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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modelling really is a life-long hobby
@12am_scale_modeling
10 ай бұрын
Didn’t think so see you here! Your not wrong
@ModelMinutes
10 ай бұрын
@@12am_scale_modeling 😊
@AHAproductions712
8 ай бұрын
Agreed
@Leviwalker617
4 ай бұрын
Agreed
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
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
10 ай бұрын
@@MrSmid888I suspect he likes grabbing them and dusting them by hand
@Wibble-zv3cs
9 ай бұрын
He must enjoy it
I consider myself a modeller and i feel very small watching this interview... Amazing!!
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
This is going to be me in 60 years, a boy can dream
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
3 ай бұрын
me too. when your past 50 ...eh.
I am 57 still building models. It keeps me young and look much younger !
what a gem of a man.
Hopefully a museum would take them.
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)
That is an amazing collection. One to be very proud of.
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
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
Truly a hobby that endures through the ages!
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.
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
Great collection you need to put them behind a sealed glass door, less dusting and cleaning
wish i had a big garage id take them on well done sir lovely collection and great building skills :)
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.
Find the right man to carry on his fleet!
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.
Wow now that is amazing
Very fine! If you want to do some reverse lend-lease I will get another curio cabinet for them!
Wow...im appriciate your hobby and collection. ❤❤
Very impressive, starting with the Gladiator he was showing; like the Messerschmitt Me-410 as well as all the others.
I have taken this challege on, I will comment when its done
Very talented builder!
I'd love to own a collection like his..!!
So basically he has built my stash. In God's own scale of course.
Respect to this man
Well done!!!
I would vist that collection
You started when I was born , and I am 8 years later Greetings Edward
Isso é muito legal👏
So cool!!!
If you start this bobby, it becomes part of your life
Desde Santo Domingo República Dominicana felicidades...
think i found my new grandad
Brilliant
Imagine the person who inherits this!?!?
i bet he hasn't got a Boulton Sidestrand in his collection
My house looks the same!
Medo dele derrubar o Gloster Sea Gladiator no chão! 😨😨😆😆👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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
Which plane can survive highest wind speed in hurricane
Do you make the vacuum models yourself from scratch?
I'm trying to limit mine to about 150 once built.
@dorothythelabskeleton80
Жыл бұрын
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@Payne2view
8 ай бұрын
I failed and now have a potential 173.
Модели надо от пыли протирать кисточкой...и нетрогать руками без перчаток...человеческий пот довольно агресивен.🤔
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