Hi Robert, As ever I'm amazed by your collection in terms of numbers and the experience it has afforded you, no doubt, as a modeller. Truly awe inspiring but I do find your videos frustrating in so far as the visual quality or specifically the resolution. I genuinely believe you are selling yourself short here. I would love to be able to see your models closer as to how as you see them in real life rather than the soft focus image we have at the moment. When I first came across your videos about a year ago I think I just assumed they were from the late 90s early 2000s and thought nothing of it. I tended to not watch your videos when they came up and my search results, but having bought just the latest re-issue of the Airfix 1:24 Stuka I am fascinated to here how it compares with the newer Trumpeter take on this aircraft. As a returning modeller I would imagine of the same generation The Airfix kit was as a child the kit more than any other in the world I'd aspired to owning and building so I am watching this avidly. As I write this comment I want to make it clear it is meant as nothing but constructive criticism.

@robertmcguire5847

3 ай бұрын

Thanks yes everything it's all old school of what i share meant to be quick and short, really not to fancy just as modelling for fun and self enjoyment. I have 18 Stukas 1/24 scale and each one is featured on a video more better up-close. not perfect but decent. Regards Rob

My Grandfather was a Stuka pilot…so color me a huge Stuka fan here!!!

Outstanding builds, collection and presentation.

Dude I love your armour and air collection of vehicles would love to see it in a higher resolution someday but still awesome collection

If you check the size of a real Ju87B - From Wiki.. 11.1m length 13.8m span - The Airfix is very close being a true 1/24 Airfix: L - 45.8cm ... S - 57.4cm ( L - 1/24.2 ... S - 1/24.0 ) Trumpeter: L - 54cm ... S - 70.8cm ( L - 1/20.5 ... S - 1/19.5 ) **scale calc to 1 decimal place** Beautifully finished kits Robert. Maybe Trumpeter should market it at 1/20

@tomburley

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to provide the answer in detail. I built the Airfix version about 45yrs ago and was intending to do another one - will opt to stay with the Airfix kit knowing the scale is more authentic.

@SimbianMinistry

Жыл бұрын

@@tomburley The Trumpeter is a great kit - and it's an authentic/accurate scale - It's just that it's 1/20, rather than 1/24

@tomburley

Жыл бұрын

@@SimbianMinistry I appreciate that - I'm sure it's probably a better quality build than the 45yr old Airfix version - just that it wouldn't look right along side the 1/24th scale ME-Bf109, Fw-190, Spitfire, Hurricane & P-51 Mustang in my collection.

@billballbuster7186

Жыл бұрын

@@tomburley Thanks for the info, I was getting tired of the guy repeating the Trumpeter is bigger without elaborating😀

@oddballsok

Жыл бұрын

@@billballbuster7186 for f. sake..if he says "shhtuukaaah" ONE more time !!!

One thing i'd love to see, but it's proving difficult to find, is the tooling process. Working out how the kit fits together, laying out the parts on a prototype sprue, and then designing the moulds, casting them and then all the intricate (cnc?) work to add details like panel lines, rivets etc. Maybe the manufacturers don't want us to see this?

@flybobbie1449

Жыл бұрын

Only discussing this today, nice to see the mould process.

Wow what a collection brilliant I love how all figures on shelves

You got it going on brother. Nice stash and collection

David R Lentz, USA You set out to answer a question I (and likely many of us) have. And not just the Junkers JU-87 Stuka Dive Bomber, but all such aircraft. Thank you. At 5:00, you note a strikingly significant size difference between the two completed models, Trumpeter’s being round 8 cm (3.5”) larger in wingspan and length. Well, this is visibly obvious! Most importantly, which is correct? Well, you raise the question. I must put it to you and your viewers as to how this happened. And especially, which is correct to the proper proportionality of an actual Junkers JU-87B Stuka Dive Bomber? Incidentally, I very much would like to build 1:25th-scale kits of 1) the Chance Vought F4U-1, -1A, -1C, -1D, -2, and -4 Corsair USN/USMC/FAA Fighter, 2) the North American Aviation P-51D and -K Mustang USAAF Fighter; 3) the Republic P-47M Thunderbolt USAAF High-Altitude Interceptor, 4) the Lockheed P-38E, -F, -G, -H, -J, -L, and -M Lightning USAAF Fighter; amongst others. I also would like 1:25th-scale kits of the early combat aircraft of the Great War of 1914-1918, both for their military service, and for civilian uses immediately after. First amongst these is the de Havilland DH-4 Bomber, which in the 1920s (along with the DH-4B) became mail carriers for the U.S Postal Service; 2) the SPAD XIII pursuit aeroplane, the Nieuport 28 fighter, the Sopwith Camel fighter, 3) Royal Aircraft Factory S.E.5/5A scout-fighter, 4) the Albatros Flugzeugwerke Albatros D.I pursuit aeroplane (the last [of the company’s] fighter to see operational service with the Luftstreitkräfte [Imperial German Air Service] during the First World War); 5) the Fokker D-1 and DR-VII fighters. After the war, some of these, repainted in bright colours, I understand to have served in aerial acrobatics in public shows (“barnstorming”) across the USA and western Europe. And whilst I am thinking on it, perhaps a kit of a Boeing B-747-8 Transport. And possibly, a Lockheed C-5M Galaxy USAF Heavy Airlift Transport.

Love the" Snake" stuka!!! Had a 1/32 scale in 1980. Memories.😇👍🍻🎚

@robertmcguire5847

Жыл бұрын

yes same here, had that Revell 1/32 scale snake Stuka, best Christmas present i ever had back in 1977

Love your model-"museum". Seem to be all bigger models (tanks and figures in 1:16)? I like that.

Nice "man's cave". I dream about one of those in my place, but, unfortunatly is very difficult to get good military models in Portugal.

@oddballsok

Жыл бұрын

in contrast , it is very easy to collect Brazilian Models in Portugal !

Thanks for this 👍✈️

Hi Robert. Where can I get the pilots for the Trumpeter 1/24 scale Stuka ?. I only notice from watching your posts that the kit does not come with any, and after a quick search it appears I cant see any as suitable as the ones you have.

@robertmcguire5847

Жыл бұрын

i added the 1/24 Airfix Stuka crew to the Trumpeter

@hiramabiff2017

Жыл бұрын

@@robertmcguire5847 Hi Robert. Yes, I know you added them, and it just makes the kit look so much better. But I cannot find these pilot figures anywhere to buy online. I just bought this kit and really want to add the pilots like you did. I just couldn't resist buying it after I watched your reviews. 😇

Must be nice working in those big scales. I don't have room for my 1/35 and 1/48 I can't use garage because it's a 110 to 120 degrees here all summer.

Your modellcollection is awesome. respect.with sticky greetings,from good ol'germany.christian

Pronounced 'Yoonkers'. Silent J. What a backdrop. Is that a shop or a massive collection. More 1/24 coming out now

@rarebear1013

Жыл бұрын

Don't ruin it! Maybe there is a reason (a very obvious reason) why he has spent years building exclusively Nazi models of vehicles and never bothered to learn German pronunciation.

@larrysmith6797

Жыл бұрын

Bingo!

The best still remains the Airfix. This is not a real comparison, but congrats for your collection

Fantastic Collection ! I have many Stukas here. From 1/72 to 1/24. Airfix Stuka 1/24 old is the best. I hope a Airfix will launch a new tool in 1/24. Best regards from São Paulo, Brazil.

Very good model collection awesome museum \man cave.

Have you got the die-cast corgi Stuka in winter cam?

@pauljohnson4525

Жыл бұрын

I have .... love it too

👍😉 nice collection

I have the Airfix from 1980 or so. I have yet to put it togeather as the decals are in pooor shape. I can't find decals in 1/24 scale after market . What can I do? .to replace the old decals. I don't think Airfix will sell me new decals. Any availiblable as Stencels?

@PenitentOne69

Жыл бұрын

There's always the option of scanning them, correcting whatever needs to be corrected in photoshop (if they are peeled off or scratched in places), then printing them yourself on decal paper

@ianbeale2527

Жыл бұрын

CAM do a decal set, CAM24003, Junkers Ju-87B-2/R2 'Stuka' (2) T6+AN 5/StG2 North Africa 1941; A5+HH 1./StG 1 Bulgaria 1941 with yellow tail and nose. Montex do a mask set for the Airfix kit MXK24010 with masking for the Junkers Ju-87B 'Stuka' (interior and exterior canopy masks) + insignia and markings masks.

@martinoconnor4314

Жыл бұрын

In 1/24 scale I'd mask and spray them on.

You need to hit that serpent decal with some Microsol and pierce those air bubbles, I can’t collect that large of scale for me it just takes up too much spec but awesome collection

@nopants4259

Жыл бұрын

That snake looks weird and doesn't work , apart from that very well made.

Amazing ❤

Have a question where do you get the money and time for your models?

@robertmcguire5847

Жыл бұрын

it's been my life-long dream collection full filled

@Smiff1066

Жыл бұрын

@@robertmcguire5847 I am impressed for sure thank you.

Has anyone heard of version of the Airfix I/24 Stuka kit that could be flown as a control line model airplane? I believe it came out around the time of the ," Battle of Britain ", movie. Thanks

@robertmcguire5847

5 ай бұрын

nobody has ever heard of anything of the sort....the film company produced it's own models for the filming

Is your train eagle real?? Had 1 I bought for 40 bucks in 90..sold it for 900 in 2000...there about 3500 now...great collection....

Unsure which’ll get you 1st; the local fire inspector or the SPLC lol awesome collection, do you set up exhibits at museums?

I wonder why many of those models you have built are not painted?

@normg2242

Жыл бұрын

I guess that's the only way you can build thousands of models... lol

@duckman5642

Жыл бұрын

Painting part is the Skill.

@jeffmack2667

Жыл бұрын

I have 134 1/35 scale tamks all painted in black shadow coat,, some time to complete painting???

I am mesmerized by the plastic army.

@justinhealey2408

Жыл бұрын

Me too

So, which one is most accurate in scale?

@theoutsider4066

Жыл бұрын

Airfix

well done m compliments

Perfekt!

Don't get me wrong, but you may consider to buy new camera in 2024 with option to capture the video in better quality than 480p.

Strangely - the Airfix kit looks more 'correct' to my eye even though the Trumpeter kit must now be more accurate.

Beautiful as always. I know I said this once before you should write a book.

Love the way you repeat everything at least three times, it gets a bit boring after a while, keep trying! PS it’s Trumpeter not Trumpateer!

Ooooh you're a bass player...! Love your Rickenbackers...!!! Fistbump...👊😎

Good heavens.... how many figures!!! Sadly I issed out on the 1/24th Mosquito.

Looks like I was Unsubscribed from you Robert. Back on your Channel. Great Stuka Kits. Thanks. Nick

@robertmcguire5847

Жыл бұрын

Welcome back Regards Rob

If they are both 1/24 how can they be different sizes? They look good though!

@reaver69

Ай бұрын

Airfix is true 1/24. Trumpeter is say 1/21/1/20?

480p is the best you could do???

that's weird, if they are indeed the same scale that is

I built the Stuka from Airfix 1/24 40 years ago,it still had an electric motor abd I thought the model was great.Iwould like it to be reborn,but I don't build WW2 planes because there are no more swastikas and the planes are gone look original.Your collection is great.😊😊😊

@tonyrobinson362

Жыл бұрын

You can get swastikas no problem any scale.

A friend gave me an Airfix He-177 from the 1960's and the instructions are unbelievable and the decals look awful, BUT the plastic quality and the fit is very good. Luckily a pdf with proper graphical instructions is available on line. imagine giving a child a kit with no spool numbering at all and the instructions are all verbal🤣

Is most of your builds 1/16

Anyway the best still remains the Airfix

Too bad they didn't put out one to commemorate Stuka ace Hans Ulrich Rudel armed with the cannons.

@robertmcguire5847

Жыл бұрын

look closely again you will see that Trumpeter did come out with the cannon armed Stuka

@georgedistel1203

Жыл бұрын

@Robert McGuire good deal I must have missed that one

@robertmcguire5847

Жыл бұрын

@@georgedistel1203 kzread.info/dash/bejne/pWiLrqqrnavMaM4.html

are you sure the bombs aren’t in Kilograms?

@WurstWesen82

Жыл бұрын

It is kilogramm.

The name of the company is TRUMPETER and not TRUMPETEER!

Shame the picture quality is so poor

A Bassist,, this explains the unfinished work.

One kit made in China, while other one made in India. Any model kits made in the USA anymore?

@dcanmore

Жыл бұрын

well, one is a British company and the other is Chinese.

@NothingNowhere-vu5oq

Жыл бұрын

Why would they? They would have to supply various insurance, 401K, vacation time, maternity leave, etc. and pay people roughly $15.00 an hour. So, you would have to pay $300.00 for a kit that can made overseas for $70.00, made by labor that gets no insurance, and makes roughly $1.00 US a day. This is why American corporations manufacture overseas. Besides, these days, foreign labor skills are equivalent to US labor skills, because of modern manufacturing technologies and CNC. American companies do better if they produce specific or customized products, such as specialized machine products. Say, race engines, for example. Prototypes. R&D. This is the way it is. The boomers killed American mass manufacturing industries in favor of profit.

@martinoconnor4314

Жыл бұрын

There are no Stuka's being made in Germany any more but do you hear anyone else complaining? 😂

@skylongskylong1982

Жыл бұрын

@@dcanmore Airfix maybe a U.K. firm but the kits are made in India, except for one 1/24 scale model of a spitfire.

@dcanmore

Жыл бұрын

@@skylongskylong1982 yes I know, but that wasn't your point, you were talking about kit making, or lack of, in the USA by highlighting two companies that aren't American.

get a hd camera 1080p minimum just sayn eh

Trumpeter, no e at the end so its not Trumpeteer,

Looks like a 1:18 scale to me. Take measurements of uours and find someone with a 21st century toys stukka bet they are the same pr close.

If the two kits are not the same size, then they both cannot be 1/24 scale. I know that the Airfix kit is a very accurate to scale. The Trumpeter kit must be a piece of rubbish then.

huh? what are all those military figures in the back ?? NOT 1/35 scale for sure...so..1/16 scale..but there cannot be THAT many different (and yet similar poses = thus boring for sales?!?) figures / can it ??!?!

One's bigger than the other.

@1977ajax

Жыл бұрын

Oh - you watched the video too did you.

@MrNaKillshots

Жыл бұрын

@@1977ajax Enough to notice.

@1977ajax

Жыл бұрын

.@@MrNaKillshots Wooosh.

@MrNaKillshots

Жыл бұрын

@@1977ajax I was called eagle eyes when I was young, because I could guess the heights of objects just by looking at them ( to the mm ).

So would you say you you have “thousands” of models? 😂

Jeez..learn to focus your camera. This made my head hurt.

@robertmcguire5847

Жыл бұрын

Yes sorry, just grabbed the tripod and swung it towards me

Just slapping them together without paint is ok if you are 12

@thomasmulhall4873

Жыл бұрын

Who are you to criticise another man's work? Jude?

480P like a flinstone

OCD much?

I'm 66 years old, I used to build models like crazy until I discovered girls. I have decided in my dtage to begin building models again. I just received the kit today for a Trumpeter 1/32 scale Messerschmitt BF-109F-4/Trop. Hello 'Seillie!

Is this a comparison? ROFL

Fantastic work - but awfulll filming unfortunatley

Stukaphile 🤣

Excellent modelling, but I have to wonder why the Stuka is such a popular subject. It's an ugly aeroplane, and one that was very unwelcome to see in the skies if you weren't a Nazi.

@SimbianMinistry

Жыл бұрын

It looks like it means 'business' As a Brit scale modeller, you'd think I would be a Huge Spitfire fan - However, from WW2, I do prefer the look of the Hurricane. It just looks more 'workmanlike' to my eye. I also love the look of the Bf.110 - so maybe I'm just weird - LOL

@Captain-Nostromo

Жыл бұрын

It's a badass looking aircraft. Looks like Crow

@georgecoventry8441

Жыл бұрын

Why is it so popular? Many reasons! 1. It had a huge effect on the battlefield in the earlier part of the war, being a very accurate dive bomber. 2. It is totally unique in appearance, and very aggressive looking. 3. It's German. (German subjects from WWII always sell extremely well, and they sell to plenty of people who are *not* in any way fans of the Nazis or their political theories. You don't have to be pro-Nazi to be interested in the historical German equipment from that time period.) 4. Is it ugly? Yes....but it did its job extremely well. So what if it's ugly? So are a good many other famous planes that are popular...on both sides of that war...and since then. If a plane is very well known, it's usually a very popular subject for modeling. It's the obscure and little known aircraft which are not going to be so "popular"...regardless of whether they're "good looking" or not. The Stuka was a major player in that war, and thus, people are interested in building models of the Stuka.

@simonleib1992

Жыл бұрын

I agree but have a fascination with it.

@martinoconnor4314

Жыл бұрын

@@SimbianMinistry It's not just you mate, I also happen to think the Ju87 and Bf110 were two of the best looking WW2 aircraft. Spitfires and Hurricanes don't really do anything for me looks wise.

Pretty cool but if you want to make it more realistic spay everything with a machine-gun, we kicked their butts back to the stone age!!!

@guaporeturns9472

Жыл бұрын

“We”? You were there huh? What unit… what theater? Didn’t think so , now shhhh 🤫 , the adults are talking

@justinhealey2408

Жыл бұрын

@@guaporeturns9472" we" as in the allies Mr. Nazi Wanna Be

@thomasmulhall4873

Жыл бұрын

Genocide of the white race by small hat controlled countries.

Too much waffle not getting to the point of comparing the models.Spent half the video boosting about his model collection in which I quite frankly am not interested .When you did get around to the review (I though great at last);all you did was repeat yourself about the size differences between the model(you sure you were not a parrot in your last life).You did not go into any detail.I am very dissatisfied.

@robertmcguire5847

6 ай бұрын

i only have 10 minute time limit to do videos, and as you can see i build all the the models and share, all everybody needs to see and i clearly stress the big size comparison difference(and Yes i tend to repeat it much too often🙂

Interesting to see the difference. I wonder which one isn't to scale. Based on my experience Airfix is pretty good at scale so that would be my guess. I've never built a Trumpeter kit so I couldn't comment on those. Video had a lot of extraneous information not relevant to the subject.

TRUMPET - ER, not trumpeteer.

Your modellcollection is awesome. respect.with sticky greetings,from good ol'germany.christian