Its honestly sad seeing how many people default to Amazon not knowing its just drop shipped from Aliexpress. Same nippers 10$ cad on aliexpress >_>

Thank you

Thank you for the video. I was lost when I opened this. I thought this was a set of files

Not sold on em. Rather just stick to a paint brush. Many thanks for the upload and review. Thanks dude

Excellent work!💥

If someone asks for my opinion and thoughts I'll give it, but in terms of how a model is built, painted and weathered, I'm not going to tell someone how to enjoy the box of plastic that he paid for with their hard earned money.

Modeling is a hobby, it is fun, when you take a hobby too seriously you have some deep seated issues. It is not life or death. I have been building models since I was 10 yrs old, I am now 77. I seldom use an airbrush because I like hand painting. If it is not "perfect " well too bad. Let's just have fun.

Great video! I returned to the hobby in 2007 and even back then I would see “the hobby is dying” posts in model forums. This has got to be the longest death on record. All the while we have been showered with unprecedented releases in a platinum age of the hobby. My take? Enjoy the journey.

My hobby…my rules…nothing I build will be in the Smithsonian. I do it because it gives me joy and is quite therapeutic. I’ve been in clubs and “schooled”by those who were quite “opinionated” on color and weathering. Sometimes I understood they were being helpful but others were shall we say…somewhat condescending. Build and enjoy what it brings for you!

Nice, I agree 100% specially with the weathering portion.

Great video to get me thinking. I’ve just been modeling for two years, so a novice. I retired from military/commercial flying for 42 years, so I am a bit sensitive to over weathering, but overall, I’m impressed with how many modelers get it right. I kind of think the airplanes looked cleanish, but I ruined several uniform shirts with just a slight shoulder rub while doing preflight walk around.

Great build! My inner Veteran is laughing as you picked the 101st Airborne as the division patch and talk about it like a tank; and I'll never forget how much like oil and water Airborne and Tanker soldiers get along 🤣

You mean you don't cad design your own kit, and then cast it and plastic inject it yourself? Not a real modeler

Great video and so accurate and you didn't even start on the RLM 75 color 😅

There is another genre you didn't mention which has a large very dedicated fan base, but seams to be ignored by the others (armor, ships, aircraft) and that is Sci-Fi/fantasy, of which I love building. The others seam to look down upon us Sci-Fi/Fantasy geeks, or at least it feels that way. We have our passive aggressive rivet counters as well, the ones who have to make their version of the space ship exactly like the filming model with every little detail in place. I had one guy comment "not cannon ,but pretty" I just had to laugh. I build to what I like because I'm the only one who has to live with the model when it's done.

I know several youtube modellers who wash their sprues and than touch it with bare hands. It's like swimming in pool on "non-peeeing" lane....

Well…it was and is entertaining.

Some companies still use mould release agent on some of their kits, Takom being one. Airfix did, but I'm not sure they do with their newer plastic. I just check the kit and will only wash it if it's noticeably greasy. You say that glue melts the plastic so oil isn't going to affect it, but some people use CA for the majority of their construction.

I am bad enough at the hobby to still be saying “what’s important is that you are having fun.”

I'm 71 and have been building models since I was 6. The problem I personally have is the more I build the better I want to be at it, which leds to more self criticism, which leds to less enjoyment. I hope that by the time I hit 80 I'll be over it. 😀👍

Your comments on reboxing were good, but while you had a screenshot of Scalemates, you didn't mention how it is go-to site to avoid getting burned. About a dozen years ago, I saw a Revell kit of an interesting subject at a local hobby shop. I bought it, and when I looked at it at home, it seemed pretty crude. I then checked Scalemates and discovered that the kit was from the 1970s and wasn't even an original Revell kit. I always check Scalemates now whenever it's a Revell kit. They are the worst.

Brand...ugh. Thanks for the trigger warning!

Really people moan about German planes with BMW or Benz-and macbach engines,Porshe tracked or wheeled ,decal sheet can do 20 planes with that symbol

Lol. Been a member of a club for over 7 years. Posted a WIP. And instantly got a "Hatch is bracket is wrong!" From a guy who hasn't finished a kit in 7 plus years. Also. I enter Model Contests to help other people win.

The modelling hobby is not dying it's just sitting there in the corner looking a bit peaky.

When companies USED to do it, I was building and learning history, these days it's a parts list.(1967) My 2 bottles of Pledge are doing fine (20 years now) I do feel if your represented model came with certain markings, it should have them. Older re-boxings should have a label. As for weathering - whatever makes you happy. When is the last time you built a PERFECT kit? Finger pointing is not constructive criticism and belongs on the playground...actually NOT there either. If you maybe want to try this next time, it might work better....Etc. Rivet counters are just anal retentives clamoring for attention. Dane

I find it strange that the Military model builders don’t associate with the railroad modelers nor do the model car builders. They’re all such separate groups.

PS- I model FOR ME and MY OWN ENJOYMENT; no one else. My opinions are my own, merely that. But I DO think that a lot of modelers "take it way over the top"... So, that's THEIR bailiwick, not mine. My opinions are NOT meant to be dictums. Having said that, just enjoy what you've chosen to model...

"OVER-WEATHERING", ESPECIALLY, on model Aircraft... Aircraft Crew Chiefs TOOK PRIDE IN "THEIR Aircraft", AND THEY WANTED THEIR PILOTS AND AIRCREW TO BE SAFE and PROUD OF THE AIRCRAFT THEY SERVED IN. In regards to Scale modeling and weathering, I would like to quote the LATE, GREAT SHEPARD PAINE, "Less Is MORE..." An adjunct to this particular observation made by Shep, is another one of his GEMS, "ARMOR gets FILTHY; AIRCRAFT MERELY GET DIRTY..." Sound advice, I think... I've been building, detailing, painting and yes, weathering my models since 1957, so I think I might have learned a few things in my time; RESTRAINT being one of them...

Great video 👍

I'm an airplane modeler. I'm also a recently retired commercial pilot that spent most of my adult life in the warbird community. I spent four years in the Navy as an F-14 mechanic before taking my GI Bill and going to flight school. So I have worked on and flown actual combat aircraft. The whole argument over how much an aircraft is "weathered" is absolutely stupid. It is also laughable when I see the "proper" color argument. I have had disagreements with people online who have told me I'm wrong about proper color, weathering ect when they have absolutely zero experience in the real world and I have actually flown or maintained the exact aircraft they are telling me I'm wrong about. I was in VF-1 (Navy F-14) during Desert Storm. Two other guys and myself painted the real Tomcat 103 which had the only F-14 air to air kill of the war. The aircraft has been put out by several model companies in it's Desert Storm trim the day Lt. Broce shot down that Russian Hind. I had a guy argue with me when I posted a photo of the 1/48 Tamiya one I had built on a FB group that I had painted it wrong. I was dumfounded. I told the guy I actually painted the real aircraft and he called me a liar and made another few post about how wrong I was. People are nuts.

I built models for 5 years in the late 50s to early 60s but developed assembly skills only. Started building again in the last year to help maintain motor and mental skills. Beginner level. Watched a lot of YT and the one thing which constantly amazes me are airplanes beautifully weathered and realistic looking until you you look at the canopy. Crystal clear and polished looking. I guess we all have our things! 😁

Thanks, all good stuff. With Pledge, it is a safe gloss to use, as 2 K is really nasty..the other glosses are expensive...

It's changed out of all recognition from when I used to do it years ago. With modern CAD designed and high-tech moulded kits, 3D printing plus the plethora of "after market" greeblies, all the need for research and planning and the acquisition of multiple skills have been removed. For me, all the personal challenge and fun and sense of achievement I used to experience just aren't there any more.

Personally I build models as my kind of Zen. Puzzling out a particular sub assembly. How I can adapt the suggested paint scheme with what I know about the subjects history all take my mind away from the worries of the day. Something we do need to get a grip on is the skills of the particular person building the model. A school kid embarking on their first project will produce a result far different from a professional model maker working on their 100th commission.

8:02 "those" kind of groups are not allowed to speak anymore. Woke is dead. Didn't you get the message?

1. Lot of sprues has grease. There is one rule: degrease them with soap or alcohol, method is free to use.

2. There is a new method tha flips over decaling. Is is the only one method? No.

3. Rivet counters is focused on finding what is wrong.

4. Mutual admiration circles.

5. The less experienced the modeler, the more wheathering.

6. As many opinions as there are modelers.

7. It is a cancer of lefist politics. "Happy cross" is evil only when it is 45 degrees rotated.

8. Only Airfix has balls to warn modellers about what is in the box. Revell, Italeri and other are fooling us.

9. We call them talmudists :)

10. No it evolving. I have 10 hobby stores in my town.

I have a controversial opinion that critique only belongs in any hobby when a person has asked for it specifically. If they dont ask, never offer, and provide only praise. Whatever the subject, you're commenting on something made with care and effort. If you have strong beliefs about feedback being intrinsic to growth nobody is stopping you applying that to yourself. Don't inflict it on anyone else without direct request.

I always lived by the motto it's your model (unless it's a commission build) do whatever makes you happy and feels good. If you wanna go to town weathering, go for it or not. I still try to be accurate, but if I miss the mark it's OK. I build cause it's fun and takes me to a peaceful place while scaling + its always feels nice to finish one. HAPPY SCALING 👋

What's the whole reason for the existence of a model? To replicate the REAL THING. Otherwise, the item is just a toy. What's the whole fun in building the model? To try and replicate it as closely as the real thing. That's the fun of it. "How accurate, how real, how authentic can I make it" Its the challenge that motivates us. Anything else is just assembling.. and if that is what you like to do, go get a job at a toy factory assembling toys and get paid for it. Look I have been building models for more than 50 years... longer than you have been alive. All I can do is laugh at your top 10 list, because it's the same excuses heard all the time "It's my fucking model, I'll do it like I want" What you are really saying is " I suck, I don't want to admit it and fuck you for bringing it to my attention" I would have more respect for modelers if they would just man up and say, I suck, I'm not as good as others. I want to learn more about being better." About number 9... first, I don't build Tamyia because I refuse to mortgage my house for a fucking model. Secondly, there is a difference between a Modeler and an Artist. Anyone can be a modeler. A 5-year-old is a modeler. But modeling models IS also an ART, and being a true artist is a talent. Shep Paine is an example of that talent. Rivet counters... oh boy I hear that all the time in the railroad modeling community... again, why continue to purchase high-end models, with super detail, if you are not going to "Count that detail" It's ridiculous and grossly hypocritical to the hobby. Finally, I have no problem with over-weathering... in some cases, they should look like beat-up shit.. what I do have a problem with is over-emphasized panel lines. Thank God for IPMS, even with their drama, without them, the hobby would die. and screw that saying "if you can't say anything nice don't say anything at all" What you are really saying, is, I can't take criticism and I have an inferior complex. Look, Put your top 10 list to rest. It's an old rehashed list heard a million times.

Nothing about the inflight aircraft schism between the timid cold car modellers and the s%xy wheels up modellers? Shame Cameron, shame! :D Good video mate thanks