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I opted for a hands free mixer and it works well. "Mini Vortex Mixer Hands-Free, Adjustable Speed 300-2400 RPM Lab Vortex Shaker" from Amazon. So far so good. I dial in a lower rpm to shake my various liquids so hopefully the motor treats me well for a longer time.

Sending that DBD to Peter B. is a masterstroke !

Great commentary will I enjoyed listening to it?

Nice vid , I think when you say Scrambling ,scrambles in the UK it’s more known as “Trials riding ” here

Great video! Do you have to stir a clear like you normally do with a paint?

Hi Will, I am a resident of Dover in England. I know the area well, Kingsdown is a small village between Dover and Deal, its only about 5 miles from me. If you want me to check out this further let me know.

Sven at 1ManArmy has indeed cracked the laser code.

My initial thought when seeing that BSA was, "You have to build it!" But what you decided to with it was generous and made total sense. I hope you'll be able to update us once he digs into it.

Sticky- outy- rivets Haha thats cool. In the aviation industry the rivets heads that stick out are called “universal type” The ones that lay flat are called “flush mount” 😊👍

Great Video - yes an un-boxing would be very entertaining!!

There is some evidence that Sky was derived from the 'Camotint' colour developed by Sidney Cotton and used on RAF PR aircraft early in WWII. Cotton is a fellow who's worth looking up - an Australian inventor, photographer and aviation and photography pioneer, responsible for developing and promoting an early colour film process, and largely responsible for the development of photographic reconnaissance within the RAF before and during the Second World War. He numbered among his close friends George Eastman, Ian Fleming and Winston Churchill.

30:20 I hope unintentional doxxing didn't' occur again, Will. 😑

Could you print tires in white resin, paint your favorite shade of tire color, and then sand down to reveal the white?

Lots of great stuff on show Will. I'm over in the UK, so I'll be looking forward to seeing the BSA come together, then hopefully show-up at Telford (and win!). Thx for the vids.

Hi. I am sorry that you had to go through this process but I am happy to hear that you "collected". What a scam UPS is running- they should be ashamed...

The tail stabilizer comment is why I don't enter any model aircraft in any contest. I build for me , not you.

Okay thank you very much for the information.

I would like to know what about AK 3rd gen and Ammo of Mig paints fall into this video? Take care and have fun modeling.

How dare you elaborate. Who needs details when discussing the nature of weathering on heavy machinery. Haha I’m from Texas, I can listen to this all day. Keep up the good work! If you want to improve you have to be willing to listen not use tiktok brain. I just finished a bf109 e3 in 1/72 and did a Spanish civil war version. Based on historical research that aircraft got little action as it was introduced towards the end of the conflict. However when I look at photos, while I can’t make out a ton of grease and filth, I see that these things were parked and taxing on what appear to be dirt roads. I used your techniques and did some dirt on the bottom in a pinkish red with light dust. I like the look personally even if it might be “inaccurate”. Which brings me to my next point of rant: accuracy has limitations in this hobby by virtue of scale and lack of references. Idk just my thoughts.

Fuck me!🫡

Will, 1/32 IBG PZL P-11c detail, rivets and wings texture is even better than Arma!…however, the kit is much more complicated. Your antenna wiring is masterpiece. Cheers from 🇵🇱😉

I really love your videos, and I am building the Kotare Mk 1 early Spit, and I have found that if you trim the landing gear as per instructions and you use tweezers to push them in place, they pop right in and you don't even need glue. It really is a great model. Keep 'em coming Will.

Tamiya is watching you. Hehehehehe

I admire the engineering, accuracy and importance put into the build experience Kotare developed for this kit. With several 1/32 Tamiya Spitfires built I made the decision to instead do four, 1/24 Airfix Mk.IXc, knowing there would be many corrections and modifications to perform that are the common challenges modellers are presented with and if successfully accomplished provides more build time and enjoyment. Kotare has done all of what I would want in a Mk.1 Spitfire kit if asked. The lack of an engine is not important because I would pose the model in flight or cowls on, landed. The absence of rivets on the leading, D section of the wings is correct for, RAF, High Speed aircraft. A official wartime training film on preparing/ painting is posted on my channel if interested, Will. It proves the use of putty and primer/filler.

G’day Will, I’ve been a scale modeller since age 9. This coming Feb. I’ll be 70. I served in the RAAF and after that I became a journalist. In retirement, for the last 16-years I’ve been a military historian. I was lucky enough to interview an older gentleman who worked at Supermarine and was involved in assembling the various finished sections of their Spitfires. He told me that the difficulties of fitting R.J. Mitchell’s design together properly were legendary; particularly around the wing root and tail planes up into the vertical stabiliser. He said there were so many ‘trouble spots’ there were too many for him to list or remember. He said they loved the Spit. as much as the next person. He had it explained to him that these difficult areas were a crucial part of the overall aerodynamics of the design; meaning it had to be like that to get the performance out of the finished airframe. I’ve seen five different Mks of the Spitfire, up close and my memory is that some of the rivets stuck out like sore thumbs. Overall, Kotare, in my opinion, has produced a stunning recreation of a model that, probably, is the most reproduced WW2 aircraft model of all time. Every single key employee of Kotare, including the General Manager, Richard, are amazingly easy to contact personally. Try talking to the ‘big wigs’ at Airfix or Tamiya etc., who hide behind a corporate ‘firewall’ for the very reason they don’t want to talk to their customers. I’ve built 3 of Kotare’s Spits. and there’s another one on the way. Any and all fitment issues I easily solved with gentle, graduated abrasive sticks etc. I can see why modellers have problems as they approach Kotare kits like they have done, ‘forever’ on lesser kits from manufacturers purely interested in pumping out volume instead of accuracy and quality. I believe the panel indentations in the 1/32 Kotare moulds are as close to correct as I’ve ever seen them on any of their competitors’ models and when compared to the real aircraft we have left. Your comparison between this kit on your bench and a 1/72 scale Spit. kit doesn’t hold water; it’s chalk and cheese. I’ve never seen a 1/72 kit of any warbird from any company that has correctly scaled dimensions and surface details... it just isn’t possible until the day comes when entire kits are produced via 3D printing on a commercial basis, in large numbers. I have no financial connection to Kotare and I only ever contacted them to heap praise on them for fixing shocking assembly issues that have been around since moulded plastic kits have been in existence. I’ve had email exchanges with Richard at Kotare to ask questions and he’s always been most helpful. Many modellers have been trying to figure out what kits will be coming up next, so I just asked Richard. He said he couldn’t tell me because he didn’t know but that I was welcome to make suggestions that would be looked at seriously if I could back up my suggestions. I thought I heard you say you are doing a different Mk Spit. to the one out of the Kotare box. Why not just get on the Kotare website and select the person who you think could help you out and, you never know, they might be thinking about the Mk you’re doing a conversion on, if I heard right. Anyway, for any problems you’re having with a Kotare build; they are just as far away as your computer keyboard. They do answer their emails and in quick order too. I suggested two aircraft I’d like to see them do. One, a de Havilland Mosquito because it was the most versatile warbird ever made and, two, a P-51D or K Mustang because my Air Force built them, under license, during the second half of WW2. Please don’t bother with any cracks about the length of this comment. I’m just trying to help out and, besides, I’m a writer... it’s what I do.😉 On one final matter, and I hope you don’t mind a ‘crack’ here; you remind me of my Uncle Luigi, he’s physically incapable of keeping his hands still while he’s talking. Will, those hands moving your model around, in and out of focus made me vertiginous, I had to look away and just listen for a while. 😵‍💫 Cheers and all the best, Bill H. Tasmania

Lots of clever design, wouldn't expect anything less for the ex-Wingut crew.

Having finished this kit a couple months ago were I to do it again, (and I will be, I have a 2nd one) I'd sand off all those raised rivets and replace them with 3d decal ones. When it's all said and done the molded raised rivets are too big, especially if you do an all over sludge wash like I tend to do. As for that gap you got on the belly where the wing meets the fuselage, I didn't get a gap, but I did get a step, a pretty noticeable step that I couldn't figure out what caused it or really be able to fix it completely. The rear most part of the canopy was also a really bad fit. I had a gap between the rear edge of the clear part and the fuselage, and it wouldn't sit properly on the fuselage either.

Wing roots - agree - ZM does that on a few of their kits... it's a great solution.

It is ALWAYS a good day when Will uploads! Thank you for the rantings and ravings sir! :DD

So i gather you dident go to ipms in madison

Very useful, thank you. 🙂🙏🏻

Hello, with the landing gear, you just need to sand the studs a bit. Look at a guy called the model shep he built the spitfire as well.

Cool video. Just to say the single-piece tail plane elevator idea has been around for a long time (Eduard 1/48 Spitfires since 2013, and Airfix 1/48 since at least 2011...I'm sure there are others...)

wish I could of seeing a step by step on painting all this. Looks amazing.

Looking forward to thus build!

Hi Will, hey I'm just partway thru this video, but can I suggest perhaps putting your criticisms/comments in an email to Kotare models. I'm guessing the feedback would be most welcome.😁

I have the Early and the Mid - really looking forward to getting into them. As with the elevator droop being a thing on Spitfires, so is the offset rudder - with the stance of the fuselage being 'downhill' to the rear when on it's wheels, the weight of one of the rudder pedals would invariably end up overcoming the friction of the pivot and result in it falling to the rear; hence the rudder would be offset.

Nice. Looove that seat and the whole cockpit is looking really good - the extra printed detail you made is neat. Looks like a lovely kit. I look forward to their Vb/c which I’m sure they’ll produce in future.

Hello Will, I'm a bit late catching your video of the beautiful Spitfire by Tamiya. But since I have this kit I think your take is very important and explanation of why when how exceptional. History of DW-K? It was actually a Mk.Ia Spitfire of 610 squadron at Biggin Hill which was one of THE front line Battle of Britain bases. DW-K survived the Battle of Britain but was written off in 1941 when the pilot failed to notice a tree. Pilot fine, plane wrecked. FYI the Spit might be beautifu, iconic and all that but I am, and always have been a Hurricane man. The forgotten fighter. On with the video which I am liking very much. Regards from England.

Hello Will, I'm a bit late catching your video of the beautiful Spitfire by Tamiya. But since I have this kit I think your take is very important and explanation of why when how exceptional. History of DW-K? It was actually a Mk.Ia Spitfire of 610 squadron at Biggin Hill which was one of THE front line Battle of Britain bases. DW-K survived the Battle of Britain but was written off in 1941 when the pilot failed to notice a tree. Pilot fine, plane wrecked. FYI the Spit might be beautifu, iconic and all that but I am, and always have been a Hurricane man. The forgotten fighter. On with the video which I am liking very much.

Kupiłem P11c na Flohmarkt w Berlinie za 3 euro !!!!!!. TALLY HO. ATTACK

Also, Mk 14 conversion from Laminarflow for a bit of variety from the brown n green.

Wtf was the accent

Saving mine for the 85th anniversary of The Battle of Britain next year , I live between Biggin Hill and Kenley.

Thank you for such a thoughtful and correct method. Masterly.

As always... im loving the commentary.

As usual, an insightful review and beautiful paint/build work

do you haf a samsung galaxy s 20 or higer ? becose you can mak mutch bether video quallity for exempel the s 24 can ultra hd wit 60 frames per sekends and the results ar cristal clear videos and fluid like wather. the detail and coloring of your cockpit looks to grait for this quallity ^^ greets from middle europ.

Your Spitfire is looking absolutely superb so far, looking forward to seeing it progress! Thank you for the video, it was super helpful as I have just started my version of this kit this week. Mine is slightly complicated by the fact that I can't paint and build it up properly for some while as I have a bairn on the way and my painting apparatus has gone away for the time being; however, my aim was to get all the parts cut off and have as many glued into sub-assemblies as I could manage to make the painting process as simple as possible. It is testament to the detail but simplicity of this kit that it has taken me two days and I have nearly completed this, which is far quicker than I ever expected! It looks like it is going to be really fun to paint when I finally get the chance to! Looking forward to their 109K-4 coming out some time next year. Not typically a variant I would go for but because this Spitfire has been a dream I would buy almost anything of Kotare's based purely on their company ethos and how it translates into their model kits. I'm really excited to see what projects they decide to tackle down the line - a P-51B and a Typhoon in this spec would be unreal!

As always love your output, I became addicted when I saw you liquidize the Belkits Ford WRC! Good honest reviews. totally agree about engine. To get it to fit in that scale in the correct size and to have engine covers which are so thin they would be moldable was a great call by kotare.