Hope you enjoyed this one guys! This kit was 'gnat' what I expected...I'll show myself out
@ranavalona24
Жыл бұрын
After three glorious years at 4FTS Valley in the early 70's, the Gnat has always been a favourite modelling subject for me. I struggled through a couple of the Aeroclub vac forms with reasonable success, but how happy I was when this kit came out. It gave me the opportunity to replicate the three different liveries worn at Valley over the years; yellow, the lovely scheme you show, and that horrid dayglow which attracted irremovable filth and faded to yellowish in no time. Just being phased out when I arrived. As you suggest, it's a lovely kit and you've made a spectacular job of it.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
It's such a wonderful airframe with such an amazing and deep history as you have mentioned! Thank you mate, I'm glad you like the build :)
@Aviationartist01
4 ай бұрын
That's a really lovely kit of the beautiful Folland Gnat trainer. And a superbly finished result. I've loved the Gnat since I first saw the Red Arrows debut with the aircraft in 1964. Even the diminutive 1/72 scale model is delightfully sweet.
@Nigel1writer
Жыл бұрын
I've built one of these and it went together really nicely, but the paint job you've given it is a cracker.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you man. Really appreciate it!
@VulcanDriver1
Жыл бұрын
It's in my stash. I was about 11 when I built the 1/72 Red Arrow vesion in the 1960s from Airfix. Love the Gnat. We had privately owned airworthy one at Jet Heriage where I worked in the 1990s.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Definitely have a crack at the 1/48th kit! It's beautiful. The gnat is an absolutely fantastic airframe, sounds fab mate!
@michaelwalsh7437
3 ай бұрын
Very nice
@fredtedstedman
Жыл бұрын
nice kit ! always preferred the look of the Gnat to the Hawk !
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! Yes I agree, the gnat is just a beautiful design
@allanrichards3752
Жыл бұрын
That's a superb build and a great paint job. The last time I did a polished paint job on a model car I put on plenty of clearcoats then sanded with those sponges, working to a 2000 grit. I then used Solvol Autosol polish which I had to hand. It worked really well. Finally give the model a good wash in warm water with soap to get off all the remnants of polish
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the tips, and cheers!
@davidjefferis4467
Жыл бұрын
Pleased to see crew figures included, even if you didn't use them.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Yep, always a good touch 👍
@tonyroberts4807
Жыл бұрын
It turned out great! The gnat always reminds me of the movie Hot Shots from the early 90s. I'll have to pick up a kit and do the scheme from the film lol!
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yeah, true!! I believe the 1/72 boxing has a hot shots scheme haha
@GRAHAMAUS
Жыл бұрын
Nice kit, and it comes with a pilot figure, which is increasingly rare. This trend for kits not to include a pilot is really annoying, especially for this era of jet. The claim that "there are plenty of after-market figures available" is simply not true, and in any case they're stupidly expensive for what they are. Just include one in the kit! That gives you an option at least, and modellers who want to go down the route of a non-existent resin figure can still do so. Sorry for the rant, but 4/5 kits I've built recently have no pilot, and as I like to build them wheels-up, it just looks silly.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Yep, completely get where you're coming from! It's always nice to have the option. I think most manufacturers leave them out down to the fact they cost quite a lot to make, as they need to be sculpted separately first, but I'm not too educated on the topic
@Quadrant14
Жыл бұрын
That's it , I am off to the shops tomorrow. Good job, Perth , Western Australia
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Haha thank you so much!
@Quadrant14
11 ай бұрын
@@ModellingWeekly I bought my Gnat with the Silver Gnat on the box art....ripper kit
@dean_83
Жыл бұрын
Coincidently was watching this on my computer while i had HotShots playing on my tv!, im now putting a few of these in my shopping basket! :D
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
That's a brilliant coincidence haha! Nice one mate
@dannydaghavarian9185
4 ай бұрын
looks great!!!!
@Mauscmkwk
Жыл бұрын
You got a real “gnat” for this hobby
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Haha thank you 😂
@edlangley4660
Жыл бұрын
Lovely build but revisit the anti glare panel. It's matt black
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Ah, of course! Shouldn't have overlooked that lol
@paulhargreaves1497
Жыл бұрын
Very nice, that cockpit is really sweet!
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you mate!
@markcollins9903
4 ай бұрын
Lovley
@bruce4890
Жыл бұрын
An awesome little kit . Great job
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much mate :)
@jurgenerikalex-hiron5167
Жыл бұрын
My Gnat is still waiting for me. Hope, that it will look 10 per cent good like yours
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much man :) you enjoy your build!
@neilhaas
Жыл бұрын
I like this jet Folland Gnat F.1 very nice model jet. I enjoyed this build.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you :)
@hardysscalemodels
Жыл бұрын
That looks tremendous mate, great job.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you mate :) glad you like it
@finlayfraser9952
Жыл бұрын
Very nice!
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@mightypoms
Жыл бұрын
Great build..you are correct that it’s underrated I’ve built 2 and really enjoyed them
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I know right? I'm planning on getting another one to paint up in a raspberry ripple scheme 😄
@briandavey7187
Жыл бұрын
Superb work, nice to see it's a good kit, I'm looking forward to building the Yellow Jacks version I have now.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Yeah, would highly recommend it!
@kiwiruna9077
Жыл бұрын
Sweet! A rather stunning build
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Cheers! 😄
@normanlong2191
Жыл бұрын
Great build , i agree with your theory of gloss varnishes and have had slight orange peel effects occur from time to time , at first i thought it was the base colours at fault but then realised i should have done what you you did before your final gloss coat and by that i mean polish a lot earlier so now do that by using 12000 wet n dry paper ,wet, and buffing sticks it does help a lot and you can see how its progressing as well , weather conditions where i live ( tropical Australia) can affect things too such as humidity but even in cold conditions humidity can give one a challenge with gloss's , thats my two Bob's worth cheers
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Yeah that's some very good input. I do think the key is to begin the sanding back & polishing from a very early stage, as it sets up the future layers with a perfectly smooth surface 👍
@normanlong2191
Жыл бұрын
Agree ! @@ModellingWeekly
@lesvenus3788
8 ай бұрын
Looks fabulous. Did it need nose weight?
@ModellingWeekly
8 ай бұрын
Thanks! I don't think it did :)
@danwilliams1686
Жыл бұрын
Very nice. I hadnt thought of building this one because i only do camouflage and greys! But, after this video i think ill get one now. This kit will look great on the shelf next to a hawk trainer.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
I know, right? It wasn't until I saw the boxart that I thought to build a scheme like this! Deffo worth it 👍 thank you mate!
@portland-182
Жыл бұрын
Great stuff! Would have liked to see the smaller build in the background for a forced perspective shot, ah well, next time! :)
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
That would have been very cool! I don't know why I didn't think of that 😂
@ModelMinutes
Жыл бұрын
You did a great job! I may have to get some of that white primer - it looks really good :D
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you mate! It's definitely worth picking up!
@ModelMinutes
Жыл бұрын
maybe when i've built everything else in my stash lol @@ModellingWeekly
@diggilad781
Жыл бұрын
White is still the hardest colour to paint
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Definitely one of the hardest for sure
@diggilad781
Жыл бұрын
@@ModellingWeekly yeah, second one is definitely yellow, not sure if it's the company but everytime I use it it comes out on the model as if you did a bunch of lines across the area with a thin paint brush
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
@@diggilad781 yeah, imo yellow is probably harder than white, it somehow has even worse pigment density
@judithhamilton5393
Жыл бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤
@broken7244
Жыл бұрын
Looks amazing mate
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@blackcat62
Жыл бұрын
Looks great. Genuine question, not been funny, and wanting to learn, does the pre shading end up visible after all those paint and varnish coats? Thx
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! And good question - it does show through yeah, but you need to be careful with the transparency of the paint layer over the top of it as it's very easy to completely cover the preshading. The only part on this aircraft that I preshaded were the grey wing undersides, and you can kind of see the final effect in the studio picture at the end of the video (22:34)
@blackcat62
Жыл бұрын
@@ModellingWeekly great thank you for the reply 👍
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
@@blackcat62 no problem!
@badatgames7724
Жыл бұрын
Since when was MW a breathing ASMR channel? 😂 In all seriousness very nice model mate well done
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
😂😂 I pride myself on the high fidelity audio! Haha, thank you mate
@Vincent-gc8zd
Жыл бұрын
Nice!🙂
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Cheers!
@Rom3_29
Жыл бұрын
Nice. I’m looking to purchase this and Avro Anson 1/48. Paint them with Finnish colours.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Sounds fantastic! The Anson is also in my stash, looks like a beautiful kit so have fun with it!
@paulhargreaves1497
Жыл бұрын
Finland used the single seater ....quite a different beast. The Anson is a fantastic kit
@MrGrzech77
Жыл бұрын
👍👍🙂
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
Cheers mate!
@MrGrzech77
Жыл бұрын
Mutually and keep creating :D @@ModellingWeekly
@grahamjames244
11 ай бұрын
"The decals are by Cartograf, nothing more to say". Really? How about are they correct for the scheme in question, right size, right colours, right shapes, etc. It's Airfix's job to get this correct, Cartograf just print the results. They are always well printed, but that doesn't mean the decals have no issues with them in terms of a representation of the real model.
@ModellingWeekly
11 ай бұрын
Yes, really. I'd appreciate if you don't misquote me :) I said "(as for the decals) I have nothing to remark". This implies that they are correct and displaying no obvious issues. I then go on to say "they're cartograf, and with that I have my full confidence in them" - this is referring to their quality, thickness, register, and colours. I know that cartograf don't design them. If there was anything wrong with them, I would have said.
@grahamjames244
11 ай бұрын
Sorry a misquote - I summarised. This is the actual text. "In terms of the decals, I've not got anything in particular to remark. They're Cartograf and with that I have my full faith in them. All the colours look lovely and sharp, so this is fantastic stuff." Doesn't change my view that a review of the decals has to be more than just the printing of them.@@ModellingWeekly
@ModellingWeekly
11 ай бұрын
@@grahamjames244 if there was anything wrong with them I would have made a point of it. In my experience, having only built fairly modern kits for the last few years, errors in the design of kit decals is rare, and as a result it's not something that I mention. I'd only mention it if there was something wrong. Alongside this, I'm no expert on Folland gnats - I wouldn't be able to recognise an error just from first glance, unless it was glaringly obvious, in which case everyone would be able to see it because I show the entire sheet on screen with good lighting and 4K resolution. I'm not sure what else you want me to say, but I am sorry you feel this way. My apologies.
@jimkrb
Жыл бұрын
No "Hot Shots!" livery? Boo! "The Navy", lol.
@ModellingWeekly
Жыл бұрын
😂😂 it's a strong contender, but I have to say I am partial for a bit of trainer red...😂
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