How Old is This? Airfix Bristol Bloodhound 1/76 Scale Plastic Model Kit - Unboxing Review

[@neilmcclary]

did this in the 1970s im 65 now blast from the past

[@pelleb9270]

I also did that one in the 70's. 🙂👍

[@StevenPotts-ij9ue]

I also built this kit in the late 60s -early 70s, I'm now 66, I remember we could buy glue and paints when I was ten, how times change, lol

[@robpowell8633]

I'm sure I had this back in the early Seventies when it came with the Airfix Hercules - which was in 1/72!

[@ModelMinutes]

I did ask Airfix to re-release the c130 to commemorate it leaving RAF service but sadly they did not

[@anthonylichfield3540]

I just finished this kit it turned out nicely i can also remember making it in the 1960s as a small boy happy modelling everyone 👍

[@ModelMinutes]

Very cool!

[@vasili1207]

its a good kit in general. one of the first kit i ever built in the 90s as a kid, gave you a few things to build for not much money few figures a vehicle and a weapon i cannot fault it.

[@davidpowell6098]

I built this when it first came out, bought it at Woolworths, I'm 64 now. Good stuff.

[@ModelMinutes]

very cool!

[@ryokolynn6948]

i got 3 boxes, all different box pics ... bought from 1980s, 1990s & 2000s. Its a super nice kit...!

[@ModelMinutes]

Very cool!

[@The_Male_Modeller]

Thanks for doing this video. I was contemplating this one because I remember seeing the bloodhound at RAF Museum Hendon so, lots of nostalgia 😀👍🏻

[@ModelMinutes]

Glad I could help!

[@sebastiansekinger5070]

I built this one when I was 9! Lovely little model, very tempted to have a go at it again. Some clear plastic card will remedy the lack of clear parts, and you even get a dog!

[@ModelMinutes]

Yes, I actually glazed my land rover with some clear plastic when I built it :D

[@wadejustanamerican1201]

Thanks for the video.

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks for watching!

[@rudiskiver]

I remember having this kit prior to 1970, so it must have been released in the 60's

[@ModelMinutes]

Yes, scalemates seem to agree that it was around before Airfix seems to think it was

[@memkiii]

@@ModelMinutes They sold it in the Woolworths type 1/6d type hanging bag well before that, I suspect that at most, they modified the tool and started using a box in 1970. They also disagree about the scale. I think the original was 1/72, then sold as HO, finally settling on 1/76

[@ashleybishop9937]

I also built this in the 70s and I still have it, but I think I converted the Landrover.

[@NORTHERNROVER1]

Great video, thanks! Absolutely released prior to 1971 as I still have two I purchased circa 1967 and the only difference(other than the packaging) I can see to the later 70's version is that they were molded in green and the later version is in white. A nice kit with a super little Series 1 Land Rover. Cheers from Canada!

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks for the info!

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

My original - circa 1962, was moulded in white. Airfix Magazine, a few years later (say 1966) had an article on various conversions to the Land Rover; long wheelbase and open top / back types and a rather neat little breakdown lorry.

[@Modguy555]

Hi! Just wondering if we could do some larger aircraft? I've heard the 1/48 mossie from tamiya is a dream?

[@ModelMinutes]

That's a good suggestion - I have some 1/48 scale kits in the stash that I hope to do at some point

[@JohnDavies-cn3ro]

I built this model when I was approximately 9, which would be in 1962. In those days it cost three shillinhs, and came in a polythene bag. The Labrador dog was a favourite part of the model!

[@ModelMinutes]

Yeah, its still a fun inclusion :)

[@LightingSparks82]

I've just purchased two more of these. As I have a 70s vintage already. I've just purchased a Hawker Siddeley Dominie t.1. Do you happen to have one in your stash. Can't seem to find anyone building on KZbin.

[@ModelMinutes]

Sadly i never got my hands on that one, perhaps I will in the future

[@whizzwham1862]

In the the 70s there was a bloodhound missile in the blackgang chine theme park on the isle of wight now restored at raf north coates

[@robertbate5790]

I'm fairly sure this kit first came out in a plastic bag with foldover instruction sheet stapled to the top. I built three or for sets as I had acquired some Triang Hornby Battle Space railway wagons. I used them for loading the trains. Happy school days. . . . . Good review I thought too, thanks 👍👍👍👍

[@ModelMinutes]

Thanks for the info!

[@BobMuir100]

Hi Matt, another great video and the 2nd on trot (my viewing) that won’t get made, I don’t do dioramas nor trains. Thanks for the scale explanation. Should the measurements on the box not be in inches on these Vintage kits? Just saying…… How about weighing the sprus and see what weight of plastic one gets for one’s money it may build an interesting spreadsheet? Bob England

[@ModelMinutes]

I have considered weight of the plastic before, but decided there were too many variables to make it a worthwhile metric. For example, if a kit comes with full frames and thus more plastic than the older style kits which are basically a stick with parts on, is it better to have more unused plastic? Extra flash would also count towards a higher weight so do we count a high weight of plastic as a good thing or a bad thing? The only way to be fair would be to cut every part away and weigh them, then all the sprues separately to get a ratio. Something I don’t really want to do seeing as I want to build my kits at some point lol

[@BobMuir100]

@@ModelMinutes good points which I hadn’t considered. Oh well, thanks for your reply.

[@Dan3-lg2mi]

Can we please have a build video

[@ModelMinutes]

I have a number of build videos in the works - sadly they take considerably more time to record and edit

[@jaws848]

​@@ModelMinutesabsloutley it is Mat...have 1 done in modern day N.A.T.O. woodland camo with 2 more on order...putting them into a woodland diorama

[@stephensenior3589]

Lol I was 11 when I built this in 71, my paper rounds used to pay for all my models 🙂

[@ModelMinutes]

I hope you enjoyed building it :)

[@nickdsnik]

Why do I think that this came with my Hercules?

[@ModelMinutes]

I think there was a boxing with this and a c130

[@Gobstaaaar]

Hi...Sorry, I couldn't find a way to message you privately, probably missing something..... Do you make construct models for people ?

[@ModelMinutes]

KZbin hasn't had a private messaging system for many years now. Normally people either contact me through discord if they need to. I have been asked by many people before if I will do commision builds, but it's not often that I do due to available time

[@BobMuir100]

Hi again, on Vintage kits should the measurements on the box be in inches? Just saying!! Also thanks for explaining the scale as it was a mystery to me I guess your other hobby came into play here?! Good video but again I won’t be buying as I neither do train nor make dioramas. Bob England

[@ModelMinutes]

Whilst the tooling used might be vintage, I think keeping the measurements on the box to modern standards is probably a good idea 😂

[@BobMuir100]

@@ModelMinutes Nah! Go full vintage…….even only use that old tube of glue! Lol Thanks mate

[@melanierhianna]

It became compulsory to teach metric in schools in 1968. It would have to be really old to be in aardvarks to the camel measurements.

[@BobMuir100]

@@melanierhianna Hi, 1968?! Really? I went to school well past this time period and don’t recall any focus on the metric system!! To this very day it mess’s with me as I just cannot ‘see’ say 33mm in my mind yet I can 14” . I do recall an amazing amount of time and effort getting decimal currency into our heads……… so much so that I never convert back to £SP! Weird or what?? Bob England

[@Ensign_Cthulhu]

The explanation of the choice of scale was interesting. So... you can defend your HO-scale railyard, but you cannot defend your 1:72 scale airbase without being unauthentic! Poor doggy, having a sprue jammed up his unpleasantness.

[@ModelMinutes]

I think HO is 1/87 scale which is another can of worms lol