the modelers motto " it will be covered up but at least we will now it's there" because where just quirky like that

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

For sure...😉

Love the combination of model making, commentary, music, and images and facts about the real thing. Nobody else does it like this. Awesome stuff!

@luisnerf

Жыл бұрын

Max really puts a lot of effort on his videos that's for sure

@stevie65able

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. No one else does this level of background info that Tom puts into his videos.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi gcm747, it was all a LOT of work, glad you enjoyed it. 🙂

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Luis, maybe too much...🤔

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Stephen 😉

I truly believe our 4 legged best friends will be waiting for us on the other side. Absolutely stunning as usual!!!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Cereth Painting, thanks, but not my best work for sure -- having to try and recover after the gloss coat caused me to end up somewhere other than where I thought I would end up. I hope somehow I see all my doggies again. Thanks for the comments 🙂

Thanks for the great video, Max. And Godspeed to your best friend Mooch. I had the privilege to be acquainted with Bill Park, who was a civilian test pilot for Lockheed back in the day. Among other things, he flew the SR-71 and its variants, and it's a miracle that his career lasted as long as it did, considering the nature of his work. Bill didn't talk much about what he did, but the joke among those who knew him was: "He always did his best work at night." Keep up the good work, and you have my most sincere thoughts over your loss.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi R Reese, thanks, and also thanks for sharing your story of Bill Park.

I'm sorry you lost another close member of your family. I'm hoping you're doing well, and I hope that you can look as far forward as you can while remembering the best of Mooch. This will, by far, be one of the coolest planes I've ever witnessed in flight. I remember as a boy, about 8 years old, watching this take off from the nearby AFB at dusk.... I will never forget the cones of fire as it took off and went nearly straight up in the sky and out of view, but not out of earshot. I turned to my Dad and asked, "Did it go into space Dad?"

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Eustace, thanks, and also thanks for sharing your story. The SR-71 was well ahead of its time and surely seems "spacelike". 😃

I like the videos, the content, the variety of model types, the format and how they are put together. I especially like the added part about your late beloved pets - been there too and we will always miss them - they give so much to us.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi mycammedia, thanks, and I'm so glad you like the presentation style. Pets are fantastic! My doggies were my greatest treasure in life and they made everything richer. 💔

I spent two months of my intro to aero engineering course writing a paper on the mechanics and function of the J58, and frankly it still baffles me. Ben Rich and his team were goddamn geniuses.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi jocax188723, I don't know how anyone works on jet engines. When I visited the engine shop in my F-16 days, I was always glad I didn't work on those things. It looked like a rat's nest inside a maze within a bowl of noodles to me!

Of all the videos I've seen of people painting this plane this paint job is the most impressive. I'm building this kit myself at the moment and your paint job inspired me to do the exact same with my kit.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi zorax15, good luck and all the best on your Blackbird build. I'm glad the video helped 😊

I just bought the 1/72 Firefox , can’t wait to build this girl

I'm always in awe at just how much detail you put into your models. Well done.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Christopher, lots of detail, but not great detailing 😛

First view of my favorite scale model channel!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

You're Number #1 on the runway, Natertot! 😎

I have always wanted to see this kit built. Thanks, Max!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Drew M, I hope it was entertaining. 😄

I'm here to see someone accomplish what I could never bring myself to do. Build a Revell kit. Big ups, man. That whole thing would be in a landfill after I saw the matching.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi spalkin, it started out good, then... 🙄

Thoroughly enjoyed watching that!! My condolences on Mooch.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, thank you very much for your kind wishes for Mooch. Glad you liked the Blackbird 🙂

This is so cool. You did a fantastic job on this, and the faded weathering is spot on! Thank you for sharing!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi James, thanks. I hope most viewers will like it. A few haven't 😏

Nice sophistication. Thank you for sharing this.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, William. 😃

Saw this at a couple of air shows. Absolutely great bird. First time it took off it went straight up. Best plane we ever built!

@MaxAfterburner

4 ай бұрын

Hi skiphayes1795, certainly an aircraft before its time. 🙂

Hai realizzato un opera d'arte aeronautica...grande lavoro Max afterburner

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Mille Grazie, Vincent Warriors!

New Max_Afterburner build videos always make for a good day. Good stuff!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks ThePacolicious, rare and hard to come by now...

The fact that you had a McFarlane big chap just makes me love you all the more

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

"I admire its purity. A survivor... unclouded by conscience, remorse, or delusions of morality." 😉

Lovely build! I currently have this on my workbench, having so far only cut out the upper and lower fuselage. I plan to build it like yours, gears up, on the stand. Thanks for a very instructional and fun video, love the B-roll clips! 😀

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi TheMack, glad it may help provide some ideas and also give you some tips of where the pitfalls are located. 😁

@TheMack

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxAfterburner Much appreciated! I'm building it as a gift for my big brother. He absolutely worships that plane! 😀

Another stunner!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Buck, thanks for the kind sentiment 😊

Yet another job well done sir! Fantastic! Can’t wait to build another one myself.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Christopher, thanks and have fun 😃

I got to speak to a fellow veteran about this bird and he told me these were a nightmare to maintain, he even pointed on my desktop pic of them parked the fuel leaking onto the flight line in the picture!

@MaxAfterburner

11 ай бұрын

Hi Poopster4U, my recollection from years ago was that they leaked fuel on the ground with the knowledge that once the SR-71 was airborne the extreme heating of the fuselage would cause it to expand and seal the tanks 😲

Back in the early 80s when I was a young Marine, I had the opportunity to see one of these awesome planes take off on a mission to God knows where. My unit and I were sitting out on some grassy staging area at Kadena AFB, Okinawa, Japan awaiting transport to South Korea when we all saw this wonderful thing taxiing down the runway. It was some distance away from us, but it was loud. It was a pretty awesome sight. I finally got to see one up close some time ago at an air show at Andrews AFB. Marvelous aircraft.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Ahead of its time to be sure. Thanks for sharing your memories Noriko Takaya.

*A huge kit for this huge piece of aviation engineering, "Skunk Works" are really THE legendary creation workshop of all times! Awesome build, the 2 jet engines are really beautiful! 😍😍👏👏*

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Forever Plastic kits, thanks, and glad you stopped by again! 😄

Excellent work. The extra detail you added with the streaking created a realistic finish! Amazing build and awesome, informative video! - Trevor

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Ostrich Longneck/Trevor, awesome, thank you! 🙂

Your understanding of both color and application really combine to bring out the best this kit has to offer. From my viewpoint the project looks fantastic - I'm sure it looks even better from your perspective. Please accept my deepest condolences on the passing of pup (mooch). We have a small dog we both love very much and I despair to think of how I would feel should he pass on. All the best Sir, and congratulations on a very successful. By the way, the SR-71 appears an improvement on Revell's very poor Hornet range in 32 scale!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dennis, thanks for the kind comments and sorry for the late response 🙂

@denniseichert2323

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxAfterburner It's quite okay Sir - you're thoughts and feelings come before a you tube channel. All the very best.

Magnifique travail ! Très beau rendu !

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Salut Franck CHATAIGNIER, merci beaucoup!

Beautiful!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! 😃

Awesome build!!!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi isfj1009, so glad you think so! 😃

I crap built this model in about 1970. In 1983, I would end up stationed at Beale regarding the SR 71. It was the only model I built. I illegally sat in the cockpit during a weekend night shift.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

You should have taken it up for a spin 😉

Great video max.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Rob W, thanks much! 😊

Very cool! I love the small details!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so very much, Go For It Painting! 😉

Outstanding as always mate! Love your work!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dean E., Thank you and Cheers! 😃

Sorry abt your dog man.. in love with your hasegawa f22 and the paint you do on your models is the best❤️

@MaxAfterburner

3 ай бұрын

Hi AviationGuy1622, the F-22 I did way back when certainly continues to be a steadily watched video. Thanks for Mooch.

Awesome as always, Max. I never realised just how big the SR-71 was until I stood next to the one aboard Intrepid.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Foab Moab! This model's paint job didn't quite end up where I planned, though. It's amazing such a large jet as this could go so fast 😲

Let's see, I got one word: BEAUTIFUL!! I had testors 1/48 SR-71 years ago and loved it. Had there TR-1 Dragon Lady as well, I thank it was 1/48, can't remember.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

All very large!

Nicely done, sir! Great model, great aircraft.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Bill, thanks, I much appreciate it. 😇

beautiful work.

@MaxAfterburner

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, palenikz 😀

Sorry for your loss.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Dawid.

Great job dude

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Powerful Slicer, thanks much for the comment 😊

Gorgeous model, you did a beautiful job! Thanks for sharing. Sorry about your pupper.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Mark, very glad you enjoyed. Thanks for Mooch.

A wonderful build! I wish I could tell you in the fulness my appreciation for you in presenting to us your efforts in preparing this model. Also, my condolences to you and your family for Mooch. I had found my cat, Landmine, October 2008--his birthday was just a fortnight past!--so he would have been age 14. I had called him that nickname because he constantly was underfoot--and I with size 14 feet, a very long stride, and poor vision, I inadvertently would step on him.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi David, I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Thanks for your thoughts on Mooch and I'm sorry for your own personal loss of Landmine.

Yes! Go Tom go! You did it. This one has been long awaited by many of us. Always great to see another video of yours. You may not always get the number of views you wish for, but believe me, you make up for it in quality. Cheers from you know who...

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Stephen, it was a painful struggle to try and continue after the loss of Mooch. I crawled over broken glass through the finish line, barely. Looks like another "average" viewership numbers production so far. I lost another 23 subscribers too! 😖

@stevie65able

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxAfterburner They were not worthy of your efforts! Perhaps another Aussie themed build. You know we are fiercely loyal!

I am sorry for your loss Max.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Cactuswest, thank you.

All my deepest sympathy for Mooch

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Nic, thanks.

awesome job on the bird sorry for your loss i knw the feeling...keep them videos coming

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi model tank guy, thanks for the comments! 😊

Excellent!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Many thanks, Bastian 🙂

Impressed. Didn't know how you were going to add the weathering on a black model like that...the multiple layers to achieve that was a cool technique I had not considered. Thanks for sharing!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Karl, when I started the model the white oil wash was going to augment the airbrushing. I had to rely on it much more than originally planned to try and recover the contrasts I lost during the gloss coat process. I suspect not everyone will like it.

@stevie65able

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxAfterburner Funnily enough when you look 👀 at photos of the real aircraft, your weathering is very close to how they appear. No doubt some “experts” will correct you in time to come.🤣

Sweet! great to see a new video out

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Short Final, hope you enjoyed it! 😉

great job!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hey Daniel, thanks! 😃

This is art, love it

@MaxAfterburner

3 ай бұрын

Hi andresteffen5237, glad you enjoyed this model tapestry! 🙂

I really enjoyed that video and love your build.Thank you and all the best from Blighty🇬🇧🇺🇸👍

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hello The majestic magnificent , so glad you were pleasantly entertained! 😊

Great job on the model and the video - very sorry about your dog :)

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi John Paul, thanks for the comments 🙂

Man oh man ive been waiting for this one lol great job excellent video as always 👍 Im sorry to hear about mooch as well my man 😔 I also love the new presentation youre doing with clips and part layout 💪

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Amazon Amazon, thanks for my Mooch and I'm glad you enjoyed this big SR-71 Blackbird.

Much better than my old SR71 lol. I wanted to tell you that i will be entering a model competition for the first time, and that i wouldnt be here without you. Thank you!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Bhji Hhu, that's great to hear. Good Luck! 😃

Thanks for this.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Christopher, my pleasure! Thanks for watching. 😎

First, sorry about Mooch, RIP. Your build is excellent, and I love the mix of facts, humour and skill. Long may you continue buddy.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Martin, thanks. For what I lack in model building skills, I try to make up with somewhat of a lighthearted video. 🙂

The Jimmy Stewart intro made me realize how much you need to make a B-36 (Strategic Air Command is one of the best Jimmy Stewart movies lol)

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Cooper, I think I saw that one on TV long ago...

One of my favorite planes when I was growing up.

Fantástico trabajo...👍🏆

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Gracias! 😊

Wonderful

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

this one is something im gonna get in the near future to build and paint i have a tip for you when it comes to replace the putty that u use if you want to. if you buy one tamiya extra thin cement clue and then take sprues that you have and cut/snip them into smaller pieces and add them into the tamiya, you will get something that many of us that build and paint warhammer minis call sprue clue and it is perfect for filling gaps and such. and one small jar of that lasts you a really long time as long as you keep the lid screwed on and the brush that is in the cap is nice aswell when you are going to apply it. thoe i will also say that i dont know if you can make it with resin sprues seanse i havent tries it or heard anyone made it with that. just wanted to mention that seanse resin models are becoming a bit more common, atleast among the tabletop minis and i dont have a good grasp about how it is among these.

@MaxAfterburner

10 ай бұрын

Thanks, xzeke666x , I may have to try that out sometime 🫡

Great build man, sorry about your pup

@MaxAfterburner

7 ай бұрын

Hi carycosgrove8898, glad you enjoyed the blackbird video. Thanks for Mooch...

Le number one de l aviation rapide en taille reduite,impeccable$.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Salut Lyazid, un avion incroyable

Awesome work as always buddy. Sorry for the loss of your furbaby bud.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi C S, thanks. Unfortunately, I just lost another, Sophie, on Friday. She was the last of "My Great Five" and was a littermate to Mooch.

@cs8862

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxAfterburner Max I’m so sorry man.

I like your style 😍

@MaxAfterburner

6 ай бұрын

HI ememeable, glad you're enjoying it 😎

RIP Mooch

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

Just joined from the Lehto channel.

You are an artist, because your models are true works of art...congratulations! I suggest you make a step by step video of the assembly of the Grumman Tracker 1/48 Kinetic kit... it will also be very welcome Thank you.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Fábio Silva, thanks. I felt this was more of a Picasso than a Rembrandt, though. I just hope everyone has fun watching the video. 🤞

New? I've had a 1/48 Blackbird for like 30 yrs. Mine has pilot figures too. Monogram??? Loved thier models...wish they were still in business.

@MaxAfterburner

6 ай бұрын

This is a newly tooled kit by Revell.

THANK YOU

RIP Mooch!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, David.

Great entertaining and useful Video especially for me as I an undertaking this model. Thanks. ps I will be it watching again.😁

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi TheGetintoit, so glad you enjoyed it and that it may also help you out. 😃

Just to clarify, Testors made a 1/48 SR71 in the late 80s. One of my favourite kits.

Fantastic job! Building one now myself. Just an FYI, the shock strut pistons are not really red. Those are locking/support collars for aircraft on long term display. The struts are depleted of hydraulic fluid and nitrogen for safety and environmental reasons and therefore need those supports to help keep the landing gear strut extension within its nominal weight-on-wheels (or off-wheels depending on the display configuration) X-dimension. Keep doing these awesome builds. Look forward to some more. Cheers!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Arktikos, actually the red was my poor attempt to create tarnish on the chrome strut. I didn't bother to fix it up since it was going to be covered up inside the bay. Glad you enjoyed the video 😃

Another nice Blackbird model. It's a shame that there are no pilots in the cockpit. I don't know why the company doesn't foresee that the plane can also be made as a flying model. I built mine in 1/72 scale from Italeri. But I converted the pilots from Airfix's Tornado. It looks completely different if the cockpit is occupied. I feel sorry for your lovely dog :(

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jernej, thanks for Mooch. That's a good idea using other pilot figures. That may come in handy as a plan for any builders who see your comment.

I hope that Revell will release a "Big Tail" SR-71 in this scale.

@MaxAfterburner

8 ай бұрын

Hi jframe9715 , I imagine if sales are good enough for this SR-71 version, they may pursue an aftermarket add-on. Hmm 🤔

Such an iconic aircraft, and you've done a phenomenal job on the construction and painting of it. Congrats mate! 👍 I had the much older Italeri kit in 1/48 scale, and it was Huuuuuuge! But, it was a dog of a kit with gaps as big as your Grand Canyon in the US. Even so, as a teenager I must have dry fit the 8 piece fuselage together several hundred times before I reluctantly sold it off online. I was excited when I heard Revell were doing a re-tooled version, but must admit being a little disappointed on seeing and hearing that the fit is not the best, although admittedly, it is lightyears ahead of the old Italeri kit. But the instruction discrepancies of the parts call-outs is a real shocker and really should not have occured if proper proofing/testing had been done prior to going to print. Still, overall and after watching your build go together I am VERY tempted to pick one up for myself. 😉 For your next/later build, would you consider doing the newly tooled Airfix Avro Vulcan bomber ? Even though it's 1/72 scale, it too is a pretty massive kit and of similar vintage to the SR-71 although understandable if your not interested in it, being a British aircraft. Failing that, I highly reccomend The Revell 1/48 Lockheed Ventura (either US or RAF versions) A fantastic kit and the fit is superb. If interested you can view my build here: www.scalemates.com/profiles/mate.php?id=65866&p=albums&album=82797&i=25#25

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi James C, thanks for the compliments. Actually, I give myself a grade of "C" on my efforts on this one. It all depends on your tolerance to make corrections for this kit if you pick one up, I guess. We'll have to see as to the future of this channel for upcoming builds. I'm struggling and the channel is struggling...🤔

Holy, I have an old YF-12 in 1/72 and that already is large, this thing here is absolutely giant.

@ninus17

Жыл бұрын

I was going to say. I have a 1/72 sr71 kit and i thought that one was Big.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi FirstDagger, it's large for sure. I was going to do a picture of the 1/48 scale SR-71 with the 1/72 scale B-52G from earlier days to compare the actual physical sizes, but I didn't get to it.

@AvengerII

Жыл бұрын

I can do you guys ALL one better. I've actually seen the YF-12 in person at the Air Force Museum on Wright-Patt grounds! It's a WEIRD-looking Blackbird with a more fighter-like nose to hold a radar that was a predecessor to the AWG-9 radar the F-14A/B used. The missile itself was an obvious ancestor to the AIM-54 Phoenix, too. That AIM-47 fired by the YF-12 test plane was developed from the AIM-4 Falcon missiles the F-106 used. I've seen 2 Blackbirds in all. The YF-12 at Wright Patt (the last "full-up" surviving YF-12), and an A-12 at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park. They've added an SR-71 to the USAF Museum collection at Dayton since the last time I visited in the late 1980s. [Last surviving "full-up" YF-12 means that they recycled the rear half of a YF-12 involved in an accident. It was mated to a 2-seat forward fuselage test piece to create the SR-71C trainer. One of the two SR-71Bs crashed soon after delivery; the USAF ordered a replacement to have at least two trainers available for the SR-71 program. The SR-71C was NOT reactivated when the Blackbird program was restarted in the mid-1990s. NASA flew the plane for 3 years but to my knowledge never used the plane operationally as they fought with Congress to ground the SR-71 for good.]

@FirstDagger

Жыл бұрын

@@AvengerII ; Yep the reason the AIM-54 got the Phoenix name is because she is the AIM-47 Falcon risen from the ashes.

Sorry for your loss I’ve been there.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

It's never easy, but this was especially devastating as his loss should never have happened.

I'm sorry about Mooch

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Aaron.

My late wife was at a family gathering in Marysville, Ca an SR-71 rumbled overhead and she said: "What a Blackbird.!" She had no idea that was what it was called.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi TG McCoy, a nice and humorous memory to have. Thanks for sharing 🙂

Sending love and support

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Tatie 🙂

Outstanding job! One of my favorite aircraft. You really have a remarkable talent. I feel for you for Mooch too bro. I lost my Boxer in March of this year to a tumor on his heart. He was 11, which is sorta old for the breed. That dog meant more to me than you could possibly imagine, so I understand what you must be going through. What happened to him?

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi 1JackTorS, thanks for the generously kind comments. Sorry to hear of your loss. I lost Mooch to a one in a million freak accident which I still can't believe happened. It has slammed my spirit down, hard into the ground.

Thanks for the video Maybe a model I will do in the future. Just doing a Tamiya F16c ANG at the moment I'm new to airbrushing just wondering how to get right consistency of the paint for my air brush, have loads of tamiya paints, not having much success with airbrushing at the moment

This is cool 😎

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks NIkCan 🤩

@NikCan66

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxAfterburner your welcome

I know its similar to the T-38 you've already built, but I'd like to see you paint an F-5C Skoshi Tiger

Watching here friend happy new year

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Happy New Year, Tatie! 😉

One of my favorite planes! Edit: Here's to Mooch.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Thanks, Lance T.

Great build! Would love to get this kit but I have no idea where I'd put it in a small home. May your doggo rip, those damn animals are always hard to let go...

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Tomas, it's sitting on a small lamp table now with not much space to spare around it. 😮

Blackboard paint is the best match for color and texture.

@MaxAfterburner

6 ай бұрын

Hi danfreeman9079, seems like it would be for sure 😎

@danfreeman9079

6 ай бұрын

@MaxAfterburner After working for years in the SR-71 program as a Code 42 Metals Technology Section Chief, part of the Fabrication Branch of the 9th Maintenance Squadron, 9th SRW. I know the various stages the the RCS coatings (Paint) go through in their appearance. Some say the SR-71's appear to look blue, but that is really just a result of the refraction properties of light. Other factors have been described as Red/Blue Phase shift, which is depending on if the aircraft is flying away or towards the viewer. Under microscopical examination of the freshly painted Blackbird, you can see faceted black oxide crystals embedded within the paint. The texture is somewhat like velvet. As the paint wears down after use (The high temperature of flight, fuel and oil saturation, walking on it, and handling during maintenance), it becomes smoother and somewhat greyer in appearance. I have provided samples of SR-71 Titanium to professional model builders that have various conditions of the original paint on them so the builders can make an exact match. This is done for modeling competition purposes.

Superior build & video Max!! Where did you find the music in the beginning & end.. May your pet R.I.P

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Richard, I got the intro/outro music off the audio library at YT. Thanks for Mooch.

@richardhammel7003

Жыл бұрын

@@MaxAfterburner Do you know what it's called I'd like to play more of that tune.. It's pretty cool

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Richard, all the music I use are listed in my video descriptions. The track you're asking about is "The Coldest Shoulder" by The 126ers. Here's a link to that piece: kzread.info/dash/bejne/pY5rtLOCeamfd9I.html

Watched this one again, very inspirational. I am re-building my Italeri 1/48 SR-71, and very nice to see how you’ve done the weathering. How much time did you let dry the putty before removing the excess?

@MaxAfterburner

5 ай бұрын

Hi bastiandijkstra6832, happy to hear that this video might help out on your own SR-71 Blackbird re-build. You can choose to start sculpting the putty while it's still slightly wet. Or, you can wait a few hours up to 24 if you want to sand it down and avoid the risk of pulling some of the wet putty out of the seam line/gap. 🙌

One thing USAF tried to do, which would have been VERY controversial had they succeeded, was get most of the surviving Blackbirds scrapped. I think all these years later what they were trying to do was recycle the titanium in those planes for new projects or existing production programs. Titanium's very expensive to import and those airframes would have been a very convenient source of the metal.

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi AvengerII, it sure is hard to obtain a lot of titanium. I'm sure you know the story on how the U.S. procured that material surreptitiously from the Soviet Union without them catching on! 😉

Awesome video! It's a shame that a kit that costs as much as this has such poor fit. Tamiya has spoiled us, LOL!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi chops1sc, definitely not Tamiya grade 🤣

New friend here watching from philippines

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard, Tatie! 😃

A nicely produced video. I was a little mystified why you decided to build the landing gear, cockpit etc if you didn't plan on displaying these in the final set-up?

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Nick, I've mentioned in past videos that I do this to add to my own personal "amusement" that there are secrets hidden within my builds. Also, it provides practice building more intricate parts, painting them, and also I hate to "waste" parts leaving them on the sprue and forgotten in some box.

I really enjoyed the video. What a wonderful subject the SR-71 is. Thank you! Great commentary too. I don't think I'd have bothered doing the undercarriage though, if to be displayed retracted! You are a perfectionist!

@MaxAfterburner

Жыл бұрын

Hi Julian, it sure created a lot of extra work to include those parts internally and all that on top of the fit issues with the model. When I first started out, I thought I'd be done in mid-June.