'il vous plaît. I'm building the Revelle Fokker DRI and the ancient Greek bireme Aoshima, in fact I have two. Then if I'm still interested Ill find something else. Keep up the awesome work. By the way, your wooden ships are amazing.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks matey

[@billevans7936]

Hum? RAAF.....?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

You got it in one Bill

[@williamroberts1819]

Dry fit. No lub.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yep dry hump mate!

[@Habu2]

Did anybody else send off for 'missing decals' like I did or was that just me ?

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I could have, but Airfix hits me up £10 postage, and for that I can instead get aftermarket deck alls locally down under in any version I desire.

[@Habu2]

@@HarryHoudiniModels Hi Harry.....no I'm talking about when I was a kid and I fancied some 'spares' ! lol

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I used to send a self addressed and stamped envelope to Airfix with the missing part note back in the 60’s. They would send you the part back free of charge. Now they charge postage down under, so hardly worth it.

[@Habu2]

@@HarryHoudiniModels Understood......keep entertaining us.

[@paulgarner3541]

Innuendos have no place here - keep it clean - keep it classy

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Works for me