Never apologize for filling our feeds with your videos Nigel! Have enjoyed them all. Cheers

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

No worries

Thank you so much... very helpful video.

@NigelsModellingBench

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Nigel that little dog you referred to on decal sheet is actually a Mouse 🐭 (Danger Mouse)and his side kick who is a (Mole called Penfold) .

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

Wow.. glad I'm getting new glasses...

Man, you are busy these days! Love it!

Sounds like Jimmy Hendrix would be right at home. Keep up the good work!

We used the arrester hook to attach to a winch to pull it back into its HAS after it returned back to base. I also remember the hook being used to catch the arrester wire on the runway after a tornado had a hydraulic failure. New to your site so can’t wait to see this build. Hoping you use the 9 Sqn build as it was the 1st tornado squadron in the world.

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

9 Sqdn Tornado's.. tell me more.. both my 1/32 Lancs are 9 sqdn..

@ianmcinnes1216

2 жыл бұрын

Didn’t realise they were to be 9 sqn. 9 sqn used to have a bit of the Tirpitz hull in the pilots crew room as it was said who owned that bit of the hull between 617 sqn and 9 sqn could claim to have sunk the tirpitz.

@Andy.Gledhill.Models.

2 жыл бұрын

We hated 9 Sqn when they were on Vulcan's. They always pissed about us Armourers. They once made a armourer line team stay up all night waiting to fit a cartridge counter measure dispenser to a Vulcan coming out of the hanger. The day shift did it in the end, tossers lol.

Hi Nigel Nothing to do with this video more the Lancaster, just been watching a documentary Night Bombers. 2009. Its is archive colour footage of a night raid in 1943, there are some great scenes of the Lancaster for reference, also great information, such as they changed the 4 x 303 guns in the rear turret for 2 x 50 cal this is shown in the documentary, don't know if you've seen it but well worth a look 👍

They are Tailerons on the back Nigel. Also the landing gear bays main and forward are the best detailed bays I’ve ever seen at any scale or even resin versions the wheels would actually fit if you wished to, The only problem it that the wing pivot centre on the wings where they don’t line up with the gloves pivot area. Oh and the pylon pivots are wrong they don’t pivot in some place as detailed on the upper wings. position. Those screws…… yep they are the same crap ones you know so well. LOL but it’s still a great model. Hope that helps.

Five on the trot, he said. While simultaneously building 3 Lancasters. 😉

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

Actually, four Lancs... sad innit!!

Been there, done that ,I enjoyed making it

Those would be tailerons Nige, elevons are on a delta wing. One thing I've found with Italeri kits is their ejector pin placement and size...terrible😖 This looks very well molded however (besides ejector pins) and looks like it will build into a very nice model. As always, a great review mate, thanks.😉👌👍

Looks a very nice kit Nigel, just ordered my copy off Ebay GR.4 1/32 scale for sub £100, looks a very good kit, nice panel lines and pretty impressive level of detail too. Got to build the 9 Sqn markings to sit along side my 1/32 scale 9 Sqn. Lancaster. Will have to clear some serious room for those two to sit. Its wierd to think that the Tornado entered service just after I joined the RAF and it retired a few years after me, makes me feel old. Anyway Nigel, keep up the excellent work, loving your vids. Best wishes from Bomber County....Dave

That RAF decal sheet is the one that comes with the 2513 edition of the kit - which as the instructions says its a straight GR4. I got this as I have a soft spot for the original 1/72 Airfix MRCA but it cost a lot more than the original which was about a quid from Woolies.

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

MRCA... there's a blast from the past...

Looks like it'll make a very nice Tonka. I've built an F3 in 1/48 and a GR1 in 1/72 - Revell and Hasagawa respectively. Just might save my pennies for the GR4 - bujt only after the new Spitfire comes out in a few months.

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing

One can never have too many Tonkas... I am just going to have to get one (or more) to keep my Revell 1/32 Tonkas company although the ECM was built in Germany and not Warton as the RAF never had the ECM (rather foolishly in my opinion). The "clam-shell" thrust reversers were common in the 60s, DC9, MD80, Bac 1-11 and Boeing 737-100 &-200 all having them and their notorious "clang" when activated. Arrester hooks were not fitted to Preston(Warton) built aircraft. Only German built variants had them.

Looks a nice i just odered the gr4 off amazon the other day (£94) so isnt really that expensive if you keep a eye open.👍

Hmmm…local shop has had this on the shelf for a while and been tempted aside from the price, might have to see if a deal can be done as I like the Tornado and a build might be on the channel, I grabbed the Revell 1/32 Gulf War kit when I jumped back into the hobby…it’s still mostly in the box, in the garage…couldn’t get into it at all

And I've built both the revell and the italeri versions

Six hundred and seventeenth? That’ll be Six, One, Seven squadron then. I missed this video when you first released it. I’m looking forward to seeing how you get on with it.

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

So so sorry I made a mistake in the way I described that..

Dear Nigel very nice video.... thanks. One question; do you know about the 1/200 Yamato from GLOW 2B .....?

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

What is that?

Third exhaust section? I think I can smell resin already! :)

Just a comment for the algorithm

Hi again, Nige. Can you do a dry fit of those kit seats? I cannot believe they would produce 2 ejection seats that supposedly do not fit into the cockpit tub.

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

They are too long in the base and are apparently a very tight fit into the cockpit sides?

Great looking kit but a bit expensive at 1/32

On those wing screws don't screw them right in because I've made that mistake and wings now in full open position and look at the rear landing gear because the gap it slides into is to small it needs bit of fetling

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the tips there Tim.

Hi Nige, if you are going to do a GR4 say from Gulf War 2 2003? Then you don't need wing tanks, or any fuel drop tanks for that matter. 95% of the time, the wing tanks were only used to fly the plane out from UK to Saudi or wherever the forward operating base would be. For actual combat missions, they would not have flown with wing tanks fitted. Hope thats a bit clearer mate.

@markspooner16

2 жыл бұрын

Not true dude. All the Tonkas flew with tanks on. The jet doesn't get very far with a weapon load and no tanks

Yes. I found the lighting not very good especially if you’re eyesight is not very good. I also was a bit disappointed that there were not many vendors around.

Did you take any pictures of the show?

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

Sorry no. lighting was awful.

I'm trying to find a6 Intruder in 1/48 but the asking price is to much

Hi Nigel great review would you like me to send you a fuel tank to cast as I have 5 32nd gr4 models I won't need it for a while in fact I do not need big tanks on one of them so you can have a set

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sorted thanks Simon. Phil has offered to send me some nice 3d printed tanks that everyone will want.. watch this space..

It will be like the Tamiya Tomcats etc. You wont be able to have slats and flaps down if you want to swing the wings back.

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously Andy yes. the Tamiya Tomcats in 1/48 and 1/32 dont have separate control surfaces.

@kitbag9033

2 жыл бұрын

Of course nobody would depict a GR Tornado on the ground with the wings swept... unless you do it sitting on its exhausts.

What’s the price of the tornado ECR nige

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

Retail is around £145 Tim.. but it can be had on ebay for less than £100. Models For sale dot com do it for £99.95 with free postage.

Why don’t you like vinyl tyres?

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

They look false, they do not have flat spots, they have been known to fall apart over time...

@TheDickieP

2 жыл бұрын

@@NigelsModellingBench fair enough, can totally understand why. Thankyou for replying though

I see that you are not a big fan of vinyl tires, nor am I, thanks god for aftermarket parts.

@NigelsModellingBench

2 жыл бұрын

Horrible bloody things...

Sorry Nigel, I'm born and bred from MK and glad I left in 2005 don't mean to ruin your parade but it's a horrible place to live