Excellent work. Thank you for memorializing Col. Christian. I was his POW/MIA case manager in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The great grandson of Civil War Confederate Lieut. Gen. T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Christian was a 1939 West Point graduate. He was awarded the Silver Star for his leadership at Guadalcanal, and was promoted to colonel within 5 years of graduating from West Point. He was certainly destined to be a future key leader in the post-war formation of the U.S. Air Force. Lost August 12, 1944 over Arras, France, he was buried by the Nazis as an unknown because of the confusion with his names (the burial detail seems to have been confused, unable to determine if his name was "Thomas Christian" or "Christian Thomas") and the fact that he was an American pilot but wore British coveralls, boots, gloves, helmet, and goggles. He remains buried in a grave marked "unknown" in Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery in Arras, France, alongside seven Commonwealth casualties. A nous le souvenir, a eux l'immortalite.
Beautiful work. I used to hugely enjoy aircraft modelling but at age 73 I have developed a tremor which makes it difficult to even open the box containing a model, so I have to content myself with watching real experts like you at work.
I bought the AMT F7F somewhere in about 1995. Although it is one of the 1/48 plane models I am most critical of (along with the Tamiya individual prop blade kits from then), it did have hollow exhausts that were quite impressively done by AMT. I finished this AMT F7F1 this past year. Iam now getting closer to finishing my Tamiya p51 D Chrome plated version after all these years also. I just built the Model Svit P51H, and did my first Alclad Chrome over gloss black. I am super impressed with that system. I am in disbelief of the reflectivity achieved. Model Svit P51H, a Quality Jewell Like Model Kit. Hard to build though, kind of like building a short run kit.
Subscribed! Refreshing to hear background info on the piece presented. As an armchair historian and a modeller rediscovering the craft after many years I appreciate your research and obvious skill. Thank you sir.
Enjoyed the video and comments as well. The bits of history and Eric Brown’s take on the Mustang vs Spitfire comparison I found interesting along with your explaining the techniques you employ in your build.
Great work. As a Brit a got to say the Spitfire was a fine looking plane but I really like the look of the Mustang a bit better. I used to fly RC planes and bought a used RC Mustang. No know knew who's design it was. It flew on a (I think) a .40 size engine and had retractable undercarriage. It flew like it was on rails and I remember flying it on a lovely still summers day at the club I was a member of near Swindon. It was an old RAF base (Wroughton) and is home to the Science museums reserve collection. I was doing low fast passes up the runway being egged on by my club mates with the call 'lower' after each pass. On the last pass I over did it and there was the sound of the prop clipping the runway. I climbed straight away and managed to do a circuit and land ok. We reckoned I took a 1/4" of off the tips. How I got away with that I don't know.
Beautiful build, great to see someone actually finished the plane the way it was in action and not in a blue color scheme, very nice, should be proud!!!!!
Not sick of hearing you talk, lovely build video/history lesson. Nice to hear about the Air Ministries influence on making a very good aircraft a great aircraft, well done and keep the great videos coming.
I really enjoy watching your videos, because I love modle planes but I'm not good at assembling them as you are. So watching you is great and I wish I could do it the way that you do. You show that assembling modles is an art and I prove that it is not for everyone.
Hi Bob. I watch guys like Plasmo and aspire to get to that level. But it's all about patience and practice. You are watching an edited video so you need to remember you're not seeing the whole picture, just what I find interesting. You are looking at years of practice and not seeing the mistakes made along the way.
Never seen this channel before. Narrative is better than rap music, stories and facts about the subject enhances the building experience by all means..I liked it!
To be honest I like the videos they are not only interesting from a modelers aspect but they are also interesting because you give history lessons along with it that not many people know. I think you could add music in if you wanted to but keep it faint and in the background. I think it would feel some of the dead space but not draw to much attention away from the commentary. Keep doing what your doing, you do an amazing job!
Waaaw, just ... waaaaaw! Commentary is nice, no need for music, i can listen to whatever music whenever i like or even during commentary videos. I fly P-51 in DCS and it was an amazing plane. Roll rate was a bit slow compared to FW-190 and such, but what use is a Spitfire if u have to turn back after 40 minutes. :)
I really enjoy your commentary, the description of what you are doing, is very helpful, and the history of the aircraft is awesome! I hope you continue in future videos!!
Great build! I did enjoy the music on the previous one. My coment about the propeller cuffs on the P-47 applies here also. One lesson picked form another modeller, the small unreachable seam on the rear door of the oil cooler can be covered with a small piece of acetate, it is impossible to sand that!
I too love your commentary and history lesson. I'm very impressed with your airbrush skills and comparison with other kits. Just subscribed because of this.
Very nice build. I love those OD on bare metal stangs. FYI, the new Eduard kit is a D-5 so it has no fin fillet. I’ve got it stashed and plan on starting it after my P-400 is done. Great video!
The Model Guy it’s a really nice kit. I splurged on a few resin accessories (gun bays, wheels, undercarriage, cockpit, exhausts). I’m really obsessed with those Profipack kits.
I have been so impressed with this video that I not only hit the subscribe button, I have called other fellow modelers to check this out. LOVE THE COMMENTARY DURING THE BUILD!
Seriously awesome video man! You just got yourself another subscriber. I really love your idea of giving a history lesson and just basically talking about the topic of the model whole you build it mixed in with tips. Definitely recommend you keep this format as not only is it awesome, it sort of separates your channel from the other modelling channels on TH-cam and gives yours a bit of a unique feel, in a very positive way I should add.
Loved the commentary it makes it easier, plus the history. Loved your work but not a fan of the music in previous vids, keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
Great job giving us a history lesson while you build a very nice model. Would have been nice if my history rolled up in a sherman tank and said "This is what the fighting men of ww2 used to defeat the germans!"
Just read a story from Bud Anderson where he stated they sent in group of '51's as a mock bomber formation with the normal zig-zagging top cover to throw off the German radar... It worked too well and 1000 fighters were sent up to intercept the "bomber' formation. Nice job on the model.
The Balcksheep did that with their Corsairs in the Pacific too. They couldn't get a response escorting B-25s into Rabul so they flew a dive bomber formation. Japanese came up expecting unescorted TBMs. Sheep did a lot of damage
I love the history and I think it is better to hear you talk, maybe do this format from now on? Read some short history of the model ? I just bought the Airfix A01004A North American P-51D Mustang , but I do not own an airbrush, I paint my models with brushes using acrylic paints, its fine in small models, but I really wish I had an airbrush. I'm from Romania and scale modeling community is very small here, so the paints, models and everything else is very expensive. I'm into this hobby for 2 years and build 12 models so far, biggest is a 1/350 Arlight Burke class destroyer, 45 centimeters, all painted by brush. If you want to see how they turned out, let me know, I would love to hear some imput on my brush paint !
You're a very good modeler and you are knowledgeable about aircraft history. I know you are because I happen to know a lot about military aircraft. You know your stuff. 😉
I am impressed and I think your history talk about the plane makes it so much better and see how the model grow and see how you finish it. Awesome 👍 done and you have a new subscriber to your channel. Looking forward to your next project
I really liked the commentary! One of the better videos I've seen! I would like to see you do the Ted Lines p51 "thunder Bird" probably the most unique 51's of the war! I can't remember the company but I know I've seen decals for it!
I prefer the B/C models too. I love the RAF ones, especially there is a great story of the 315th Squadron, Deblinski Squadron, where the Polish fought a lot against the Germans. There's a book about this squadron as well where they explain that some pilots complained about the B-model's sideway-swinging canopy and preferred the same canopy Spitfires had.
Love commentary you should watch Greg’s airplanes and automobiles. He does a lot of really cool stuff. There was a lot of technical data used during the war like upping the manifold pressure (on Merlin) so it would preform much better the German fighters at higher altitudes. And how the US had up to 150 octane fuel by the last years of the war also improving the mustang performance
In fact the 1st USAAF fighter over Berlin was the P-47{The men who killed the Luftwaffe} the 51 group that was assigned Bomber coverage was blown off course by strong thunderstorms. The 56th F.G. flying P-47 D "Razorbacks & "Bubbletops" had initial coverage, {since range was overcome by external tanks} stayed with the Bombers. The 51 had very weak wings, since the wings were NOT part of the fuse. Unlike the 47 and Spitfire. The weather in the PTO was a nightmare for the 51's, B-29's were assigned to guide them around the fronts so they would not become lost or ditch in the Pacific. That's why Gen. Lemay{Commander 8TH AF} got rid off the 51's after WWII and just kept and upgraded all P-47's he could get his hands on to D-40's. I have the article written by Capt. Brown, he prefered the P-47 of all USAAF AC, but just found the AC to big for his size. Nice job on the 51, I see you did the floor as plywood VERY GOOD! Modelers often get that wrong. Excellent build, paintwork and weathering, CONGRATS!
Nice video I subscribed after it. I haven't see the Alcald flat before. It looked like it went on with out much frosting white. I will have to give it a try.
I really enjoyed the video, it was interesting to see how you put the model together. The commentary was interesting and preferable to music. Great job 👍👍
I think your sub rate will go up now just by dropping the music! Great job on the "Stang" such a highly overbuilt kit. But given the commentary and your weathering technique, this should turn out a gem. Kutgw.
1: As far as I can tell from the pictures of the original, the light area around the gun-ports was much darker that the (probably chrome) yellow on the nose--seems to match the lighter green covering the invasion stripes. 2: There should have been an Insignia Red L-shaped marking at the rear wing root, marking the areas where one could, and could not, walk. 3: Regs called for the gas caps to be Insignia Red; but since these don't really show up in any of the photos I've seen, they might have been painted over. 4: On the starboard side of the plane, a different name, "ATHELENE", apparently the crew chief's wife's name. 5: Again,according to Regs, most of the upper wing, (front 2/3 IIRC) the fixed panel lines were supposed to be puttied over, sanded smooth, and, in the bare metal planes, sprayed with an aluminized lacquer--that last not relevant to this model, but only the removable panels & hatches should be seen. (Same is true for entirety of Luftwaffe WW2 fighters, and perhaps other types as well. 6: Just a note--the rudder was cloth covered, sprayed with aluminized lacquer, so should have a different finish from the truly bare metal surfaces of the rest of the plane. (I use Testor's non-buffing Metalizer for the rudder, and buffing for the rest) 7: This plane is the poster child for distrusting color photos from the era--I've seen many copies of the picture of the single plane where the upper surfaces appear to be Blue! All a matter of the color corrections used in the printing.... 8: not gripes; nit picks. Great build and great video.
@Incog Nito Know? No. But all the evidence suggests that the wings were green, including careful examination of other colors of fairly reliable composition--if you balance the pics' colors so that the Nose is the right, Chrome Yellow color, and the Red is insignia red, the wings are definitely Green.
Excellent work. Thank you for memorializing Col. Christian. I was his POW/MIA case manager in the Office of the Secretary of Defense. The great grandson of Civil War Confederate Lieut. Gen. T. J. "Stonewall" Jackson, Christian was a 1939 West Point graduate. He was awarded the Silver Star for his leadership at Guadalcanal, and was promoted to colonel within 5 years of graduating from West Point. He was certainly destined to be a future key leader in the post-war formation of the U.S. Air Force. Lost August 12, 1944 over Arras, France, he was buried by the Nazis as an unknown because of the confusion with his names (the burial detail seems to have been confused, unable to determine if his name was "Thomas Christian" or "Christian Thomas") and the fact that he was an American pilot but wore British coveralls, boots, gloves, helmet, and goggles. He remains buried in a grave marked "unknown" in Faubourg d'Amiens Cemetery in Arras, France, alongside seven Commonwealth casualties. A nous le souvenir, a eux l'immortalite.
I LOVE the commentary and history lesson while you work...GREAT IDEA
The history lesson makes this video so much more engaging and worthwhile to not skip through then other modellers on youtube
Beautiful work. I used to hugely enjoy aircraft modelling but at age 73 I have developed a tremor which makes it difficult to even open the box containing a model, so I have to content myself with watching real experts like you at work.
Hey, my favorite builder video
A history lesson and a nice build.
I got one word
MORE.
I bought the AMT F7F somewhere in about 1995. Although it is one of the 1/48 plane models I am most critical of (along with the Tamiya individual prop blade kits from then), it did have hollow exhausts that were quite impressively done by AMT. I finished this AMT F7F1 this past year. Iam now getting closer to finishing my Tamiya p51 D Chrome plated version after all these years also. I just built the Model Svit P51H, and did my first Alclad Chrome over gloss black. I am super impressed with that system. I am in disbelief of the reflectivity achieved. Model Svit P51H, a Quality Jewell Like Model Kit. Hard to build though, kind of like building a short run kit.
Subscribed! Refreshing to hear background info on the piece presented. As an armchair historian and a modeller rediscovering the craft after many years I appreciate your research and obvious skill. Thank you sir.
What wonderful model, and fair minded commentary on the relative comparisons between the Spit and the P51.
Enjoyed the video and comments as well. The bits of history and Eric Brown’s take on the Mustang vs Spitfire comparison I found interesting along with your explaining the techniques you employ in your build.
I love the way builder did these plumbed drop tanks.
Great work. As a Brit a got to say the Spitfire was a fine looking plane but I really like the look of the Mustang a bit better.
I used to fly RC planes and bought a used RC Mustang. No know knew who's design it was. It flew on a (I think) a .40 size engine and had retractable undercarriage. It flew like it was on rails and I remember flying it on a lovely still summers day at the club I was a member of near Swindon. It was an old RAF base (Wroughton) and is home to the Science museums reserve collection.
I was doing low fast passes up the runway being egged on by my club mates with the call 'lower' after each pass.
On the last pass I over did it and there was the sound of the prop clipping the runway. I climbed straight away and managed to do a circuit and land ok. We reckoned I took a 1/4" of off the tips. How I got away with that I don't know.
History lesson is informative & tells us the living story of the model.
Again a brilliant build.
Fantastic build and even better historical commentary
Some of The Model Guy's builds are incredible! Plus, I enjoy the history lesson and the techniques used in the videos.
Wouldn't mind him raising the volume of the voice over though.
Commentary is great. Nice build, too. Thanks.
Beautiful build, great to see someone actually finished the plane the way it was in action and not in a blue color scheme, very nice, should be proud!!!!!
You telling the story of the aircraft and commenting on tools, materials and techniques is way better than background music. Great video.
Not sick of hearing you talk, lovely build video/history lesson. Nice to hear about the Air Ministries influence on making a very good aircraft a great aircraft, well done and keep the great videos coming.
Nice video. The Tamiya Mustang kits are still excellent after more than 20 years.
Outstanding model, even better history lesson. Keep it up!
Love the narration as you build. Good job!
A very good build mate, I don't mind 'background' music as long as it's not too loud, I find your commentary excellent, well done.
I really enjoy watching your videos, because I love modle planes but I'm not good at assembling them as you are. So watching you is great and I wish I could do it the way that you do. You show that assembling modles is an art and I prove that it is not for everyone.
Hi Bob.
I watch guys like Plasmo and aspire to get to that level. But it's all about patience and practice. You are watching an edited video so you need to remember you're not seeing the whole picture, just what I find interesting. You are looking at years of practice and not seeing the mistakes made along the way.
I liked your narration regarding the pilot training, Germany was running out of resources. Great job on that Mustang.
Never seen this channel before.
Narrative is better than rap music, stories and facts about the subject enhances the building experience by all means..I liked it!
Great vid. Great build.
Love the format.
Wouldn’t change a thing 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
To be honest I like the videos they are not only interesting from a modelers aspect but they are also interesting because you give history lessons along with it that not many people know. I think you could add music in if you wanted to but keep it faint and in the background. I think it would feel some of the dead space but not draw to much attention away from the commentary. Keep doing what your doing, you do an amazing job!
Waaaw, just ... waaaaaw! Commentary is nice, no need for music, i can listen to whatever music whenever i like or even during commentary videos. I fly P-51 in DCS and it was an amazing plane. Roll rate was a bit slow compared to FW-190 and such, but what use is a Spitfire if u have to turn back after 40 minutes. :)
Brilliant commentary and teaching..don’t need music. Well done.
Finally somebody has done a video on on P51D that translates between Amateur and Connoisseur build! Cheers this is sheer poetry in motion!
I really enjoy your commentary, the description of what you are doing, is very helpful, and the history of the aircraft is awesome! I hope you continue in future videos!!
What a super build video. I like the bit of history at the beginning as well: nice and balanced. Excellent job! Obviously subscribed :-)
Great build! I did enjoy the music on the previous one. My coment about the propeller cuffs on the P-47 applies here also. One lesson picked form another modeller, the small unreachable seam on the rear door of the oil cooler can be covered with a small piece of acetate, it is impossible to sand that!
I too love your commentary and history lesson. I'm very impressed with your airbrush skills and comparison with other kits. Just subscribed because of this.
Love the history you tell of each aircraft. Awesome job!
Very nice build. I love those OD on bare metal stangs. FYI, the new Eduard kit is a D-5 so it has no fin fillet. I’ve got it stashed and plan on starting it after my P-400 is done. Great video!
It figures that a few months after hacking the rear off Eduard and Airfix release fillet-less Stangs lol
The Model Guy it’s a really nice kit. I splurged on a few resin accessories (gun bays, wheels, undercarriage, cockpit, exhausts). I’m really obsessed with those Profipack kits.
@@tharp2458 I have it too, it's going to be part of my Mustang vs Mustang video series.
I have been so impressed with this video that I not only hit the subscribe button, I have called other fellow modelers to check this out. LOVE THE COMMENTARY DURING THE BUILD!
Great video and really like all the background information. Thanks!!
Seriously awesome video man! You just got yourself another subscriber. I really love your idea of giving a history lesson and just basically talking about the topic of the model whole you build it mixed in with tips. Definitely recommend you keep this format as not only is it awesome, it sort of separates your channel from the other modelling channels on TH-cam and gives yours a bit of a unique feel, in a very positive way I should add.
I like the voice over commentary and additional information.
Great with out Music. Great build and commentary . Thanks
Fantastic video, man. Love the historical context, too. I'm keen to build one now!
Beautiful work. Like the history lesson also.
Loved the commentary it makes it easier, plus the history. Loved your work but not a fan of the music in previous vids, keep up the great work and thanks for sharing.
Great job giving us a history lesson while you build a very nice model. Would have been nice if my history rolled up in a sherman tank and said "This is what the fighting men of ww2 used to defeat the germans!"
Well done!! I love the historical info that you share while you’re building. Really nice touch.
I loved the Tyson- Hawking comparison
Just read a story from Bud Anderson where he stated they sent in group of '51's as a mock bomber formation with the normal zig-zagging top cover to throw off the German radar... It worked too well and 1000 fighters were sent up to intercept the "bomber' formation. Nice job on the model.
The Balcksheep did that with their Corsairs in the Pacific too. They couldn't get a response escorting B-25s into Rabul so they flew a dive bomber formation. Japanese came up expecting unescorted TBMs. Sheep did a lot of damage
I love the history and I think it is better to hear you talk, maybe do this format from now on? Read some short history of the model ?
I just bought the Airfix A01004A North American P-51D Mustang
, but I do not own an airbrush, I paint my models with brushes using acrylic paints, its fine in small models, but I really wish I had an airbrush. I'm from Romania and scale modeling community is very small here, so the paints, models and everything else is very expensive. I'm into this hobby for 2 years and build 12 models so far, biggest is a 1/350 Arlight Burke class destroyer, 45 centimeters, all painted by brush.
If you want to see how they turned out, let me know, I would love to hear some imput on my brush paint !
It would also save me time trying to find non-copyrighted music too
You're a very good modeler and you are knowledgeable about aircraft history. I know you are because I happen to know a lot about military aircraft. You know your stuff. 😉
I am impressed and I think your history talk about the plane makes it so much better and see how the model grow and see how you finish it. Awesome 👍 done and you have a new subscriber to your channel. Looking forward to your next project
I really liked the commentary! One of the better videos I've seen! I would like to see you do the Ted Lines p51 "thunder Bird" probably the most unique 51's of the war! I can't remember the company but I know I've seen decals for it!
Nicely done. I personally prefer the B/C Mustangs but not to take from your excellent build enjoyed the video. Now to revisit your P-47 build.
I like the coffin canopy ones as well. Look mean
@@TheModelGuy Never heard them referred to like that. That takes care of my learn a new thing every day, for today
I prefer the B/C models too. I love the RAF ones, especially there is a great story of the 315th Squadron, Deblinski Squadron, where the Polish fought a lot against the Germans. There's a book about this squadron as well where they explain that some pilots complained about the B-model's sideway-swinging canopy and preferred the same canopy Spitfires had.
Let me know the name of the book, I enjoy a good read and would love to add it to the shelf.
After that build I felt I had no choice, subscribed! 👍👌
Fantastic build! Thanks for sharing.
Wow, Great job Sir, could be me but horizontal stabilizer looked crooked? enjoyed history. could listen to you all day.
You are right. The RHS horizontal stab was not seating with the ultracast tail so that was the result.
@@TheModelGuy What ever, Its still perfect
Fantastic model! Beautifully painted! - Spitire or Mustang? Two of the prettiest war machines ever made, so let's call it a tie!
Outstanding video and build sir! It looks amazing!
Love commentary you should watch Greg’s airplanes and automobiles. He does a lot of really cool stuff. There was a lot of technical data used during the war like upping the manifold pressure (on Merlin) so it would preform much better the German fighters at higher altitudes. And how the US had up to 150 octane fuel by the last years of the war also improving the mustang performance
I'll check it out. I love those types of videos.
Great build and narration
Great video, nice info about the plane itself, but of course, most of all GREAT BUILD!!
In fact the 1st USAAF fighter over Berlin was the P-47{The men who killed the Luftwaffe} the 51 group that was assigned Bomber coverage was blown off course by strong thunderstorms. The 56th F.G. flying P-47 D "Razorbacks & "Bubbletops" had initial coverage, {since range was overcome by external tanks} stayed with the Bombers. The 51 had very weak wings, since the wings were NOT part of the fuse. Unlike the 47 and Spitfire. The weather in the PTO was a nightmare for the 51's, B-29's were assigned to guide them around the fronts so they would not become lost or ditch in the Pacific. That's why Gen. Lemay{Commander 8TH AF} got rid off the 51's after WWII and just kept and upgraded all P-47's he could get his hands on to D-40's. I have the article written by Capt. Brown, he prefered the P-47 of all USAAF AC, but just found the AC to big for his size. Nice job on the 51, I see you did the floor as plywood VERY GOOD! Modelers often get that wrong. Excellent build, paintwork and weathering, CONGRATS!
Nice history lesson.............oh! and the build wasn't too shabby either.
awesome build
She’s a beauty! Well done.
Thanks Marco, be sure to check out my newer Mustang video with the filled wings
Nice video I subscribed after it. I haven't see the Alcald flat before. It looked like it went on with out much frosting white. I will have to give it a try.
Amazing video. Loved the commentary. Subscribed.
I really enjoyed the video, it was interesting to see how you put the model together. The commentary was interesting and preferable to music. Great job 👍👍
I think your sub rate will go up now just by dropping the music! Great job on the "Stang" such a highly overbuilt kit. But given the commentary and your weathering technique, this should turn out a gem. Kutgw.
The history talk was awesome!
beautiful build and some great tips shared thanks
Thank you, very informative and a beautiful build.
Liked the music just volume issues, keep commentary coming mate good bit of background history.
Great concept. Build and story Thank you. Great job
Thanks a lot my friend for be friendly and help me with your tips . I appreciate. We need more guys like you THANKS ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️
No problem, glad to help!
Did you really call it the P48 in the introduction?
Great build, I subbed so I get to see a lot more of your work like this.
I enjoyed it much more without the music this is probably one of your best videos thanks for sharing
Very enjoyable build video tbh. Music or commentary is fine with me, just enjoyabke to watch the progress.
I've a couple of these in the stash, you've inspired me to dig one out.
You can't go wrong, it's a fun and relaxing build
Отличное видео! Хорошая работа!
1: As far as I can tell from the pictures of the original, the light area around the gun-ports was much darker that the (probably chrome) yellow on the nose--seems to match the lighter green covering the invasion stripes.
2: There should have been an Insignia Red L-shaped marking at the rear wing root, marking the areas where one could, and could not, walk.
3: Regs called for the gas caps to be Insignia Red; but since these don't really show up in any of the photos I've seen, they might have been painted over.
4: On the starboard side of the plane, a different name, "ATHELENE", apparently the crew chief's wife's name.
5: Again,according to Regs, most of the upper wing, (front 2/3 IIRC) the fixed panel lines were supposed to be puttied over, sanded smooth, and, in the bare metal planes, sprayed with an aluminized lacquer--that last not relevant to this model, but only the removable panels & hatches should be seen. (Same is true for entirety of Luftwaffe WW2 fighters, and perhaps other types as well.
6: Just a note--the rudder was cloth covered, sprayed with aluminized lacquer, so should have a different finish from the truly bare metal surfaces of the rest of the plane. (I use Testor's non-buffing Metalizer for the rudder, and buffing for the rest)
7: This plane is the poster child for distrusting color photos from the era--I've seen many copies of the picture of the single plane where the upper surfaces appear to be Blue! All a matter of the color corrections used in the printing....
8: not gripes; nit picks. Great build and great video.
@Incog Nito Know? No. But all the evidence suggests that the wings were green, including careful examination of other colors of fairly reliable composition--if you balance the pics' colors so that the Nose is the right, Chrome Yellow color, and the Red is insignia red, the wings are definitely Green.
@Incog Nito Welcome....
Great work! I would love to see you take on the Airfix 1/48 P-40B.
I did it two years ago. It's a great kit! But two is better than one :)
Great video and great commentary. Music sometimes is over donr. Thank you for sharing. Take care and happy modeling 😁
I love the video.and the history lesson as well
Nice model and great build!
Best job I’ve seen yet!😎
Great format and build.
At the very beginning I saw you using your nippers to trim away something on the cockpit rails,what were you trimming?
Outstanding video and presintation
I’m not a builder but I enjoyed this vid/commentary. What was the purpose of the wavy cockpit green on the wings?
It was applied in the field so it wasn't as tidy as a factory paint
Definitely enjoy the monolog....
Hello Model Guy, compliments for your job! Sorry if I ask, what is the camera you are using to film this movie ? Thank you 😊
I'm just using my Pixle 3 phone....hoping Santa brings me an actual camera.
Thank you 😊
I enjoyed the video, narration better than music IMO
Thanks for the video!
this is great, you have earned a sub. you get a history lesson and a great model build in one video.
Thank you! This a outstanding video!
Great comments - love the absence of music
Very interesting ! I like your vids very much.
Would like to know were can I get the small diameter solder wire you use and, love your work!!
Cabela's.
great video thanks hope to see more