Douglas DC-3 trumpeter 1/48 Alaska Airlines - Aircraft Model

[@jazz2959]

I was DC-3 mechanic back in the 80s. This model looks perfect. Now I work in Seattle airport, Alaska Air"s home and hub. Thanks for sharing this.

[@HotrodHud]

Thats ironic. Alaska airlines in seattle

[@AKSnowLeopard]

You should check out the Golden Era Aviation DC-3 flight tour at the Palmer AK airport. It is one of my favorite planes

[@typhoon2827]

Thanks for sharing.

[@AceOfBlackjack]

Wait wakt/ its right their?

[@WhatsDaveUpTo]

did you know the guy who stole and crashed the plane there a few years ago?

[@Thomas-vh9th]

I was an AF aircrew member on a variation of the C-47/DC-3 during the Vietnam War in 1970 & 1971. I flew on 146 combat missions. Watching this assembly brought back so many memories. I love your attention to detail, and you are very meticulous in the assembly. Naturally, I have models of the C-47, but not to your high caliber. Great job!

[@ednitram]

Dear David, I had foolishly thought that you had reached a peak of perfection with the Viper. I was wrong! This is a step higher! Very well done for your work of art and your patience to explain each step to us 'normal' scale modelers.

[@johnshields6852]

I'm a builder of homes, remodel old wooden interiors such as moldings door frames window frames, furniture, I like to bring back original wooden grain. This channel is a great example of details that make this an art form, it's very interesting to see your ideas come to light, breathing life into objects. Thank you.

[@barmetler]

My jaw dropped to the ground when I saw those props spin. What can I say, I'm a sucker for electronics. Also everything else about this model is amazing!

[@4seeableTV]

That just took it to a whole new level

[@Calatriste54]

Took one wild ride in 1980, at night from Missoula to Billings with a 20 man fire-crew. An old Johnson, Smokejumper's DC-3(?) with both sides bench seats locked upright, gear tied into aluminum floor. Crew on gear, or wherever else you could hold on. Turbulence dreadful. We survived, what a bird. Nice tribute, Plasmo..

[@jjmccoy50]

For me one of the most iconic aircraft is the DC-3, it was very good model, I imagine the patience you must have to assemble, paint and finish a model like that, my best congratulations for this great work David, I was surprised , thanks for sharing.

[@terryisaac8195]

No, Sir, I don't just like and appreciate some of it. I really like and appreciate ALL of it 1000 percent!!! The craftsmanship and attention to detail that you put in to building this DC-3, and the great job that you did in videoing the build should make you very, very proud!!! I am honored to have the unique privilege of seeing you do this. Thank you very much for sharing it with us!!! I will be 73 y.o. this coming September (2020), and I truly wish that this modeler's hands were still steady enough to do this kind of model building again. But, I have to live with memories of my model building days, and vicariously enjoy the process while I watch others, such as yourself, carry on the model building hobby!!! Great Job!! I grew up in Racine, WI (USA) right along the western shore of Lake Michigan right before the jet airliner age started!!! This was right before O'Hare International Airport was built!!! I know very well the rumble of the twin engines of the DC-3 aircraft as they flew relatively low over our house!!! If you draw a straight flight path between Midway Airport on the extreme westside in Chicago, IL (USA), and General (Billy) Mitchell Field on the very farthest southern edge of Milwaukee, WI (USA), and you trace a perpendicular line from Lake Michigan to this flight path you can get a general idea of where I am talking about. The flight distance is a very short 90 air miles from Chicago to Milwaukee, so you can understand that the planes in those days (1950's) were pretty close over head... by today's jet airliner standards. I always felt as a kid that I might be able to reach straight up and touch them!!! 👍👽 Alas, one day the Boeing 707 jet liner took their place and flew impossibly higher overhead!!! The jetliner had arrived over our house and changed everything overnight!! The flight path(s) are now out of reach overhead, and the sounds of jet engines have replaced the sounds of reciprocating propeller planes (sigh!!!), and it has never been quite the same since then; and it is a lot more impersonal!!! But occasionally when the weather forces the jetliners to fly very low approach paths, the jetliners fly so low overhead and the sound of their engines (seems) like they are just about at roof top level, that I have to look up and wonder how it must have been right BEFORE the first airplane ever flew. (No, I don't want to go back to those days, thank you very much. 😎😄✈️ Thanks again for a superb job all the way around!!!👽👍😁 Terry

[@David-nw9vj]

Great Looking Model! Today, I showed one of your videos to a friend who always mocks me for my hobby (a 17 year old scale modeller is a bit unusual around here) and he finally understood what draws me to this wonderful hobby of ours. Hope im not the only one here looking forward to lots of christmas/winter days spent at a working table..

[@seanm3988]

David 404 Same here. All of my friends think I’m crazy to be interested in building models

[@ryanmorris2479]

@@seanm3988 I experienced similar things at your age, but I've never regretted my many hobbies (including scale modeling). They help you learn new skills and teach you so much. Now, all my peers (40s) who didn't have hobbies don't know how to actually DO anything outside of work. They just watch TV or play videogames. It's pathetic, really.

[@adrianvegas7629]

I'm 17 years old as well and I love making models.

[@crushingvanessa3277]

That's great you are all making models. It's going to be a dying art if it isn't kept up. People today are so luck to have the internet for learning so much so fast in the model world. Don't let other divert you from this hobby. It's sometimes nicknamed styrene therapy. Hardest part is staying off the net long enough to get things built.

[@joes2fst4u]

Don't worry about them at all! This is a great hobby and art, you only get better with each, and it's a great stress relief!

[@zirrian]

I've learned more about electronics from this video than in 6 years in high school...well done!

[@scotabot7826]

What a beautiful model of one of my all time favorite aircraft. You did such a authentic job that it's hard to tell from the full scale. Congratulations on such a great build!

[@AM-cx1ng]

David, the only think out of scale are your skills. I have the outmost respect for your craftsmanship, ingenuity, intelligence, patience and talent.

[@Smootus]

Stunning! Really like how you made your own decals that were correct for Alaska Air... and painting the blue stripes on decal paper.... how cool. Love lights and props, and wiring layout. Thanks for posting this video!

[@SOCOACH50]

Excellent work. I no longer build many 1/48 - scale aircraft but I watched this video with much satisfaction. Again, thank you for an inspirational build!

[@normanpemper]

I never tire of watching these videos. Your skill and talent are incredible to watch. Truly amazing.

[@MegaDeath458]

This is not just modelling "toys", its a work of art! Lights, props, the weathering... Truly amazing!

[@rafer2002]

True artist. Grade A content

[@alexander1485]

not even an A+? you should be ashamed.

[@unsc5207]

@madlip No S+++

[@cornernickel7525]

NSC U no SSR+++

[@rafer2002]

@Gappie Al Kebabi Special Delivery to your front door, bigger load left at back door. My Milk is Delicious, Best served Cold & Ruthless. Grab your MILKM@N(oYo) by the horn. Best cream services 1913. When the last last time you had a mouthful of MILK MAN

[@akshaygowrishankar7440]

Dear god why is this the world I live in

[@sidvak9700]

Excellent! Your modelling skills are matched by your video production skills. The DC3 is still the pinnacle of airplane design.

[@dennismason3740]

So when PLASMO painted the seatbelts I said, "clearly he is nuts" then he painted the frikken' dials on the control panel. I surrender. I love the red pilots cabin. Love is a strong word. "I enjoy the peculiar hue of the control cabin." Alaskan Airlines' famous Ghost DC-3 (no passengers no pilot). Nice work, PLASMO.

[@whomagoose6897]

That was a ceative way to mix small amounts of paint in the coffee creamer cups from the coffee shop. All the electric wiring for the lights and propellers was just amazing. Great job!

[@davidbonilla2650]

Terrific job, man! Love the lighting and weathering technique. Very inventive. I used to build models when I was younger. Then I had kids. (no regrets) This makes me want to get into it again, now that they're grown. Thanks for posting.

[@Cotton-Sch]

You should!

[@TheModelGuy]

This is insane. You always hear the phrase "Next level" and this is a perfect example. This is one of your best videos yet!

[@RomanStepanovTV]

Beautiful work as usual Plasmo! I love it! Thank you for your videos my friend!

[@josealejandroalvaradobotei8584]

Excelente video desde Chile abrazo me encanta los aviones el aeromodelismo gran trabajo 👍👍

[@shadowplayz4313]

Who speaks taco bell

[@veggieov3035]

Bro be quite they did nothing besides be a good person and your like Oh wHo spEakS tAcO BelL

[@shadowplayz4313]

@@veggieov3035 no one can take a joke these days because people like you

[@veggieov3035]

@@shadowplayz4313 it’s not a joke because a it wasn’t funny and b you’re making fun of em how they speak. Just don’t comment

[@beegee22]

A great kit and a marvelous build! The panel lines and weathering are just right - these are so often overdone on scale models. Truly a special build by skilled hands.

[@RCHeliJet]

Like the working prop and lights very nice.👍😁

[@drphilxr]

This is a beautiful aicraft, and your enthusiasm for adding all the lighting, interior, and micromotor details is close to my heart yet far from my skills and past projects! (I used to wire up aircraft, space, and ship models and know the trouble with thick gauge wires!)

[@Rafa-up3zw]

Nice work great plane and model. I like your videos. I wish i have 1/4 of your skills. Waiting for real hydraulic systems in your models😉.

[@ronschlorff7089]

yes, very nice, and the techniques shown here are "translatable" to many multi-engine aircraft, in a natural metal finish. The one thing that all that electronic "smoke and mirrors" stuff convinced me of is: I never want to do it. Models are not "toys" to me. Well maybe I might do some, with due restraint, for lighting up a space craft model, in a diorama scene where it is dark all the time,.... you know, ….like in deep space, or on the far side of a tidally-locked planet or the moon!! : ) Might be a "future" project for you, if you have not already done so!!

[@BeKindToBirds]

Practice makes perfect

[@stupidthefish4981]

I 100% agree. I'm already incredibly clumsy with models, typically breaking 4-5 parts every model, so having to add in the variable or servo motors and lights, no thank you. I also have no clue when (or if) I'd use it, if it had enough power to take off to begin with.

[@mattbaker5498]

Omg David...what can I say...it is a complete dream.I am speachless! Incredible plain! During i am watching this video,I imagine the pilots who had flyed this wonderfull plain and what they would say,if they can see this artful work... Go on modeling man! You are an inspiration in every way of modeling for me!

[@B744-k2q]

Improving everyday. Amazing model. I like the working propellers and lights. They give life to the model.

[@icenesiswayons9962]

Heat shrink tubing would help clean up your wiring and be much easier to work with rather than electrical tape. Very detailed and awesome work on an iconic american model. Let's see more. Happy holidays.

[@lucaortolani2059]

IT WORKS? I'm sold This is the best modelling channel

[@richardr3847]

You’re work is beyond excellent!! Adding lights and spinning propellers is on the awesomeness level! Keep up the awesome work and I hope you continue to make more content with this level of awesomeness!

[@MrSteve280]

I always feel like I owe you something for these videos. Stellar camera work and editing.

[@stallebrass]

It's so cool the way you add 3c LEDs and motors.

[@Envinite]

You should just use shrink tubes to seal the exposed wires. Much easier than having to roll tapes around the wire.

[@gnashings]

Watching you apply those long blue stripe decals took me back:) being a kid and building all those VEB Plastikard airliners, with the metal tube of glue and silver paint in the box. Good times, but no, they never ended up looking like your models. But in my kid eyes they did:)

[@ericrausch5122]

Always my favorite Aircraft since I was a kid building in the 60's ! Love this video and thank you.

[@grande521]

Pure art, your skilled hands can create a model so realistic that if you've put it outside and taken a close up picture it would've been difficult to believe it was a model and not the real thing. One thing I would've done well 2 haha first find a way to dim the brightness of the lights and second, use the same yellow lights you used in the cabin for the outside as well. But lights or no lights it is pure art still amazing just amazing.

[@Mickyboi75]

What an amazing achievement, I love the level of detail and patience you put into each model. I love this idea of adding lights and moving props Displays with functionality. Its given me a really good idea for a project I will be starting soon and now it HAS to have lights in. Well done David keep up the top quality work. Id suggest heat shrink for the wire connectors rather than electrical tape its a little easier imo and takes up less space. Look forward to the next one.

[@zakkthemaniac6025]

Whomever disliked this is crazy! Wonderful model. Blew my mind with the lights and propellers! Love the video. I'm saving almost every video of the video u have. Thank you.

[@иваниваныч-ч7ы]

наверное лучший моделист на ютубе,приятно смотреть работу (хоть и нихрена не понимаю что он говорит)))

[@Bober_Hatake]

Ну заодно и английский подучишь.)

[@Maverick-78]

Хрен с ним, что. Я звук выключаю, от его произношения блевать тянет.

[@tournadehella7448]

Жиза )

[@ДмитрийФ-р7е]

Английский у него славянский, как у Мутко. Но парень гений!

[@иваниваныч-ч7ы]

@@ДмитрийФ-р7е дык он вроде чех,какие тут славяне?))

[@DK640OBrianYT]

The music that begins @20:37 is excellent and so are your building and painting skills.

[@frank9392]

Like other allready said. Wow, awesome build

[@BrooksSligh]

Oh nice work! My granddad used to fly DC-3s commercially & through WWII. Impressive build with the LEDs & motors.

[@epiceli04]

now i need to assemble a few seats. - *slides mountain of plastic onto the table*

[@MaZEEZaM]

this model would have been great anyway but the fact you added all the electronics and showed us how makes it even more awesome :D thanks for sharing.

[@andrewturnbull5897]

Your work, David, is museum quality! Tamiya should hire you to build all their models for cover photography! Brilliant work!

[@matus_wuki]

Absolutelly AMAZING!!! I built He-162 by Tamiya yesterday using your best tips and now it looks much more better than my other models. Thank you ! Liked and shared. 👍🏻👌🏻👍🏻

[@lasercreation-world1981]

PLASMO POWER!!! 👍

[@vladimirholmogor5636]

SUPER POWER !

[@themechbuilder6171]

EXTERMINATE!

[@georgebrown6540]

Fantastic work as always, us mere mortals can only stand back and admire. Thanks for sharing.

[@ronplucksstrings7112]

Plasmo; Once again, a superb job on the model detail on one of my favorite aircraft...paining the decal line was an interesting solution...some suggestions: use enameled ultra small gauge "magnet wire" which you need much less room for, and can make disappear easier (scrape away enamel before soldering)...I think your fans would like to see this Gooney Bird presented in an Alaska airport diorama. Cheers

[@kellerdeantonio352]

You take something that people would be happy with, model building and painting without dialogue, and then make it better with custom lights and cool shading, as well as helpful voiceover. :)

[@Impreza_S206]

For wiring there's these markers that can draw conductive lines, so its possible not to put cable all over the place

[@axelguillerand2284]

La qualité et la minutie des réalisations présentées dans cette chaîne sont stupéfiantes.

[@burnitup1622]

did anyone notice when he was painting the wing at 16:28 it matched the music?

[@bjorngroen2724]

omg that timing XD

[@ronschlorff7089]

there was music ??

[@zogzog1063]

Well spotted!

[@hobo1452]

Excellent build of an aviation legend. One little trick I use on all my model power lead wires is to make the positive and negative leads different lengths so that the solder joints cannot touch. Rather than twisting the ends together, I make very short stripped and tinned ends that I solder together in a straight connection. One small piece of heat shrink tubing will cover the whole connection and doesn't increase the outer diameter of the leads by much, making stashing the wires easier.

[@AlexModeling]

What a beautiful and poetic piece of modeling juelelry!

[@hell_yeah-v17m]

You are a true artist and a hobbyist. Your attention to details are quite remarkable and uncomparable to other youtubers. Hoping to see more videos. Keep it up.

[@sypher0101]

love it!. Only thing I would change (personal opinion) is the brightness of the cockpit light. Maybe use less bright LED or add a resistor.. but that's just me. Great video!

[@mrsmith1138]

A perfect world. My job in charge of a Museum is to keep people from you. You do what you do. I get to display your work. Such a dream.

[@steelscooter]

I would never fly with that airline again with all the wires everywhere for passengers to trip over, nevermind the 5000 watt spotlights in the cabin stopping us from sleeping. 😆 Great result. 👍

[@ohgary]

SteelScooter Never mind. I expect their DC3s have long ago been converted into beer cans! :)

[@darkknight1340]

And those bloody great batteries just waiting to zap an unsuspecting passenger.And I don't think I would be using that aircraft cleaning service in a hurry,not after the state they left those wings in!.

[@chilliges7259]

Just came home from a terrible day and this video safed the day

[@masterphil156]

Wow, another great work David. This is something new the e-motors. Superb. greetings from good old germany :-D

[@1bizjets]

Thank you for sharing. I worked in airspace 40yrs. Beautiful work.

[@justrandomcarsurbex3057]

Really good work, nice that you intergrate lightning to top the model off👍 I helped my brother to program a arduino for the blinking lights and landinggear light for his F15 modell. A tip for the LED's, install a variable resistor, in that way you can adjust the brightness when the modell is all done😀

[@cod_cape5483]

I will have to ry that in by b-17g

[@AlaskanW0LF1]

Being from Alaska I appreciate your hard work on this plane model

[@NesiYT96]

Just WOW! Nice job man. After this video i really want to build a flying airplane.

[@astrochelonian]

This was an tremendously inspiring build. It made me want to build this kit in the near future! I hope you build more commercial planes. It's great to see someone of your skill tackle this branch of the hobby

[@leszekbaron3206]

That feeling when you finish working on the cockpit of an i-16 only to close it between the fuselages and not see any of your hard work

[@normiukkeli3739]

I-16 has a open cockpit its worse with large bombers like B-17 and avro lancasters

[@tracksidefilms5416]

Yeah I basically skipped the interior on my B 17

[@meauxjeaux431]

@@tracksidefilms5416 Same here on all interiors. As it is, I already have too many unbuilt models from lack of time.

[@braeeee_]

@Superb Media Content Creator you're the illiterate. He was right. It is "to" learn before correcting people buddy.

[@YAHUAHsgotmysix]

@Superb Media Content Creator you moron!

[@AnonyMous-di5td]

Nice work and great video. Good idea to paint the leds with proper color. I always used the colored LEDs with clear lenses or colored lenses as appropriate and shaped the actual led to the proper shape. I used the LM3909 flasher chip and rheostat and resistor (all from Radio Shack back in the day) to get the flashing the proper frequency and adjust to proper brightness. Cabin lights were dimmed pretty low) I did a Learjet 35 in 1988 with cabin lights, cockpit (using homemade fiber optics and Green LEDs for the CRTs (Pre-glass cockpit Learjet)), wingtip navs and rotating anti-collision beacons. I put the rotating red beacons on separate chips so they could flash out of synchrony. I don't recall the anti-collision beacons (red flashing) on your model. Some are strobes and some are slow flashers because they are actually rotating beacons in a teardrop shaped housing. The older ones were rotating beacons so on a C-47 they would not be strobes unless it is a modernized one. Love your vids. You have a real talent.

[@christopherpappas7474]

David, could you possibly do a WWII bomber (say a B-24?) that was hit with flak and bullets and just made it back to it's base but had to 'crash land' because only one engine was working and only one of the landing gear would deploy properly. Or something similar. You do such marvelous models and dioramas that I think it would look wonderful. Just a thought on my part. PEACE:)

[@ohgary]

Christopher Pappas Yeah! And the copilot has acne and the ball turret gunner soiled himself! Just a thought on my part.

[@ohgary]

Let plasmo build the plane and get kyackasaurus to build the scenery sans dinosaur!

[@Kofla2000]

ohgary Dont Forget the blood everywere

[@Frankensteins_Highboy]

How about a bomber that was known for getting her boys home- a B-17

[@randombiker4610]

A Memphis Bell reference?

[@shannonm3841]

love your use of coffee creamer cups to mix paints and thin, thanks for the tip i never thought of that before.

[@Grannyfranny.4]

Oh wow I never thought of wiring the plane thrue the holes in the wings so the propellers would work true profection 👌😊

[@reneorozco2195]

It's been years since I started a model. You inspire me to pick up a kit and get started again. Great job!

[@dzikieswinie]

Very excellent building - thanks - a pleasure to watch !!!

[@fishbarbeque8540]

your plastic model skills are UNMATCHED!!!

[@dlazano]

Always a pleasure to see your movies .... Tks a lot Great job Congrats

[@robbo1068]

You continue to amaze with your skills....very impressive model and techniques on show. Really enjoy watching your vids and listening to your comments as you work. Thanks for sharing again.

[@premkudva]

Excellent job, just loved your video

[@janskeet1382]

Well done David, some lovely touches and it was very sweet and worked out nicely. Great music and beautifully enunciated English as well. 💕

[@Jesse__H]

I actually said "Holy shit plasmo." just from seeing that thumbnail!

[@challyho6375]

The yoda of model building 👌 I think this is my favourite video you have done I've done static modelling for some time but recently got into rc tanks and have done all the electronics in them as for your wiring there's nothing wrong with it mate as long as it works 👍

[@user-qp3hd3cn8e]

Tipp: use glasfibers to guide the light precisely to the spot you want it to be. It also makes it also easier to change LEDs if they quit service against expect. In the Miniaturwunderland they also use extremely tiny LEDs (below SMT scale) who are pre-wired but I couldnt find them in the internet.

[@bbowling4979]

He did that with the star destroyer build.

[@GaryAHurd-ou6vd]

Sir, you are an aircraft model genius! Even sounds like a Dakota! Ought to know, flew on one as a kid w/ mom, & WW2 ships were still in the sky then...in numbers! Even saw a '29 once! Cheers!

[@greenhd9029]

Amazing modell. It would be nice if you would build a Mirage model like the 7-TP in 1:35 scale. Or another Mirage product. I think they're ok and you could give a nice review of their work!

[@johnphilipburdis3798]

I thoroughly enjoyed watching you build that DC3,David, a masterpiece.

[@FirstLast-ks6vm]

Me when the lights came on: "Oh sh-" Me when the props spun: 😲

[@jwrockets]

Same

[@madingahmar4420]

Nah I just die

[@bauTom]

First Last me at ur predictable comment: 🙄😴

[@bauTom]

Gappie Al Kebabi he’s just being a copycat...

[@thebobloblawshow8832]

Excellent build. Love the lights you added. Thank you so much for the information. It’s helped me immensely.

[@yognot8600]

I made a rule that I can’t skip any adds for a month and there’s a 30 minute long add

[@jamesmorgan403]

If you had dumped the whole model in delux high gloss paint afterwards I'd still have given you a thumbs up for those amazing mini electric engines.. that's just wow!!

[@jajjaj9289]

Nádhernej model , prosim postav model b-29 super fortress mám ho skoro slepený a ten tvůj by byl super

[@GryphonArmorer]

I haven't used any of the Mr series products, so I don't know the difference between that and what I have used. So far I really like the Vallejo Metal Color series paints. I find they have a very realistic color/tone, are easy to use and are affordable. That was a really cool build and gave me a bit of inspiration to build some models with lights and moving components. Yet again, another great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@martinpozbigl1898]

Nádhera

[@stephenbridges2791]

You are one outstanding modeler. And, an inspiration to those of us with lesser skills.

[@TheKunext]

PLS MAKE military aircraft next time

[@Tom-Lahaye]

Very nice build. Also showing very well techniques used especially for painting the model. I'm mostly in railway modeling (altough I do a plane now and then) the techniques shown can be translated ver well to this, being it for painting and weathering building structures or rolling stock. The incorporation of lights and spinning props were nice details, a source for the small motors can be old mobile phones, as the vibration function uses such small motors with an excentric weight on the shaft, the only challenge is to remove those weights without destroying the motor, best is to cut these off with a sturdy pair of side cutters, cutting trough the weight and not the shaft.

[@normiukkeli3739]

1:33 OOF i think plasmo plays roblox

[@hithereperson8137]

Normi Ukkeli just because they say oof doesn’t mean they play roblox

[@stanbattle7436]

You are really good at making video programs and I really liked your choice of music. I usually hate music on a video because it tends to block the narration but this time it was done well.

[@cameronh7400]

shows plane me: oh thats nice *lights turn on me: oh ok thats better *propellers spins me: What the fu- *plane moves me: REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

[@richardberrie5510]

Phenomenal work, photography, editing, music, everything! Just wonderful. Thank you so much for this and all of your videos. You are super talented.