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

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.

The history lesson makes this video so much more engaging and worthwhile to not skip through then other modellers on youtube

History lesson is informative & tells us the living story of the model. Again a brilliant build.

I love the way builder did these plumbed drop tanks.

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.

Fantastic build and even better historical commentary

Love the history you tell of each aircraft. Awesome job!

Hey, my favorite builder video A history lesson and a nice build. I got one word MORE.

Commentary is great. Nice build, too. Thanks.

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 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!"

Love the narration as you build. Good job!

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.

Outstanding model, even better history lesson. Keep it up!

Great vid. Great build. Love the format. Wouldn’t change a thing 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Well done!! I love the historical info that you share while you’re building. Really nice touch.

Great video and really like all the background information. Thanks!!

What a super build video. I like the bit of history at the beginning as well: nice and balanced. Excellent job! Obviously subscribed :-)

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.

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.

You telling the story of the aircraft and commenting on tools, materials and techniques is way better than background music. Great video.

Fantastic build! Thanks for sharing.

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!

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.

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 KZread and gives yours a bit of a unique feel, in a very positive way I should add.

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!

Thank you, very informative and a beautiful build.

Outstanding video and build sir! It looks amazing!

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!!!!!

Fantastic video, man. Love the historical context, too. I'm keen to build one now!

beautiful build and some great tips shared thanks

Great concept. Build and story Thank you. Great job

Nice video. The Tamiya Mustang kits are still excellent after more than 20 years.

Thank you! This a outstanding video!

Thanks for the video!

Fantastic video! great job

Great build and narration

Great format and build.

What wonderful model, and fair minded commentary on the relative comparisons between the Spit and the P51.

Beautiful work. Like the history lesson also.

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.

Best job I’ve seen yet!😎

awesome build

Brilliant build enjoyed !

Great with out Music. Great build and commentary . Thanks

Great video, nice info about the plane itself, but of course, most of all GREAT BUILD!!

This is superb. Great video

Nice model and great build!

I love the video.and the history lesson as well

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

Great vid, great model!

Some of The Model Guy's builds are incredible! Plus, I enjoy the history lesson and the techniques used in the videos.

@stressballer

4 жыл бұрын

Wouldn't mind him raising the volume of the voice over though.

Amazing video. Loved the commentary. Subscribed.

Awesome build.

Outstanding video and presintation

Great format. Keep it up.

I like the voice over commentary and additional information.

I liked your narration regarding the pilot training, Germany was running out of resources. Great job on that Mustang.

Wonderful job!

Awesome video. Thank you.

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 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 👍👍

great video thanks hope to see more

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!

Very interesting ! I like your vids very much.

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.

After that build I felt I had no choice, subscribed! 👍👌

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.

@TheModelGuy

4 жыл бұрын

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 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!

Great video, subbed and liked

Wonderful!

Great nad simple job. Thanks :)

I've a couple of these in the stash, you've inspired me to dig one out.

@TheModelGuy

5 жыл бұрын

You can't go wrong, it's a fun and relaxing build

Отличное видео! Хорошая работа!

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 !

@TheModelGuy

5 жыл бұрын

It would also save me time trying to find non-copyrighted music too

Superb video.

Much prefer your commentary on the aircraft's history and your techniques versus music. Great build. Very talented. Thanks for posting!

She’s a beauty! Well done.

@TheModelGuy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marco, be sure to check out my newer Mustang video with the filled wings

Great Show! Beauty TMG.

The history talk was awesome!

Great I enjoy it Verry much tnx

Love it!👍😍

Brilliant commentary and teaching..don’t need music. Well done.

That is so cool!!

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!

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.

@peterfichera2027

4 жыл бұрын

@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.

@peterfichera2027

4 жыл бұрын

@Incog Nito Welcome....

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. 😉

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. :)

beautiful

Very enjoyable build video tbh. Music or commentary is fine with me, just enjoyabke to watch the progress.

Great commentary!

Definitely enjoy the monolog....

bloody hell that’s is fantastic

Finally somebody has done a video on on P51D that translates between Amateur and Connoisseur build! Cheers this is sheer poetry in motion!

Thanks a lot my friend for be friendly and help me with your tips . I appreciate. We need more guys like you THANKS ✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️✈️

@TheModelGuy

4 жыл бұрын

No problem, glad to help!

Thank you

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.

Very good video