MAKE THIS FLYING WING BOMBER! REVELL ARADO E555 - how to build the kit

[@BobbyG-bp9xr]

Absolutely stunning build Gary! 👏👏👌 Love the luftwaffe what if genre and you've made a wonderful job of this one. The paint job is awesome, especially the cammo. Smashed it Gary! Love your little honesty clips too! 😂 Makes me laugh! Loving your work as always Gary and looking forward to livestream on Thursday. Take care mate. 👍👊

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks mate, see you there.... well, I won't see you but you'll see me... you know what I mean.

[@BobbyG-bp9xr]

🤣🤣 👍

[@randalscott7224]

A "what if" of a "what if" subject? I like it!

[@acfnugget7880]

Always guaranteed an imperial thumbs up when my son and I watch a vid👍! Always a pleasure to view your vids. Looking forward to the Thursday livestream!

[@marksinthehouse1968]

Anti radiation white and faded roundels and 617 squadron flashes on the fins 😊and a blue steal slung underneath hehe ,nice work mate ,now where’s my Horton been put ,all the best Mark 😊😊

[@garys_stuff]

Certainly a Red Beard would fit into that bay - it went into a Buccaneer. Bit of cut and shut and I'm sure a Blue Steel would go in.

[@LightingSparks82]

Owning two of these beautiful beasts. Your only the second build I've seen.

[@nikjohnson9968]

THAT IS SO GOOD GARY. I NEED TO FIND ONE FOR MYSELF, CAN I HAVE THAT ONE BACK. 🤣 LOVE THE WHAT IF SCHEME

[@garys_stuff]

I'll try to disassemble it according to the instructions - I may have the frames to glue the bits back onto as well!!! Lovely kit to build mate, thanks so much!

[@geraintwilliams531]

I got one of these kits some years ago but gave up on it as I couldn't figure out a good colour scheme for it. After seeing this, I have got another one to have a second go at.

[@emmabird9745]

Hi Gary, nice build. 1948 markings? The reason the RAF went to these later markings was that the war was over, they reverted to peace time practice. That does not devalue your choice though because you've depicted an aircraft taken over after hostilities have, at last, ended. I think this was a proposal for the "Amerika bomber" (their spelling I think). Ambitious given the life epectancy of the engines was about 25 hours, then again they didn't expect to return (ditch and get picked up by U-boat). As a point of interest, in your earlier vid I noticed the yellow triangles marked as "B4", ie petrol grade B4. Surprising given their jets ran on parfin! Of course we all make our models to please ourselves (and I like that you emphasise that to your viewers (no modellers police here)) but I prefer to have revolving props and rotating turrets, even openning cockpits. That allows a change of pose from time to time which can refresh the display a bit.

[@garys_stuff]

No, the E555-1 certainly didn't have the range to bomb New York, despite the box art! But later proposed developments of the basic airframe would have had the range for a one-way trip...

[@paulellis-m6v]

Great build Gary mottling can be very frustrating give us some more in the future

[@garys_stuff]

I've got a Bf-109 in paint that will need some mottled sides....

[@simonjohn8904]

Can't beat a "what if" kit build @Gary. Great result mate. 👏👏👏

[@owencheeseman6922]

You did a great job on the cockpit, particularly on the instrument panels!

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks! Always nice when the manufacturer gives you just the right amount of relief to make dry brushing possible but not too heavy!

[@chrisfirth1803]

Lovely kit, looks great. Thank you for keeping the mistakes in, it gives us all the feeling that anyone can make a mistake, no one's perfect.

[@garys_stuff]

Oh, I am very, very far from perfect! It's the whole ethos of my channel - I'm a pretty ordinary model maker and I make mistakes. No point hiding them, especially if it can stop someone else doing the same dumb thing. Although in this case I'm going to say the instructions are not 100% clear....

[@chrisfirth1803]

@@garys_stuff well despite the instructions, it's a great looking kit. Funnily enough, I was watching a programme on UkTV yesterday, which mentions the Arado company and the Arado 555. It was about how they moved the factory underground into tunnels deep in the Polish countryside.

[@alc4937]

Lovely build! Have one of those in my stash. Might need to bring it up the queue.

[@simonbaker6962]

Your skills have improved so much since I styarted watching this channel. The E555 is a very rare kit and is only available from the US. It is one of Revells best selling kits and prices are around the 100 dollar mark.

[@garys_stuff]

Thanks Simon, the big test will be the Chipmunk as I have a direct comparison to two years ago (still on my shelf here too!)

[@kristhijs3180]

I made this kit when it first came out. Periscope you have to glue yourself ==> otherwise you can never change its position, it leaves a hole.

[@gavinbooth]

That was very enjoyable thanks for the upload Gary . Regards Gav.

[@garys_stuff]

Glad you enjoyed it Gav!

[@ronaldbyrne3320]

Marvellous kit. Love what you’ve done with it as well. That mottled pattern over the yellow undersides is quite the contrast and an eyecatching scheme. 😍

[@markadams5462]

The man who never made a mistake, never made anything! Maybe the lesson from the engines is to dry fit, pull apart and glue. None-the-less, a very nice piece of work and something you will be proud to display.

[@garys_stuff]

As Niels Bohr said, an expert is someone who has made all the mistakes that can be made in a narrow field. I am still trying to qualify!!!

[@markadams5462]

@@garys_stuff Will the Chippie build reveal an increase in competency? We wait with baited breath!

[@garys_stuff]

@@markadams5462 let's not be too rash here - I'm trying to manage expectations. But I am getting a pair of harnesses for this one at least, and a canopy mask!

[@kissfan6321]

Great build!!

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

cool build on channel thanks lee

[@darthhokum]

Beautiful work 👍

[@davidbutterfield2949]

Nice result Gary, camouflage scheme turned out great. Looks great with the what if markings. 👍🏻🇦🇺

[@julianmhall]

Hi Gary I was curious and looked up ejector seats. Apparently the first 'assisted' bale out of an aircraft used a bungee in 1910. Yeah I think I'd give that one a miss *lol* The first ejector seats as we would know them were developed by a Romanian inventor, Anastase Dragomir in the late 1920s. Heinkel and Saab also designed them in the late 1930s / early 40s. Predictably for a jet powered fighter, Heinkel designed theirs in 1940 for the Heinkel 280.

[@garys_stuff]

Give me a Martin-Baker every time…

[@julianmhall]

@@garys_stuff Ditto. I definitely don't like the idea of the glorified elastic band in 1910! :)

[@hueyJoe135]

It's a great model I'm just watching it now. Keep up the great work son 👏

[@garys_stuff]

Cheers Joe, sure will try!

[@barrywalker8790]

Very nice love the colour scheme and the camouflage came out great a couple of tricky moment 😮but you got it sorted well done on another successful build 👍

[@garys_stuff]

Cheers Barry!

[@paulsmodels]

An interesting kit for sure! Gonna see if I can find one at a good price.

[@TheBez1965]

Looks great

[@chrismawson4185]

Wow impressive paint job looks like a great mojo repairer think i,ll purchase one 😊😊😊

[@paulgertsch7105]

Looks nice

[@randytaylor1258]

Excellent! Very convincing.

[@psychodermix]

That's an awesome camo scheme. Well done!

[@goforitpainting]

Very interesting model.

[@DutchDaveModels]

Very cool build, Gary. Like the mottling and RAF test scheme. Wonderful Revell kit. ✨👍✨

[@julianmhall]

Lovely job :) Curious how one guy could have managed both guns at the same time.

[@markfranks1329]

Very likely that the bombardier took over frontal defence and operated the top turret in a similar manner to those in B-17Gs with the chin turret.

[@julianmhall]

@@markfranks1329 That's a good thought, or possibly they were hoping speed would avoid any trouble in the first place :) Reloading the guns or clearing stoppages wouldn't be possible.

[@markfranks1329]

@@julianmhall Good points.👍

[@Jelly-B]

Lovely paint job Gary the mottling really looks great. I thought the choice of captured RAF scheme was inspired. Where can I find my own Nik as my stash of Lidl Airfix kits is now just an empty shelf.

[@stevesstuff1450]

Very nice indeed! 👍 The mottled camo. looks terrific. 😃 I like the yellow RAF captured effect, although I do wonder whether the RAF would have repainted German warning/caution notices over the yellow paint, or whether they'd have used English translations instead.....? 😜

[@garys_stuff]

I did think about finding some "no step" and "no push" markings from other kits but I think they may have left the top side alone unless they were to repaint it completely. My Me 163 had a load of German language stuff on it still. But yes, I suspect they would have put new things on the underside... maybe tyre pressures in psi for example?

[@routman28]

👍

[@VulcanDriver1]

Hi where did you get the weights from. TIA

[@garys_stuff]

They are balance weights for bicycles, mine cost £10 for 60 of them: amzn.to/45g6T54

[@rowluxillusion5235]

I am confused why are you gluing painted part to painted part? The bond is nowhere near as strong as the plastic cannot fuse together properly.

[@garys_stuff]

Well, in my experience it works. I'm not clever enough to build an entire kit then paint it all. Some of it has to be painted first. On some parts, like undercarriage doors, you can always carefully sand the contact faces.

[@soppdrake]

Cool build! Though it looks a bit like a flying pastie 🥐

[@garys_stuff]

If I'd painted it all over red it could have been the flying postie... ha, ha, ha, geddit? I'll get me coat.....

[@soppdrake]

😂

[@melvynkersley-nc8fx]

Follow the instructions!? It’s a revell kit!🫣🤔!