Can I Do Better?! Revell P-51D Mustang in 1/72 Scale - Plastic Model Kit Build & Review
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- Опубліковано 26 січ 2024
- The Revell P-51D Mustang (04148) plastic model kit in 1/72 scale is one of the cheaper kits in the range - but there is a good reason for that! Join me on the workbench for this special milestone video as I celebrate the channel reaching the 25K Subscriber mark by rebuilding the first ever kit to be featured in a build video on the channel!
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Revell really needs to start using a Vintage Classics type label on these things. But you did a fine job with whats there.
I agree! Thanks for watching
half the range would have that label
Until then scalemates is your friend.
Revell has some good kits and some bad ones. I remember you saying this wasn't the best kit a few years ago.
Yeah it’s not a great model. What did you think of the video and style?
@@ModelMinutes enjoyed it. Definitely good quality and the style was also perfect.
@@diggilad781 thanks 🙏
I built this a year ago. I was disappointed in the proportions of it. But it still was good fun
Very good job on an old kit. Thanks.
I think you did better on round 2 though I would still say never throw out the original as a reminder. One thing I learned with miniature painting is you always have a nagging suspicion that you are not getting better or skills are not improving so its nice to go back and take one of your first projects and then compare it to your newest. You usually end up blown away at the difference between the two.
Yes, it is good to draw a comparison
Loved the intro should do this more often
Thanks! I’ll certainly look at doing this kind of style more if people find it enjoyable
@ModelMinutes about the kit the wheel Wells and tires look like someone made this kit from there memory
@@jaboy__kaz863 😂
"There's a time and a place for them"....yup...the time was 60 years ago, and the place is in the landfill!!!
So glad I never spent any money on this kit!
As a HUGE Mustang fan, I have built many. Airfix is #1 in 1/72...and you can get 3 or 4 of them for the price of the Tamiya P-51(#2).
At Hobby Lobby, when they're running 40% off model kit...they're about $5 a pop! Can't afford not to walk out with 4 or 5 of em!!!
My recommendations for those wanting P-51D's...Airfix(the only one that has separate flaps, to pose down), Tamiya, and even the Heller (if memory serves me right) kit is decent.
Everything else....don't even bother!
For P-51B/C....Academy's is very nice, but you have to do a little surgery if you want the flaps down. Drawback is...Academy decals suck!
academy's decals are indeed a pain
Clear difference and growth! Brilliant video and congrats my dude
Yes! Thank you!
Loves this kit.. done many times..
You did a good job with what you had and the time frame. A good starter kit or, as you say, something to experiment with.
Thanks :D
you deserve a hundred thousand more subs! i really like your straight forward honest reviews, as a hobbyist amateur myself your content helps further my interest in the hobby
Thanks very much! Perhaps one day . .
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
I haven’t watched you for quite a long time and this style of video is a big improvement! Well done Matt 😄
Welcome back!
Congratulations matt and yeah i have 3 p51D's in my collection/stash
Thanks! I've got a few more mustangs to do at some point
Quite liking the new format! Surprisingly rare to see talking head segments in scale modelling videos come to think of it
Thanks! maybe there is a good reason people dont do pieces to camera in this genre lol
Bought the thing out of curiosity, opend the box, ordered Airfix the same day.
The Airfix kit will be much better
That was a very good kit, I built it for a friend great kit, nothing wrong with older kits for a few bucks it's a great kit don't understand why so many people complain about kits if you don't like don't buy it.
What specifically would you define as "great" about this kit?
As a review channel I consider the following points when assessing a product:
Quality of instructions - are the steps cluttered and are the painting instructions in colour?
Decals - how thick they are, the registration, legibility of text and whether they silver/break up on application
Mould quality - whether the kit has short shots or excess flash, including visible ejector pin marks
Accuracy - how well the model is preceived to replicate the true prototype
Build quality - does the model build up without the use of excessive sanding and filler required?
Boxing - is it clear how old the tooling is on the box so the buyer can decide whether to purchase?
The only area I deemed this particular kit to be acceptable was in the decals . . . . Not a "great" kit in this reviewers opinion
@ModelMinutes ease of assembly , decals, I thought the details for this scale were decent, and it went together so well. I grew up with Revell and Testor kits and they were and still are awesome kits.
@@henrysanchez4810 for the 1960s when this model was first made, I’m sure it was great. But for 2020s I’m not sure
I like the idea of priming in what and taping the invasion stripes. I have had problems with using decal for them in the past. I also like spraying the exhaust on. Painting doesn't look as good. If something is that cheap , there is usually a reason for it.
Great point!
i made this one after being gifted some amazing models by my parents for christmas and this was far by my favourite, as i am fairly new to modelling i did have some trouble with the d-day marking and its definitely not the prettiest but i feel as if it was a milestone for learning how to paint and model the american silver models, my next model also being my first 1:48 will be the p47 hoping i can use what ive learned in the 2 years of modelling to make a beautiful accurate jug, i love your videos and havent had the motivation to subscribe lol, im jk but hopefully i can revisit this p51 in a few years to make it just as good as you have in this video
Good luck! :)
The Airfix 1/48 is a lovely little kit.
sadly i've not experienced that one
Great job of a tired old kit. I finished the Airfix version recently and it looks so markedly better than this one. Good technique tip on painting the undercarriage up and using the parts as a mask and getting the final paint job on it before setting the undercarriage in position. Will give better effect rather than painting and attaching separately. Will take that into current and future builds.
I'm glad you found the masking helpful! It's a process i've used on a number of builds now as it does make it easier - provided of course the parts provided actually fit!
An enjoyable video, cheers Matt. Overall your second attempt at this kit looks way smarter than your first, but I’m not sure about the wing roots! 👍
I agree, I think I need some better tools - those little rubber tipped modelling ones would be super handy, definitely something I’ll buy
Not bad for a quick build. The finish on the newer build is generally better than for the previous. For the seams at the wing roots, stretched sprue is a good and quick option. Cut approximately to size, insert and fix with extra thin cement. If you want to preserve the rivet detail, mask the surrounding area before sanding. For the ejector pin marks on the lower tail surfaces you can use a rotary hole punch or punch and die set to create circles from thin styrene. This kit would be a good one for a beginner to cut their teeth on. Keep up the good work.
thanks for the info - i'll keep those tips in mind :)
I take for canopies and other glasses Cartoon glue, which I ever use on my cartoon models. Then you can’t get a dirty canopy and you can wash it with water away.
that is interesting!
I hope you do get to 100 thousand subscribers it would be a honour to see you with a silver play-button 😀
Maybe one day!
You did a good job on it even though it isn’t the best kit
thanks very much!
Looks like you will have to do a 50k sub special soon! Well done. I think the biggest improvements tend to be with the painting process as we learn about avoiding gluey fingerprints early on! The latest build of that kit looks is certainly shows the improvement. Have said before, Revell are sneaky in their marketing. I got a shiny new boxing of HMS Victory but the kit inside was over 65 years old and looked it, the tooling was worn and every part needed a lot of work.
Thanks! Yes, I think it is a bit misleading that they put new kits alongside old ones. Not sure what I'm going to do for 50K, but will need some ideas :)
Also my first model ive every made
very cool!
A favorite as a child. Even now I collect the old Revell 1/72 scale kits but this one should never have been reissued as the front end is completely inaccurate and is really nothing but a toy even back when it was first issued. Back when the molds were first presented to American Revell they knew 60 years ago that this was completely inaccurate. Great video as always.
Nice job Matt. This would make a great "Little Friend" for your B-17 :)
Good call!
I really don't know why Revell still keeps one of their oldest molds available for sale. I can recognize it from afar due to the completely disproportionate external tanks. I find it incredible how popular this kit is still, despite its bad reputation. And do you want to know the worst? I love it, it was my first kit in 1980 "Texas Terror IV"
yeah, and whilst I know that it is a bad kit I'll probably end up building it again in the future . .
Constructive here we come 😁:
Like the "product used" logo pop in, a) not enough info if standalone, could easily be matched up to the intro "used" screen. Generally people are too lazy to go back afterwards, however, modellers are their own special breed of nerds and would. B) location -- top left or right, center bottom puts too much in center frame, covering the actual use of ( 07:23 ). C) Why shots of product then pop-up during application? Double work, especially if its an additional shot and editing, almost 7 minutes additional footage duplicates. Slow the work footage back down (or additional) if you need to stretch for the voiceover.
Try using an app to transcribe your voice, some video editing software has it built in for CC purposes, but is super handy for realizing where repeating phrases or key points in successive or nearby sentences. Had a couple of them here and there, mass of commercials broke them up enough to be only slightly noticable 😜.
Headshots -- some of the jumps in editing were a bit jarring, overall, not too bad. Takes some getting used to and full flow of thought on single take isn't as easy as people think. Script on a monitor next to camera helps, some programs out there to autoscroll as you read if you're comfortable with (not that hard to get used to). Lordy knows i trip over words all the time in public speaking, and use it to self deprecating humor as advantage. Keep at it 👍. Paul's Hardware did a how to of how he uses just a piece of glass in front of the camera to reflect the reversed monitor below to read from if thats more your style.
Overall story telling -- well done 👍. Its not common in the modelling space, and your voice combined with the overall story will do well. I know the headshots and other things like wardrobe, backdrop, lighting, etc etc are difficulties that have a larger upside potential. Thematically gives a lot of emotional link to the subject, along with different demonstrative expressions that can add to the presentation. It can pack a heck of a punch when you nail them. Should be fun to see the disappointment and disdain on a bad kit. Hopefully equally exuberant on a new kit you're excited about too. Question is, the storytelling mode for just some kits? Most? Can see it being difficult for all kits, maybe with limited face shots unless deserved instead of a forced minimum? That, will be a you developing your style thing.
Did the extra work payoff? Yes. Yours is a unique style previously, that just went in a new you direction as a tangent in a positive way. The Next Uncle Nightshift? Good chance of it. Not just about the modelling skills, it is about the compelling story that you choose to present. I'll choose to keep watching and supporting and see where this goes!! ☕🐢
Thanks so much for the constructive feedback! I'm glad that on the whole you think the format changes are a positive idea!
The product info overlays were originally placed bottom left, but then I moved them to be central to make it harder for any potential copyright thiefs to edit out. The double-handling of the product info was a decision on my part to make it a bit of a transitional element whilst I develop this different style, retaining elements of the older videos and combining them with new parts - I imagine in the future I may drop the clip of the product but who knows.
I'm going to be making some more progress on smoothing out the editing, i think that i need to play around with this format and see how i can make the cuts easier and more natural.
I'm still in the process of sorting out my workspace so I'm hoping the background will look better in the future, but that will take a little work on my part.
Hopefully things will just keep getting better :D
@@ModelMinutes Matt I think it's excellent to see you on screen summarising and providing a commentary. You are a natural at it! I think it adds a connection to the audience and an authenticity to your opinion. Getting the balance of shot to camera and voice over is crazy difficult but you have to go with what feels comfortable to you. We both know how much crazylocha's opinion is razor sharp at times because dude watches a LOT of UA-cam! Really liking it mate, and well over 40k subs tells me that other people think so too! Look forward to catching up at the next Airfix event.
Thanks! Yes, i'm looking forwards to playing with this a bit more and seeing where it goes :) @@garys_stuff
I love that Tamiya Fine White primer. If I'm doing an aircraft that will be white, it's my first and final coat.
same :)
My experience in 1/72 scale Mustang Ds is one Italeri kit and one Academy kit. I also have Airfix starter set one in my stash. The Italeri was fine, but it had a shallow panel lines, the fuselage/wing joint needed filling, the trailing edge of the wing didn't align well with the fuselage and it had a weird solution for mounting the propeller so I just decided to glue it in place to make painting easier (the rotating propeller isn't really all that important for me). On the plus side, it has existing cooling duct internals and interesting paint/decal options: USAF Korean War, camo RAF and RNZAF. Academy one is better - it has great fit, though I did end up doing only a little bit filling in the fuselage/wing joint, it has option of building it flaps up or down, it has very nice crisp panel lines and riveting that (between primer, color and primer) survived up to 9 total layers of rattle can spray paint of my rather heavy handed brush painting without issue but, on the downside, the internals of supercharger are nonexistent, and the canopy gives slightly "uncanny valley" feeling when looked at from the front (seems to be too wide on top). This Revell kit, I'd say cannot compare to any of the two. I'm looking forward to trying my hand at the Airfix kit, which seems to be an upgrade over the Academy still - more internal details, better canopy, a pilot figure and option of building it wheels up - I'm really tempted to do this one in flight, but I have to figure out some sort of stand for it.
As far as your build, it only proves that with skills you can get something even out of a tur... challenging kit. If I may offer some critique - the port fuselage/wing joint (I keep using this term in this comment, don't I?) is probably the weakest point of this build. I assume you held back a bit with the sanding to try and save most of the surrounding raised riveting/panel lines? Anyway, in areas like that I think using sandpaper instead of sanding stick would give a better result, because it would form a nice curve when pressed to the wing and fuselage, but that trick only really would work on models with recessed panel lines, as it would destroy any raised detail. I feel like I'm not describing it terribly well, sorry...
Yeah, the wing roots were the areas that gave me the most trouble - i'm gonna look at getting some better tools to help me with those. Plus, if I revisit this kit again in the future I might have another area to improve :)
@@ModelMinutes One thing I also do when sanding down filler, I go at it with 1000 grit from the beginning. Yeah, it is probably an overkill, takes too long and I'm unneccessarily chewing through sandpaper too quickly, but I rarely have to worry about destroying recessed details.
I think you have two great outcomes. The newest one looks like the P51D might have looked on delivery and the original one is battle-scarred. (Keep your eyes on the camera-you look like you are in the principal's office!) Luuuv this channel. Can you do a run down on your airbrushes; compressor etc? And more on spendthrift alternatives like plaster of paster filler and inexpensive paints? Congrats on your subscriber numbers. They are only going to keep going up with your personable approach and appropriate background music.
Thanks for the tips and suggestion! I'm still getting used to the "to camera" parts and my monitor is just off screen (which is where I'm looking to check i'm in frame) - I guess it will improve with practice
Humberol cement easily as good as Tamiya. Just that brush that is hopeless. I use a paint brush. And i do use Tamiya. White top and green top.
Good to know!
Nice to see you kept the gear down :)
Although i wanted to have it flying, the community made their voice heard
@@ModelMinutes either way we would have loved it!
Looks amazing Matt,my twin brothers first kit was Revells 1/72 P51,and it was an enjoyable and nostalgic experience looking back at it,it was painted with a silver spray can primer,and the red was painted with humbrol acrylics.Yeh,maybe he should re try now 3 and a half years later,tell me What you think?
definitely worth a go if you want a comparison of the skills :)
you can clearly see the difference in your model making skills the 2nd one does look a lot better esp the painting. I have 2 Revell models in my stash to build Concorde and Gato class sub both of which are unopened I got them really really cheap in France at village sale (like our car boots but people just put up tables outside their houses).
ah thats cool! I've got a Revell XXIII Uboat to do at some point
I first built this kit in 1971 when it had the markings og Millie G painted red.
That sounds like a cool version!
It’s a fairly fine kit if you are looking to practice some basic skills like scraping the flash away, filling seams, sanding, etc. I for one would buy one of those for the decals (I quite like the colours!) and use them on my Airfix 1/72 Mustang, and keep the model for when my kid is old enough to start a build on his own! Like you said, other manufacturers may give a better kit of the Mustang for just about the same price.
Keep the videos coming, Matt! Cheers! 🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻
Thanks!
Pretty work indeed, even if the plastic does remind me of the adage about sows' ears and silk purses. Despite knowing full well what I would be getting, I actually purchased this kit for its transfer sheet with a view to applying them to the most recent Airfix offering. I remember when I thought the original 1958 Airfix kit was the business. That would have been in the early '70s, before the release of the 1974 tooling.
Great point!
this kit does need a retool. great idea about using the landing gear covers as masks!
Yes, well, perhaps revell won't retool it seeing as there are plenty of better kits out there and i'm not sure we need another P51D in 1/72...
I do quite like using the included parts as masks - its a technique I've used a number of times, particularly if they have decals that go on them - it helps get them in the right places
yes it does that is a good technique@@ModelMinutes
I dumped the kit and kept the decal’s to use on the airfix one😂👍👍
lol fair enough
I attempted to build this kit as an easy cheap way of getting back into modelling.
I gave up on it when I couldn't even make out the shape of the propeller with the amount of flash on it. I had to hold it up to the light repeatedly during sanding just to try and see if I was getting close to the actual shape.
The final straw came when I offered the wings up to the fuselage and found you could drive a 1/35 scale panzer tank through the gap!!
I've watched a few videos of revell kits and I haven't seen one yet that doesn't have parts that look like they've been carved out of soap!
Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent revell kit please?
I've got a number of revell build videos on my channel - the Lancaster is generally ok (but supposedly has some shape issues) and the b17 was a lot of fun (but had loads of flash). The 1/32 Hurricane is objectively fine but is expensive for what is a rather simple kit at a larger scale
Matt that mustang was in poor shape in 1963 as you mention the detail was quite poor but it good you show us plane being that old another one I like to add the air fix 1/72 scale was good but the control stick was all melted and ton of flash around I try cutting it around it it just broke into pieces I don't know how they can sell it like that in the kit the tooling was very good on you wing route maybe try valleu putty seems to work good around the wing routes it soft and fill nicely
Thanks 👍
Nice job! I noticed that you applied the interior green paint straight from the bottle onto the plastic, does that make the paint easier to brush?
it just cuts out a step is all - I didn't see the point of putting the paint in a tray or anything and just put it straight on the model
@@ModelMinutes ah that makes sense. I was wondering if it helps stop the paint from pooling on the model is all.
Love the video! Keep up the great work! However personally l'm not that big of a fan of the facecam parts of the video since it kinda interrupts the pacing of the video. But u know, it's your channel so you do what you enjoy. 😃👍
Thanks! I want to make my videos a little more personal moving forwards, to help make them a bit more relatable. It also makes it harder for theft accounts to steal my content without major editing
Hey Matt, so I’ve just started scale modelling and the kits turn out really bad so do you have any tips that I could use to enhance my models? Thanks!
most of my videos have the tips in them, but in a nutshell -
Take your time
Test the fit of the parts before you glue them together
Small parts can be painted before adding them to the model
Don't be tempted to mess with the model whilst the glue or paint is drying
It takes time and practice and every model you build you get a little better - hang in there :)
You know whilst the new version you made looks way more polished, the old one's invasion stripes are probably more historically accurate- mfers were painting invasion stripes with paint rollers and brooms haha. Very good vid, fully agree with your thoughts on revell's reboxing practices too. Downright shady. I now research every kit i buy on scalemates because of this whole reboxing kits older than my dad behaviour
Good point!
Nice work on this Mustang-rex dinosaur. I have a few build P-51D from Airfix and they are much better than this. Beautiful models. I'll go for Airfix anytime. Greetings from sunny Croatia!
Thanks! Yes, The Airfix version is much better
Hi, greetings from south africa! Just wanted to ask if you would be doing a video on the p51d and me262 dogfight double set from airfix? Cheers!
sadly I have no plans to look at that kit - though I have built the mustang from airfix a number of times and i believe it is the same tooling
@@ModelMinutes so that must be the reason that i dont find this kit anywhere on youtube? Ive been looking all over youtube for a review of it
the kits included in the sets are the same toolings as the standalone products, usually just with different decals. I just don't have one of these kits personally and don't really want to get another one when I have already built the same mustang a number of times. But who knows, in the future I might but it would really depend on what i've got left to do @@BrandyEnCoke21
@@ModelMinutes ahh i see then! The thing with the dogfight double is that it comes with all the paints and glue, so its much easier really! But i would love to see you do a video on that in the future, as im in the process of builing mine and would love to see how others have built theirs! Cheers
Is your spray booth a DIY or one that you can buy? Really wanting to be able to use spray paints at home.
It's an off-the-shelf product, wasn't cheap - like £80 about 4 years ago
@@ModelMinutes thanks. Trying to find one at the moment but lots of different types. Ideally looking for a recommendation.
it wasn't this exact one - but they are all generic - something like this amzn.to/42yzqTL @@davidjarvis819
@@ModelMinutes thanks!!
Its way nicer than your original but i feel like it needs some weathering as in ww2 the invasion stripes were painted ok with no precision at all, some times with broom sticks and these planes were not cleaned that much, but over all great job
Thanks!
You are capable of making a nice model, provided you star with a better kit.
I have built many much better products than this in my modelling time lol
I think Arma Hobby are putting out a -D model soon, I'll try one if you will!
@@thadrobinson8343 that sounds fun! I've got a 1/48 Tamiya Mustang D to build at some point as well
Tamiya failed to understand the shape of the wheel well, therefore the whole kit is invalid. 😄@@ModelMinutes
@@thadrobinson8343 oh really? Surprised by that seeing as Tamiya are usually praised so highly
can you recommend revell
I'd check reviews online before buying a Revell kit.
depends on the kit. revell has a lot (a lot) of really old tooling. They bought the old Monogram lines too, and those kits are as old as i am(58). But they also have some new stuff. Use ScaleMates to see which. I will tell you that the newer revell 1/72 tanks are incredibly complicated and detailed. I made the T-90 1/72scale, and it is way over complicated with over 200 parts on a chassis thats 2 and 1/2 inches long, i.e. the Dazzler cubes are 3mm square and built up of 5 super tiny parts.
depends on the specific kit
Has this event already happened? i see old comments. If not what time is this GMT?
Patreon early access probably
Channel members and patrons get early access
IN 2016, I HAD MADE 2 P-51 MUSTANG OF TAMIYA MODEL IN 1/48 SCALE. ONE IS P-51D OF THE CHINESE NATIONALIST AIR FORCE DURING WW2. ANOTHER ONE IS P-51K OF THE CHINESE PLAAF IN THE CHINESE CIVIL WAR
thanks for sharing!
Seen a few 'worst kit builds' recently, and the thing that I notice most of all is the lack of reference, attempts to improve the kit or detail, building the entire kit before painting almost anything, and most of all, the cross-kitting that would improve any kit.
These older kits are cheaper than modern, and any knowledge of the history of a company making kits would tell you what you are getting before laying down any money.
The internet removes much of the chance of this knowledge, so here we go.
Revell was a later comer to kit making, out-performing earlier makers like Strombecker and Hawk. Kits got smaller ( usually 1/48th or random box-size scales before then ), and the early to mid 1960s were the heyday of the large numbers of small kits sold, which is where Airfix came in.
Revell made many kits with excellent paintings of the planes on them, in small boxes, and these were the kits everyone of my generation learnt on, and would later use as the raw material for their own projects.
It was not unusual to find two or more kits frankensteined together to make a more accurate whole or a mark of particular plane that hadn't been marketed yet.
In later years, the 'most accurate drawing fallacy' began, then the 'draw the panel lines on' fallacy, then later still, the 'latest kit is best' fallacy as well.
The arguments there were over the drawings being best, when the makers had laser-scanned an actual plane and made their model from that, oh my.
From this, we have people deciding an older, cheaper, simpler kit as worse than one cost three or more times as much money, with many parts ( most of which must be replaced by aftermarket parts for some reason ), but with better-researched paint and transfers / decals.
The kit is the starting point, so parts that are dimensionally close are all that's required.
As someone who reviews model kits, one of my criteria is to measure the model against the standards of the day. If a kit company marks it as vintage or has a clear tooling date etc on it, then that is taken into consideration.
If a company does not, and is happy to peddle ancient toolings alongside new ones, then I will call them out and treat the model as if it is recent and draw my conclusions there.
Fixing every problem of the model during the build defeats the point of a review in my eyes. Why spend more money and time dressing up a bad kit when I could spend slightly more and get a decent one to start with that doesn’t need all this extra work.
I’d be doing my viewers a disservice if I sugar coated a kit with an eye on nostalgia and hid its many flaws
1/71 Scale?
good spot, clearly my finger missed a key when typing
I literally bought that kit, opened it, realized what a POS it was and threw it out. Kept the decals though. Lesson learned
decals are the best bit of the kit
The paintjob is ruined by the residue putty at the wingroots tbh. Dont get me wrong, i support your work but you should focus more on sanding stage.
Yeah, i know the filler wasn't the best and will be looking at getting some new tools in the future to help with this
Looks like a 10 year old built this. You need to learn how to use filler
Lol, yes I do. Fair play to 10 year olds who can build like this though, it’s taken me like 20 years to get to this point, but then I guess my wife is right, I “never learn” 😂
Im doeing the same kit right now...and the propeller looks so ugly. Its definetly the worst revell kit ive ever build.
Easy answer is... no!
its not better in any way?
What a horrible kit. There is no way this should still be on sale. The new tool Airfix is lovely.
11:08 OMG, You need to some practice with thinning the paint. 16:38 Glue on paint. 16:43 Why are You using so much glue? I know that is a horrible kit, but You could have tried harder. It is look like 10yo kid build.
lol fair play to a 10 year old
This is the worst P-51D in 1:72 model of all time.
quite possibly
There was a Starfix kit I made many years ago, which was hard to tell what kind of plane it was meant to be, or what air force. Was it French? Israeli? An African nation? Was it an Me-109? I couldn't tell. It was a six-piece toy sold in a box with a Mustang on it, as I recall.
definitely not a great kit. Propellor hub was outrageously bad quality, and the gear is rather flimsy, too.
yeah, definitely one of the worst parts
This is the worst kit I have ever built. I built mine in the 60's. I think it was the only kit on the shelf of the hobby shop. I had no experience to speak of. It is one of the most inaccurate kits I have ever seen. Your time and skills are wasted on this kit. If you want to build vintage kits look into Monogram or Hasegawa. They're not as good as today's kits but they are reasonably accurate and worth the effort because you really can get good results. With this kit, no matter how well you build it, it is rubbish.
Thanks for the info! Yes, this is a pretty bad kit, I'm fortunate that I can build other, better ones as well :)