Airfix 1966 White Box Revenge Classic Kit Box Open Finding Airfix Rare Kits

[@CharlesFlahertyB]

Thanks!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Super thanks Charles

[@richardsinger01]

I built this kit in about 1970 as a nipper. All those coloured triangles - oh my God what a mess I made of painting them! StillI was proud of my creation. I haven't seen one of these kits since then, so this video brought back fond and distant memories

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

There is a paper trick for the triangles…. I will show it one day when I build her.

[@richardsinger01]

@@HarryHoudiniModelsI’ll look out for that.

[@MichaelCampin]

I used to keep my kits in a walk in cupboard under the stairs, it was cool and dark and my parents bought me kits every week but put them away until they thought I was capable of building them. As I got my initial Hornby Railway system when I was 10 months old. I was more into train sets than kits so by the time I started building models I had hundreds to build up.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

You may want to watch my video on stash problems matey

[@syrmalcolm]

You know.. I love watching you get into these vintage white boxes. Enjoying the hobby the way you do.. makes for a fun watch. Thanks HH>

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Mal… these old kits are a passion of mine

[@cosmarendy8417]

Thanks for sharing Harry, lovely kit.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Cos

[@ejharrop1416]

Thank you Sir Harry. It was an awesome kit in the day and even more so now in this condition, good on you mate. Cheers!!!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Glad you enjoyed it EJ

[@davidknight2220]

Brilliant, my cousin built this kit in the 1960s a fantastic kit

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes it is a little gem… thanks David

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

Your naughty-cal terms Harry. 🤣 What a lovely time capsule you have there. In my mind I can “smell” the cardboard box, the plastic parts and the paper/ink of the instruction sheet. Thanks for this.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

My pleasure Ronald

[@brianartillery]

Lovely to see that. I might be rather odd, here, but I do get an odd shivery sort of feeling, when opening an old kit, from any manufacturer, especially if it's one (a) I've never owned, or (b) one I have had, but once only, when I was a kid. I recently made a Matchbox 1/72 Spitfire IX. Few parts, brown and green plastic. And I was shaking, as I opened the box. The memories, very happy ones, of making the same kit, at my now long-dead Gran's dining table, some 53 years before, were almost too much, and I had to walk away from it for a day or two. Nostalgia is good - but it can be terrifyingly cloying, too. Anyway, thank you so much for sharing this lovely item. Nice one. 👍👍👍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I too revel in the smell and texture of an old kit… such a joy and it brings back so many memories of happy days building kits for the first time with no expectations, simply enjoying the experience for what it was.

[@brianlavery9237]

I received this very kit on my 10th birthday which was December 1967. As you say , the kit you have looks just as mine did when I excitedly opened it vallejo those years ago ;)

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes it does look like it fell out of a time machine from the 60’s. Thanks Brian

[@artsmodeldockyard8718]

Good review Harry. Remember building this kit around 1980 and like yours and with a lit of these kits Joining the Hull halves and deck could be a bit fiddly. Also I can't ever remember a kit bk then not having those moulded deadeyes broken or missing from the sprues as well as the bottom half of the channels these were always first to break due to being very small thin and flimsy. Just for the record the swivel guns were called "Falconets" bk in the day. Thoroughly enjoyed the review bringing bk some great memories 👌 Rob.T. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks for that Robert… I will make a note for any future video.. Falcon Nets!

[@crisslastname9417]

Nice old kit! 👍I would like to see you put this one together.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Me too Criss… need to complete some other ship builds first

[@andrewjones1649]

Hi Harry. A very fair review. On the one I'm building, it had a lot of ejector pin marks on the inside hull halves. Several were above the main deck level. So I had to fill them. No problem, but it highlights the lack of detail on the bulwarks. So thats my next step.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I had the same problem on the St Louis.. sanded them out then scored planking and added wood effects to the bulwarks. Looked great in the end.

[@seananthonyegan3395]

Hello Harry thanks for sharing the Airfix kits my Aunts use to work at the Airfix factory I was spoilt with various kits every time I see them that was in the 1960s oh how I wish I had some of them now,

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Hindsight is a wonderful thing…

[@roberthill9011]

Hi thank you for sharing I have a H.M.S. victory 12" but it's a Revell model in its box's 😊

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

That Revell Victory is a very nice and much newer kit.. one of the few 21st century tooled sailing ship kits for plastic.

[@usssaratogacv3lefevre978]

What a great fine Harry.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I was very lucky to score this one matey

[@Sarah-JaneR32]

Looks a good kit and nice to see it’s aged really well, I learnt a lot from the Airfix instructions, like aircraft wings are on the outside, do miss those and something they should do more of especially on the easier kits for kids. I like the flash on Airfix Kits as it means I get more plastic than I payed for :), take care and model on

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Now that is a great perspective Sarah-Jane.. I might steal your flash words for my next video… hehe

[@anthonylichfield3540]

Hello H I remember building this as a kid back in the 1960s happy modeling old boy 👍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Anthony

[@rogerbowen5753]

There were some pretty nice kits around in the 60's. I have an original long box Aurora Black Knight. The plastic is a little thick by today's standards, but, the detail on it is really nice including the head. I may build it one day. I do keep seeing reissues of the Airfix ships, a comparison between new and old could make an interesting video. Have they stood the test of time......

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I have made some comparison videos, like the 70’s Airfix Schnellboot to the 21st century Revel and Fore kits. The results were surprising. Same with my Airfix Spitfire from the 90’s compared to the latest moulding. Most of the Airfix ship kits from the 60’s are not produced anymore, except for the Victory, which has been thrashed out over half a century and now the mouldings are flash city. This has given Airfix ships a bad reputation. I do have an old white box Wasa kit and the new red box. That might work?

[@rogerbowen5753]

@@HarryHoudiniModels I saw the Schnellboot one and I'll look up the Spitfire one. I have seen the Airfix Cutty Sark rereleased. Yeah, the Wasa might be worth a comparison.

[@timrousell3404]

That is awsome 😊

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thank you Tim

[@andreastimper9848]

I will be looking forward to you actually building it once you find the time 🙂

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It’s on my list… along with 150 other projects. But one day I will get to it.

[@viking1236]

Don’t leave it to go yellow in your stash Harry! Hope you build it.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I certainly won’t let that happen. May be a few years before I get to it, but it will get built.

[@martinonderdonck7260]

There are 2 rear facing guns right there where you said no rear facing guns.😊 the line battle formation only started 80 years later in the Anglo Dutch wars . Individual ship fights, with raking shots of fore and rear castle guns were very much the standard practice then.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks Martin… that makes more sense… will keep it in mind when I build her.

[@finlayfraser9952]

Harry, 1958 1/600 Revenge in the plastic bag. Oh heady days!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Oh was that when it came out… Scalemates had nothing on The Revenge in that scale and I wondered if I was mistaken. Thanks for clearing that up Finlay

[@neilhughes9310]

14:49 - 'no rear facing guns' says he with his thumbs beside two gun ports. Fair enough they might have been fake gunports. Great review. If only kit instructions were still like that. I bought an old Airfix B25 Mitchell recently for a few quid, just to get the old instructions.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes my eyes are getting bad and I missed those closed gun ports. Every other Airfix kit I have in my stash has them open.

[@jefthing]

It’s the same age as me but in much better condition!

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

LOL yep…

[@joeschenk8400]

I will await your future build of this one. For a kit of this vintage, it looks excellent. I suspect you have a time machine in your basement and you go back and pick these kits up, you can tell us, we will keep your secret.🤣

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Well I do have a Deloran and a blue phone box hehe

[@joeschenk8400]

@@HarryHoudiniModels Just don't go too far you might meet Morlocks but then again there is Weena.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I think Morlocks are in the distant future… I’m just visiting the swinging sixties baby!

[@joeschenk8400]

You are correct sir, my mistake but what do I know? I don't even live in the present.@@HarryHoudiniModels

[@markoreilly3414]

Wow! Flashback !! I built this around 1972~3 , i was 6~7. The only Sailing Ship i ever built. Great review thx 👍

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Good on you Mark

[@rogersmith2950]

That kit is in amazing condition, enjoy the build. 😀

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Thanks

[@jimbo7788]

I think this cost me 12/6 or 62 New pence (UK shekels) or 6 pints of Heavy Beer , back in the 1967?? What I remember is that Airfix had engraved all the geometric patterns on the hull and bulkheads which may painting the model a dream Wish I had taken a few pics Thanks for the memory Harry

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Yes Jimbo all the shapes for the triangles are finely engraved so you can easily paint the patterns… Pity you have no pics, but I have also lost all my childhood photos of my ships kits.

[@MichaelCampin]

I remember this one. I'm 63 so it's probably one I built all those years ago.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

You may just have Michael

[@MichaelCampin]

@@HarryHoudiniModels I built quite a few Heller kits that were sent to UK from my uncles and cousins in Angers, France. They were a problem as most instructions were in French but luckily my knowledge of french helped me alot.

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

The German company that just bought Heller intends to make universal instructions for the ship kits without the oi la lah.

[@guaporeturns9472]

Damn there’s been a lot of different HMS Revenges

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

There have only been 3 HMS Revenge, this not one of them. My 16th century ‘The Revenge’ was English, not British. There have been 2 USS Revenge and a barge in Belgium. commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Ships_named_Revenge

[@jeffholt9437]

I'm sorry Harry but there is a simple explanation as to the amazing condition of this kit - someone has found a portal to the sixties and is using it to bring kits back to the present (well, that's what I'd do)........

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Blimey… we need to make a list and find this guy… we need those kits!

[@mikaelfrigeniua208]

H& H ! Love it when yours truly get the claws as it where unto read into another project ! What will be the tee total of it all ? 😢❤😊

[@mikaelfrigeniua208]

My comment lacked in straight King's English !😢 Reply in the down under more aboutitall present ❤

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

I dunno ‘bout ya lingo Mike son.. sounds like a Kookaburra phartin to me cobber?

[@mikaelfrigeniua208]

@@HarryHoudiniModels Being a from Sweden What I mean H ! Stay Australian up front and SAY it outright in the native tounge ! While we youtubers enjoy the sum total of it all

[@mikaelfrigeniua208]

Ok Our northern burra variant here in the antipode sounds like a constant Oboe playing constantly Very scary !

[@billevans7936]

My Eddie Allen is a '66 rehab kit....

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Lost in translation Bill?

[@billevans7936]

B29 kit

[@toniarudd8947]

Harry I have a white box royal Sovereign with no instructions and airfix will not help yet they say any problems get in touch i do not buy airfix kits any more

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

Sorry to hear that Tonia…. I’m sure some one has uploaded them to the internet. Otherwise I might be able to scan mine and send to you.

[@sammy_dog]

FARK Harry another Airfix ship you sure do like your white boxes isn't that a lil racist these days FARK the PC i say haha

[@HarryHoudiniModels]

It probably is and home oh phobic too no doubt… but I woke up to the stupid insults years ago… bug her em!

[@sammy_dog]

@@HarryHoudiniModelsI sure hope the woke will wake up one day soon before we all go down the farken ship house