Former RAF engineer has spent 60 years building models of every plane flown by the RAF | SWNS TV

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A former RAF engineer has spent the last 60 years building a model of every single plane flown by the air force - and now has more than their current fleet. Cliff White has made nearly 300 models since he started in 1956 while completing national service - and even hand-carved most of them from scratch. The 85-year-old has filled his home with a scale model of every plane that has ever been in the Royal Air Force fleet, and many more. His impressive collection spans the RAF’s entire history, starting with the classic First World War Sopwith Camel up until today’s cutting-edge Eurofighter Typhoon fast-jet.
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  • @ModelMinutes
    @ModelMinutes2 жыл бұрын

    modelling really is a life-long hobby

  • @12am_scale_modeling

    @12am_scale_modeling

    10 ай бұрын

    Didn’t think so see you here! Your not wrong

  • @ModelMinutes

    @ModelMinutes

    10 ай бұрын

    @@12am_scale_modeling 😊

  • @AHAproductions712

    @AHAproductions712

    8 ай бұрын

    Agreed

  • @Leviwalker617

    @Leviwalker617

    4 ай бұрын

    Agreed

  • @Mike-mm4mx
    @Mike-mm4mx3 жыл бұрын

    Phenomenal! But, as someone else said, they really need to be behind glass for protection. Dust builds up over time and its very hard to remove and you can damage the models if you try cleaning. But well done, sir, I admire your dedication!

  • @MrSmid888

    @MrSmid888

    Жыл бұрын

    The guys literally cleaning them in the video and jokes if anyone wants to clean them. No dust collects if you dust them a few times a month. And look, he’s a plane 60 years old in his hand, absolutely nothing wrong with it.

  • @interestingtimes182

    @interestingtimes182

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@MrSmid888I suspect he likes grabbing them and dusting them by hand

  • @Wibble-zv3cs

    @Wibble-zv3cs

    9 ай бұрын

    He must enjoy it

  • @AlexModeling
    @AlexModeling2 жыл бұрын

    I consider myself a modeller and i feel very small watching this interview... Amazing!!

  • @mateuszobszanski274
    @mateuszobszanski274Ай бұрын

    I'm 19 started with the hobby at 17 and I'm only at 10 finished and 3 unfinshed models so I have to say that this is indeed a great airforce

  • @starflyxxl8600
    @starflyxxl86003 жыл бұрын

    This is going to be me in 60 years, a boy can dream

  • @MrSmid888
    @MrSmid888 Жыл бұрын

    You know I typed in “airfix collection” just hoping I’d see someone with a big collection , and this short video was absolutely PERFECT. Bravo sir.

  • @rusko123

    @rusko123

    3 ай бұрын

    me too. when your past 50 ...eh.

  • @vincentlefebvre9255
    @vincentlefebvre9255Ай бұрын

    I am 57 still building models. It keeps me young and look much younger !

  • @mariqmarzuki7878
    @mariqmarzuki787810 ай бұрын

    what a gem of a man.

  • @scottdake8566
    @scottdake85662 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully a museum would take them.

  • @ismailbinbaharuddin9829
    @ismailbinbaharuddin98293 жыл бұрын

    My early kits was mainly 1/72nd scale but that grows up into larger 1/48 to 1/32nd.Still has a number of 1/72nd models which needs repair but that will take a while(hundreds of them)

  • @johngetty3839
    @johngetty383910 ай бұрын

    That is an amazing collection. One to be very proud of.

  • @johnjephcote7636
    @johnjephcote76365 ай бұрын

    I still have an Airfix Gladiator that I too bought for 2/- in Woolworths in Watford High Street c 1956. (It has lost its undercart).

  • @checkpointcharlie1788

    @checkpointcharlie1788

    4 ай бұрын

    Brings back good memories. Nothing better than getting a dollar, going down to the store, and buying a Revell, Airfix, or Matchbox kit; that's how much they were when I was a kid: $1.00

  • @stuff31
    @stuff318 ай бұрын

    Truly a hobby that endures through the ages!

  • @agdgdgwngo
    @agdgdgwngo3 жыл бұрын

    Brilliant collection, I love how focused it is. There are places that may be interested in taking on the models, for example air museums. I can't remember which one (I think Cosford) has a mighty impressive collection of model planes.

  • @marcblank3036
    @marcblank3036 Жыл бұрын

    Hope he will have many years to come to keep his air force active and expanding and has secured a good safe haven for them after he departs this life

  • @simonstovebolt
    @simonstovebolt4 жыл бұрын

    Great collection you need to put them behind a sealed glass door, less dusting and cleaning

  • @bryanmccann5778
    @bryanmccann57784 жыл бұрын

    wish i had a big garage id take them on well done sir lovely collection and great building skills :)

  • @ronaldmcdonald8303
    @ronaldmcdonald830315 күн бұрын

    Man, you would love the shop I found in my town. It's a post office and on the 1st floor they have a model shop that sells several brands of army men and model kits.

  • @ConcreteBombDeep
    @ConcreteBombDeep2 ай бұрын

    Find the right man to carry on his fleet!

  • @blight1885
    @blight1885 Жыл бұрын

    I was absolutely envious of this man's collection until I realized what a freaking pain all that dusting must be... Man I gotta buy some display cases.

  • @damianosplay9457
    @damianosplay94574 жыл бұрын

    Wow now that is amazing

  • @JMSROgden
    @JMSROgden26 күн бұрын

    Very fine! If you want to do some reverse lend-lease I will get another curio cabinet for them!

  • @15Hz7
    @15Hz75 ай бұрын

    Wow...im appriciate your hobby and collection. ❤❤

  • @nicktsambassis8913
    @nicktsambassis8913 Жыл бұрын

    Very impressive, starting with the Gladiator he was showing; like the Messerschmitt Me-410 as well as all the others.

  • @DDougz
    @DDougz2 ай бұрын

    I have taken this challege on, I will comment when its done

  • @americanpatriot2422
    @americanpatriot2422 Жыл бұрын

    Very talented builder!

  • @simonyip5978
    @simonyip59782 жыл бұрын

    I'd love to own a collection like his..!!

  • @tbjtbj7930
    @tbjtbj7930 Жыл бұрын

    So basically he has built my stash. In God's own scale of course.

  • @Visroel2317
    @Visroel2317 Жыл бұрын

    Respect to this man

  • @escaperealityhobbies
    @escaperealityhobbies2 жыл бұрын

    Well done!!!

  • @topguntopcat
    @topguntopcat3 жыл бұрын

    I would vist that collection

  • @3thedward
    @3thedward2 жыл бұрын

    You started when I was born , and I am 8 years later Greetings Edward

  • @alexandremarcelino7360
    @alexandremarcelino73606 ай бұрын

    Isso é muito legal👏

  • @Fastbikkel
    @Fastbikkel Жыл бұрын

    So cool!!!

  • @warroomscale
    @warroomscale6 ай бұрын

    If you start this bobby, it becomes part of your life

  • @user-dj8xt7yx4m
    @user-dj8xt7yx4m6 ай бұрын

    Desde Santo Domingo República Dominicana felicidades...

  • @Deadmau5l
    @Deadmau5l2 жыл бұрын

    think i found my new grandad

  • @malcolm824
    @malcolm824 Жыл бұрын

    Brilliant

  • @jatontherun
    @jatontherun Жыл бұрын

    Imagine the person who inherits this!?!?

  • @t3avelos
    @t3avelos6 ай бұрын

    i bet he hasn't got a Boulton Sidestrand in his collection

  • @alanclarke8493
    @alanclarke84934 ай бұрын

    My house looks the same!

  • @andredeboni7025
    @andredeboni70253 ай бұрын

    Medo dele derrubar o Gloster Sea Gladiator no chão! 😨😨😆😆👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

  • @MHMajid-yi8iu
    @MHMajid-yi8iu8 ай бұрын

    Modelling hobby really needed a lot of space if not just forget it. If not just buy ready build diecast of your most loved plane and keep it safe, that's should be enough to admired it for life. Just my opinion..lol

  • @EricPham-gr8pg
    @EricPham-gr8pg7 ай бұрын

    Which plane can survive highest wind speed in hurricane

  • @ELPaso1990TX
    @ELPaso1990TX2 жыл бұрын

    Do you make the vacuum models yourself from scratch?

  • @Payne2view
    @Payne2view Жыл бұрын

    I'm trying to limit mine to about 150 once built.

  • @dorothythelabskeleton80

    @dorothythelabskeleton80

    Жыл бұрын

    Hello. My name is Richard. This is my wife Dorothy. Would you like to join us in the bath? Dorothy is a real female skeleton. I have over-active sweat glands. I thought I'd inform you before you get in the bath with us. It'll be a tight squeeze but we'll manage. .

  • @Payne2view

    @Payne2view

    8 ай бұрын

    I failed and now have a potential 173.

  • @user-du6yr1qx5d
    @user-du6yr1qx5d2 ай бұрын

    Модели надо от пыли протирать кисточкой...и нетрогать руками без перчаток...человеческий пот довольно агресивен.🤔

  • @ungurdani8346
    @ungurdani83468 ай бұрын

    Salut my friend super aero super video subscribe subscribe ...

  • @anjkovo2138
    @anjkovo21382 жыл бұрын

    👍👍

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