You MUST Try This Kit!! Airfix's 1/48 Folland Gnat T.1 | Full Build in 4K

[@ModellingWeekly]

Hope you enjoyed this one guys! This kit was 'gnat' what I expected...I'll show myself out

[@stevejohnson4069]

Fantastic video finished model looks brilliant 👍.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thanks!

[@dean_83]

Coincidently was watching this on my computer while i had HotShots playing on my tv!, im now putting a few of these in my shopping basket! :D

[@ModellingWeekly]

That's a brilliant coincidence haha! Nice one mate

[@Quadrant14]

That's it , I am off to the shops tomorrow. Good job, Perth , Western Australia

[@ModellingWeekly]

Haha thank you so much!

[@Quadrant14]

@@ModellingWeekly I bought my Gnat with the Silver Gnat on the box art....ripper kit

[@Nigel1writer]

I've built one of these and it went together really nicely, but the paint job you've given it is a cracker.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you man. Really appreciate it!

[@allanrichards3752]

That's a superb build and a great paint job. The last time I did a polished paint job on a model car I put on plenty of clearcoats then sanded with those sponges, working to a 2000 grit. I then used Solvol Autosol polish which I had to hand. It worked really well. Finally give the model a good wash in warm water with soap to get off all the remnants of polish

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thanks for the tips, and cheers!

[@fredtedstedman]

nice kit ! always preferred the look of the Gnat to the Hawk !

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thanks! Yes I agree, the gnat is just a beautiful design

[@Aviationartist01]

That's a really lovely kit of the beautiful Folland Gnat trainer. And a superbly finished result. I've loved the Gnat since I first saw the Red Arrows debut with the aircraft in 1964. Even the diminutive 1/72 scale model is delightfully sweet.

[@ranavalona24]

After three glorious years at 4FTS Valley in the early 70's, the Gnat has always been a favourite modelling subject for me. I struggled through a couple of the Aeroclub vac forms with reasonable success, but how happy I was when this kit came out. It gave me the opportunity to replicate the three different liveries worn at Valley over the years; yellow, the lovely scheme you show, and that horrid dayglow which attracted irremovable filth and faded to yellowish in no time. Just being phased out when I arrived. As you suggest, it's a lovely kit and you've made a spectacular job of it.

[@ModellingWeekly]

It's such a wonderful airframe with such an amazing and deep history as you have mentioned! Thank you mate, I'm glad you like the build :)

[@tonyroberts4807]

It turned out great! The gnat always reminds me of the movie Hot Shots from the early 90s. I'll have to pick up a kit and do the scheme from the film lol!

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you! Yeah, true!! I believe the 1/72 boxing has a hot shots scheme haha

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Very nice, that cockpit is really sweet!

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you mate!

[@neilhaas]

I like this jet Folland Gnat F.1 very nice model jet. I enjoyed this build.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you :)

[@VulcanDriver1]

It's in my stash. I was about 11 when I built the 1/72 Red Arrow vesion in the 1960s from Airfix. Love the Gnat. We had privately owned airworthy one at Jet Heriage where I worked in the 1990s.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Definitely have a crack at the 1/48th kit! It's beautiful. The gnat is an absolutely fantastic airframe, sounds fab mate!

[@Mauscmkwk]

You got a real “gnat” for this hobby

[@ModellingWeekly]

Haha thank you 😂

[@finlayfraser9952]

Very nice!

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thanks!

[@bruce4890]

An awesome little kit . Great job

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thanks so much mate :)

[@michaelwalsh7437]

Very nice

[@ModelMinutes]

You did a great job! I may have to get some of that white primer - it looks really good :D

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you mate! It's definitely worth picking up!

[@ModelMinutes]

maybe when i've built everything else in my stash lol @@ModellingWeekly

[@hardysscalemodels]

That looks tremendous mate, great job.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you mate :) glad you like it

[@briandavey7187]

Superb work, nice to see it's a good kit, I'm looking forward to building the Yellow Jacks version I have now.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you! Yeah, would highly recommend it!

[@portland-182]

Great stuff! Would have liked to see the smaller build in the background for a forced perspective shot, ah well, next time! :)

[@ModellingWeekly]

That would have been very cool! I don't know why I didn't think of that 😂

[@kiwiruna9077]

Sweet! A rather stunning build

[@ModellingWeekly]

Cheers! 😄

[@lesvenus3788]

Looks fabulous. Did it need nose weight?

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thanks! I don't think it did :)

[@dannydaghavarian9185]

looks great!!!!

[@mightypoms]

Great build..you are correct that it’s underrated I’ve built 2 and really enjoyed them

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you! I know right? I'm planning on getting another one to paint up in a raspberry ripple scheme 😄

[@markcollins9903]

Lovley

[@danwilliams1686]

Very nice. I hadnt thought of building this one because i only do camouflage and greys! But, after this video i think ill get one now. This kit will look great on the shelf next to a hawk trainer.

[@ModellingWeekly]

I know, right? It wasn't until I saw the boxart that I thought to build a scheme like this! Deffo worth it 👍 thank you mate!

[@broken7244]

Looks amazing mate

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you!

[@normanlong2191]

Great build , i agree with your theory of gloss varnishes and have had slight orange peel effects occur from time to time , at first i thought it was the base colours at fault but then realised i should have done what you you did before your final gloss coat and by that i mean polish a lot earlier so now do that by using 12000 wet n dry paper ,wet, and buffing sticks it does help a lot and you can see how its progressing as well , weather conditions where i live ( tropical Australia) can affect things too such as humidity but even in cold conditions humidity can give one a challenge with gloss's , thats my two Bob's worth cheers

[@ModellingWeekly]

Yeah that's some very good input. I do think the key is to begin the sanding back & polishing from a very early stage, as it sets up the future layers with a perfectly smooth surface 👍

[@normanlong2191]

Agree ! @@ModellingWeekly

[@jurgenerikalex-hiron5167]

My Gnat is still waiting for me. Hope, that it will look 10 per cent good like yours

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you so much man :) you enjoy your build!

[@Vincent-gc8zd]

Nice!🙂

[@ModellingWeekly]

Cheers!

[@edlangley4660]

Lovely build but revisit the anti glare panel. It's matt black

[@ModellingWeekly]

Ah, of course! Shouldn't have overlooked that lol

[@judithhamilton5393]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@davidjefferis4467]

Pleased to see crew figures included, even if you didn't use them.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Yep, always a good touch 👍

[@blackcat62]

Looks great. Genuine question, not been funny, and wanting to learn, does the pre shading end up visible after all those paint and varnish coats? Thx

[@ModellingWeekly]

Thank you! And good question - it does show through yeah, but you need to be careful with the transparency of the paint layer over the top of it as it's very easy to completely cover the preshading. The only part on this aircraft that I preshaded were the grey wing undersides, and you can kind of see the final effect in the studio picture at the end of the video (22:34)

[@blackcat62]

@@ModellingWeekly great thank you for the reply 👍

[@ModellingWeekly]

@@blackcat62 no problem!

[@Michu32421]

Hello how many hours does IT take to make this model excluding drying time?

[@ModellingWeekly]

@@Michu32421 hello! All in all, it roughly took me around 30 hours of hands-on modelling to do this one :)

[@Rom3_29]

Nice. I’m looking to purchase this and Avro Anson 1/48. Paint them with Finnish colours.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Sounds fantastic! The Anson is also in my stash, looks like a beautiful kit so have fun with it!

[@paulhargreaves1497]

Finland used the single seater ....quite a different beast. The Anson is a fantastic kit

[@diggilad781]

White is still the hardest colour to paint

[@ModellingWeekly]

Definitely one of the hardest for sure

[@diggilad781]

@@ModellingWeekly yeah, second one is definitely yellow, not sure if it's the company but everytime I use it it comes out on the model as if you did a bunch of lines across the area with a thin paint brush

[@ModellingWeekly]

@@diggilad781 yeah, imo yellow is probably harder than white, it somehow has even worse pigment density

[@GRAHAMAUS]

Nice kit, and it comes with a pilot figure, which is increasingly rare. This trend for kits not to include a pilot is really annoying, especially for this era of jet. The claim that "there are plenty of after-market figures available" is simply not true, and in any case they're stupidly expensive for what they are. Just include one in the kit! That gives you an option at least, and modellers who want to go down the route of a non-existent resin figure can still do so. Sorry for the rant, but 4/5 kits I've built recently have no pilot, and as I like to build them wheels-up, it just looks silly.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Yep, completely get where you're coming from! It's always nice to have the option. I think most manufacturers leave them out down to the fact they cost quite a lot to make, as they need to be sculpted separately first, but I'm not too educated on the topic

[@badatgames7724]

Since when was MW a breathing ASMR channel? 😂 In all seriousness very nice model mate well done

[@ModellingWeekly]

😂😂 I pride myself on the high fidelity audio! Haha, thank you mate

[@MrGrzech77]

👍👍🙂

[@ModellingWeekly]

Cheers mate!

[@MrGrzech77]

Mutually and keep creating :D @@ModellingWeekly

[@grahamjames244]

"The decals are by Cartograf, nothing more to say". Really? How about are they correct for the scheme in question, right size, right colours, right shapes, etc. It's Airfix's job to get this correct, Cartograf just print the results. They are always well printed, but that doesn't mean the decals have no issues with them in terms of a representation of the real model.

[@ModellingWeekly]

Yes, really. I'd appreciate if you don't misquote me :) I said "(as for the decals) I have nothing to remark". This implies that they are correct and displaying no obvious issues. I then go on to say "they're cartograf, and with that I have my full confidence in them" - this is referring to their quality, thickness, register, and colours. I know that cartograf don't design them. If there was anything wrong with them, I would have said.

[@grahamjames244]

Sorry a misquote - I summarised. This is the actual text. "In terms of the decals, I've not got anything in particular to remark. They're Cartograf and with that I have my full faith in them. All the colours look lovely and sharp, so this is fantastic stuff." Doesn't change my view that a review of the decals has to be more than just the printing of them.@@ModellingWeekly

[@ModellingWeekly]

@@grahamjames244 if there was anything wrong with them I would have made a point of it. In my experience, having only built fairly modern kits for the last few years, errors in the design of kit decals is rare, and as a result it's not something that I mention. I'd only mention it if there was something wrong. Alongside this, I'm no expert on Folland gnats - I wouldn't be able to recognise an error just from first glance, unless it was glaringly obvious, in which case everyone would be able to see it because I show the entire sheet on screen with good lighting and 4K resolution. I'm not sure what else you want me to say, but I am sorry you feel this way. My apologies.

[@jimkrb]

No "Hot Shots!" livery? Boo! "The Navy", lol.

[@ModellingWeekly]

😂😂 it's a strong contender, but I have to say I am partial for a bit of trainer red...😂