Love the fact you decided to brush paint this kit. As a brush painter that makes me smile. Great job on the overall result from…… well this (really) bad kit. Keep up the great work Model Minutes.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Watching this video just made me order this kit because i want to try hand paint a model for the first time. Thanks mate .i love your videos

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Have fun!

@PatrickTheMoth

8 ай бұрын

@@ModelMinutes I will post a video and tag you in it once I've built it although my channel I not big but you know. And could you review the pm model f5

"How bad can i possibly be?" Looks like you did a good job with it even though it wasnt a great kit.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Thanks 😊

✨ Thanks to BeIzzi for sponsoring this video & if you would like to get your hands on some of these high-quality riveting tools, take a look at their website here: www.beizzi.cz

For such an utterly crap kit, you did a very good job! I'd love seeing more of these back-to-basics builds. Old, slightly crappy model kits are a joy to build! (When the parts are aligned) Looking forward to seeing more!

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Thanks, will do!

Well done showing what skills can do for even this bad of a kit. Very fair evaluation and fantastic job making it look that good. 👍☕🐢

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Exorcise the Demon, Nicely done @Model Minutes

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

haha thanks very much!

Considering what you were working with here, this was a good result in the end, well done!

@ModelMinutes

Ай бұрын

Thanks!

Just bought this kit and thought I should check to see if you did a build review…..it looks like a spitfire with tropical bits, and this will be my second spitfire I’ve ever built (first was by my dad when I was 7…I’m 52 now…), so am quite happy to build this one. Cheers for the build review and your honest opinion. Will build in flying condition as a gate guardian monument.

@ModelMinutes

4 ай бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

@andygorman858

4 ай бұрын

@@ModelMinutes will tag you on Instagram or Facebook once it’s done :)

That's not a bad result considering everything👍

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

thanks!

Your videos are very entertaining and your models are very detailed.

@ModelMinutes

3 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

Well that settles it - I have one of these in my stash - This just became a kit that I slap together and give to my son to play with until it breaks. Yikes that's a rough one, but you get what you pay for I suppose.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Yeah, it's not the best kit in the world lol

@jaws666

8 ай бұрын

​@@ModelMinuteshave the beers in for this Mat.🤣🤣🤣

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

@@jaws666 😂

@jaws666

8 ай бұрын

@@ModelMinutes i figured if its really going to be that bad (the kit i mean and not the video...your videos are ALWAYS awesome) i reckon i might need a beer or two.🤣🤣🤣🤣

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

lol good idea! @@jaws666

Looks like the wings are cast out of a mirrored mould and holes added where required on the underside, but should not have the two oval shapes which should only be on the top surface, though overall, great work on this kit, Matt 👍🏻

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Yeah I initially thought that, but there are some pictures of spitfires online with blisters underneath the wings as well, so not too sure

I managed to get a slightly older version of this kit for £3 at the Bovington model show, and despite its obvious problems, I'd say any model kit you're able to get for so little money is good. Great vid as always

@ModelMinutes

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing

I bought this kit way back in the early to mid 1990's. I never ended up building it as it was so bad. Had I built this kit in the late 70's or very early 80's, it would've 100% been set on fire and thrown as far as possible in a "battle" with my best friend who no doubt would've had a bf-109. Just as we did with our "knocked out" tanks back then.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

i can imagine this being thrown out of the window on fire lol

I'd use a belt sander for those joints!

@ModelMinutes

7 ай бұрын

lol!

You made a better job of it than I did. Excellent work 👍🏻

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@c.g1375

4 ай бұрын

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First of all, you did an excellent job considering the quality of the kit. For the price definitely worth purchasing for use as a skills test bed and as you mentioned for the extra decals. As regards to the bluey grey underside paint, I just wonder if it's a quality control issue with Humbrol? My son recently used this paint on his P40 and it gave an excellent result. Smooth with no graininess at all. It has to be said that even unthinned, it took 2/3 coats to get the full pigmentation. As always really enjoyed the vid.👍👍

@keithwasntbarrumsing483

8 ай бұрын

Humbrol sadly does not always have the best quality control, even with the newer paints.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

hmm maybe different batches have different qualities

Definitely one for the Pond Squadron. Lack of detail and poor representation of the subject means that’s all I’d use it for.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

sounds like a good place to put it

You did a good job of it with this kit. I built that kit long ago in USAAF markings HL-AA, hand painted. The fuselage seemed too slim and the wings were like slabs. To do it with landing gear retracted I scribed in the wheel well and wheels. The wings are all I have left of the model, in my scrap bits box. I've found better Spitfire Vs in 1/72 at sales here in the US for less money than the PM kit.

@ModelMinutes

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info!

and I would say one of those decal options is one that I don't think is done that often, that being the Turkish Air Force, quick look through scalemate shows that last 3rd party decals for the Turkish Air force were from around 2013 so paying $5 might be the cheapest and easiest way to go.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

yeah, not a bad idea to get this for the decals

Thank you for posting and persevering through this one! I see markings for Britain and the USA, but what do the third group of decals represent? **** Nevermind, I just started watching your unboxing video and saw they are Turkish. Despite the quality, I do appreciate when kits give you the option to represent different countries, like the Swiss 109 you did some time back.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Full info was in the unboxing video, but the 3rd decal scheme was for a Turkish aircraft

glad i watched this before getting this kit may be only 6 quid but i think i would rather save it and add that 6 quid to buying a airfix model spitfire you have more patience than me pal because i would have given in after finding the wings didnt fit properly well done on getting it to look as good as it did

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Thanks very much! Yes, worth saving up for a better version which will save some of the headaches I had in this one

Sorry about the trials and tribulations of the kit, however, in your estimation is the Humbrol clear fix worth it or are there cheaper alternatives that avoid the clouding issues?

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! I feel like humbrol clearfix is the same as bostik general purpose or UHU glues. Alternatively, PVA will work just as well on clear parts but takes much longer to dry

Good for building a downed aircraft for a diorama

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

yeah maybe!

Personally I would like to see you make this same kit properly using an airbrush and the rivetters you advertised for example. Let's see a comparison of how good this kit could be, admittedly with a lot more time put into it 😊

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

I may do that with the spitfire floatplane version i have of this kit - not sure I really want to get the same one again lol

@newbymick1

8 ай бұрын

I would to see the same. Mark is more capable that he is making out to be on this kit. Just because the kit is crappy doesn't mean that a crappy job has to be done to compliment the crappy kit.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

@@newbymick1 who’s mark? As mentioned at the beginning, this was a “back to basics” build to use simple techniques and products to help inspire those starting out in the hobby, not as an excuse to “do a bad job”. It also gave a chance to try out the new humbrol paints rather than just on some spare sprues

I haven't built any model kits since I was a kid and my memories of them are faded, but my god this kit is horrible. I would have thrown it away. Well done for persevering with this pig.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! It took quite a bit of persistence lol

More information paints would be very much appreciated. I am a new to scale models and using Tamiya acrylics and found them to have very inconsistent coverage and glossiness. But being new, I am not sure if I am doing something wrong or if it is the paints.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

sounds like you aren't either mixing them enough or using an appropriate thinner

I have the box art from an earlier release above my workbench. I have no idea what happened to the kit though. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

It seems many peoples versions of this kit have gone "missing" lol

@davidhumphreys8295

8 ай бұрын

It was the box art that persuaded me to buy it 😂

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

@@davidhumphreys8295 yeah, the box art looks good

Even if it's cheap, I'd save a bit more and get the Airfix kit, much superior in every aspect.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

good point

Certainly not a kit to take seriously. Ok for building for a child to play with. Nothing more. Airfix's 1973 release of their Vb is much better. Fair, honest review.

@ModelMinutes

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

The wings are slightly drooping

Overall the painting is good on this

@ModelMinutes

Ай бұрын

thanks!

Wow! Just wow! That kit is not even good to be a palette cleanser. At least they provide you with an inflight position by not gluing in the landing gear. 🤣

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

lol thats true

The parts look a lot like the old Frog kit although the sprue layout is different. Maybe PM cloned the parts when making their tooling rather than starting from scratch.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Yes it does make me think it is a modified copy

Definitely a silk purse from a sows ear.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

thanks!

For someone like me whos still learning, i think this model would be ideal for technique practice and "back to basics" model practice. However, for more serious and experienced builders, I can see the frustrations with the fit quality and structural inaccuracies. Good for practice, not for representation I would say!

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Yes, definitely something to mess about with 😊

At 2:54 the glue is in the wrong place

@ModelMinutes

Ай бұрын

You're supposed the glue the "Barrel" to the inside of the nose, allowing the prop shaft to rotate freely, i probably got some glue inside this barrel which caused the problem

Terrible kit, but a decent build. Once again the Humbrol paints look awful, but having experience with them myself it's the paint, not you! I have no idea what you need to do to make them go on decently but I've tried brush, air-brush, thinning, and no thinning. Nothing seems to work. A shame as I always used Humbrol back in the day, although there were only enamels back then! I may try some of those next. Great channel content as always!

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

thanks very much!

Looks like Heller.

@ModelMinutes

5 ай бұрын

ex-frog i think

This kit is very easy

@ModelMinutes

Ай бұрын

easy in some respects, the poor design, quality and detail can present some challenges

I'm 99% sure I've got this in my stash as part of an airfix Dogfight Doubles set. Maybe they bought it/modelled it off an ancient Airfix tool? Nice job with this kit!

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

Airfix had their own toolings, this isn't one of them and as far as I know this wasn't sold by them. Its probably the old Airfix MkIX or Vb

The model itself may be poor (OK it /is/) but the painting is very impressive :) Proof you can put lipstick on a pig :)

@ModelMinutes

5 ай бұрын

thanks!

As far as the undercarrage is concerned i xan see why they (the manufacturer of the original tooling) did it the way they did.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

yeah, it makes it easy lol

@jaws666

8 ай бұрын

@@ModelMinutes hi Mat,how is your day?...yes its crude and a product of its age but bearing in mind the tooling technology of the time its actually not that bad...when it comes to kits of this vintage modellrs need to put themselves in the mind set of the day and bear in mind even for its day it was amied at the younger /beginner modeller...if you want to do it with the gear up then its already done for you or if you want it with the gear down its a simple proccess....and while i agree its also inacurate if i was a kid back when this was released and given it a a gift (birthdat or christmas) i would not have cared as i would not have know any better...build it and put it on the shelf (or hang it from the celieng) and then decide i want to build another kit

Still not bad for a £5.95 kit on ebay! 👍

@ModelMinutes

4 ай бұрын

For only a few pounds more you can get the Airfix version which is considerably more accurate and easier to build

@benmanning4340

4 ай бұрын

Yes of course!

Well you could use it for "skills" practice.. or having a nightmare

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

yeah that is true

Almost as bad as the Starfix kit. Yes, I built one of those.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

I’d love to get my hands on one 😂

In short, keep your wallet away from this kit, Revell's P-51 1/72 has a worthy competitor

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

very true

But its all good

No wing dihedral and the underwing canon blisters should not be there. This kit is insulting.

@Shipnerd194

8 ай бұрын

As someone who's not concerned about detail AT ALL and has built this kit it's a really sweet kit. However for most people who like detail it's not a good kit. We have our own opinions as different modellers

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

yeah i thought that too, but there are pictures of real spitfire Vbs with underwing blisters, not all - but some, so not really sure what that is about

@Jimmythefish577

8 ай бұрын

Insulting? 🤣🤣 maybe the dihedral was lost when the mounting tabs were removed?

@iangascoigne8231

7 ай бұрын

Rivet counter in full effect.

@Sea-cadet2838

7 күн бұрын

Hahaha

Thats whu the propeller did not spin in the 1st place

@ModelMinutes

Ай бұрын

see my previous reply

this was my first kit when i was 4, now i am 50. so i cant call it a bad kit.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

fair enough :D

1/72 scale is the way to go as far as convenience. Larger models require so much more resources and SPACE. Where the hell do you store all the models you finish if you start racking them up? Have to give them away to children that eliminate them in 30 seconds flat 🤣

This not very detailed but it’s a great model for starters and it’s very cheap.

@ModelMinutes

3 ай бұрын

not sure such a bad kit is good for a beginner - especially given some of the issues it has

@drkisiklar190

3 ай бұрын

@@ModelMinutes but the beginners first need to understand the basics and this kit is very basic and makes you understand the glueing and painting.

Sorry but that was garbage. The only display cabinet that should go in is the round plastic one with a lid that gets picked up by the council on Thursday.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

It's certainly one of the worst models I have experienced building

@williamwallace9427

8 ай бұрын

Maybe... but considering how many have watched the video.. made it worth building

Besides the Luftwaffe captured Spitfire by the Germans captured their own aircraft. In Luftwaffe markings.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

yes, i think they even put one of their own engines in one

👁👁

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

😊

so the kit is about the same quality as a Mister Craft kit who also re do old FROG kits.

@ModelMinutes

7 ай бұрын

similar

It's a horrid kit. I bought one ages ago, looked at it, saw just how basic it was - I've had better models free with breakfast cereals - and resealed it all, and put it in a box with some other kits, (doubles of good ones) to be sold in a yard sale.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

fair enough!

The Spitfire fought against the Luftwaffe planes. RAF vs Luftwaffe. Nice fighter plane aircraft. Besides the Belgian air force & Swedish Air Force. The Spitfire also in Swedish markings scheme. ❤❤😊🤩😍🤗⭐👍💯

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

very cool!

This kind of horrible kits make excellent dioramas or vignettes of shot down / crashed aircraft. Better than just binning it.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

yes, or as a test for new techniques

But this is very cheap and not detailed because they are Turkish made. It’s one of turkeys only scale model companies and this company normally produces gliders and electric planes.

@ModelMinutes

3 ай бұрын

i think the main reason for the poor quality is the very old tooling

Nice job, but I think you paid too much for it

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

lol maybe

This is a cheap kit, probably based on a very old tooling. At that price point the target audience must be younger modellers. A cheap kit that a parent or grandparent could amuse a child with and not have to worry about the wonky glue-slathered results.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

yeah, i talk about the tooling in the video

Who are PM model? I see their kits occasionally in my local model shop and I have no clue who the hell they are, are there kits always this crap?

@ModelMinutes

7 ай бұрын

They are a Turkish company, I think that they only have a couple "recent" toolings in their range, most others are either old or from other companies which they reboxed afaik

I really hate pm models they make me feel like I traveled to1950s Moscow

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

They are turkish as far as I know

Crumbs. I made many Airfix 1/72 models over 60 years ago and they were excellent. This one is a waste of time and paint. A sorry effort by the manufacturer.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

I see it more as an attempt to gain profit as cheaply as possible really, a tooling of this vintage doesn't have much business being sold dressed up in a new box

Sir, you are one of the worst modelers that I have ever seen.

@ModelMinutes

Ай бұрын

Oh thanks, according to other people I’m categorically the worst, so it’s nice to know I’ve improved 😂

Horror show. Not your fault. Just a terrible kit.

@ModelMinutes

8 ай бұрын

lol thanks :P