How To: Properly Start a Model Kit
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- Опубліковано 6 січ 2023
- How To: Start that model kit! Mild spoof! LOL! A little bit of fun for the New Year!
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Loved how you were just tossing the parts around! Just like any "professional" would do! 😂Very fun video!
Thank you! 😁 I’m a pro!
I agree 😂 👍👏👏 had a good life while building ❤
I've used a combination of all the techniques you've described here while building model kits! Especially in the early days - childhood - when I built them as soon as I brought them home. These days I open the box when I buy them but the build might happen years afterwards!
Same here. There really is no wrong way to start a kit. Just build it and have fun.
A great fun “with my morning coffee” video! I liked the tongue-in-cheek, casual presentation showing how to get familiar and at ease with your kit. An encouraging method of diving into a first kit! Wish I’d been so relaxed with my first kit…back in 1959!
Well done ! 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice video. Many modelers overlook the simple stuff in starting a kit. You hit all of those things, and, as your point out, you can do those things in a relaxed mode. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks 👍
I just bought my first 2 model cars the other day. I was wondering how to put them together without using the manual for the most part. This video really helped me out. Thanks, I appreciate it. You'll see my videos soon.
Enjoy them!
Got a good chuckle out of this one! 😳😲😆😂
Always nice to see a....professional at work!
Might have to get another one of these kits, hopefully they'll do the same fresh release of the old and tried GTX!
Keep 'em kits and builds coming Raoul! 👍🏻👌🏻👏🏻
Need to get back to my '70 Road Runner and three '40 Fords and....and....and....😉😆😂
Glad you enjoyed it
"Great to wipe your brush with" That cracked me up! Another great video!
Thanks! LOL!
Hey Ralph, just wanted to let you know that I checked it out and I am ordering my pinstripes from Keith Marks for my '67 442 model (that I'm making a replica of my car)& it's all thanks to your videos that gave me the info and inspired me to get that project going! thanks once again and I'm glad I watch these videos!
Very cool. Enjoy the build!
really nice box art on the latest release of this kit IMO. Thanks also for the entertaining video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Loved this video. Especially when you pull out the other motor for a kit bash. Looking forward to seeing this built! Got a color choice yet?
Thanks!
Oh man!!!! Rolling on the floor laughing 🤣🤣🤣🤣, Thanks for sharing!!! All so true!!!!!!
😁 Glad you had fun!
That was damn funny Raoul 😂
And yes I've bought many a model kit part started like that!.
Glad you enjoyed it!
This is how all “collections” get started. I have so many models to build I will never die!
That is my goal as well. At the rate I'm going it will be 40-50 years for me to finish them all. If I can get one done a week, it would only take me 10 years! I have two good friends that I have known for 20ish years now. They are having health issues and are having trouble building. Both are selling kits out of their collections because they can't build them all. One can still build but is focusing on his favorites.
well darn ,I dont have an exacto knife ,,,,would a fiskers or excell work untill i can get one ?
Maybe!
Thanks for Sharing the video. Newbie here, Quick question when swaping out a 396 included in 1/25 '66 Impala kit (diy 4 door hardtop, gift for a friend as a memorial to her Dad - & their car) for the 66 Malibu 427, do I just swap out engine/trany or some of the other components as well. Thanks
/Rosemary
Thanks. This video was more of a joke as we were all beginners once. On your question… This really depends on what the engine you are try to replicate really looks like. In stock form a 427 doesn’t really look different from a 396. So if there’s was stock looking you really don’t need to change anything. But if it was modified for racing then yes. The engine in the 66 Malibu is hopped up with some race parts so you could if you wanted to.
Dude, you're killing it! This is so true....
Thanks! I had fun doing this.
Excellent Raoul and very funny! Yep you pretty much nailed everything, maybe you could make another video called 'How To: Improperly Start a Model Kit'. That video could include things like using clamps, rubber bands, crazy glue, mismatched primer and paints, attempting scratch builds or modifications way too soon and of course cutting EVERYTHING off the sprues, throwing everything loosely into the box without taping it shut and finally tossing the 'instructions' (destructions) because really what builder needs to read it BEFORE starting. I love youtubers who say 'I'll edit that out' but never do! Thanks for showing us the 'correct' way to get started. I've known modelers who got started on twenty or more kits but never got finished building any of them.
I have a few more spoof ideas. How to glue a model kit together is one of them!
You'd be very wrong on many of those so called improper methods. Might wanna win a few events then try again on this comment. Crazy glue is the better method as it's shear strength is very low and a falling model will break at this glue joint rather than snap a solid part (This is the old school method for show car builders). On the shelf never go anywhere spray painted kits can use the cheapo plasti weld glues and collect dust as usual, no issues there. As I said more research before the mouth is a great starting point. Also crazy glue allows the kits in their entirety to be broken back down with ZERO fuss and rebuilt again if ever needed. There's a reason for such things not just opinions.
Ok Animalyze71, So, you didn't get the spoof part of this. I use super glue on my models after paint and white glue on clear parts. I don't really care about trophies but have many of them. I like to build for me and not to win a contest.
@@animalyze7120 You took the spoof personal. None of it was meant seriously. I build kits for me and not to win trophies, it's not a SPORT, it's a hobby for me. Crazy glue has it's place in the hobby. Personally I use it to hold parts together while the styrene glue dries and hardens. Styrene glue was produced by the model kit industry for styrene, crazy glue wasn't. But I've see all kinds of cement used to assemble a model from rubber cement, white glue, future floor wax glue and even melted plastic sprue-glue. I've heard that some modelers will put a built kit in a freezer, then drop it on the floor and the styrene glue breaks at the joints, Zero fuss and rebuilt again as needed. Yeah I get it there is a method to your madness.
@@neiljumpinjackflash7551 The only benefit of crazy glue is you can take the whole kit back down to parts at the same time you strip all the paint. It also has horrid shear strength which means the parts break at the glue joint not on the more fragile ends, should it get dropped. It's mostly for show cars, shelf warmers are fine with good ol plasti weld glues.
Thanks for a great video! Very helpful for someone like me, who is re-entering the hobby after a long time away. If I may please ask an unrelated question: a long time ago, didn't Revell (maybe Monogram) release a kit with three classic mustang models, one of which was white and 1/32 scale? Thank you!
Please note that this video was more of a joke. All of us model builder were new and did this stuff but many advanced builders cringe at the things I’m doing here. I was just poking fun at myself mostly.
Also I know Monogram did a few Mustang trio pack kits. The only one I can think of with a smaller kit has a 66 Shelby GT350H, 70 Boss 429 and the small one 65 Shelby GT350.
Hi, anyone knows if loctite super glue is good for plastic model kits? In my country tamiya and humbrol glue are too costly, but model kits are affordable.
I use super glue all the time. It's mandatory if you use resin or 3D printed parts. It works on plastic as well but just a few things to know. Use the least amount of glue possible. It will fog areas as it dry's (gasses out). Don't use it on clear parts and don't glue your finger to the door! I have done that too! I like to put masking tape on my workbench and put a drop of super glue on the tape. Two reasons for that. One is you can better control how much you use. The other is it sometimes will burp as you squeeze the tube. You don't want that splatter on your model. Then I take a toothpick and pick up a small amount of glue and apply it to the part I want to glue.
Do you paint by hand? If I use an air brush, should I paint the parts first?
I airbrush as much as possible then do the detail painting by hand.
Wow you had me cringing behind the chair peeking to see more like a horror movie lol. Especially on such a beloved kit (My favorite car back in the day aside from the Hemi-Cuda). I've never done any of this in this fashion but it appears to be the beginnings of the Glue Bombs I find at swap meets and online. Great video!
All this aside as long as you have fun and are happy in your building that's the most important thing. There's many ways to do things not just one as many commenters would have you believe. We need more people in the hobby and to take down the Ebay scalpers who are destroying the collectors community. Keep building have fun!
Thanks! This was fun and I have a few of these unbuilt along with a few 71 Cuda. Love these.
first comment about beginnings of the Glue Bombs ... very disrespectful
I don't think he meant it that way. I did defiantly create a few glue bombs with my earliest builds though.
Very funny how you did it that sloppy way!🤣🤣🤣Good that it one of the best fitting kits on the market and not an MPC or AMT kit of old!Love the way you mock yourself and most of us!Especially with the titel "advanced modellers"😂😋😘
Thanks 👍 I can make anything better. I walked into work the other day. One guys said. “You ready for this shit show” I said, “Now that I’m here it’s The Fecal Spectacular”
Funny! Awesome video and thanks for sharing! 👍😎😂
Glad you enjoyed it
Do you need a glue and tool kit separately to build item?
No not really.
what grit do I need to use to smooth out the paint and then put a gloss coat over it?????
Depending on how bad the texture is and how thick the paint is. I'll usually use 800. Maybe 600 but don't go over any body lines.
At first I was like wtf,but actually really funny,guess I'm a professional lol,I do alot of my kits like that,randomly start them,as a teen I built kits that didn't come out so good lol,again great video,I also jred to add that kit to my growing stash.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thanks for taking my criticism for what it was meant -- Constructive Best wishes, Merrill
No problem. Thanks!
Great video from you Raoul for those beginning the model building hobby. Do you think your son will want to get into the hobby when he gets older? I caught the bug when I was younger after watching my dad build models.
I don’t know. On one hand it’s fun to sit together and do hobbies and talk. Sometimes even sing something. On the other hand…. I don’t want to share my models! LOL!
Dude, a girl invited me to make a model car with her, but I’ve never done this before. So I wanted to know some basics so I wouldn’t look stupid. This is the first video that came up and to think I was actually gonna do some of this stuff until I realized you were pulling my leg. She probably would’ve thrown me out if I tried any of this stuff 😂
Depending on her building experience and detail, you may have scored points for effort and just having a good time! All of us serious builders all did this stuff at the beginning so don’t worry about it. Build sessions are fun to just build and hang out and tell stories. Much like sitting at the camp fire and BSing!
I've damaged plenty of parts just ripping them off the tree. I go the extra effort to cut them off so the part is whole with no missing spots. Makes the finished "look" so much better.
So do I and you can see the cutters in the beginning but I never touch them after that in this video. This is a spoof and that is some of the fun of this video as we have all done it.
@@TheMuscleCarModeler I'd do that to one that wasn't going to be a displaying one. Those ones must look their best. My toenail cutters have been my side cutters for a bit. I'd love to know where the really great tools are. I want a gluing jig now that I've seen one. It's perfect for squaring up during the glue drying period.
Great job. Good video, 👍
Thanks 👍
What is a 3 barrel set up?
A joke.
In my experience studying math sharpens the mind in a general way (not just a much needed skill). I am 75. I hated school. I loved learning. I was poor at math and reading (probably from refusing to do homework, and I now think I had ADHD). I knew about the math, but not the reading, before college (Baylor, Alabama, and Duke). During my college days I took Evelyn Wood speed-reading courses. It helped. I have always thought, but haven't checked it out, that something equivalent would be good for children. If a person can master (really internalize), from the get -go, math and reading skills, it make everything else a piece of cake!!! Always feel free to contact me. I wish you and yours's all the best. Merrill Craig (Danville, VA)
Thank you. My boy amazes me with what he learns and retains. He is having no trouble learning in kindergarten but does have some trouble staying focused. He gets bored some and wants to play. He entered kindergarten being able to count past 100, knew the alphabet. And is having no trouble learning math. He can give the answers in his head without having to write anything. This is just simple math but the teacher says most kids his age can’t do that.
fun something different to watch . Just got a 55 chevy pickup off ebay the guy threw in just for fun I guess a 64 Impala body and a built/painted motor all good always need more random parts.
I have had way to many eBay purchases that have been this way!
Awesome video
Thanks!
How come you don't paint the parts
That’s part of the joke. Most started kits that I have bought from someone else has very little paint on it if any. The 67 Impala I just reviewed only has the body and wheels painted and it’s now 56 years old!
wonder if there is anyone selling after market engines for scale model cars
There are a few. Many 3D printed ones.
wait a min..u had me until the end...why would you start another model without finishing the one at hand?. I'm an old school car modeler from the late 80s-90s..havent touched a kit in 25yrs, and im about to get back into it. I cant believe how expensive the paint, glue, and kits are now days. But i do know, i always finished my kit before moving on to the next. there is no reason to rush. thanks for the video tho, brought me back to the basics. been a few....
This was a spoof on what a bunch of us did with our first kits. The last part was my way of saying this is coming to be a swap meet or eBay kit. I don’t know how many kits I have seen that just the motor started.
I did this video for fun and this is truly a parts kit. I want the interior for a Superbird build. This kit has the bench seat interior.
Hey Ralph... very funny about the 3 bbl. joke..why don't you use it when building a 67 GTO!(that'll get those guys going...) And btw... good video! was a good inspirational one!) Might have to start on my 67 442!
Thanks!
What kinda glue is that?
That is Tamiya Extra Thin Cement.
@TheMuscleCarModeler Is it better then super glue?
Love it❤
Great!
Working on the Gone fishing ram charger and bass boat currently.
Very cool. I like that Ramcharger but have not bought one to build. Enjoy it!
Just goes to show, you can have a model in pre-assembly in about 15 minutes and ready for paint!
Yes! It can be done!
This one is on my wish list...
How big is your wishlist? I keep checking mine off but it never ends!
i recently got back into model car buildont at the age of 75- am now back retired from it again. i just threw out 100s of dollars of rustoleum and krylon paint. the rustoleum never drys and the cans quit spraying when still half full. the krylon sprays like a fire hose and have nothing but runs...and i am not paying 10 dollars a can for testors or tamiya paint..so sad..but to me the quality pf paints out there suck
With paint you get what you pay for and it’s getting more expensive. That goes for real car paint as well. When I painted my Chevelle 10 years ago. I spent $2600 for 2 gal of primer, 2 qt of sealer, 3 qt of paint and 1 gal of clear plus all the hardeners and thinners. Last year I bought just one gal of the same primer for a 64 VW bug. That plus hardener was 800 alone! Almost 3x what it was then!
But Testor’s bottle paint was .99 then and now $2.79 for the same! Brush cleaner was 1.89 before covid and is now 5.99!
I started using air brushes 30 years ago because I couldn’t get any good spray paints. The Tamiya spray paints are great. Testors have improved but still not to my liking. If you are staying with spray paint. Once you use a Tamiya can you will forget about the price difference.
On real cars. I don’t buy the cheap stuff anymore. I have been using Shirwin Williams auto paint for years on my projects. I’ll tell you. I used the cheaper Dimension line and black used to be 80 a quart. I was told use the better quality Ultra 7000 line. That was 179 at the time for a quart. So I gave it a try and found that even though it was a little more than twice the price it sprayed better, dried faster and covered 3x the material!
i got my 1967 corvette painted in 1975 with acrylic lacquer for 300 plus i got the paint at my napa store fot 50 dollars! @@TheMuscleCarModeler
This is good content, I would prefer to paint the parts, while they are on the tree mold. Maybe except for the body and parts associated with the body. As a modeler when I was very young, I had, and built many of these, not painting them, but building and applying the decals that came with the kits.
I hope you enjoyed this!
I’ve got a question, and I wanted to ask someone who’s been doing this for awhile, so I hope you don’t mind me bothering you for a little schooling. I’m recently retired and getting back into modeling between my honeydew list, so I’m learning all over again. I live in the south and we’ve gotten a LOT of rain here in the last week. So, now my question. The humidity is at least 70% right now and I’ve had some issues in the past with that. I don’t have a garage, basement, or a dedicated room, like you rich guys do, just kidding, no offense intended, for my building so I paint out in my shed. Sorry, now here’s my question. Do you think that if I primer and paint outside and immediately bring my body inside that the paint will come out alright? BTW. I paint with enamel rattle cans. I haven’t worked up to buying an airbrush system yet. And that brings up another question. I’ve listened to quite a few videos here and wondered if I could, would, maybe get better results from using an airbrush? I’ve only completed one model so far and had issues with the paint on it, from what I’ve understood was because the body was molded in red and I didn’t get enough primer on it. Thank you in advance for any ad all help you can give.
I’m sorry but I’m not much help on your issues. While I highly recommend an airbrush it does come with lots of learning and patience. Cleaning, set up, thinning the paint and overall technique will all have to be figured out and no two people will do all this the same. Environmental issues do play a role as well and that is what I have no real experience with humidity. I really don’t use spray paints. They were horrible 30 years ago when I got my first air brush. I know they have gotten better but once you learn an airbrush, you won’t go back.
As for humidity, I live in the Phoenix AZ area and that’s something we lack here. Our problem is paint can dry to fast here!
Pretty funny!!
I'll edit that out
I'll edit that out
Lol
It’s the remix!
An’t that the Truth!
Lol
JC : )
Yes!
It’s like your 10 yrs old with a deep voice.
Sounds right!
A good pair of model sprue cutters come in handy..
Really, how? LOL. Did you see them in the beginning but I never touch them after that!
There ya' go!
LOL
Kinda reminds me of when I was a kid, and I would see if I could build it up before my parents put the groceries away ( " whaddaya mean, am I going to paint it?, who needs paint?" )
Many of my first builds were done in one day.
this may be a good tutorial for a very experienced modeler but for beginners a perusal of the instructions is a handy first step
Yes. I bet you commented as you were watching. How long before you realized it is a spoof?
If you were a real professional you would know that you need to put a band-aid on the left thumb first! Because there is always one part that needs the extra hard trimming that slips.. and the band-aid keeps the blood from getting on the plastic. 🤣 LMAO! Loved it!!
Good tip! Preemptive band aid! I'll save that for my next spoof!
@@TheMuscleCarModeler the other thing I've seen a lot is taking the glass out of the package, to make sure there wasn't any scratches on it. SMH
I was thinking about putting the tires in the same bag as the glass. So, they are both protected.
@@TheMuscleCarModeler that's a pro tip for sure! LMAO
Why in such a rush?
Weren’t we all in a rush with our first kits!
Don't forget to wash kit in mild soapy water
LOL, you gave me an idea!
Nostalgia
Lol. Isn’t that how we did them back then!
@@TheMuscleCarModeler can't wait to get one for my 15 yr old kid ..he thinks putting together a transformers toy is difficult lol
He will be in for a surprise!
I USED THIS AS A TUTORIAL 😂😂😂
Oops!
entertaining video! 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Thanks!
Entertaining.....
Thanks!
I almost followed this Guide but then i realized this was a joke bc im new to modeling
Good thing but many of us did these things to our first model kits!
I love how you just pull the parts off the sprues with reckless abandon. I can just see the model snobs cringe.....LOL
Yes. You should read some of the other comments. Some didn't realize it was a spoof!
Funny🤠👍
Thanks!
I think every builder has their own method of starting a build...
Yes we do! How we actually start or finish doesn’t really matter. It’s that we finish and have fun doing it!
Dude are you ok ? You gave me plenty to laugh at!
No. I’m not right in the head. I did use Testors glue back in the day!
He likes to throw stuff!
HPI guy would have a heart attack!
Maybe. I did this one for fun.
I'm only half-way through tis video (which may be good). But, you need, especially with videos like this, to be well manicured. Please get the dirt from under nails removed. I'll continue watching.
Ok. Thanks.
I take it that is your entry into the USACC builders. LOL.
If so then I should call this finished!
Pretty Shoddy
Yes. This was a fun video to do. It was a joke. All of us model builders did this when we were new. Many of the pros cringe at this stuff!
Why would you not leave parts of the tree attached to hold on to for ease of airbrushing? My 8yr old takes more care than this. My advice, snap tite for your skill level
Obviously you didn’t finish the video or read the description.
@The Muscle Car Modeler man I really couldn't. I have ocd. It was like nails on a chalkboard. If it was meant as a joke, then you have my apologies. But what I read was "how to properly start a model kit"
Yes. In the description I put that it was a mild spoof. I had fun doing it and making fun of myself.
Ralph, I like you, I appreciate you're videos. I'm trying to help. The biggest negative thing, which you can easily correct is clean hands. Watched a vid where you said you have a 3yo son. I know you want the best for him. One of the best things you could do for him is use correct grammar. Please work on this. I wish you the best.
He is 6 and started Kindergarten this year. We speak to him as an adult and read with him every night. He has learned many words and his teacher was amazed at his vocabulary.
@@TheMuscleCarModeler I don't know anything about childhood education. Therefore I'll suggest something (what all the philosophers say not to do). I'm guessing that the more he can read for himself, the better. Please don't infer I'm saying you are doing anything wrong! Best wishes, Merrill
Thanks! I didn't take anything negatively, It just shows that you care and I appreciate that.
Why did you waste your money on a sprue cutter if you aren't going to use it for it's intended purpose? A sprue cutter will give you nice clean separation from the sprue. Also, you shouldn't be so Blaise about the instructions. I can't believe you know where every part of every car goes. "Oh, wait, it's not on the chrome tree?". If he had looked at the instructions he would have known. Why not finish the kit? You must have a lot sitting around unfinished.
I have three spruce cutters. Did you notice this was a joke? It says spoof on the lead photo and in the video description.
Also. This kit was really purchased for the interior to go into a Revell 70 Superbird. I was having some fun making this video and making fun of myself!
Maybe cut the guy alittle slack, it was just a quick simple video. Lol
This is ridiculous. I dont do any of that sh..! Mine turn out fine. I hope new modelers dont fall for this🚽
I am 30 seconds into the video. I saw spoof on the thumbnail. And I made it past 7th grade. Someone doesn't have a bright future.
@@jamesstrickland228Jesus help you.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
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😂😂😂😂😂 this is a jk right
Yes! Lol!
Ha ha I guess.
LOL!
Professional LMAO...
I know right! LOL. Although my brother did point out that I am a professional. I now get paid to do this (monitized). The world is just funny!
Well, you said "3 barrel" and "small block". Dunce cap. Chair. Corner of the room. 😄
Yes sir! Master sir!
@@TheMuscleCarModeler I received your bribe of a chocolate donut with colored sprinkles. You may go. Well played.
Having the sprinkles arranged in 427 I'm sure helped!
@@TheMuscleCarModeler You are sneaky, devious, and calculating. Admittedly, all fine traits.
I dont want too be that guy but this is not a professional way to build anything. Please tell me this is a spoof video
Yes. It is a spoof and says so in the video description.
Also mention that in the end but you may have not finished it.
Ok calm down, its just a few good ideas for a beginner, i didn't even have a sprue cutter for a couple years , the idea is to have fun , theres absolutely no reason to rag on this man, you think you can do better, get you a camera, and Start posting stuff, watching the videos where a guy makes a model aircraft look realer than the real thing almost ruined me , i stop watching that stuff, its not me, so be happy and have fun 😀
Thanks. I did this for fun and to laugh at myself and how I used to build my first ones. Some didn’t realize this was just for laughs as it was a bit suddle. I have another spoof planned that is a bit more over the top!
why did you waste my time?
No sense of humor? I take it you didn't see the work Spoof! on the lead picture or in the Video Discription!
Why make this video?
I did this for fun for myself. It’s a hobby and supposed to be fun.